Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strict industrial unionism not only for mass production workers but also for maritime, service, public utility and basic fabricating industries; 2) formation of an autonomous "C.I.O. department" within A.F. of L. with sole jurisdiction over industrial unions; 3) a joint A.F. of L.-C.I.O. national convention to ratify the agreement...
...letter and the demand came as a result of a mis-understanding between members of the Leverett House Committee and an informal group of House representatives. The Rabbit men, believing that an agreement had been reached whereby each was to have only one dance during the football season, cancelled plans for a second dance the night after the Army game, and decided to take a loss of some $150, since the orchestra had already been signed...
Later learning that no such agreement had been reached by the informal group, the Leverett House Committee decided to go on with the plans for their Army party as originally planned on the same night despite the fact that they had already announced cancellation of the dance...
...some more formal method of inter-House cooperation than has existed in the past, the current Leverett House Dance incident points the way for a definite revamping of the means of handling inter-House affairs. For the Leverett House Dance Committee, simply because of a misunderstanding of an agreement with the heads of the other House Committees, attempted to call off their projected Army Game party, incurring a loss in the interests of better cooperation between the Houses, and then found that no real agreement existed and that it could hold the affair after...
...result of a misunderstanding, Leverett House was not informed of this discussion, and started plans for a second dance, to follow the Army game. Having been informed that an agreement existed, Leverett House cancelled its plans and announcements. Several days later it became apparent that no such agreement had been made in the meeting; and Leverett, since it had contracts to fulfill on the dance, decided to go ahead even at this late date. This involved the loss of valuable time in the preparation of the dance, confusion in the minds of the undergraduates, and a probable loss...