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...Well," said he, "I am here and will meet with any of you. I have never refused to meet union representatives. I have always believed in collective bargaining." Nevertheless, Mr. Rand refused to meet the discharged union heads until ''hell froze over...
...Original words: I came from Alabama Wid my banjo on my knee, I'm g'wan to Louisiana My true love for to see, It rained all night the day I left, The weather it was dry, The sun so hot I froze to death; Susanna, don't you cry. Oh! Susanna, Oh, don't you cry for me, I've come from Alabama, Wid my banjo on my knee...
...Eastman became Federal Coordinator of Transportation in 1933, the Emergency Transportation Act which created that post urged that he encourage consolidations for economy, but at the same time practically prevented them by forbidding the railroads to employ fewer men after such mergers than they employed in May 1933. This froze the situation so that virtually no railroad consolidation has been effected at all. All Coordinator Eastman could do was to offer suggestions, which usually tended in the direction of eventual Government management of U. S. railroads. One of Mr. Eastman's favorite proposals is the consolidation of railway terminals...
...Gorrie was a good enough physicist to know that expanding air absorbs heat from its surroundings. Accordingly he built a steam-driven pump which packed air to ten times atmospheric pressure. The released air chilled water until it froze. Dr. Gorrie was granted U. S. Patent...
...unaccustomed to apply the standards of reality to the speeches of their masters, and demand a reckoning for squandered blood and wasted years, [people] toiled in the factories, fields, and cities, sent their children to be soldiers, washed with lye-soap and paper towels, travelled in unheated railway carriages, froze in chilly houses, sunned themselves in future glories and reports of victories they never presumed to question, mourned their dead, and were patiently ridden to destruction...