Word: labor
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...find out what international socialists are thinking about the war. This, however, is no unimportant matter, because the contest of the proletariat against capitalism is world-wide. Whoever with radical sympathy reads the book with its destructive tone should also read the constructive political platform of the British Labor Party, now in the making. Much may be said in favor of international policies, but internationalism without patriotism will wreck civilization...
...community more actively engaged than ever before can not indefinitely reduce its diet without a loss in efficiency. Backyard gardens supply part of the demand for supplementary foods, but they do not relieve the crying need for staples. Appeals to the actual farmers only create irritation, since, with the labor and equipment available, they have always produced to the limit of their capacity in times of peace as in time...
...these actual farmers are only too willing to supply the nation's requirements if the proper assistance is given them. All farmers need more labor than they can now secure, and many need additional equipment. To supply the latter the Government should, directly or through the manufacturers, give the farmers credit to buy the labor-saving machinery they need. To fill the first want, women and men engaged in non-essential industries must be induced to undertake farm labor from patriotic motives or by virtual conscription. The failure of the campaign for voluntary aid last summer suggests the latter alternative...
...track and crew may now start, assured that their season of practice will culminate in meeting opponents of similar status. The uncertainty as to the awarding of insignia forms a novel test of undergraduates' interest in exercise per se, for the men who have slaved through weeks of hated labor to wear the envied "H" will now be eliminated. Only those who enter these sports for the enjoyment or the benefit derived from them will be attracted. It is now up to the student body to prove that it is filled with just such men; that there are enough...
...maintained that the dismissal of General Robertson illustrates the shortcomings of political interference. An efficient general staff is impossible where the carping politician is free to do as he will. On the other, the supporters of Lloyd George demand that he hold tight reins on the English war policy. Labor, pacifist and every type of dissenter find grounds for criticism. Whatever the case may be, the Anglo-Saxon trait of self-criticism and blundering correction of evils has placed the Allies in a very dangerous position...