Word: present
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tories, the parallel seemed perfect. The present Liberal government was in its 14th year of continuous power. It had a new head in Prime Minister St. Laurent, but it was essentially a continuation of William Lyon Mackenzie King's administration. The fact that St. Laurent was a French-Canadian made the parallel look even better to the Tories; once again Quebeckers had rejected one of their...
...election would take too much time. The Union Committee has pressing business to handle right away, and cannot afford to hang fire waiting for the ballotting to end. The election will take time, admittedly, but the first three weeks of the year are lost even under the present appointive system, as far as constructive action is concerned...
Princeton's squad, which in the words of Coach Dick Vaughan is not nearly "so well loaded" as the Crimson, has been hindered all season by injuries. This, accompanied by mediocre and inconsistent play, accounts for the Tigers' present position in the Pentagonal League cellar...
Neither unions nor management are happy under the present system of handling "essential" industries, where the constant threat of injunctions tends to nullify collective bargaining. Yet when strict adherence to the principles of pure collective bargaining imperils the national health or safety, open fights cannot be allowed...
...Taft-Hartley Law have brought the most concerted protests from all levels of labor. Where the Wagner Act put curbs on management, the 1947 law clamped down on labor alone in this most prized of its privileges. Neither statute deals adequately with the closed shop in its present full-grown state. It is a peculiarity of American labor organization which must rather be protected from union abuses than forbidden by law. If unions are to maintain closed shop, they must preserve open membership as regards race, initiation fees, and dues. But the fact remains that forbidding the closed shop cannot...