Word: fair
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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From that time, General de Latour ruled Tunisia with a firm, fair hand, disassociating himself with Mendes when talking to the French, yet managing to stay popular with the Tunisians and make their home rule work. At the news of his appointment to Morocco last week, Tunisian Premier Tahar Ben Amar said of him: "We wish him in Morocco the same success he achieved in Tunisia...
...crumbling front of Fair Trade was weakened by another major desertion. After six years of setting Fair Trade prices on its products, Westinghouse last week gave up. It abandoned Fair Trade pricing on its electric housewares and bed coverings. Said Westinghouse: "Actually, we believe in Fair Trade, but under present circumstances, do not believe it is workable." The company explained: 1) mail-order shipments of price-cut appliances from non-Fair Trade places into Fair Trade states "hopelessly" broke down enforcement, and 2) the "varying price situation" from one state to another made national promotions almost impossible...
...news of Westinghouse's move hit Fair Traders, three manufacturers-General Electric, Sunbeam and Proctor Electric-announced they would hold the line. But it is a hard line to hold. The smart shopper can usually find name appliances below the "suggested" list price...
...Fair Trade was also weakened in the book business last week. The Federal Trade Commission ruled that publishers who sell their books at discounts through book clubs cannot force retail stores to charge the list price. Bookstores can now cut prices on any club choice...
...NLRB ruled that it did not have the power to force a labor union, when it is an employer, to use fair labor practices. In Portland. Ore., when the Teamsters Union discovered that its 23 office workers wanted to join an A.F.L. Office Employees Union, it fired five, threatened the rest. NLRB decided that a union, as a nonprofit organization, is not under NLRB jurisdiction...