Word: mail
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their mail the next day, Meany and Reuther found a letter that reminded them that not all of labor is marching along toward unity. The letter was sent out on sparkling new stationery with a joint letterhead, and was signed by United Mine. Workers President John L. Lewis, C.I.O. United Steel Workers President Dave McDonald and A.F.L. Teamsters Union President Dave Beck, who formed an alliance two months ago. Addressed to editors and labor leaders all over the U.S., to the governors of the 48 states, to the President and all members of Congress, it called for immediate Government action...
Marriage Penalty. All workers' mail is censored, and love letters are frequently destroyed. If, by any chance, a romance should flower under these adverse conditions, company officials usually do not allow the newlyweds to live together, may even transfer one spouse to a distant factory. The pay of both is often reduced "because of decrease in efficiency...
...didn't poll him by mail or anything...
protests. Of the 83-who have not been allowed to send or receive mail or even to have Red Cross parcels-64 are jailed: 35 civilians, mostly missionaries, 18 airmen shot down (according to the Reds) over Chinese territory, Π Navy and Coast Guard men picked up after air crashes off the China coast. Nineteen others are not imprisoned but are not permitted to leave China...
Wang also countercharged that some 5,000 Chinese students are illegally detained in the U.S. (only a few hundred of these asked for exit permits, which in most cases were granted). Then, unexpectedly, Wang thawed. Last week he promised that henceforth the Americans will have mail privileges and Red Cross parcels. He even hinted that, if their behavior as prisoners was good, there might be "commutations" of sentence and releases. Consensus: the Chinese were holding out one more string, seeing how seriously the U.S. rose to the bait, testing to see how much the U.S. could be made...