FRENCH EMPLOYERS BASE WAGES ON FAMILY NEEDS
New York Times. Jan 4, 1925
THERE is going on in Europe a revolution of which little has been heard in America, a revolution which promises results of the highest value to national life. The custom of paying wages for work done regardless of the responsibilities and needs of the workers is giving way to the custom of taking account of family responsibilities and needs of each worker in apportioning his pay.
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SEWER WORK BLAME PUT UP TO CONNOLLY
New York Times. Dec 15, 1927
Commissioner of Accounts James A. Higgins, in the first of his public hearings yesterday afternoon on charges of waste and graft in the $16,000,000 Jamaica sewer system, fixed directly upon Borough President Maurice E. Connolly responsibility for the conduct of sewer and highway construction in Queens in the last thirteen years.
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