Word: eye
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...September, he could still be back in ample time for the extra session of Congress which he had not yet quite made up his mind to call last week. One advantage of an extra session would be to give Congress a chance to study crop control legislation without one eye on the deadline of 1938 spring planting. Another would be to give it a chance to get a head-start on such important legislation as anti-lynching and wages & hours, which it should settle before adjourning next year in time for members to go home and campaign in their primaries...
Meantime under Leader Lewis' stern eye Homer Martin and his subordinates proceeded to a compromise. Upon the recommendation of Mr. Lewis, who thought it would save money, the biennial convention was approved. Also approved was a resolution to change the name of the union to International Union of United Automobile & Aircraft Workers. Homer Martin got a face-saving concession, the power to suspend any other officers in "emergencies." subject to appeal to the executive board. The problem of who the officers would be was neatly solved by increasing the number of vice presidents by two to make room...
...Auburn Street about half a mile from the Yard. As a rule the Infirmary cares only for cases of relatively minor illness. All cases of major illness or those requiring major surgery are referred to Boston hospitals. For the convenience of students, a Dental Health Service and an eye clinic are available in the Hygiene Building...
More serious matters were broached on the convention floor. Menus, it was declared, are becoming larger, less cluttered with items, often illustrated, because "what the eye sees the mind may want." Deploring "leakage at the bar," Restaurant Accountant James E. McNamara observed that '"in the first place it is easier to waste a liquid than a solid; in the second place there is much more temptation to employes in a bottle than in a box. . . ." Sales Manager A. A. Schipke of International Silver Co. besought the stewards to screen their garbage cans and buy genuine silver. "In Massachusetts," said...
...Reidsville, N. C., the latest sport is rolling-pin throwing contests. Target is a dummy with a bull's-eye drawn on it. Unofficial champion is Mrs. Frank Christian...