Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Repeal of the Taft-Hartley law and re-establishment of the Wagner...
...Repeal of the McCarran Act, Smith Act, and McCarran Walters Immigration...
...charge of "surrender" is a standard political device. . . Democrats cite Ike's stand on the Taft-Hartley law; he recommended that is be amended where necessary, but that its many sound principles be preserved. . . . Stevenson, on the other hand, has reversed his stand and demanded complete repeal of the law, without suggesting what he would put in its place or how he would prevent the labor monopolies from becoming dictatorial...
...this week began, Adlai Stevenson came up to bat before the convention. Amidst shouts of approval, Stevenson declared that he favored repeal of the Taft-Hartley Law-"not a recap job with reclaimed Republican rubber." He urged that the Department of Labor be given more funds and functions, and called for the presence of more labor representatives in "positions of key responsibility in Government." The delegates who had given Ike a tepid reception now whistled and shouted, "Pour it on, Steve." With the Stevenson speech over, the A.F.L. Executive Council recommended that federation members support Adlai Stevenson for the presidency...
...boss and chief stockholder of Schenley Industries, Inc., Lewis Solon Rosenstiel built a $438 million empire and a reputation in the liquor trade as a confident hustler. During Prohibition, while distillers were folding up, Rosenstiel, then a whisky broker, bet his money on Repeal ; he bought up all the whisky he could lay his hands on. Result: the year after Repeal, his new Schenley company had sales of $40 million...