Word: butler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...writing in response to a statement made by Mr. Butler in the CRIMSON on November 29, 1969, where he stated that painters are the least skilled of the tradesman...
Personally I do not think that Mr. Butler has the qualifications, the authority or the experience to cast such a rash judgment, because in order for a person to be such an authoritarian on a matter like this he must be a master of all the trades then he would be in a position to decide which one requires skill or not. If Mr. Butler tells me a bookkeeper has to have more education than a time-keeper or something pertaining to the business field I may be forced to agree with him as this...
Fictional Rate. That pressure last week brought a further rise in interest rates from their already towering levels. High-grade utility bonds were offered in Wall Street at a record 8.9% yield. William F. Butler, vice-president of the Chase Manhattan Bank, says that banks are refraining from raising their 81% prime rate on business loans only because they fear "the wrath of Congress." The prime rate is an increasingly unreliable guide to borrowing costs anyway. Growing numbers of borrowers pay as much as 10.6% interest on loans officially made at the prime rate, because banks are strictly enforcing...
...Butler had admitted earlier in the meeting that no formal criteria exist for the promotion of painters' helpers. He said that Harvard was presently discussing this matter in negotiations now taking place between the University and the union representing Harvard's maintenance workers...
...Butler remained silent during most of Krim's statement, although he seemed to be taking notes on what Krim was saying, Replying to Krim at one point, he repeated his statement that the helpers were receiving "on-the-job training" by working alongside journeymen. He said that historically Harvard had hired only skilled workmen but had instituted the training program to provide jobs for more blacks...