APPEAL TO CONGRESS
TO GIVE MEN EIGHT-HOUR SAT (Australian and N.Z. Cable AssociauoiV'-' (Received 1.55 p.m.) .-..:.' NEW YORK, August 29.' President Wilson was present at a joint session of the Congress today, tod urged the passing of legislation proridiag Y r an eight-hour day for railway employees. ■ He also asked that the Inter-State. Com. nierce Commission be authorised to per. Mit the railways to raise their .rates la order to be able to pay the increased wages, and that the Executive be authrj. rised to operate the railways as a mjlfcp: i tary measure in the event of a strikii..'
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 207, 30 August 1916, Page 6
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