Word: charter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...American Federation of Labor has served notice on the Central Labor Union of Seattle that its union charter will be cancelled unless it rescinds its endorsement of the Soviet Government...
...from the Atlantic and Gulf ports and six from the Pacific Coast. The terms of the bidding are: " The bidder must specify the names of the ships he desires to purchase, the price offered and terms of payment, the route over which he will undertake to maintain service, the charter, frequency and extent of service, period of time for which he will guarantee maintenance of service and the nature and terms of the guarantee...
...Board in turn, agrees not to compete directly or indirectly on the routes sold, or to sell or charter ships for competition. It reserves the right to reject all bids. In case it does not sell out-and it is not expected to be able to do so-it will operate the vessels itself...
...editors and contributors to the "highbrow" weeklies, critics of books and the drama, colyumists and readers for publishing houses, have combined to form not alone a mutual admiration society, but also an exclusive literary coterie, admission to which is denied candidates who have not the personal friendship of the charter members. Only thoroughgoing social radicals are welcome. Clearness and cleanness, coupled with a sound belief in American institutions, is a fatal...
...proposal is pending before the New York Charter Commission to transfer the control of the schools of New York City to the State in order to free them from politics. A similar bill affecting all the cities in the State is now before the Legislature. The proposal has aroused heated newspaper discussion pro and con, the issue being "Home-Rule" versus " Efficiency...