Word: coding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Pennsylvania. While the President thus addressed all U. S. Labor, he was particularly mindful of 55,000 insubordinate Pennsylvania coal miners. These men had originally struck to force recognition of their union. United Mine Workers of America, by non-union operators. In the code and contract that became operative last week, the miners had won this objective. Their union chief had ordered them back to work, when they demanded something more: recognition of U. M. W. by the operators of "captive"' mines- those owned by the non-union steel industry. The steel men had agreed to give their miners...
Although he might license out of existence any mine, shop or factory which violated its industrial code, no law empowered the President to make workers work. Personality and the prestige of his office were all the President could bring to bear. How he had tried these were revealed by Philip Murray, the United Mine Workers' white-haired, black-browed vice president, in a speech at Pittsburgh last week...
Prince Bismarck received Chancellor Hitler's "observations" on this proposed convention last week in a long code cablegram from the Wilhelmstrasse. Calling his limousine he sped to Whitehall, marched into the office of tall, frigid British Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon and told him that Germany cannot wait until 1938 before beginning to achieve armament equality with France. At the very least, in Chancellor Hitler's view, the Fatherland should at once be allowed to have "samples" of all armaments now denied her by the Treaty of Versailles; big guns, tanks, battle planes. Finally, even if a four...
...gazetted last week, will have "power to improve economic conditions, control and plan productive enterprises and protect the interests of workers." Just how they would do this Dr. Soong & colleagues were not quite sure last week, but they thought they might start by imposing some sort of code on China's cotton mills, predominantly owned by Japanese. "Both employes and employers who refuse to abide by our regulations," announced the NEC, "will face drastic penalties." Another aim of the NEC will be "to urge the Chinese people to buy Chinese...
Having waved over mine, shop and factory, the magic wand of the NRA was last week poised for its last big sweep, over the retail stores of the land. After public incantations which began in August and backstage sorcery continued all through September, the Retail Code was nearly ready for the President to approve and invoke...