Word: complaints
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Second Trouble. By that time Labor had developed an acute distaste for a system of cutting down supply which also cut down wages by 25%. But Labor had another major complaint. The mills were trying to offset high wages by resorting to the "stretch-out," the hated practice whereby a worker is forced to tend more and more looms. These were not the only two troubles which NRA had brought. Section 7 (a) had sent the A. F. of L. out on a mighty crusade to unionize the industry. With the prestige of the Recovery Act behind them...
...responsible official in Washington last week doubted that serious repercussions would follow scarcity. A national complaint against the High Cost of Living would be a serious political threat to the existence of AAA. If the complaint should occur before the November elections the threat would be more serious still. Last week New Dealers were congratulating themselves on the fact that the most serious price rises?in meat?are not likely to occur before spring...
...suit asking payment of $250 for each and every performance of the song. If As Thousands Cheer closes on schedule the first week in September the grand total demanded will be $100,750 for 403 performances. Lyricist Patty Hill, who will share in the damages, if any, had no complaint to make on the use of the words because she long ago resigned herself to the fact that her ditty had become common property of the nation...
DUSK AT THE GROVE?Samuel Rogers ?Little, Brown ($2.50). Books that win fat prizes generally get a big circulation, but not always the acclaim of critics. There should be little complaint, however, with the judges who picked Dusk at The Grove for this year's $10,000 Atlantic Prize Contest. The still waters of this quiet novel run deep. Author Rogers deals sparingly with what his people do, more with what they say, most with what they think. Ranging from 1909 to 1931 in a series of episodes, the story takes for its theme family loyalty in a changing...
...than a new one is struck in Poet Engle's writings. Enthusiasts may compare him to Whitman, to Sandburg, to Frost, but cooler heads will wait for more achievement before upping him above MacLeish or Jeffers. A note of challenge to defeat, however, augurs well for the future. "Complaint to Sad Poets" sounds the battle cry: Will you never be done with barking at the moon? . . . The terrier bitch that whelped its litter today Under the barn where the dirt is moist and dark Shames and defies you with the quiet logic Of life that works its ancient...