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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...following observations by the recently knighted Max Beerbohm [TIME, June 19] . . . although written at least a quarter of a century ago, are so surprisingly pertinent to the present moment that I am sure many of your readers would delight in them. The quotation is from an essay on the Republic of Switzerland in the volume Yet Again...
...security wage" up to $96, based on regional living costs and he said, "It is my recommendation that persons employed on projects of the WPA be required to work 130 hours per month and that the earnings of such persons be on a monthly basis . . . that substantially the present national average labor cost [to WPA] be maintained...
...would he prefer? The C. I. 0. label, of course. But not all G. M. workers are C. I. 0. unionists by any means. And the split of United Automobile Workers into a C. I. 0. and an A. F. of L. faction occurred after G. M.'s present contract with U. A. W. was negotiated. Walter Reuther, declared the company, was making demands and calling strikes at this critical time simply to clinch the superiority of C. I. 0. over A. F. of L. in the G. M. sector of the motor industry. G. M. insisted that before...
Said Jock Whitney, in announcing his appointment: "The future of .the country ... is closely bound up with the contributions of corporate business to the job of making democracy work. . . . We feel we are adding ... a man who . . . has a practical understanding of present trends...
Every fall some 350 youngsters hammer at Holy Name's gates, about 35 get in* (present student body numbers 93). The curriculum includes technical high school and scientific college courses of four years each. High school students study conventional courses with emphasis on mechanics, little or no aeronautics...