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Economically, Mexico is not so well off. It needs the foreign capital which would undoubtedly follow recognition by the United States, France and Great Britain. General production remains at a low point. Radical elements are strongly entrenched in the steadily widening actives of the Labour unions and strikes have been frequent...
...seems that those College students interested in the "study of cultural matters," such as history and economics, and the "stimulating of liberal opinions on present day subjects," such as labour are going to have ample opportunity this summer to hear and take part in discussions of such themes. The League for Industrial Democracy is planning a short convention at the end of June in the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvanian. While a College camp and a "summer school of liberal opinion." Will follow each other on Nantucket Island and between them all up the months of July. August and September...
...daily like a dog returning ever to a hidden bone. He hath no interest in us, and careth not what he may give but only what he may gain. He lacketh the gentler qualities of good breeding. His garments offendeth our eyes. He gaineth mental prowess only by long labour which we disdain. Wherefore is he here? His preparation was among persons of his own sort and now he cometh from them, intruding here amongst...
Consider this congregation of students: each here to study the life of his and other times. A part choke their understanding with the dust of mummies and never see that world which revolveth around them. They think that because they had to labour they have learned all of today. Another part have no knowledge from experience. They shun those who have labored, cling to themselves in order that they may hear their own thoughts from the lips of another.--most insidious flattery! Part are alone and cherish their loneliness lost they lose an illusion of superiority...
...early "shop committee" system was installed in one of the Westinghouse plants in the 90's. The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's plan of representation dates from before the World War. The History of Labour in the United States cites instances of collective dealings in this country in the 18th century. Even in Europe, where the tendency has developed more fully than in the United States the recognition by law of "joint control" goes back several years. In England, for example, the Miners' Minimum Wage Act of 1921 gave statutory powers in the matter of fixing wages to joint...