Word: problem
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Discussing the "Impending Crises in Western Society," Gunner Myrdal, well-known European economist, will inaugurate a new series of four Godkin lectures on the general subject, "The Population Problem and Social Security," at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the New Lecture Hall...
...chances for any sort of progressive national party in 1940 were no greater after the Socialists had acted upon their prime political problem of the moment: whether, when, and how to align with the State and local laborite groups patterned upon New York's American Labor Party. By an infinitesimal margin the convention downed Leader Thomas' proposal that Socialists oppose the nomination but not necessarily the election of "capitalist" candidates on labor party tickets. It followed University of Chicago's Economist Maynard Kreuger in permitting affiliation with other groups only on condition that Socialists oppose any capitalist...
...service, which eighty-four tutors, instructors, and proctors were supposed to render, be gratuitous; no longer can charges of incompetence be based on lack of time. Now the head and tail of a worm that would spoil any theoretical apple have been destroyed. By no means, however, is the problem completely solved. Those who think it possible at one crack are absurd, and those who feel that nothing more can be done are equally unwise...
...Blondes At Work," the co-feature, is another in Glenda Farrell's Torchy Blaine series. It is probably the best to date, mainly because the problem of solving the murder is now less important than the saucy remarks and ingenious pranks of the little blonde newspaper reporter...
...nationwide strike" to maintain their present wage scale. As George Harrison well knows, the Railway Labor Act's detailed procedure of negotiating wages takes months & months. And even President Roosevelt admits the roads cannot wait long for financial aid. Said he fortnight ago in passing along the railroad problem to Congress: "Some immediate legislation is, 'I believe, necessary at this session, in order to prevent serious financial and operating difficulties between now and the convening of the next Congress...