[90] The turn in public sentiment really dated from the threat of a strike for the eight-hour day by the four railway brotherhoods in 1916, which forced the passage of the Adamson law by Congress. The law was a victory for the brotherhoods, but also extremely useful to the enemies of organized labor in arousing public hostility to unionism.
[91] See below, [259-261], for a more detailed description of the Plan.
[92] The Transportation Act included a provision that prior to September 1, 1920, the railways could not reduce wages.
[93] A Protestant interdenominational organization of influence, which investigated the strike and issued a report.
[94] The union had not been formally "recognized" at any time.
[95] Coppage v. Kansas, 236 U.S. (1915).
[96] Hitchman Coal and Coke Co. v. Mitchell et al, 245 U.S. 229 (1917).
[97] Duplex Printing Press Co. v. Deering, 41 Sup. Ct. 172 (1921).
[98] Montana allows the "unfair list" and California allows all boycotts.
[99] American Steel Foundries of Granite City, Illinois, v. Tri-City Central Trades' Council, 42 Sup. Ct. 72 (1921).