Word: contractor
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...midst of his act in a Pittsburgh theatre, Comedian Jimmy ("Schnozzle") Durante pranced off the stage, ran up an aisle, stopped at the seat of Mrs. Evelyn Loether, contractor's wife. Then, according to Mrs. Loether, he "seized her in an indiscreet manner. He made an unlawful, illegal assault upon her. . . . He put his arms around her neck and forced her head against his. He kissed her left cheek, slobbered on her face." Mrs. Loether "cowered in embarrassment" and, two days later, sued for $5,000 damages. Said Comedian Durante: "Aw, it's just one of those things...
...quite a talk with a sub-contractor who gave a little dope on Jim Farley, organized labor and the NRA the other day. This honest man had it right in his simple way. He said that the logical unions were entirely controlled by a small cabal of thieves who blackmailed everybody, including their own members. This isn't five star final material, I know but it simply substantiates an old prejudice of mine to the effect that collective bargaining is all right if honest men are doing the bargaining, but crooked organized labor is a menace to the honest laborer...
...Acting Supervising Architect, Mr. Wetmore exerted practically no influence in the design of Federal buildings. He boasts that he never accepted so much as a cigar (and he is passionately addicted to them) from a contractor or competing architect. "Recently," he rumbled, "I had to send back a gallon can of New Orleans molasses that was a gift from a builder. Good molasses...
...their joint account at Van Derck's bank but always they made good ? until last April. Then one day Baiata invited Van Derck to drop by the Barry saloon for a friendly beer. Barry & Baiata explained that the saloon had just been redecorated and $172 was due the contractor. Would Van Derck honor a check for that amount until the brewery, as was customary, reimbursed them for the redecorating? Van Derck, to oblige, doctored Ledger...
...white-collar tenants since the poor for whom it was intended cannot possibly pay that much. One of the prime reasons for high rents is the cost of labor on the job. At Hillside, bricklayers get $13.20 a day, plasterers and stonecutters, $12; carpenters, masons, electricians, $11.20. As every contractor knows, there can be no low-cost housing at such a wage scale for the building trades...