Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...major weapon in wage negotiations: the "key bargaining" tactic by which he singles out one company for attack, then uses that settlement as a pattern for the others. In 1955, at the last auto bargaining, Reuther's whipsaw worked to perfection and wrecked the industry's informal agreement to hold firm against demands for a guaranteed annual wage. When G.M. refused to give ground, the union turned on Ford. Fearing that G.M. would gain a new edge in the market if the union went on strike, Ford capitulated, forcing others to follow...
Edward Teller shares the desire for peace, but he doubts whether halting tests would bring it any nearer. He is convinced that the Russians would evade any no-test or disarmament agreement, unilateral or otherwise, and that absolutely foolproof detection of tests is impossible. On this point he is apparently more skeptical than President Eisenhower's scientific advisers. Said the President at his press conference last week: While there is "a little field for uncertainty," it should be possible, with "proper inspectional facilities," to detect "any sizable test...
...Russians could and would cheat on any disarmament promises, Physicist Teller feels that U.S. weakness would invite Communist aggression. "If we stay strong," he said recently, "then I believe we can have peace based on force. Peace based on force is not as good as peace based on agreement, but in the terrible world in which we live, it may be the only peace that we can have...
...prayable, i.e., they belong in the pulpit and the pew. They are a doxology [and] establish the consensus with the fathers." The Missouri Synod and its conservative associates in the SYNODICAL CONFERENCE (see Chart) stand unalterably on acceptance of the confessions "because"-not "insofar as" -they are in agreement with the Bible. They are equally firm on 1) literal interpretation of the Bible and 2) refusal to join any group whose members do not interpret the Word exactly as they...
...Dead Serious." G.M. countered by calling for a continuation of the present contract, which would provide a flat 6% yearly wage boost, no additional benefits and no profit-sharing. Automakers speculated that Reuther himself has little hope of winning a profit-sharing agreement, is only using it as leverage in the main fight for a hefty wage raise, despite all his "dead serious" talk of finding "a way by which wage earners can achieve their equity, their measure of social and economic justice." Reuther may even have trouble gaining much of a pay boost. With skidding sales, the industry...