Word: hired
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since the middle of January the men on Bataan had gone short of food. In Australia the Army had poured out good U.S. dollars to hire the adventurers of the South Seas to run the Jap blockade with food and ammunition. But nearly two out of three of the blockade-runners were lost-most of those, it seemed, which carried food...
According to the terms of the present contract, the University agreed to require all employees to join the union, to hire all its employees through the union if the latter is able to fill the position within 48 hours to the satisfaction of the University, and in case the University employs a non union member he must join the union within 21 days, whereas students have a nonunion status...
...insolubility is as much a matter of imagination from above as of incompatability inherent in the ranks. Mixed crews have existed and worked together on merchant ships. In one case a whole crew protested when its two colored members were dismissed, until the authorities were forced to re-hire them. Limited polls among prospective selectees have shown a majority in favor of eliminating the color line in the ranks...
...bottlenecks have long been there, but only now are they making men's hair stand on end. The 700,000 U.S. hire motor vehicles which last year carried over 50 billion ton-miles of freight now find about half their loads are war materials (in the case of some trucking companies, it is 90%). And delivery of war materials is recklessly held...
...Cherchez les femmes, hire women," is Washington's advice to armament manufacturers facing a labor shortage...