Word: basic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nation's program of social and economic reform is . . . a part of defense as basic as armaments themselves. . . ." As part of "realistic national preparedness" during the last six years he listed conservation and development of natural resources, public health and welfare, agricultural aid, evolution of labor, credit system cleanup, morale-building among youth and the aged. He concluded...
...hour week, general working conditions and other basic phases of the present agreement remained unchanged. The wage of pantry men, helpers and glass and silver women was also set at $18, making this the minimum wage for kitchen and Dining Hall workers. The contract called for a $3 raise for bus boys, giving them $30 a week. Other increase asked were in rough proportion to this...
...worked in steel, automobiles, rubber, etc., management paid all the costs. "Employe representatives" did good work for group health programs, plant safety, sports, etc. but rarely went to bat on basic questions of wages or hours. This saved employers trouble but it was not a cheap form of insurance. Even in companies (Bethlehem included) where E. R. P. worked best, it cost employers time and money to keep it going...
...Basic doctrines of European Socialism up until a few years ago were internationalism, disarmament, pacifism. Last week a vote at the Socialist Party Congress of France at Montrouge, suburb of Paris, showed dramatically how the rise of European dictatorships has changed those doctrines...
British Publisher Allen Lane, whose sixpenny paperbound Penguin and Pelican have flooded British newsstands and brought him a fortune, left London for India, Burma and Siam. Purpose: to investigate the possibilities of publishing paper-covered books in Basic English (850 words which "do all the work of 20,000") for use East of Suez...