Word: labor
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Even Trowbridge concedes: "Someday the merger of Labor and Commerce will happen, but not before the 1968 election." And he adds: "The merger is a darn good, practical thing." Essentially, such a superdepartment would eliminate wasteful duplication. Until that uncertain day, he will have his work cut out for him. His department's primary job lies in the delicate area of liaison between the Administration and big business-and some critics openly wonder whether Trowbridge is either sufficiently mature or experienced for so weighty a portfolio. In addition, he has already drawn up a formidable list of priorities, from...
...Alexander Buel Trowbridge, it was like a ticket to oblivion when he was appointed Acting Secretary of Commerce last January. The President had just announced that he aimed to eliminate Trowbridge's department-and his job-by merging Commerce and Labor into one superdepartment. Last week, in the face of unrelenting resistance to the merger in Congress and among labor leaders, Lyndon Johnson gave Commerce a new lease on life and, providing "Sandy" Trowbridge with at least temporary job security, nominated him full-fledged secretary of the reprieved department...
...source of what justice and order there is; it is the source of the organization which makes economic life and the division of labor possible; it promises a kind of freedom in community which has unlocked much human creativity in the past, and I pray will do so in the future...
Furthermore, they note that Harvard, as a non-profit institution, is not bound by Massachusetts Fair Labor Laws and would not have to abide by the decision in a state-run election...
...real reason why Harvard is reluctant to recognize the Crafts Council, according to Boston labor observers, lies in the strike by the Lithographers International. The Lithographers International is a high-powered union with a reputation for exceedingly good settlements. Harvard, these observers reason, fears that other unions would use the settlement that the Lithographers would get as a target for their own attempts. And unions with profes- sional bargaining agents like the Crafts Council would stand a very good chance of getting similar settlements...