Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Following is the policy of the Bureau for Street Traffic Research as set forth in the yearly report...
...once an A. F. of L. spokesman had turned out a brand of invective as good as that of John L. Lewis. The report, attributed to the pens of little Matthew Woll and'John P. Frey and adopted by a convention vote of 25,616 to 1,227, recommended that the A. F. of L. executive council be empowered to expel suspended C. I. O. unions at its own discretion. The rebel unions marked for first expulsion were John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers of America and Sidney Hillman's Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America...
...Messrs. Hillman & Lewis and their own union members. To Mr. Lewis' miners the report spoke of ". . . officers who levy upon them huge assessments for the serving of personal ends." To Mr. Hillman's clothing workers it mentioned ". . . undue special assessments for purposes of political aggrandizement." As for Mr. Dubinsky's garment workers, A. F. of L. could not believe that they would ". . . long tolerate invasions of their jurisdiction, the ignoring and belittling of their officers, the whispered and undercover ridicule of their leaders...
...Public Service Coordinated Transport bought 27 Diesel-electrics from Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Co. for $12,000 each and at once put them into passenger service. Since then the New Jersey fleet has rolled up 1.000,000 carefully tabulated, experimental miles and the company's enthusiastic report of Diesel results put new bees in many a busman's bonnet...
...Reports from the first 21 firms to announce third-quarter earnings last week showed a 7.5% average increase over the same period last year, promptly gave the lie to bearish indices. Among these earnings were Union Oil of California up from $2,400,000 to $3,650,000; Continental Baking from $1,020,236 to $1,201,992 (a 13 weeks' report); American Light & Traction from $5,368,893 to $5,919,580; Westinghouse Air Brake from $1,153,091 to $1,846,833; Electric Bond & Share from $2,431,460 to $2.571,601; American Chicle from...