Word: risked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...investigate conditions." Author John Dos Passes, chairman of the N. C. A. S. M. F. S., went along and so did Theodore Dreiser. In Pineville rural constables swore they caught Author Dreiser in some sexual mis- behavior and if he ever revisits the neighborhood it will be at the risk of reopening a statutory charge against him. Last week the N. C. A. S. M. F. S. descended on the district to operate in conjunction with the Workers International Relief (Communist...
...public has suffered a lot," he said last week, "and has been very patient. From now on the public's pocketbook sits in at every conference. We feel that the way to help the country at present is to risk all we can to get something started . . . with as little profit as possible or no profit at all if that will keep the wheels turning." About 35.000 workers have been recalled to the plants already employing 65.000. Both models should be on display next week, production will be well under way in March...
...persuade airplane pilots to unionize a few years ago it was given a chilly reception. Flyers were public idols. Like sea captains, they recoiled from the thought of brotherhood with locomotive engineers. Also, they were paid as much as $10,000 or $15,000 a year because of the risk. Organizations like the National Air Pilots' Association and Professional Pilots' Association (with codes of ethics, death benefits, etc.) thrived; but unionization was disdained...
...migrated with his family to Knoxville, entered the University of Tennessee. Thirty-six years later, as Wartime Secretary of the Treasury, he borrowed more money at a single time through Government loans than had any other U. S. official in history. As head of the War Risk Insurance Bureau he issued more life insurance than all other private companies put together. As Director General of Railroads he controlled more miles of track than any other man ever has. He married President Wilson's youngest daughter Eleanor and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters...
...some reason this excellent plan was allowed to lapse. Possibly the immediate response from the students was not encouraging enough to justify the trouble and risk involved. It should be remembered, however, that such a project naturally develops slowly. It would be worth while to persist over a period of years if a fairly large response was obtained...