Word: prices
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fighting us just as if they never heard of November the 2nd." The special interests were trying to save the Taft-Hartley Act, he said. They were fighting his welfare measures, blocking the low-rent housing program, trying to keep minimum wages at starvation levels and destroy the farm price support program. The special interests were working through lobbies, editorial pages, columnists and commentators. "This one-sided barrage of propaganda seems overwhelming at first. There are no full-page ads on our side. In fact, all we have on our side is the people. Thank God for that," said...
...years ago, before anyone foresaw the heights inflation would reach, the government signed a contract with the All India Railwaymen's Federation. It included a cost-of-living allowance pegged to rising prices. The government argued later that it could not keep the contract without contributing to the disastrous price spiral. The railway federation, dominated by Jai Prakash Narain's Socialist Party, screamed that it had been betrayed. In December its 350,000 members voted to strike on March...
...present weekly rate is $12.25 for 21 meals. If the optional contract system were now adopted, the Dining Hall management calculates that 55 percent of Dining Hall patrons would still sign up for the full 21 meal contract even though its price would then be $14. Some 35 percent of College diners would sign up for the 14 meal per week contract costing $12, and ten percent would contract to eat only seven Dining Hall meals per week at a cost...
...Committee vote was split 4 to 4 on the issue and the report presented the arguments of both sides: Walter B. Raushenbush '50 for the investigation, Chairman David L. McMurtrie '50 against it. Provost Buck will speak to the Council Monday night about the problem of price increases...
Demand for ducats is the heaviest of the winter season and far exceeds the volume of orders for last year's Crimson-Eli match. Students presenting coupon "R" at the HAA ticket window can procure their seats for half the Arena price...