Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Union officials sent letters to Washington, asking the Justice Department to investigate the pact, the National Labor Relations Board to determine whether steel firms could act together on a shutout, since they do not bargain as a unit (U.S. Steel acts as the front man for the industry). But legal experts saw no clear reason why the steel industry could not legally act together on a shutout to protect itself, and the NLRB turned down the union's request because it had made no formal charges...
...floor of a large building where the directing organs of various firms and organizations are located, hung a small board with the inscription, "Legal Office of the National Farmers Union." At the entrance we were met by Richard Shipman, assistant for legal affairs, and Arthur Thompson, the editor of the Union's publications...
...doctors' most damning discovery: "Three of these four murderers had conveyed their fears of losing control to legal officials or psychiatrists before the murders. The warnings were disregarded...
...Soviet Union, India, and three other nations boycotted the opening meeting of the group. U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge proposed to the 18-nation Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space that it set up two separate study groups--one on the scientific and the other on the legal aspects of the subject...
Reasons for the delay were the uncertain legal status of the decision and the prevalent feeling that opponents of the proposed ban had not been properly notified of the drive. But Councillor Joseph A. De Gueglielmo '29, picked up strong support from the Cambridge Civic Association and from Councillor Charles Watson, who said he was "inclined to think they're almost all used for gambling...