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Dates: during 1950-1959
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It is all very well for Washington to sit around and talk sportily about ultimately outdoing the Soviets through longterm, highly sophisticated space programs. But while the U.S. is talking a good game, the U.S.S.R. is out playing it-for keeps.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Anniversary Jolt | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

A few days later, the President of the U.S. all but fulfilled the steelworker's wish by summoning the top men on both sides of the steel strike to the White House for head-banging sessions. "I am getting sick and tired of the apparent impasse," Ike told his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Stand on Principle | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

The breakoff of negotiations with steel supplies running out and ripples of unemployment spreading across the land cracked Dwight Eisenhower's already worn-thin patience. "I am not going to permit the economy of the nation to suffer, with its inevitable injuries to all," he told his press conference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Stand on Principle | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

By skimping in a lot of little ways-buying cheaper meats, turning out unneeded lights, doling out quarters instead of dollars to their five children-Steelworker Frank Sekula, 41, and his wife Betty have managed to stretch their savings far enough to meet their necessary outlays without piling up any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: A Steel Town on Strike | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

The strike began after I.L.A. officials in New York and other Northeastern ports had signed a truce agreement with the New York Shipping Association to extend the current labor contract until Oct. 15, while negotiations for a new contract continued. Longshoremen, with a base pay of $2.80 an hour, were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Deadlock on the Docks | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

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