Word: phils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ground. Harry Truman was now hell-bent to prevent the first travail. Just the day before, Murray and Fairless had broken up a fruitless two-day conference in U.S. Steel's Manhattan headquarters at 71 Broadway. They had come closer together than ever before, but not close enough. Phil Murray, who had originally demanded a flat raise of $2 a day, or 25? an hour, had backed down to 19½?. Ben Fairless, who had not made any offer before, had shown willingness...
Then the President called in Phil Murray. Up against presidential pressure, Murray agreed to put the strike off for a week. For the time being the President had saved the nation the agony of a great strike...
...Murray and Fairless left the Cabinet Room and walked toward the lobby, they looked as if they had been through a bad time themselves. When Phil Murray came to the little colonnade framing the doorway, he stopped. His face was red; his eyes tired. He seemed to lean against a column as he talked. Slowly, in his soft Scottish burr, he told reporters the news. He turned to Ben Fairless for confirmation. Fairless, too, was worn out. His semi-stiff collar was sweaty and crumpled; his arms dangled loosely at his side. "I approve the statement of Mr. Murray...
...Indiana, where Republicanism's shell is hard as a turtle's, tart, redheaded Representative Charles Marion La Follette (third cousin of Wisconsin's Bob and Phil) is the "Wild Jackass." Elected to Congress in 1942, Lawyer La Follette has startled his G.O.P. colleagues by voting for New Deal measures, dismayed them by lectures on the evils of states' rights...
...Took Missouri's No. 1 license tag for 1946 away from Governor Phil Donnelly...