Charges Against Members of the House and Lobby Activities of the National Association of Manufacturers of the United States and Others, Volume 3

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Page 1575 - Provided, however, That no part of this money shall be expended in the prosecution of any organization or individual for entering into any combination or agreement having in view the increase of wages, the shortening of hours, or bettering the condition of labor, or for any act done in furtherance thereof not in itself unlawful.
Page 2089 - ... address before the joint session of the American Association for Labor Legislation and the American Economic Association at the St. Louis meeting in 1910, and after the address endeavored to indoctrinate a number of college professors with his views. 1 Mr. Bird, general manager of the NAM, was asked, " Would not you, as manager of your association, have been perfectly satisfied if Mr, Mulhall could have done what he was pretending to do ? " He replied, " If he could have done it, he would have...
Page 1739 - ... thereupon went into executive session, at the conclusion of which an adjournment was taken...
Page 2222 - Now, I have no doubt but that the Colonel not only could get the nomination, but also could be elected to Congress, and I am wondering where he would be useful to us. He certainly would be like ' the Thompson door plate,' a ' handy thing to have in the House,' but I should hate very much to lose his services and influence on the outside. Really, I do not know how we could replace him.
Page 1480 - He must've taken the one in St. Louis, because he got on the southbound train last time he went, just after Thanksgiving,
Page 1731 - ... secretary of state. He was twice elected to this position. In 1899 he was elected a congressman from the Third Congressional District, on the Republican ticket. He was re-elected five times. His service in Congress was brilliant. He was for 10 years a member of the Committee on Appropriations. He was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor. In the course of his work on this committee he visited Panama, Cuba, Porto Rico, and Jamaica. His distinguished...
Page 1811 - Hughes among certain classes that a great deal of hard work will have to be done and a great deal of hearty, earnest support will have to come from the independent "moral element
Page 2137 - The break shows itself sensationally in the bitter fight between the American Federation of Labor and the Industrial Workers of the World.
Page 2222 - ... everything I have ever said about him, and God knows I have said enough." — Ibid., p. 2090. There was at one time a proposition to elect Mr. Mulhall to Congress. The following is from a letter from Mr. Kirby to Mr. Bird: " Now, I have no doubt but that the Colonel not only could get the nomination, but also could be elected to Congress, and I am wondering where he would be useful to us. He certainly would be like ' the Thompson door plate,' a ' handy thing to have in the House,' but I should...
Page 1852 - ... There is one other paper here, "The Milwaukee Sewerage Problem," by Mr. T. Chalkley Hatton, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but it is so late that if there are no objections, we will have it printed in the Proceedings without reading. The paper will be found on page 96. That ends the evening's program, and if there is nothing further, we will stand adjourned until tomorrow morning at nine o'clock. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1914. MORNING SESSION. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock by Vice-President...