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...best symbolized labor's posture in midsummer 1949 was C.I.O. President Phil Murray. As anxious as any labor leader to get what he could for his steelworkers, Murray was in no mood for a strike at this time. After all, steel production was already beginning to exceed demands. The solution he found last week was one that would probably become familiar: turn everything over to labor's good friend, the President. Harry Truman, unable to deliver on his promise to repeal Taft-Hartley, was anxious to be helpful in every...
...segment of the market, they must inevitably depreciate when the market as a whole is going down. Thus, most investment companies will be just as healthy, in the long run, as the total U.S. economy. Their biggest virtue is that they are giving more & more small investors (stockholders now exceed 1,000,000) a widespread stake in that economy...
...floors above) closed in between the defense and Judge Medina, between the defense and the spectators. Said Judge Medina to Gates: "I now adjudge you guilty of a willful and deliberate contempt . . . You are to be remanded until you have purged yourself of contempt for a period not to exceed 30 days." That meant that, instead of being free on bail, Gates would be lodged in jail after each day's session...
...odds on that horse shall exceed ten-fold, thou shalt carry thy fortuno to the man who is called Straight...
...extent of rent increases to be allowed was the only major conflict in the two bills. The Senate wanted a limit of two 5% jumps in twelve months, not to exceed an overall increase of 15% over the rental of June 1947. The House bill provided for a "reasonable return" to the landlord but didn't say how it was to be determined. In the end, Senate and House conferees compromised on a provision insuring landlords "a fair net operating income," to be determined by national and local rent officials...