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...TIME, Dec. 30). Kaiser complained that this was a rabbit punch to his own Fontana steel plant, which supplied Consolidated. Presumably, Consolidated would now buy from its new owner, Big Steel. About a month ago, Kaiser again felt the hot breath of Big Steel on his neck. Through a dicker with four western railroads, Big Steel had won a $4-40-a-ton reduction in the freight rate on steel shipped from Geneva to the coast...
While the B.M.A. girded itself for "the inevitable conflict," most Britons put their money on Bevan. The B.M.A. was plainly divided (besides the 18,972 who had voted to dicker, 14,525 had not voted at all). Bevan promptly announced that he would proceed to negotiate with other medical societies (e.g., the Royal College of Physicians). If he could negotiate satisfactory terms, many a doctor would come into the plan, B.M.A. or no B.M.A. Said the London Times: "If it [ B.M.A. ] persists in refusing to attach as much importance to the general election of 1945 as it does...
...Saylor rasped: "There's nobody here getting tired. We're getting as much sleep as we always did. We're just giving up our spare time." Shrewd Dave Stern, first publisher to sign a Guild contract (TIME, Nov. 18), was far from ready to dicker on Guild terms ($100 a week for experienced reporters). He bought space in other newspapers and trade journals to announce the biggest November advertising and circulation in the Record's history...
...Dutra Government is working hard to mend matters. Last week, experts in London and Sāo Paulo were deep in dicker over modernization plans for half a dozen British-owned railways and tram lines. Transport Minister Edmundo de Macedo Scares, back from. Washington, claimed promise of a $50,000,000 credit for new equipment and highways...
...gotten it back, but not much more. Last spring they organized an independent union, the Norwalk Teachers' Association, to raise minimums from $1,700 to $2,000, maximums from $3,200 to $4,500. The city's Board of Education called the demands "impossible" and tried to dicker with individual teachers. Mayor Edward J. Kelley* felt sure the teachers' "civic pride" would triumph over their pocketbooks...