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J.C. Bell, President of the Central Labor Union, writes to Kansas Governor Henry Allen on behalf of the Central Labor Council of Fort Scott and the twenty-one local affiliated unions. Bell is writing to the governor to voice opposition for recently introduced legislation that will create a court of industrial relations. "The law is wrong", he relates to the governor, "because a commission on which labor has no representation has the last voice in deciding wages and condition under which they must labor." The governor has called a special session instructing the Kansas legislature to create a court of industrial relations. The controversial legislation, which passed successfully in 1920, was short lived. In 1923, the United States Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional.
Creator: Bell, J.C.
Date: January 1, 1920
Item Number: 212124
Call Number: Governors Office Governor Henry Allen Box 11, Industrial Relations File "B"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212124
Business and Industry - Labor
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Labor - Unions
Collections - Library
Date - 1920s - 1920
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Allen, Henry Justin
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Court of Industrial Relations
People - Notable Kansans - Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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