United States 1935

Synopsis

The Guffey Act, also called the Guffey-Snyder Act and, more formally, the Bituminous Coal Conservation Act, was passed by the U.S. Congress to stabilize the coal industry. The act fixed minimum prices for coal and attempted to bring order to the wages, working conditions, and hours of coal workers. It also protected the rights of coal workers to organize and bargain collectively. The act came under fire as unconstitutional congressional interference in private commerce, and in 1936, in Carter v. Carter Coal Co., the U.S. Supreme Court declared the act unconstitutional.

George Sutherland. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Timeline

• 1920: League of Nations, based in Geneva, holds its first meetings.
• 1925: European leaders attempt to secure the peace at the Locarno Conference, which guarantees the boundaries between France and Germany, and Belgium and Germany.
• 1930: Naval disarmament treaty is signed by...