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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...increase of 23% since 1939. But the vote was also a great tribute to the Conservative Party's leader, lion-maned John Christmas Moeller, who made a dramatic escape to England several months ago. His party's 421,050 votes represented the greatest proportionate advance, with a rise of 40%. Commented Mr. Moeller: "I have always said that only 3% of the Danish populations are pro-German...
...insight into the problems of Germany after the war has been gained through his many visits to that country. Both immediately after the last war and in more recent years he has spent much time there studying the conditions of reconstruction and later of Hitler's rise to power...
...public-school teachers, principals and supervisors, 40% are paid less than $1,200 annually. Nearly 8% are paid less than $600 for the present school year. Living costs have advanced over 20%, teachers' salaries less than 7%. As salaries rise in industry and private employment, teacher shortages appear in the best-paying city systems, are intensified in rural areas. Unless a way is found to relieve the financial difficulties of teachers, our schools will suffer and millions of our children will be handicapped for life. If our schools are to carry effectively the increased wartime burdens, they must have...
Twilight Zone. A decade ago the organization of foremen would have been unthinkable. Yet with the rapid rise of unionism, the oldtime position of the foreman has quietly been revolutionized. Much of his oldtime authority has been whittled away by union shop stewards. His pay (in Detroit between $4,000 and $6,000) has not gone up as fast as that of the workers. Says Keys: "The production guys have a union. The fellows at the top look out for themselves. No one looks out for the foremen. We are strictly in the middle...
...August 1941 Keys called his first meeting of foremen at Ford, attended by twelve men. But by November he had persuaded 1,200 men to form his Foreman's Association of America. A year later Ford capitulated, gave a 15% pay rise...