Word: prospective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...issue that is an issue that soon or later does not get into the halls of Congress. Evolution vs. Fundamentalism seems in a fair way of becoming an issue. Several disciples of the late Mr. Bryan have already proposed a national anti-Evolution act or Constitutional Amendment. But the prospect of such action is remote as compared to the prospect of bringing the measure into Congress...
...Atlantic City (TIME, July 20, 27) and the anthracite coal miners and operators managed to sandwich in four sessions of conference. They have until Aug. 31 (when the present wage contract expires) in which to come to an agreement on wages after that date. Otherwise a strike is in prospect...
Both sides have spent their time largely in jockeying for position in public favor, and experienced observers believe that they have no intention of coming to grips until a strike is in immediate prospect. In the first place, they have never done so before. In the second place, the miners as a group would be inclined to be suspicious of any contract quickly arrived at-believing that their representatives had not done the best that was possible...
...agreement: 1) To continue present wages; 2) to appoint a semi-public fact-finding body to prepare data for a future settlement; 3) a contract for 18 months to expire Apr. 1, 1927. On this same date, the wage contract in the bituminous coal fields expires, raising the prospect of a joint strike of both hard-and soft-coal producers. This prospect is not without advantages to both operators and miners. To the anthracite operators, it would mean a strike without the prospect of losing any of their market by the public's taking to soft coal...
...year which ended June 30, 1924, the Post Office ran a deficit of $12,000,000. The annual deficit had been decreasing since the War. When Congress passed the pay and rate increase measure last spring, there was a prospect of a $3,000,000 surplus this June. Because of the new law (pay was made retroactive to Jan. 1 and increased rates did not begin until April), the Post Office showed a deficit at the end of the year (June 30). The deficit, not yet calculated, is estimated...