Word: pay
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...told of living for a month on bread and hot water, two weeks of it in unheated solitary confinement at freezing temperatures. One afternoon, after this "hellish treatment," he was hauled before a Communist court, charged with and convicted of beating a Chinese messenger in a scuffle over pay, and ordered out of China. Red broadcasts to the contrary, Ward said, he had "confessed" nothing...
...press aide a curt communique which concluded with a half-hopeful, half-commanding "More tonnage will sign." The press covered U.M.W. like a military HQ. Almost every night last week, U.M.W. was able to report to the newsmen that another company or two had agreed to boost pay (from $14.05 to $15 a day) and increase royalties for the miners' welfare fund (from 20? to 35? a ton). Lewis, unable to beat the ganged-up might of coal-industry leaders, was trying to pick them off, company by company. Actually, John L. Lewis was winning nothing but minor skirmishes...
Howe said the trouble with radio was that "too many people listen" and "too few pay the bills." The airwaves must avoid many important and controversial issues, he said because it must provide entertainment for "all the family...
Board costs will end next Thursday. Students who want to eat at Kirkland House may pay for their meals by coupon books or they may have their board costs continued...
Students, as usual, will not have to pay to remain in their rooms during vacation...