Word: offing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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He admitted faults and weaknesses in its administration. But, he said, "It seems strange to me that almost every day we should be reading of attacks on the Board and its personnel, but hardly anyone ever thinks of attacking those employers . . , who have flouted the law of Congress. . . ."
The Smith Committee adroitly dodged challenging labor's rights or employers' wrongs. With its tongue in its cheek and its eye on the record, it examined the labor relations of the experts on labor relations, asked the old Roman Juvenal's question: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" or...
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Witt. One of labor's safeguardians was Nathan Witt, 36, Secretary of the Board, an old employe, hardworking, father of two, conscientious. Artfully into the record Counsel Toland introduced a series of memos from Board Member Leiserson to Board Chairman J. Warren Madden. In them, Dr. Leiserson: 1) accused...
Because the Wagner Act holds the use of labor spies an unfair labor practice, members were interested in a blistering telegram sent by New York Regional Director Elinore Herrick to Chairman Madden: "I protest the method of investigation which has been pursued in the New York regional office . . . behind locked...