Word: localization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...took the opportunity offered by settlement of an incidental warehousemen's strike to thank Mr. McGrady "on behalf of the people of San Francisco," for his "successful" efforts. But every one knew that this was sheer politeness. The Assistant Secretary had by turns persuaded and pounded tables, until local labor leaders called him Edward Ferocious McGrady. But on the main issue, whether the unions should continue to control the hiring halls (supplying any men they see fit to operators who need seamen or longshoremen), neither side gave any concession He did, however, win a promise that both sides would...
...inside of both labor and politics. Although he looks like a man in his forties, he was already 22 years old when he got a job as a pressman on the Boston Herald 42 years ago. A good backslapper and able talker, he rose to head the local union, was spotted by George L. Berry, president of the International Printing Pressmen's Union, who picked him as an organizer. Berry, who belongs to the school of polished labor leaders, insisted that his organizers dress well and stop at the best hotels. Ed McGrady learned his lesson and today, elegant...
...Local newspapers have been working on the story of payments for retired Harvard men in the lower brackets for approximately two years, or the length of time that the plan has been under consideration...
Accenting the work of the American Student Union in spreading the doctrine of Academic Freedom, or, as he termed it, "the living democracy" among colleges where it is almost non-existent, George Edwards, chairman of the National Student Union, spoke to 50 members of the local branch at Phillips Brooks House last night...
...producing diocese of San Luis Potosí for five years. To patient Catholics in States where the Church is relentlessly persecuted, this appointment may well bring hope. San Luis Potosí is one of the few States where priests and nuns walk the streets in canonical garb unmolested. Its local strong man, Saturnine Cedillo maintains a potent private army, favors a moderate attitude toward the Church...