Word: hartleys
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Marshall Plan (China subordinated to Europe) ; a strong U.N. (he opposed the veto at San Francisco); the Taft-Hartley Act (except for the closed-shop, union political activity, and anti-Communist provisions); strong labor unions; tax reduction and debt retirement (any surplus split 50-50 between them); tax concessions for small business; Government controls on inventories, consumer credit, commodity speculation; a $1 billion-a-year Government housing program; rent control; FEPC; a modified U.M.T.; parity price support; admission of D.P.s...
...Sure, Joe. "They asked if I had a candidate. I said, 'Yes. He's a fairminded, level-headed Yankee. He is Styles Bridges [anti-New Dealing New Hampshire Senator, chairman of the Appropriations Committee, a supporter of the Taft-Hartley Act]. They seemed pleased at the suggestion and they asked, 'Will he take it?' I said, 'He certainly will.' So I got him on the phone at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York...
...supported it. He is against Big Labor and labor monopolies; against the secondary boycott, the closed shop, industry-wide bargaining. Nevertheless, it was he who first stood up and fought Harry Truman's proposal to draft striker's into the Army. His main objective in the Taft-Hartley Act was to restore the legal balance between labor and management...
...same day, the Government went to court and got a temporary restraining order, a necessary preliminary to obtaining an 80-day injunction under the Taft-Hartley Act. The court ordered Lewis to refrain "from continuing the strike now in existence." But early this week the miners were still on strike and John L. was closeted with his lawyers...
...balanced budget, debt retirement, lower taxes (in that order); Government stimulation of housing; rent control; prepaid health insurance at the state level; a permanent FEPC; the Taft-Hartley law (except for the anti-Communist and union press provisions); public power development; the U.N.; the Marshall Plan (conditioned on proof of mutual cooperation & self-help); equal attention to the problems of the Orient; Hawaiian statehood; universal military training...