TREND OF U.S.A. LABOUR

Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1933, Page 7

TREND OF U.S.A. LABOUR

THIRTY-HOUR WEEK SOUGHT

“REACHED END OF PATIENCE”

“COMPEL PLAIN REMEDIES”

LEGISLATION IMPROBABLE

By Telegraph—Pres. Assn.—Copyright

Rec. 7.40 p.m. Washington, Jan. 25. “Organised labour has reached the end of its patience, and we shall use pur might to compel the plain remedies withheld by those whose misfeasance, has caused our woe,” declared the president of the American Federation of Labour (Mr. Green) to-day in an interview published in the Nation’s Business, the official magazine /of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Pointing out that American Labour had not suddenly become revolutionary, Mr. Green said: “Necessity dictates that now is the time to fight a battle for the restoration of the safeguards confiscated by pillaging bands of exploiters.” Mr. Green has been advocating Congressional measures for a six-hour day and a five-day week as a means of stabilising employment. The passage of such measures during the present session is highly doubtful. WARNING OF FARM REVOLUTION. PREDICTIONS BEFORE SENATE. Washington, Jan. 25. A warning of revolution in the farm belt unless Congress enacts aid for agriculture was given to the Senate committee to-day as hearings opened on the domestic allotment price-boosting measure.

Mr. Edward O’Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said that unless something was done for the American farmer he would have a revolution in the countryside in less than 12 months.

Mr. John Simpson, president of the Farmers’ Union, stated: “The biggest and finest crop of revolutions you ever saw is sprouting all over this country right now.”