Word: czars
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Musicians' Czar James Caesar Petrillo had already waltzed his way through wage raises from the movie magnates and hotelmen. Last week it was the turn of the record companies to feed the kitty...
While the recordmakers and Petrillo bargained heatedly, waiters ducked in with cooling trayloads of beer. During a break, reporters asked the Czar how he was doing. Shrugged he: "Aw, you know how it is. I work alla time and fight alla time and get my brains beat out alla time. But you know me. I bounce back...
Industry negotiators bounced to the ceiling at Petrillo's initial wage demands, wildly claimed that he was asking a 533% boost in some categories. "Only 533%?" mocked the Czar. "Why not 560%? Those industry guys always say to me: 'Do you want to put us out of business?' And I say, 'No, I wanna be in business with...
Control Loser. "The War Production Board in the early days had practically no control over the War Department and the Navy Department, both of which ran roughshod over the entire war production program. . . . Its Chairman [Donald Nelson] found himself beset . . . by an oil czar, a coal czar, a rubber czar, a manpower czar. . . . To correct this situation an Office of War Mobilization was created. . . . This Office failed to act as a directing and managing organization, but served rather as a referee waiting for disputes among various agencies to arise...
When Music Czar James Caesar Petrillo imperiously directed Manhattan nightclubs to raise musicians' wages last week he did not forget to write a punch line. He wanted a 20% increase for musicians in 1,100 New York night spots. But if the clubs had a floor show he ruled that the musicians deserved a little more-45% to be exact...