Word: complaint
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when necessary. He announced that Malacanan would henceforth be known as the "official residence," not the palace; he would be called Mister, not Excellency; and he and all top officials would immediately publish a full statement of their assets. (His own: $13,179.) He set up a "Complaints and Action Commission." He dictated an executive order that complaint telegrams may be sent for 10 centavos, or free should that be too much for a poor man to pay. He wanted to sign it right away, and when told a draft would have to be drawn up, exploded: "Dammit, the people...
Last week the Soviet Union proposed Jan. 25 as the date for a Big Four foreign ministers' conference in Berlin. Britain, France and the U.S. had suggested Jan. 4, but probably will go along with the Russian date without much complaint. U.S. diplomats guessed that the Russian stalling was an effort to prolong the French National Assembly's delay in acting on the European Defense Community...
...Revenue Minister James McCann announced in the House of Commons that, under newly adopted customs rules, his office could apply special dumping duties on textiles sold in Canada for less than the "normal price" previously charged by manufacturers in their own countries. This was intended to meet a complaint that U.S. manufacturers sell end-of-season stocks in Canada at cost or less...
Cause for Complaint? Though it took no position on foreign-trade policy, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, in a 240-page report, told of stiffening competition from abroad: imports of electrical machinery and equipment increased elevenfold between 1939 and 1952, while exports only quintupled. In the first six months of this year imports increased by 50%, v. an export gain of only 9%. But the dollar figures showed that the industry has small cause for complaint: U.S. exports in 1952 totaled $616 million, v. imports of $27 million. And imports are still only a tiny fraction of domestic output (about...
Meanwhile, canners will try to bargain down the price of raw fish. For this, the FTC price-fixing complaint may be a blessing in disguise. If the Government wins its case, fishermen will have to bargain individually for the price of their fish instead of having the union bargain for the entire fleet...