Word: bans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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High priority would go to repeal a legal curb which Labor has resented for 19 years-the ban on general and political strikes, passed by the Conservatives after the great strike...
...seldom goes to nightclubs, but he entertains frequently at home. For special occasions, he usually has a small orchestra in. At such times, he has a drink or two (Scotch & soda), but he rarely smokes. His grandfather's ban on smoking in Ford offices is still in effect...
...Unless food can be imported, some Japanese will starve this winter. For exports, Japan could provide up to 2,000 tons of tea and 135,000 bales of raw silk. To preserve silk for export, MacArthur has forbidden the Japs to use it themselves. ¶ After a long ban on unions, workers are now allowed to organize, and "emergence of a strong unified labor movement" is in prospect. ¶ Businessmen had been under Government control so long they found it hard "to plan and operate independently," hence reconversion has been "slow and unsatisfactory...
...another year, he also figured, the marriage ban might be relaxed. U.S. authorities might even be transporting German wives of G.I.s...
Chaplains were unable to supply a solution. Said one tentatively: "Maybe the ban on marriages will follow in the footsteps of the fraternization ban"-which was lifted when nature's laws proved more compelling than the Articles...