A LONGSTANDING CLAIM.
An extraordinary meeting of claimants against the United States Government has just been dield in Brooklyn, New York. The claimants are chiefly the widows, the children, or other heirs, of 2000 employees who worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1870. These men worked two hours overtime each working day for four -years on a piomise of extra pay, which was never gianted. Very few of the old employees are left, though some were present at the meeting. The claims had been approved by the U.S. Board of Claims, and twice endorsed by the Senate, but the Representatives J have failed to take action on tliem. The meeting was for the purpose oF making an appeal to President Wilson, asking him to take action at once, and settle the matter. Many of the claimants are very poor, and sums varying from £50 to £200 are due to them, and in the aggregate the claims run up to over £200,000*
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1914, Page 10
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162A LONGSTANDING CLAIM. Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1914, Page 10
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