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The article presents political news briefs with commentary for the week of September 26, 1970. Israel agrees to a cease-fire with Jordan and the Untied Arab Emirates facilitated by the United States. The automobile industry and railroad industry went on strike in response to stagnating economic conditions. A man in Detroit, Michigan signed a contract to donate his rare blood type plasma for $12,000 a year.

This article focuses on various recent socio-political developments and issues across the world. It first describes some experimental political developments concerning disputes between the railways and employees in the U.S. When the conference between coal miners and operators began in February 1916, and there was fear of a strike the country knew that it had no legal provision for preventing such a calamity. General sentiment has proved powerful, not merely in halting incipient strikes, but in inducing capital and labor to make trade agreements for arbitration, or to hold regular joint conferences to adjust differences. In Australia and New Zealand legislation has gone farther than in Canada. It is described that the New Zealand compulsory-arbitration act creates a number of industrial districts, in each of which is aboard of conciliation to which disputes must be referred. Another news item reports about changes in German opinion concerning the flow of newspapers, pamphlets, and books, which are now almost unobtainable in the U.S.

The article reports on developments in U.S. and foreign countries' business and industry as of December 15, 1926. U.S. news include low demand for iron and steel from the motor manufacturers which is expected to continue throughout most of December, coal loadings setting new high record, and the fight over tax reduction. A general rail strike is expected in Canada while German steel exports are predicted to increase.

Comments on political, as well as social, developments around the world. Disapproval of Great Britain's attitude toward Egypt; Weaknesses of Egypt in their confrontation with Great Britain; Information given by the U.S. Navy that an American fleet is to go on a junket to the Antipodes next summer; Rejection of treaties with the Soviet Union by Great Britain; Significance of a report on political action of the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor; Information on the activities of the New York League of Women Voters; Comments on statement made by politician Owen Young regarding the working of a plan suggested by American Vice-Presidential candidate Charles Gates Dawes; Excerpts from a story published in the newspaper The New York Times about the death of the ruler of the underworld; Inconclusive ending to the civil war in China; Significance of a railway strike which suspended communications in Austria and forced political leadership to resign.

Presents news briefs related to socio-political developments of several nations. Settlement of dispute between Italy and Yugoslavia by the division of the Fiume territory between the two countries; Possibility of an alliance between the two countries; Factors responsible for the railway and mine strikes in France; Economic problems faced by French businessmen; Strike of railroad workers in Arkansas; Attack of Citizens' Committee at Harrison, Arkansas, on the houses of strikers; Trial of two strikers Vurlen Orr and Luther Wise, on the account of sabotage; Features of the child labor law passed by the U.S. Supreme Court; Demand of Sun Yat Sen, head of the Canton government, asks the United States to use its good offices bringing about a conference of the warring elements to the end that peace may be restored in his country; Plans of the New York government to build a new subway, on Manhattan Island; Traffic congestion problems faced by New York due to the construction of new buildings in the state;.

This article presents information on politics and society. The strike which has been prevailing in the Southwest system of railroads, commonly called the Gould system, for nearly four weeks, has brought to the surface so many features of economic, social and governmental import, that a critical review may not be out of place. The Republican majority in the Senate have made another concession to the Executive in dealing with appointments. Certain nominations were sent to the Senate to fill the places of suspended officials. Under the ruling of the majority these nominations were held up. In the meantime the terms of some of the Republican incumbents have expired, thereby creating vacancies.

The article presents information on various socio-political issues. A select committee of the U.S. Senate has been engaged on the problem of the high cost of living or, as it should rather be entitled, the high prices of the necessities of life. The Philadelphia street-railway strike ought not to slip from the public mind without the calling of attention again to one highly important phase of the battle between order and disorder in the city's streets. There are novelties of many kinds in the outwardly and inwardly attractive volume on "The Maoris of New Zealand," by James Cowan.

Presents several political and socio-economic issues affecting the U.S. Sinking of the ship Gulflight by the German U-boats; Notification of the Chinese minister for foreign affairs to the Japanese minister in Peking that Chinese government cannot accept the entirety of their demands; Sentence of strike leader of the Colorado miners John R. Lawson to life imprisonment; Agreement for a political reform in shortening the ballot in the state of New York; Protests on the decision of the arbitration board on the striking railroad personnel; Denunciation of the principle of the wage-board system; Emergence of diseases and epidemics in war-torn Serbia because of the swelling population; Policy of Pullman Car Co. CEO Robert Todd Lincoln on black porters; Reaction of Harvard University president John Lowell to the intemperate epistle of professor Kuno Meyer, an alleged German propaganda; Petition of fifteen young women to be admitted to the Harvard law School on the same terms with men.

The article presents an analysis of and forecast for the U.S. railroad industry as of August 5, 1922. The author evaluates the impact of major developments, including the railway shopmen's strike, the implementation on July 1 of wage decisions of the U.S. Railroad Labor Board, and a reduction in rates ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission. He forecasts record-breaking business for the industry and the expansion of railway facilities. He also discusses challenges for the industry.

The author comments on several economic issues in the U.S. According to the author, some companies could be facing collapse including an oil company and a tobacco firm. The author argues that strike threats by railway workers due to wage cuts have not been taken seriously. Philanthropist and First National Bank of New York head George F. Baker has been donating millions.

Focuses on the strike held by railroad workers in Jersey City, New Jersey. Demand of the trainmen for higher wages and better living conditions; Dissatisfaction expressed with union leaders for not having been firmer in making demands of the government; Reaction of the Brotherhood chiefs toward the walkout; Suspicion about the influence of the Industrial Workers of the World on the strike; Formation of the new organization, United Railway Workers of America by the strikers; Claim of the railwaymen that the strike is not a revolution but a walkout for redress of ancient grievances.

Comments on political events and issues in the United States. Criticism against the action taken by the U.S. president Woodrow Wilson and Congress in preventing the railroad strike; Account of Wilson on how abuses in the political and economic system have been remedied; Claim of Wilson that the Republicans are enacting anti-trust laws which hamper the very things they were meant to foster; Contention between the companies and the employees of the traction system in New York; Refusal of the British government to issue passports to Bertrand Russell and Norman Angell to prevent them from speaking and lecturing to American audiences about the war.

Comments on developments in U.S. and world politics. Fight for woman suffrage; Public intolerance of strikes and lockouts in railroads and public-service corporations; Employment forecast in the United States; Relations between Great Britain and Ireland; German influence in Belgium.

The article reports on the impact of the strike initiated by the railroad laborers against the Illinois Central Railroad Co. in the U.S. It reveals that the tight deadlocks continue between five operating brotherhoods and major carriers involving not only the tough and hotly controversial work rules issue but also wages and other matters. It also notes that the strike in the railroad industry might increase the certainty that bargaining will be different in the years ahead.

The article discusses the troubles being faced by the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Co. (H. & M.) which operates the Hudson Tubes in New York. These issues includes interchange of passengers, allocation of fares and federal policies as well as the selection of a new president and chairman by a group of rebel stockholders followed by the workers' strike. A history of how H. & M. started including its sales performance are also presented.

The article reports that Canada's major rail carriers, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, were shut down by a lockout of union workers after failed labor negotiations. It discusses how the disruption has led to widespread supply chain issues with shippers and U.S. rail carriers experiencing service impacts due to freight embargoes. It explains that other transport modes are expected to mitigate the effects but trucking cannot fully replace the vast volume of rail goods.

The article presents some socio-economic and political updates. It gives information on the nation-wide railroad strike in Pennsylvania. On October 14, the railroad management applied for permission to make a further cut of ten per cent in wages. They have also attempted to break down the various working rules heretofore in force. The attitude of the press, largely controlled, by big business interests, which has already jumped into the fight on the employers' side, thereby serving a class and not a public interest. The attitude of labor itself has been divided in counsel and lacking in vision.

This article offers world news briefs for the week of August 28, 1950. U.S. Congress discussed extending rent control in the U.S., as a separate measure of the Defense Production Act. U.S. Congress passed legislation that allows millions more U.S. citizens to be covered by social security. Labor strikes arose in the railroad industry over wage disputes and the refusal of the government to control and operate the nation's railroads.

This article presents information on political conditions in the world during 1891. The Force Bill was again shelved in the U.S. Senate, through the passage of a resolution to take up the Apportionment Bill in place of the proposed rule introducing the closure. The Scotch railroad strike is apparently over, after having inflicted enormous loss on both the men and the railroad companies. It has had the good effect, however, of causing a movement in Parliament towards legal reform in the railroad service. German Liberalism is deriving a good deal of comfort from the recent resignations of the two principal members of the Evangelical High Consistory.

The article reports on the boom in steel production in Western Europe as of the third quarter of 1955. The two largest steel producers are Great Britain and Germany, followed by France, Italy and the Benelux countries. These producers are expected to produce 72 million metric tons in 1955. The impact of the rail and dock strike problems of Great Britain, West German importation of steel from the U.S. and challenges faced by capital expansion efforts are also discussed.

The article reports on the demands of the railroad workers in the U.S. in 1953. It states that most of claims focused on the increase of wage by about 40 cents per hour and the modification of employee fringe benefits in the industry. However, it notes that there will be no serious strike that will occur in the said year due to the dispute procedure under the Railway Labor Act.

Engineers and firemen of the Western Maryland Railroad went on a strike, or more properly the lockout. The management refused to pay the scale which every Class 1 railroad in the U.S. is paying, submitting to the men instead a yellow dog contract which they had to sign or suffer dismissal. Fifty refused to sign and were discharged; the remainder, on October 15, 1925, walked out. The company proceeded to man the road with the off-scourings of the railroad world, including many men who had been discharged from the Western Maryland itself for incompetency. It recalled its pensioned employees, and those who refused to respond were stricken from the pension roll.

The article reports on the shut down of the Pennsylvania railroad system due to a labor strike by 20,000 of its 75,000 employees in September 1960. The daily services of 700 passenger trains and 870 freight trains were affected by the strike. The article also explains the impact of the shut down on industrial production of some companies and manufacturers of cars and automobiles.

The article reports that Canada has refocused its priorities after the week-long strike of the Canadian Pacific Railway system. The strike held by locomotive firemen has affected transport in the Canadian hinterlands at an economic loss of 10-million dollars per day for the country. The strike was prompted by Canadian Pacific's firm insistence to abolish the job of firemen helpers once freight engines have been converted into diesel. In response to the crisis, the Canadian Trucking Association has mobilized trucking pools to move goods and supplies.

Presents information on various plans for railroad management in the U.S. Perception of employers that it is impossible to combine good management and high production with recognition of trade unions; Suggestions for the adoption of management methods that benefit both employers and labor; Discussion of views of William H. Johnston, president of the International Association of Machinists, regarding the need of progressive employer; Views of Daniel Willard, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., regarding collective labor agreement to check strikes; Discussion of various cases of several railroad companies; Discussion of the concept of shop work methods and its significance in past developments; Reduction of the percentage of freight locomotives unserviceable; Analysis of the success of the plan of cooperation for service; Urge of labor unions to the management to go ahead with the creation of a maintenance reserve which may be used for repair work during a seasonal or other slack period and so stabilize production and employment.

The article presents authors' opinion on the political development around the world during early 1941. A nation-wide railroad strike is threatened next month in consequence of the rejection by the operating unions of the recommendations of the Fact-finding Board appointed by the President under the terms of the Railroad Labor Act. This past week has included Armistice Day, the twenty-third anniversary of the day which saw the end of the war that was to end war and make the world safe for democracy. The date was seized upon, appropriately enough, by peace organizations of all kinds and by those interested in peace aims and post-war reconstruction, to exchange ideas and promote views.

The article presents information related to several socio-political issues. The death of U.S. Chief-Justice Morrison R. Waite was so sudden and unexpected that most people were probably surprised to learn that he was a man well along in his seventy-second year, who had earned the right to retire on a pension a year ago last November. The sympathetic strike of the switchmen on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad of course must end as the strike of the engineers has done, in the employment of other men to fill their places, with more loss to the road, heavy loss and suffering to the men and their families, and considerable delay and interruption to business.

The article presents incidents related to the world politics. The strike in the Southwestern railroads has apparently reached its termination in a somewhat simple way. The Executive Committee of the Knights have had long conferences with Jay Gould in this city, but apparently without getting any further than the instructions contained in Gould's telegram to Hoxie. Another incident focuses on the voting by the U.S. House on Committee on Education, and subsequently sent it, by clearly the same vote, to the Committee on Labor. The advocates of Federal aid to schools claimed that the Education Committee would smother the measure by not reporting it back to the House at all, while the Labor Committee would give the House a chance to consider it.

The article reports that the strikes of the American Federation of Labor's Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America have not triggered public discredit but have earned government officials' ire. Among the reasons were the small size of the Amalgamated union and the lack of national impact. Amalgamated, headed by W. D. Mahon, has organized 25 local unions and has expanded its membership by 25 percent.

The article reports that representatives of 19 railway labor unions in the U.S. agreed to accept pay increases which will add 300,000,000 dollars to 325,000,000 dollars annually to carrier payrolls, and call off their threatened strike. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed a Special Fact-Finding Board, that made recommendations to the Railway Labor Act, that included settling the wage dispute by proposing a 9 pound-an-hour increase for non-operating employees.

The article presents some political updates as of June 3, 1999. One of the updates says that U.S. Governor Hoke Smith can get little satisfaction out of the Southern newspapers for his attitude in the Georgia Railroad strike. The periodical "New Orleans Times-Democrat," after discussing his attitude, remarks that the evil of incompetent government seems to be growing in the country and unless there is soon a change for the better, the most serious disorders must result. Another update highlights the election of Congressman William Lorimer as the U.S. Senator from Illinois to succeed Albert J. Hopkins.

The article reports on several political and economic developments. The civil war in Persia will be cited by the British Opposition as more than justifying its criticisms of the recent Anglo-Russian agreement with regard to Central Asia. By that agreement Persia was divided into two political spheres of which the northern, including the capital and all other principal cities, was handed over to Russia What Russian "influence" has succeeded in accomplishing in less than a year, the present anarchy in the Persian Empire shows. Another incident refers to the strike of the street railway employees in the Chester, Pennsylvania.

The article gives information on various socio-political issues related to different parts of the world. The revenue bill, as passed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday, differs in many particulars from the same bill as passed by the U.S. House. The public interest in the war has been so overpowering as to cause the passage at an act of U.S. Congress intended to prevent strikes on railroads, to take place without comment. Politician Chauncey Depew has expressed the opinion that the Philippine Islands would be an undesirable possession for the U.S. that they would be hard to govern as a colony, and harder still to digest as an integral part of the American Union.

Presents several letters to the editor, related to socio-political conditions of the U.S. Information on the strike on the Great Northern, engineered by the American Railway Union; Law and legislations governing wood and iron as dutiable objects; Excavations of the American school at Eretria.

The author comments on the U.S. economy as of September 1922. It considers developments such as large volumes of business volume in several sectors, bumper harvest for crops such as wheat and grain crops and concerns of business over developments in the railway strike. He contends that despite labor problems, general business outlook is optimistic. He predicts upward movement of stocks for railway stocks.

This section offers significant news briefs. The remaining bone of contention between the striking railway workers and railway operators is the refusal of the latter to restore seniority rights to the striking employees. The June report of 170 of U.S.'s 201 Class I railroads shows a net operating income of 70,601,448 U.S. dollars as compared to 47,979,901 U.S. dollars in June 1921. A price war in the automobile industry is predicted due to drastic cuts announced by some leading manufacturers.