Letter from Horace Hammond to Governor Charles E. Henderson in Montgomery, Alabama.
In the letter Hammond explains the "labor situation" at several coal mines, foundries, and machine shops in Birmingham and the surrounding counties. He asks the governor to intervene, offering two suggestions: 1) enlisting the state and county defense councils to "go out with appeals...
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In the letter Hammond explains the "labor situation" at several coal mines, foundries, and machine shops in Birmingham and the surrounding counties. He asks the governor to intervene, offering two suggestions: 1) enlisting the state and county defense councils to "go out with appeals to the people" and 2) instructing sheriffs and judges to enforce the state's vagrancy laws. He insists that local production is necessary to the country's war efforts, but acknowledges that "it might be said that our interest is selfish." He also gives his opinion about the attitude of the laboring classes: "It is my own personal belief that, in a way, labor is so prosperous now that it does not feel the necessity for working full time six days a week. In other words, if a man can worth three or four days now and make more money than he made in six days work two years ago, and if he and his family are not actually needing the proceeds of his daily labor, then you know the tendency of so many of this class of labor is not to do any more than is necessary for a living day by day and week by week." A copy of the correspondence was sent to Lloyd M. Hooper, chairman of the Alabama State Council of Defense. |
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Q0000099864 - Q0000099865Q99864 - Q99865Letter from Horace Hammond to Governor Charles E. Henderson in Montgomery, Alabama.In the letter Hammond explains the "labor situation" at several coal mines, foundries, and machine shops in Birmingham and the surrounding counties. He asks the governor to intervene, offering two suggestions: 1) enlisting the state and county defense councils to "go out with appeals to the people" and 2) instructing sheriffs and judges to enforce the state's vagrancy laws. He insists that local production is necessary to the country's war efforts, but acknowledges that "it might be said that our interest is selfish." He also gives his opinion about the attitude of the laboring classes: "It is my own personal belief that, in a way, labor is so prosperous now that it does not feel the necessity for working full time six days a week. In other words, if a man can worth three or four days now and make more money than he made in six days work two years ago, and if he and his family are not actually needing the proceeds of his daily labor, then you know the tendency of so many of this class of labor is not to do any more than is necessary for a living day by day and week by week." A copy of the correspondence was sent to Lloyd M. Hooper, chairman of the Alabama State Council of Defense.1918 April 161918-04-151910-1919Hammond, Horace; Henderson, Charles, 1860-1937; Labor and laboring classes--Alabama; Vagrancy--Law and legislation--Alabama; World War, 1914-1918--Home front; World War, 1914-1918--War work; Jefferson County (Ala.)TextCorrespondenceAlabama. State Council of Defense (1917-1919)Alabama State Council of Defense (1917-1919) administrative filesSG18904Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130EnglishThis material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections. 600 PPI TIFFhttp://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/8696 |
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