The literary digest . P]m-ployment Service this year withoutlegislative control, declares Morris , forn^er labor expert of theUnited States Shipping Board, in anewspaper forty-eight hour weekly schedule fortextile workers goes into effect in NewBedford and Fall River. A largenumber of textile operatives strike atLawrence, Mass., to enforce demandsfor fifty-four hours pay for forty-eighthours work, and Philadelphia reportshalf o^ the employees in local textilemills on strike. February 4.—The sub-committee of tlu^Senate (Committee on Judiciary, whicli,under the chairmanship


The literary digest . P]m-ployment Service this year withoutlegislative control, declares Morris , forn^er labor expert of theUnited States Shipping Board, in anewspaper forty-eight hour weekly schedule fortextile workers goes into effect in NewBedford and Fall River. A largenumber of textile operatives strike atLawrence, Mass., to enforce demandsfor fifty-four hours pay for forty-eighthours work, and Philadelphia reportshalf o^ the employees in local textilemills on strike. February 4.—The sub-committee of tlu^Senate (Committee on Judiciary, whicli,under the chairmanship of SenatorOwen, of North Carolina, has been in-vestigating German propaganda inthis country, is instructed by unanimousvote of the Senate immediately to beginan investigation of Bolshevism and allother forms of anti-American radicalismin the United Connecticut State Senate voles20 to 14 against ratification of tlieprohibition amendment. Coniu>(ti(Mitis the first State to refuse ratification. isrioSCSt. DAMA5KEENE I /..?:;;i: Like a close friend, you can bank on the GEMRazor any time, under any circumstance—thats the secret of its popularity among meneverywhere for over a quarter of a century—and especially among the boys in the service,where simplicity, efficiency, economy and dur-ability count—millions of GEMS now in use. Qem Blades, well tempered, ^foundand honed to perfection^ hold theiredge indefinitely—theyWe marvels ofunva?ying quality and uniformity. ?^-^ The separate parts an i-nclvded in <})tfit ire nhowti it! illustration both ineid^ miti oufrui/r ofrnSf.


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