Word: passing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Received a gold lifetime pass to the Yankee Stadium, and a 40-lb. Chester White...
...right moment, they could have put through a bill which might have repealed such legislative larceny as the ban on the closed shop even if it retained items like the non-communist affidavit and the union financial reports. They missed their opportunity; it will now be increasingly difficult to pass any new law with the opposition unified...
There are some hopeful factors, however. The agreement of Democratic leaders to frame a bill which "the party could support" might pick up enough votes to pass the House and still re-legalize the closed shop, clean up the non-voting rules which now disenfranchise strikers in plant elections, and provide for legal machinery less abrupt, than the present injunctions rules. In the Senate, there is some hope of compromise between the Administration bill and a minority proposal drawn up this week by Senator Taft. In both Houses, though, labor forces will have to contend with stubborn opposition from Republicans...
Glamor, however, is not a constant feature of the Key's work. Most of the jobs are routine, and are rewarded at best by the gratitude of the visitors or a free pass to the game. It is a tribute to the enthusiasm of the candidates and members this year that the Key has done the work so well...
Similar bills had twice before passed the Senate, only to be defeated in the House. This time it looked as if the House would pass...