Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...surrounding the school, the bulk of the 136th is a slum, known locally as Vine City. Visiting door-to-door, checking in at all the churches, bars, restaurants, and grocery stores, Julian discussed with his constituents his campaign issues: a $2 minimum wage law, a "liberalized urban renewal program," repeal of "right-to-work" laws, abolition of the death penalty and removal of all voter requirements except age and residence. (The election was held June 16, 1965, before the passage of the voting rights bill...
...with little brand-new legislation (one possible exception: a moderate civil rights bill providing for more equitable ways of empaneling juries in Southern trials), but the leftovers from the first session are controversial enough to keep the drama high. The Administration has promised labor to continue its fight to repeal Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, which permits states to pass laws banning union shops; Ev Dirksen, who held off the Administration's attempts in the first session, still opposes repeal and will filibuster to prevent its passage. Bills to increase and extend the minimum wage...
This applies especially to the entertainment industry. The 10% excise tax on nightclub bills and on admissions to plays, movies and sporting events has been repealed-but the customer will find little difference in the price of tickets. The Broadway theater owners are an exception-orchestra seats for Hello, Dolly! will drop from $9.90 to $9.10, for Golden Boy from $9.90 to $9.50. But most entertainment types will be like the Pittsburgh movie-theater manager who moans, "It's been a hard go for us with TV and all." What he means is that he is keeping the price...
...Johnson declared that this provision "would dilute and diminish the authority and power of the Presidency" and that he had not been elected "to preside over its erosion." The President said he had directed the Secretary of the Army to ignore the provision and that he would seek its repeal...
...Meany's invitation to retire, Meany decided not to force the ancient out. In keeping with the even-tempered mood of the convention, Meany had kind words for the 89th Congress, even though it pointedly failed to give him the three pieces of legislation that labor wants most: repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act's right-to-work provision, an increase in the federal minimum wage, and a boost in federal-state unemployment benefits...