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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mainstay, was sent in for Walsh in the first half of the fifth inning and allowed B. U. two hits and three runs for the remainder of the game. ing" appointments in designed to give a man notice of the termination of his services and give him opportunity to obtain another position. The President, who has the power of approval or veto, automatically cut this to two years, as he has done in the all similar cases this year; formerly it has been customary to give a man only one year to look for a job. The Board of Overseers...
...this material, criticism of courses-both adverse and favorable, constructive and destructive-inevitably arises. Since this criticism records the voice of undergraduate opinion, speaking freely and without duress from above or below, it furnishes a barometer for the faculty to judge their effectiveness in teaching that the College cannot obtain in any other...
...General Motors' 342,384 stockholders President Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr. last week sent two communications: a 62-page annual report and a 13-page "Story of the General Motors Strike." From these, wrote President Sloan, the stockholder may "obtain as complete an understanding as is possible of the Corporation's position and of such influences as may affect its trend in the future." GM in 1936 sold 2,037,690 automobiles and trucks, exceeding by 7% the previous all- time high mark of 1,899,267 (1929). For these cars last year and for many another GM product...
...working conditions, including the wage scale and the hours of work, in the automotive industry and in General Motors, are such that the automobile worker stands as the most favored of all workers in American industry. . . . Then what was the real objective [of the strike] ? . . . The purpose was to obtain the maximum possible recognition, carrying with it the greatest degree of power with a view to controlling, not only the workers within General Motors, but of the entire automotive industry and ultimately, so far as possible, all workers employed in mass producing industry...
...statement declaring that the decision was reached solely on the grounds of "teaching capacity and scholarly ability". Although the University's record is practically perfect in placing men whose appointments have been concluded in other institutions this statement may very possibly make it hard for Walsh and Sweezy to obtain teaching positions in other institutions. Their appointments were ended because of the crowded Economic Department. "Teaching capacity" had little to do with the case...