Word: scab
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...window where the U.S. flag fluttered above the Pursglove Mine. Said he: "I believe that Old Glory should wave above the tipples at any time. But, as they once said in Pennsylvania, we'll damned well die for you, but we'll be damned if we ever scab...
...blood from inside, he supplied it from outside by a spray of blood drawn from the patient or dried blood plasma diluted with only one fourth the usual amount of water. This poultice dried to form a clot over the ulcer; treatments were repeated as needed to retain the scab. One or two applications relieved pain; the ulcers which healed required from one to 20 treatments...
...moderate and severe, by Drs. Archie Edward Cruthirds of Phoenix, Ariz, and Wilmot Frank Pierce of Los Angeles. The burns were caused by steam, hot metal, hot oil, lime, gasoline. Patients were sprayed with mixtures of Hydrosulphosol and water every 20 or 30 minutes until a tough "eschar," or "scab" was built up. The eschar is flexible, leaves room for motion, reduces scars to a minimum. Hydrosulphosol, said Dr. Mellon, not only relieves pain, but prevents infection, great hazard in burn cases...
...first their ruling said that any Dining Hall worker, whether union or "scab," who gave up his position should be replaced by an A. F. of L. member. Although this move would have eventually led to a closed shop, it was decided that it was not vehement enough, and therefore the union asked for an immediate change to a closed shop...
Labelled the "Cambridge Cowboys" by a Fore River scab labor paper, 50 Harvard and Radcliffe students canvassing Bethlehem shipyard workers in the interests of the CIO found themselves this week in the thick of a closely-fought battle which will culminate in the NLRB elections on October...