Word: allen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President received two onetime Governors: Henry J. Allen of Kansas, Frank O. Lowden of Illinois. Later, Mr. Allen expressed the fear that Mr. Coolidge's economy talks were creating an unwarranted "buyers' strike," thereby injuring business. Mr. Lowden pointed out that there is still distress on many farms...
Early in 1920, after a series of bitter strikes, Henry J. Allen, Governor, ushered into being the Kansas Court of Industrial Relations (formally created by act of the Legislature). In effect, it was a court of compulsory arbitration. It made the little man famous, made him a conspicuous figure at the Republican Convention that year. William Allen White, sage of the prairies, christened it " the greatest piece of constructive legislation of the reconstruction period...
...State Court gave up its rulings on wages and working conditions, but insisted on the specified labor-hours. That crippled the Industrial Court's prestige. Last week's final review threw out the ruling on labor-hours. The Relations Court is now believed to be dead.* Gov. Allen's great and good idea for a peacemaker in industry must seek other forms, other prophets...
...race which was originally scheduled to go two miles has been changed on account of the lack of half milers in the B. A. A. squad. Although the four University contestants are not yet certain, they will be picked from Coach Farrell's list of prospects which includes Allen, Kobes, Haggerty, Malick, Rogers, and Broome...
...which will start at the Larz Anderson Bridge in the afternoon, and it is probable that they will accept the invitation and attend in a body. The majority of the men who are in charge of the day's program and who will speak at Concord are University graduates. Allen French '94 is the head of the committee in charge and among the prominent speakers are B. L. Young '07 and Robert Frost '99, noted poet...