Word: demand
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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John J. Cornwell, former Gover nor of West Virginia, told the National Association of Manufacturers that it would not be long before the United Mine Workers would demand nationalization of the coal mines. He asserted that they would not be satisfied with the recommendations of the so-called Fact Finding Commission, unless it also demanded nationalization of mines. At the convention of miners at Cleveland in 1919 the demand for nationalization of the coal mines was voiced formally for the first time. He declared that we are now only in a " temporary lull" of the coal war and that...
Unemployment in the United States has almost ceased to exist. In all industrial districts there is an increasing demand for skilled labor that parallels the general demand for unskilled labor and farm workers. In New York every industry is undermanned-as is the case generally in the East. Trade is booming in every state. The South and Southwest need farmhands. Liquor and beverages, lumber, vehicles, paper, chemicals, stone, clay and glass industries have vastly increased employment since March. Thus labor has turned the corner and need fear little more reaction. With immigration restricted, there is a " corner in labor " that...
...group, in which the prizes are $300 and $200 respectively, is restricted to undergraduates of any American college. The committee, however, reserves to itself the right to award the two prizes of $1000 and $500 of Class A to undergraduates in Class B, if the merits of the papers demand...
William H. Taft: " In a speech at Newark, N. J., Eugene V. Debs, who is not a citizen of the United States, said: 'Chief Justice Taft is on the payroll of the Steel Trust. . . . The Socialist Party will demand his resignation from the Supreme Court...
...reality, the battle is only half won by even the most thorough understanding of an assignment, for the modern curriculum is essentially scientific in nature and demands the employment of an accurate terminology. It would be absurd to describe a machine in terms of a zoological science, and it is often equally absurd to attempt to discuss even one of the so-called abstract sciences in terms of everyday conversation. The inability to use the peculiar vocabulary of the subject leads to a failure to speak convincingly with one who is more thoroughly acquainted with the topic at hand. Accuracy...