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Characteristically, Phil Murray said nothing about examining the steel company's books or debating the ins & outs of the profit system. He simply wanted a $2-a-day raise for his men, to keep their take-home pay around its $56-a-week wartime average. He firmly believed the companies could pay it without raising prices, but he would just as soon not argue the point; prices were a matter between the companies and OPA. And the $2 figure was subject to compromise anyway...
...long and indignant letter to theUnited Steelworkers, Vice President John Stephens of the U.S. Steel Corp. turned down the union's demand for a $2-a-day increase, claiming that the company was already selling many products below cost, that it was "sheer nonsense" to suggest that the company could absorb a higher wage level without raising prices. Thereupon the Steelworkers' Philip Murray accused the steel industry of "arrogance," called for a strike vote among 640,000 employes of 766 companies...
...business was routine. The Council gave a $1-a-day raise (to $6) to rangers who search Maine's woods for lost persons; it increased one liquor inspector's salary from $33 to $39 a week; and approved various appointments of notaries public and justices of the peace. The meeting lasted an hour. Then the Council sat down to a feast of deer liver, bear steak and biscuits...
...Chateau Frontenac, a U.S. physician named Dr. George Dows Cannon wired ahead for $12-a-day accommodations. He did not mention that he and his wife were Negroes. When they showed up, they were given a fine room overlooking the St. Lawrence. For three days they had no trouble. Then, as they waited for a table in the hotel's main dining room, a headwaiter told them: "We cannot serve...
Said a veteran, $12-a-day clammer: 'Well, I'll be damned...