Word: limiteds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...front all summer and until Thanksgiving, if necessary. Johnson went back to the filibusterers and asked for their terms. They did not want much, really: a vote on three basic amendments. But they also demanded that Knowland stop tabling their amendments and trying to gag them with motions to limit debates. They would not be browbeaten. Johnson hiked back to Knowland, who reluctantly agreed...
...Senate met after a Sunday recess, the compromise machinery went into gear. Knowland offered a closure motion, and it was beaten, as he knew it would be. When the filibusterers began offering their amendments, Knowland asked for unanimous consent to limit debate. The filibustering bloc warned him that they would not stand for a knife at their throats, and Knowland backed down. An amendment to kill all domestic portions of the bill was beaten. Then an amendment to modify the patent features of the bill and extend the licensing period on atomic inventions from five to ten years was passed...
...Airlines started its non-stop transcontinental service nine months ago, it went to the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to boost the maximum flight time for air crews from eight to ten hours. American's new Douglas DC-7s could easily make the eastbound flight within the time limit, but strong prevailing winds at high altitudes often held westbound flights in the air for nine hours or more. American had no trouble getting permission from the CAB, which already had a more liberal rule for transoceanic flights. But last week the biggest U.S. airline ran into plenty of trouble...
...Manhattan, American President C. R. Smith said that the strike was a clear breach of contract, and that he would sue for daily damages (about $500,000) if the pilots did not agree to arbitration. Meanwhile, United Air Lines and T.W.A., which have the same eight-hour time-limit trouble on their westbound nonstop flights, were anxiously plugging for a speedy settlement before the strike spread to them...
Ever since the Republicans gained a majority on the National Labor Relations Board, they have taken small steps to limit their jurisdictional boundaries. The board, said Commissioner Philip Ray Rogers, should not poke into labor squabbles involving hot-dog stands, service stations, apartment houses. Last week the board took another big step to cut down the number of cases it handles. It waived its jurisdiction over small retail stores, utility companies, transit systems, radio and TV stations and five other types of businesses...