Word: labor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...little empathy with the majority of Americans living in them. Also, as shown by the graceless handling of Historian Eric Goldman's resignation as a special presidential consultant this month, Johnson has little or no rapport with the intellectual community. The President's strained relations with Big Labor's top brass were all too evident at his pilgrimage to Detroit on Labor Day -though there was no lack of rank-and-file palms admiringly outstretched for Johnson's benison along the motorcade route into town...
...engaging and in character. In any case, his concern over his image has made him morose, needlessly secretive, and at times downright peevish. Last week, in a typical display of pique when news of an impending trip leaked out, Johnson flatly denied any plans to appear this week before labor conventions in Atlantic City, St. Louis and Kansas City-though all three cities were already preparing for his arrival...
Despite such expert testimony and a sudden halting of the sap flow late last month, Rio Grande Valley residents have continued to pour into La Feria to share in the "miracle" of Morse's acacia. On Labor Day weekend alone, some 1,500 passed through the chain-link fence. Scorning science, and showing that he knows a miracle when he sees one, Morse has been making plans to surround the tree with paving stones and to erect an awning to shield waiting patrons from the hot Texas sun. Meanwhile, he is waiting patiently for his bountiful acacia...
...days to play. It will give seven players practice in every phase of bank activity, will have them investing in imaginary but typical stocks. Other Abt games are Adman, Automation and one meant to give businessmen a better knowledge of a union's viewpoint by making them play labor negotiators in bargaining sessions. A few company managers have even asked Abt for games that would constructively enliven dull directors' meetings...
...Bureaucrats. Obvious service industries, from banking to barbering, will pay the tax and forget it. But other companies can apply to the Ministry of Labor or the Ministry of Agriculture for refunds. Businesses adjudged to be in manufacturing will get back the money they paid, plus 30%. Another category, including agriculture, fisheries, communications and transportation, will neither be penalized nor subsidized. Employers in this group will contribute to S.E.T., then get back exactly what they...