Word: burdens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Railroads' demands that the Interstate Commerce Commission permit them to raise freight rates are based largely on the contention that an additional burden of $35,-000,000 a year was added to their operation expense this fall by (1 the corporate surplus tax, 2 wage increases, 3 increased steel costs, 4 safety measures to comply with State and Federal regulations, 5 grade crossing projects...
...definitely car-marked by its donor for a particular purpose, and the fund which supports the Fogg Museum, for example, could not be applied to taxes on Lowell House. In spite of its rich endowment, Harvard, like every other educational institution, can under no condition afford to bear the burden of state taxation...
...Murphy, who owns up to having attended Yale, falls the enviable task of impersonating a millionaire and wooing Miss Faye. He is paid to do this by a scheming producer (Ken Murray) and enters into the thing with considerable gusto, even contributing a neatly executed tap dance. But the burden of the picture falls on Miss Faye, who is more than equal to it. Music and dialogue combine to make this a good picture for a rainy...
...Those in charge of a well-managed and solvent industry should no more consider casting the burden of a temporary business recession upon their workers than upon their bondholders...
While businessmen muttered that it was strange they should be asked to assume the burden of high wages in depression after the undistributed profits tax had been imposed to keep them from collecting surpluses, it was evident that the President agreed with at least one businessman. In espousing high wages, low prices and volume production Franklin Roosevelt had taken his stand on the very platform occupied for over 20 years by Henry Ford...