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...trooped triumphantly back to the mills. Under a scheme set up by that sensible Scot, Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald, they would be paid the old wage, at least until the arbiters had made an award. When first news of this compromise reached such famed cotton towns as Manchester, Blackburn and Oldham, joyous craftsfolk paraded and snake-danced through their dingy slums, shouting "Strike's Off! STRIKE...
Manchester, Bolton, Rochdale, Bury, Blackburn, Oldham, Nelson, Glossop...
Mayors Mediate. Despairing of Government mediation the Mayor of Blackburn induced nine other Lancashire mayors to unite under his chairmanship as a Committee of Conciliation. In a few hours they had established relations with Secretary Thomas Ashurst of the Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' Association, with Secretary George Pogson of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners. Here at last was a channel through which both sides could dicker without losing face...
While the Seniors are attending the Tree Oration, the Alumni will form for their march to the Stadium where Alan Russell Blackburn Jr. '29 of Auburndale, Long Island, will deliver the Ivy Oration. The Stadium program includes singing by the Glee Club, the presentation of the Class Banner to the Class of 1932, the Singing of "Fair Harvard" and the usual Confetti Battle...
Batteries--CRIMSON: Barues and Underhill: Lampoon--Lampoon, R. L., A. R. Blackburn and R. F. W. Smith...