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Zoning

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Edward M. Bassett
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41 pages

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A compact but complete handbook of zoning covering the story of the spread of this movement, the reasons for zoning, the experiences of various zoned cities, the correct principles and best practice, the legal pitfalls and a selected list of reference.

EDWARD M. BASSETT was chairman of the Zoning Committee of New York.

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Some Correspondence of Interest to American Women

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No author
Ebook
Publication Date
8 pages

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This booklet includes correspondence from Margaret Woodrow Wilson, a daughter of President Woodrow Wilson and a champion of the social-center cause. She appeals to the State Federations composing the General Federation of Women’s Clubs to take up this timely and important task. The correspondence is followed by a typed list of essential provisions of an adequate social-center law.

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Industrial Disputes and the Canadian Act

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Ben M. Selekman
Ebook
Publication Date
42 pages

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This booklet discusses the Canadian Industrial Disputes Investigation Act of 1907, which made it illegal to declare a strike or lockout in mines or other public utilities until a full investigation into the merits of the dispute was completed. Topics include procedure under the act, serious strikes in the West, the act as a failure in coal mining, railroads and other public utilities, violations of the act, penalties not enforced, and lessons for the United States. Appendixes provide statistical tables and a bibliography.

BEN M. SELEKMAN worked in the Department of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Miners’ Case and the Public Interest: A Documented Chronology

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Edward A. Wieck
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Publication Date
92 pages

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This booklet provides material related to a dispute between operators and miners in the bituminous-coal industry. After an introduction by Mary van Kleeck, director of the Department of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation, it provides documents including an agreement between the mine workers and the coal mine administrator, the federal mine safety code, executive orders, and legal decisions.

EDWARD A. WIECK was a research associate in the Department of Industrial Studies at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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