Word: provisos
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Eighty birthdays, thought Arturo Toscanini, were enough for a while. When his musicians sent him a present on his becoming an octogenarian two years ago, he forbade them to do it again. One relenting proviso: if they liked, they might each save a dime a year to buy him a present when he reached 90. Until then, he scowled, no more fuss...
Earl Warren made one important proviso when he agreed to become Tom Dewey's running mate. If the Republicans won, the Vice President would have something more to do than just preside over the Senate. Exactly what Warren had in mind (and what Dewey may have promised him) came out last week. A biography of Warren by Author (Lust for Life) Irving Stone describes the plan...
...forbidden all its actors to play at the' National, Washington's only legitimate theater, after Aug. 1, unless the National opens its doors to Negroes. Last week the Federal Works Agency made another theater available: the old Belasco Theater,* now a storehouse for Treasury records. Likely proviso: the highest bidder must guarantee not to discriminate against Negroes...
...United Auto Workers local quickly called an emergency meeting. They denounced the committee of vigilantes for using "lynch law." After two turbulent hours, the local voted to return to work-and to allow the three suspected workmen to return too. But the back-to-work resolution carried the proviso that those who wanted to file charges against the three "for conduct unbecoming union members" could...
...A.F.L.'s 15-man executive council. He was almost cocky as he talked to newsmen. He told them he would recommend that the A.F.L.'s officers get into step with the new National Labor Relations Board and sign the non-Communist affidavit, which is a prime proviso of the Taft-Hartley Act. He was sure that the other 14 members on the council felt the same...