Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Five months ago, union leaders in three major industries, one after another, demanded a 10% wage increase for their men. Fortnight ago, to back up their demand. 210,000 shipyard workers walked out of Britain's 70 yards, which have enough orders on the books to keep booming through 1961. Six days later, the 2,750,000 members of Britain's "engineering" unions began a "snowball strike," or progressive walkout, which by April 6 was scheduled to close down 4,300 factories producing everything from textile looms to bombers. In the background, muttering ominously, were...
Miami's Peace Justice Malvin Englander last week rejected a Massachusetts demand for $5,000 bail, released the Ellises in the custody of their attorney, pending an extradition fight. To reporters, meanwhile, the Ellises told the story of their struggle for Hildy...
...PRICES, now at a 15-year low for this time of year because of record production and lessened demand, will stay down through summer, then turn up because farmers are buying fewer replacement chicks. Retail prices last week for a dozen large grade A eggs were as low as 47^ in Chicago, 45?-in New York, 41? in Los Angeles...
...forces of supply and demand were operating all over. Some industries, such as agriculture-equipment and auto-parts manufacturers, were stepping up production. The steel industry was down to 92.7% of capacity as shipments exceeded new orders, and customers continued to live off inventories. Automakers were still increasing production. Led by Ford and Chrysler, production last week rose to 141,324 cars -10,117 units higher than the same week...
...starts. The program is rapidly being choked off, a victim of the tight-money policy which has made mortgage money unavailable for VA houses at the low (4½% maximum) rate permitted. The volume of appraisal requests to the VA is 57% below two years ago-even though the demand is still huge. In its twelve years of mortgage operation, the VA has guaranteed building loans for more than 5,000,000 veterans of World War II and the Korean war, and there are still 15 million veterans who have not made use of VA loans. "There hasn...