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Word: brevard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Examples: the Wage Adjustment Board has boosted the pay of workers on a Navy contract in Brevard County, Fla. from 30 to 50?-an increase of 66.6%. It has advanced the pay of glaziers at the Oklahoma City aircraft assembly plant from 90? to $1.25 per hour-an increase of 38.9% WLB argues that such increases were contemplated when the War Labor Board was set up, that the Little Steel formula was not meant to be a rigid standard. But unveiling the huge building-trade wage raises put WLB and the Administration on the spot. The New Deal still seemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INFLATION: Formula Smashed? | 4/12/1943 | See Source »

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