Seek Five-Day Week. A New England Committee, led by governor Winant of New Hampshire, in conference in Washington August 1 with Secretary of Labor Boak on means to create new jobs. Governor Winant believes that the plan for shorter working days and weeks would provide 3,000,000 jobs. Left to right: James M. Langley, Concord, N.H., editor and chairman New Hampshire unemployment relief committee; Harold M. Davis, Nasua, N.H., William Phillips, Boston, chairman Massachusetts Emergency Committee on unemployment; Governor Winant: Secretary Doak; H.P. Kendall, Boston: Joseph Lafontaine, Brockton, Mass; Charles E. Baldwin, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Thos. E. Campbell, President Civil Service Commission.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1937]

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