DISMISSAL NOTICES
AMERICAN STRIKERS ACT TO BE ENFORCED WASHINGTON, July 12. (Received July 13, at 1 a.m.)_ Thousands of dismissal notices were sent out to, strikers by the Works Progress Administration tonight after President Roosevelt, despite a move within Congress to restore the union wage rate, ordered the W.P.A. Act to be enforced. Colonel Harrington, W.P.A. administrator* threatened to * crack down ” on men who are not striking but adopting go slow tactics. The majority of the strikers are skilled workers who object to working longer hours for the same income. •
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19390713.2.120
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 23859, 13 July 1939, Page 11
Word Count
90DISMISSAL NOTICES Otago Daily Times, Issue 23859, 13 July 1939, Page 11
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in