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Dates: during 1940-1949
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John L.'s .miners were ready to begin their ten-day vacation; their present contract with the mine operators expired on July 1. Meanwhile the operators' spokesman, Ezra Van Horn, had filed suits which froze the miners' welfare and pension fund and prevented its distribution. If the contract were not signed, or the pension fund not unfrozen, John L.'s miners might not come back to work on July...
...camps. They decided to bring over 2,000 girls (mostly Czechs, Poles and Estonians) as cooks and maids. Shipping shortages cut the first group to ten, but after six months, 2,000 were in Canada and at work (for $35 a month minimum on a one-year contract), half of them in city homes and on farms, the rest in hospitals, schools...
...once, housewives had help that they liked. The girls liked the setup too. Only 25 of the first 2,000 have quit because of rows with employers. About 90% of them plan to stay where they are after their year's contract ends. (Exceptions: the 25 girls who have married since coming to Canada, 75 more who are engaged...
Before the balloting, everybody had his say. Urged the board minority: "The issue . . . is whether the Guild, to which [Buchanan] has paid his dues, will represent his interests . . . just as a lawyer represents a client with whom he may disagree." Said the majority report: "The contract provides that there shall be no discharge except for just & sufficient cause . . . We believe membership in the Communist Party to be such a cause . . . We do not feel that we can require a newspaper to retain a reporter who no longer has value." It wasn't just a case of which-party...
...Less fortunate were the telefans who hoped to see the Zale-Graziano fight from living rooms or bars last fortnight. Du Mont had a contract to televise the fight, provided that the box office was healthy. At fight time there were still a few unsold seats in Ruppert Stadium, and the network was turned away (after spending about $5,000 for cable charges...