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December 13, 1939
United Automobile Worker
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
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Union members from Amalgamated Clothing Workers testify at a wage-hour hearing about Pennsylvania Gov. Arthur H. James' relief policy, which forces families to break up and accept subsistence wages to qualify for aid, amid 1940 election scrutiny.
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Republican Relief Breaks Up Homes, Unionists Testify
Operation of Republican-sponsored relief plans in Pennsylvania, where a Republican governor replaced a Democratic governor in 1938, is being closely watched in New Deal circles as the 1940 campaign casts its shadow on Washington. Vivid testimony by members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers (CIO) at a hearing of the wage-hour administration told the story of Gov. Arthur H. James' work-or-starve relief policy in Pennsylvania. The testimony showed that under the Pennsylvania Republican regime families are broken up, that heads of families are forced to accept employment at bare subsistence wages under regulations compelling relief applicants to take any work given them. This story was told when union members came to testify in support of the Amalgamated's protest against the application of the H D. Bob Co., a shirt manufacturing concern, for special permission to employ learners at below minimum wages. Peter Swoboda, shirt factory and union representative, declared that families in Sunbury, Pa. had been broken up by trying to meet relief requirements.
Operation of Republican-sponsored relief plans in Pennsylvania, where a Republican governor replaced a Democratic governor in 1938, is being closely watched in New Deal circles as the 1940 campaign casts its shadow on Washington. Vivid testimony by members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers (CIO) at a hearing of the wage-hour administration told the story of Gov. Arthur H. James' work-or-starve relief policy in Pennsylvania. The testimony showed that under the Pennsylvania Republican regime families are broken up, that heads of families are forced to accept employment at bare subsistence wages under regulations compelling relief applicants to take any work given them. This story was told when union members came to testify in support of the Amalgamated's protest against the application of the H D. Bob Co., a shirt manufacturing concern, for special permission to employ learners at below minimum wages. Peter Swoboda, shirt factory and union representative, declared that families in Sunbury, Pa. had been broken up by trying to meet relief requirements.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
Family Drama
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Family
What keywords are associated?
Republican Relief
Family Breakup
Union Testimony
Pennsylvania Policy
Work Or Starve
Subsistence Wages
What entities or persons were involved?
Gov. Arthur H. James
Peter Swoboda
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
H D. Bob Co.
Where did it happen?
Pennsylvania, Sunbury, Pa.
Story Details
Key Persons
Gov. Arthur H. James
Peter Swoboda
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
H D. Bob Co.
Location
Pennsylvania, Sunbury, Pa.
Event Date
1938
Story Details
Union testimony reveals that Gov. James' relief policy in Pennsylvania forces families to break up and accept low-wage jobs to meet work requirements, highlighted in protest against H D. Bob Co.'s wage application.