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The Butler County Press
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio
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In Jackson, Miss., voters decisively defeated anti-union Mayor Walter A. Scott after 28 years in office, electing businessman Leland Speed amid controversy over the firing of unionized policemen. Unions anticipate reinstatement via pending appeal.
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Jackson, Miss. - Organized labor won a major victory here in its battle against a union-hating administration. By a decisive majority at the municipal election last Friday, Jackson voters ousted Mayor Walter A. Scott, who had held office for 28 years, and named in his place Leland Speed, a prominent business man, who pledged a "fair deal" for "capital and labor alike."
The election was held in the midst of a bitter controversy over Scott's action in ordering ouster of half the city's policemen because they exercised their legal right of joining a union-a local of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL.
While Speed has made no promises, union leaders are confident that the police will soon be back on the job and that they will win their battle for the right to organize. Their appeal from the wholesale discharge is now pending before the newly-created civil service commission.
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Jackson, Miss.
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Last Friday
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by a decisive majority, voters ousted mayor walter a. scott and elected leland speed. union leaders confident police will be reinstated; appeal pending before new civil service commission.
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Organized labor won a major victory in the municipal election by ousting anti-union Mayor Walter A. Scott, who had held office for 28 years. Leland Speed, a prominent businessman, was elected and pledged a fair deal for capital and labor alike. The election occurred amid controversy over Scott's order to oust half the city's policemen for joining a union local of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL.