Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cost-of-living argument, however, overlooks a more important index-the standard of living, which in Britain is sagging relative to that of the faster-growing Common Market countries. Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart, who addressed Labor journalists covering the Brighton conference, strongly emphasized that point. Britain, he said, is still anxious to enjoy Market membership so as to stimulate export trade, gain access to a guaranteed market and improve technological cooperation. At the same time, he stressed, "we are resolute applicants, we are in no sense suppliants...
Kochubiyevsky, in his final, futile statement, was repeatedly interrupted by the judge's orders to "desist from engaging in anti-Soviet propaganda." Concluded the engineer: "I am convinced that this trial will explain much." Kochubiyevsky's sentence: three years at hard labor...
Nevertheless, Labor delegates were in no mood to send Wilson into negotiations with a completely free hand. After approving a weak though generally pro-Market resolution, they passed a second measure demanding safeguards for Britain's cost of living, social security and independence in economic planning-as well as public disclosure of negotiation results. Wilson is in no way bound to abide by the resolution, but it clearly placed a political speed limit on the hopes of those who advocate quick British entry...
...against inflation, the Nixon Administration has relied almost entirely on classic, conservative weapons. The Government has severely constricted the supply of money and restricted its own spending. Most economists agree that this is the proper course. But the stubborn persistence of price increases is straining the patience of consumers, labor leaders, businessmen and members of Congress. With increasing urgency, critics are demanding that Nixon "do something"-that is, something more. They propose wholesale slashes in the federal budget, a return to wage and price guidelines, or even severe wartime controls...
...this schedule prompts the cry for more direct action against prices. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii warned the annual conference of the American Bankers Association in Honolulu last week: "No one likes wage and price controls, but we may have to institute them temporarily to halt galloping inflation." Many labor leaders agree, provided that similar controls are put on profits and dividends. At its convention in Atlantic City, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. last week called for Government action to hold down the costs of medical care, insurance and housing. The Administration, however, remains dead set against price controls on the grounds...