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Show Organized Labor Making Substantial Progress . Toward Five-Day Working Week By WILLIAM GREEN, President A. F. of L. Substantial progress has been made towards achieving labors goal of the five-day week and is a necessary accompaniment of the increasing use of machines and mechanical poweT. Five hundred and fourteen local unions report that their members are now working a five-day 40-hour week. A total of 165,029 members-of members-of organized labor have won this new advance in shorter working hours. These gains, made almost entirely since the federation announced its five-da v week policy at the Detroit convention two years ago, prove f he establishment of the five-day week is both practicable and possible, j The federation will continue to work for further introduction of thf shorter work week in industries where the adjustment can be made. |