Word: laborism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Lewis seemed agreeably surprised, too, at this helpful gesture from Harry Truman, who has no more use for John L. than John L. has for him. White House aides had an explanation that accounted for the politics involved, if not the economics: the President, as the avowed pal of labor, was not going to get rough with labor or even with John L.-if he could possibly squeak by without doing...
...reaching this comfortable estate, Frank Costello had also achieved a peculiar but significant place in U.S. society. The rackets, like college football, the labor movement, and the care and breeding of Christmas trees, had inevitably become big business. The brain had replaced the muscle, the injunction had become more potent than the Tommy gun, and surviving warriors of prohibition upheld the status quo. Frank Costello, "legitimate businessman," dramatically typified the change...
...four-year-old Parliament had just disposed of the last big item on Labor's 1945 election program: nationalization of the British steel industry. The House of Commons and the House of Lords, long at loggerheads over the steel bill (TIME, June 21, 1948), had worked out a compromise. The lords agreed to pass the bill without further ado if the government would not make it effective until after the 1950 general election. "Vesting day" for the steel industry was set for Jan. 1, 1951. Thus, if the Tories win, they can repeal the law before any steel plants...
...recently-formed committee will consider and recommend wage-changes for those employed in public house-keeping. It was formed by the Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission under the State Commission of Labor and Industry...
Robert H. Fleming, Milwaukee Journal political writer; Hays Gorey, Salt Lake Tribune city editor; Max, R. Hall, Associated Press labor reporter; John L. Hulteng, Providence Journal editorial writer; Murrey Marder, Washington Post reporter; Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Memphis Press-Scimitar writer; and Melvin S. Wax, Rutland Herald assistant news editor...