Word: bille
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...week's end, the Labor Committee was ready with the bill to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act. Like the filibuster battle, the measure reflected the Administration's stubborn scorn of compromise. After 3½ weeks of hearings and haggling, New Dealing Chairman Elbert D. Thomas reported it out exactly the way the White House had recommended. It drew the teeth of the Taft-Hartley Act and reinstated the Wagner Act with a few minor changes. Republicans in committee had tried to offer some amendments, but Thomas' Democratic majority had turned down every one, reporting the bill...
...appears that the chief motive of the new bill is to increase the state's influence on private education. Small colleges and schools could easily be intimidated into dropping faculty members who held leftist views-Representative Sullivan asserts that several colleges have already "drawn in their horns" because of his proposed legislation. A wholesale dismissal of instructors with leftist or "radical" opinions would prevent colleges from giving fair and impartial treatment to many of today's most important problems in the natural and social sciences. Students would no longer be the sole judges of a teacher's lectures; instructors would...
Yale boasts a strong set of freestyle men, headed by Ray Reid, frequent winner in both the 100 and 50-yard races, and including Don Erwin, Emil Estoclet, and Larry Munson. Against these, Bob Borke, Mort Hull, Jerry Gorman, Bill Mac-Vickar, and Shep Brown will have to show better than their very best stuff...
...Kiphuth decides to "load" his 300-yard medley relay team with Floyd Aglietti, Bill Osbourn, and Dick Baribault--as he did against Dartmouth--the race looks like a sure Yale victory...
With an undefeated record this season--like their elders--the Yale freshmen will be favored over Bill Brooks' Yardling swimmers when the two teams meet at 3:30 this afternoon in the Block-house pool...