Word: contracting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...governments sole hope of halting the walkout at present appeared to be the court ruling it seeks holding that Lewis' "termination" of his contract was unlawful. President Truman had no conferences on the situation today and other government offices were closed...
...that the court had no right to issue the temporary injunction, therefore Lewis should not be held in contempt. The judge was not impressed. He ordered Lewis to appear two days later for trial. At that time he would also listen to arguments over whether Lewis had violated his contract. The battle between John L. and his Government entered a critical phase...
...boys themselves were mighty uneasy. Would they fink on Old John? Miner Joe Grizo laughed at that one. "This may be a hell of a time to strike," he said. "But the union's gotta have a contract, and what's the use of having a union if we don't stick together? John's the leader. . . . He ain't ever been wrong...
Also absorbed would be the 3,500-man Civilian Production Administration, with its building-material controls, and the Contract Settlement Administration. They were sinking fast. Their top men were leaving...
...affable Al Johnson, now 47, was running the General Timber Co., Ltd. when Marathon took it over in 1938, retained him as general manager of its pulpwood operations near Port Arthur. His contract called for an annual salary of $7,500 plus a production bonus...