Word: kickback
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...director Leonard has been preparing for today since last Friday, when he and his cohorts began filling the envelopes which are the focal point of today's tussle. About 12 men helped him on Friday, but on Tuesday, when he comes face to face with returned study cards the kickback from the activity of today, tomorrow and Monday, all of which must be sorted, checked and made into course lists before Wednesday morning, he expects to have at least 35 helpers...
Listeners are pretty crotchety about any fiddling with the Hour. When NBC, in response to a few quibbles, ordered Announcer Mitchell to abandon his sally about Chicago weather, the kickback was prompt and potent. Mitchell continues doggedly to begin the Farm Hour with: "It's a beautiful day in Chicago...
...firm too far. Hispano-Britannic Co., West End wholesale house, was fined ?1,250 under the Limitations of Supplies Order, for exceeding its sales quota of perfume, hosiery, fancy goods. >The London, the Associated and the Provincial Brokers' Stock Exchanges took voluntary action to reduce overhead. The kickback which banks and clerks had been getting from brokers as a finder's fee for new customers was cut from 50 to 33⅔% the broker's commission. In the case of other finders or "attaches" it was cut to 25%. The Exchanges also ruled that all "attaches" must...
Question is whether the healthy competition started by Allis-Chalmers has taught U. S. farm implement companies their lesson. Barely two years ago the industry greeted Depression II with a 4-5% price rise. So catastrophic was the kickback that, later in 1938, the increase was given back, prices on heavy machinery were slashed up to 12%. With dollar-plus wheat and 72? corn, the industry has not guaranteed its customers against a price rise in 1940. It always prefers rosy spectacles...