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Show PENSION FOR LABORERS ii -1 -1- Shoemakers 0 Brockton Start Petition to Con-: Con-: gress'for Aid. BROCKTON, Mass., May 12.--A movement."! has been started by the Shoe' Labor unions of Brockton to petl--tiost Congress for a pension for working work-ing citizens" of the country. The Idea Is thatkll citizens who have been such for twenty-one consecutive years after reaching the age of 53 years and being unable .to earn an annuity of $400 per year be pensioned by the United States Government at the rate'of J20 monthly. . The' petition will be presented to all the unions of the-6lty for their approval ap-proval and afterward be forwarded to Washingtoix It is planned to secure the co-operation of labor unions In other cities to further the project. . |