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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Netherlands. Premier Willem Drees and his Labor Party (Socialists), who hold 50 out of 150 seats in Parliament, wanted to extend last year's higher taxes for two more years. The Catholic People's Party (49 seats) partner of the Socialists for twelve years, wanted a one-year extension. Down went Drees...
...granted by President Arturo Frondizi shortly after he took office in May. With bigger paychecks bidding for the same goods and services, the cost of transportation has gone up 50%, newspapers 70%, a cup of coffee 60%, beer 70%, the movies 50%. Result: Buenos Aires movie operators struck for higher wages, closing theaters, and butchers shut up shop rather than sell price-controlled meat...
...usual Dutch rate of 5%. On the other hand, the Dutch trumpet low wages (industrial average: 57? per hour), which are on a par with those in Italy, almost 20% below wages in Germany, more than 25% below rates in Belgium, France, Britain. But Belgium has a ready rebuttal: higher productivity. Reports the Organization for European Economic Co-Operation: "The Netherlands started from a lower base and has improved productivity more, but it has still not caught up to Belgium...
...cleared in court last week for the pilots of American Airlines to strike-if they want. A New York federal judge lifted a restraining order that had prevented a walkout by the pilots, who want higher pay and shorter hours to fly American's new jets, insist that the third man in the cockpit be a pilot. The pilots announced that they would not walk out immediately, promised to give the public sufficient warning. One hopeful sign that the strike might be averted: the resumption of negotiations between American and the Air Line Pilots Association in Chicago...
...approve them-subject to refund if the request is turned down. The Memphis case, which was won by the city of Memphis against the United Gas Pipeline Co., was opposed by the FPC as well as the gas industry. It required companies to get customer approval to collect higher rates while the FPC was investigating...