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Articles written by W. Jett Lauck for the Scripps-Howard “Washington Daily Newspaper,” 4 folders, 1923-1924

 File — Box: 88, Folder: 10-13

Scope and Contents

A checklist of article titles can be found in the first folder. Titles in the order of the list include: "Economics and Christianity"; "The Mysterious Soul of the Steel Corporation"; "The Anthracite Operators Should Concede the Check-off" July 13, 1923; "Industrial Principles and Not Machinery Are Important"; "The So-Called Check-off and Its Significance"; "The Report of the Coal Commission on the Anthracite Industry"; "The Purchasing Power of Wheat and Cotton"; "Private Cars and the Coal Problem"; "Mr. McAdoo's Political Availability"; and "No More Pre-war Standards of Wages and Working Conditions."

Next ten article titles include: "The Radical - His Significance at Present"; "The Soft Coal Problem Again to the Front"; "Labor Banks and Their Ultimate Significance"; "Political Democracy Must be Supplemented by Industrial Democracy"; "Oil and the Southern Pacific"; "The Purchasing Power of the Farmer's Dollar"; "The Truth is Never Unpardonable"; "Private Cars and the Coal Problem"; "The Unique Financial Position of the Pullman Company"; and "Another Manifestation of the Soul of the Steel Corporation."

The next ten article titles include: "Sugar and the Flexible Tariff Provision"; "Conflict or Arbitration"; "The Threatened Boomerang"; "Cooperation for Mutual Benefit or Profit?"; "Secret Police or Conviction for Crime"; "Chairman Butler Emits and Omits"; National Cooperative Grain Marketing Realized"; "The Anthracite Operators Should Concede the Check-off" (possible duplicate); "Regulation of the Anthracite Monopoly" September 1 , 1923; "Why Not Action on Anthracite?" September 11, 1923; and "Can a Living Wage Be Paid to Unskilled Labor?" October 30, 1923.

The next ten article titles include: "The Failure of Industrial Arbitration" October 30, 1923; "Significant Labor Developments During the Coming Year" October 30, 1923; "A Dramatic Migration" concerning African Americans, October 30, 1923; "Unprotected Pullman Passengers" October 30, 1923; "The New Immigration and Its Significance" November 2, 1923; "The Probability of Railroad Legislation" February 7, 1924; "The Industrial Magna Carta" February 23, 1924; "Land Grants to Western Railroads" February 23, 1924; "Increased Efficiency of Labor" February 23, 1924; and "Real Industrial Statemanship February 25, 1924."

The next ten article titles include: "Some Other Matters of Record" June 2, 1924; "The Verdict from Kansas" August 7, 1924; "A Real Test for the Tariff Commission" August 14, 1924; "A Billion and a Half Railroad Merger" August 16, 1924; "Common Sense" August 19, 1924; "President Gompers and a Labor Party" August 19, 1924; "A Significant Precedent in Financing Farmers Cooperative Enterprises"; "Back to the Declaration of Independence" August 21, 1924; "A Costly Labor Policy" August 23, 1924; and "Brass Tacks, The Red Flag, and the Constitution" August 23, 1924.

The final group of articles include: "Industrial Democracy - Our Greatest Problem" August 27, 1924; "The Passing of the Money Gods"; "The Conference Board Reports on Taxation in Wisconsin"; "The Railroad Labor Board"; "The Farmer and the Tariff"; "Visible and Invisible Tax Burdens"; "The Most Helpful Farm Movement"; "Radicals and God's Fools"; "Militant Friends Needed"; "The Unconscious Cruelty of Success" October 24, 1924; and "Another Orgy of Railroad Finance."

Dates

  • Creation: 1923-1924

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Work diaries used to keep a record of Lauck’s activities on behalf of a number of organizations, arranged by date in Boxes 216-219. Due to their fragile condition, access to the original diaries is restricted. Researchers should use the diaries on microfilm M-1239-1241.

Extent

4 folder(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States