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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thereupon Mr. Lewis launched his congress in Pittsburgh's dilapidated Grotto Hall with a restatement of the C. I. O. peace position and official figures on C. I. O. membership and finances at the close of its third year. "We are not willing," said he, ". . . to make of the C. I. O. another Czechoslovakia, to be dismembered and destroyed by such powers as seek peace at our expense. . . . Once the representatives of the A. F. of L. are ready ... to deal with the C. I. O. on a basis of equality and justice, they will find the representatives...
...Other masters, like Bosch and El Greco and Chardin, share an enthusiastic contemporary reception," wrote Pundit Alfred M. Frankfurter for the catalogue, "but none of them comes so close to the dernière heure of modern taste. . . ." Pleased visitors were inclined to agree that the dernière heure would be a happier one if such sparkling craft and wit as Piero's were more commonly wedded to unfettered fantasy...
...biggest day's trading (3,100,000 shares) on the New York Stock Exchange since Oct. 21, 1937, National Steel rose 42 points, Du Pont 4 points, both reaching new highs for the year, 151¼. Close behind was Bethlehem Steel with a 3¾-point advance. U. S. Steel rose 3¼-points, Chrysler 2½. The New York Times index of 50 stocks made a net gain of 2.52 points, biggest post-election-day advance since the index was started 27 years ago. Two hundred and one stocks hit new 1938 highs...
...much of a moral victory a 0-0 tie would have been was evident at the close of the half, when the Yale stands accorded their team a great ovation, while the Harvard stands just sat and shivered...
Speaking of the characteristics of the two teams, he said, "There is no bad blood. The going is plenty tough, but you don't seem to mind because there is good feeling all around. Generally there is close similarity between the men playing on both teams. They don't know when to quit; they fight till they drop...