Word: coale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...industry, which for months has been free of major strikes, this was a disturbing symptom of trouble to come. Even more disturbing was the news that John L. Lewis was asking bituminous coal operators to give his miners a $1,200-a-year pension at 60 (after 20 years of service). If the operators failed to accede to this demand by Jan 1, Lewis would have an opportunity to call a strike in March...
Molotov: "The hidden reparations and economic privileges which the British, American and French authorities receive in the Western zones . . . are usually passed over in silence.... Coal was bought at cheap rates from the Ruhr . . . and exported to other countries. The British authorities . . . received enormous profits...
...Truth: All proceeds from sales of Ruhr coal and other German products are poured back into Germany...
...Wales, Coal Miner Edward Green-slade had set a record by cutting 145 tons of coal at the rate of 25 tons a shift, only to be beaten by Miner Edward Maybank, who cut an average of 25¾ tons a shift. The individual efforts of many another miner had swelled Britain's weekly coal production to 4,298,700 tons, the highest since August 1940. (Low point: 1,587,700 tons in August 1943). The mine modernization program was still too young to show big results, but it promised even higher production figures for the future. In Lancashire...
Under the agreement, Chile would ship coal, iron and copper to Argentina. But, said other critics, after the new steel plant at Concepción is completed in 1949, Chile will have no coal to export, may even have to import coal from the U.S. to keep going. In the end, they were sure Argentina would get a stranglehold on Chile's economy...