Word: mcnear
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...William McNear Rand...
...closest contest of the election George R. Clay of Chestnut Hill, Penn. defeated William McNear Rand, Jr. for the Choristers post. Clay is Editorial Chairman of the CRIMSON and heads a division of the Post War Council, Runner-up was William Drucker with 90 votes...
This week McNear was still unreconstructed. He refused to show up at Government-sponsored arbitration proceedings in Chicago, was probably playing tennis on his $65,000 indoor court in Peoria instead. He had one reason to feel good: two weeks ago-in the first case of its kind-he was acquitted of criminal violation of the Railway Labor Act. But McNear never expected to lose...
...does he expect to lose his crusade against the featherbeds. He ran the T.P. & W. efficiently with 35% smaller train crews than the rules require. As the labor shortage gets worse, the lesson is bound to spread. Whether Individualist McNear regains his prestige or not, the featherbed rules are losing theirs fast...
...William McNear Rand...