Word: portions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...That a portion of A. F. of L.'s rank & file prefers to leave its Magna Charta alone, William Green indicated last fortnight. He thought it necessary to appeal publicly to Federation unions and members to trust their leaders, back up the amendments. Undivided support was essential to Messrs. Green & Padway, for their battle was about to come to a crisis...
Meanwhile the French Government tried to get rid of some of the refugees elsewhere, but with little success. The U. S. offered to take just 352, the unfilled portion of the 1939 quota for Spanish immigrants. South American countries wanted only Basque farmers. Soviet Russia invited only a few big Loyalist leaders to make their homes there. Mexico was willing to receive some, provided they promised to keep out of politics...
...scene of Mickey and Minnie Mouse riding on a merry-go-round is used to illustrate the method of superimposing five celluloid layers, each containing a separate portion of the final picture...
...recipients would do much, but the plan must be put permanently upon a reliable, pay-as-you-go basis. Eventually, the aged and dependent must be provided with a comprehensive program of old-age insurance, and it is generally recognized that the Federal government must provide at least a portion of the necessary funds. If so, time is of the essence, for calm, unemotional study is becoming progressively less and less possible in proportion as pensions become a political football...
...Through the National Scholarship plan we are continuing to assist a large number of boys who come from the smaller towns and rural sections," Dean Hanford said concerning the announcement, "and a considerable portion of the recipients belong to families who are unable to furnish anything beyond a small sum toward their college education...