Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1908 — CONGRESS ASKEDFOR WORK. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESS ASKEDFOR WORK.

Mie Men tn. Cincinnati Appeal to law Makers for Employment. An appeal to Congress for work on highways, buildings, or other public enterprises was made in an open telegram by Nicholas Klein, general secretary of the socialist party of Ohio, on behalf of the unemployed of Cincinnati. In part the telegram reads: “During the recent financial flurry the United States government came to the aid of the bankers of this country with a loan.of $25,000,(XX). without interest, to save the bankers. Let Congress and the Senate enact the following for immediate relief of this nation’s workers, viz.: Resolved, That the United States government issue money without interest, on bonds, to States, counties and cities, to be used for the purpose of building public highways, schools, bridges, municipal tenements, and public utilities, this work to be done directly where possible and at an eight-hour day and living wage standard.”