Word: fixedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lewis continued: "Our demands as a whole do not in themselves constitute iron-clad demands, nor are they to be received as an ultimatum. Rather, we appeal to your sense of fair play. . . . The operators may as well admit they are compelled to fix a decent wage and that they should not be blamed for desiring to fix a price in proportion to it. However, that does not mean that the American public should have to pay more for its coal...
...abolished either by Government purchase or by expropriation. ¶The Government should exercise control of the industry and also, if at any time the supply of anthracite is cut off by labor troubles or otherwise, the President should be empowered to declare an emergency, take over the mines temporarily, fix wages, mine, transport and distribute coal. ¶The retail price of anthracite has practically doubled in ten years. ¶About 50 cents of the consumer's dollar goes to pay for coal at the mine, the remainder paying for transportation, distribution, retailers' and jobbers' profits...
...great sensation of the week was the letter from Pope Pius XI to the Papal Secretary of State, Cardinal Gasparri, suggesting plans for an early Ruhr peace. The Pope backed the suggestion, emanating from U. S. Secretary of State Hughes, for an international conference to fix Germany's capacity to pay reparations. He also suggested that the Ruhr occupation should be withdrawn progressively as guarantees for payment from the Germans became effective. The Pope expressed some surprise that his suggestions were received unfavorably by the French Government, which considers the Pope's message an attempt to undermine...
England seems eager to negotiate on the basis of the latest German note which proposes an impartial commission to fix reparations and guarantees; Italy and Belgium are not satisfied with the present situation. But France, if we may believe the French press, raises three objections: first, that passive resistance must cease, second, that there shall be no examination by outsiders of Germany's capacity to pay, and finally, that any abatement of France's claim on Germany must be met by a corresponding abatement of the English and American claims on France. If Mr. Baldwin can unravel this tangle...
...fact that the Lausanne Conference is being held to fix, among other things, the terms of peace between Turkey and Greece has been consistently forced into the background by issues which have more closely affected the Allies. The facts which led up to this, the second instalment of the Lausanne Conference, are as follows: In accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Sevres Greece received a large stretch of Asia Minor and most of Thrace. The terms of peace between Turkey and the Allies were also fixed. The Turks refused to sign the Treaty and attacked...