Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...predictable note of triumph in the President's voice as he fastened a paternal gaze on the television cameras and intoned: "Both sides of the negotiating parties in the airlines strike are here with me to report that they have now reached agreement on the terms of a settlement." Lyndon had done it again: he had squeezed elbows, waved the flag and presto, solved yet another labor deadlock. Thanks to the old Johnson magic, the strike of 35,400 members of the International Association of Machinists against five major U.S. airlines was about to end after 22 costly, frustrating...
Under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, the Board will hear the positions of both parties and within 30 days make recommendation for an agreement to the President. The two parties are then expected to work out a settlement based on the recommendations during the next 30 days. After this second period, the union is again free to strike...
Rosenthal noted that the government, having neglected its regulatory responsibilities, was likely to complicate the issues by further intervention. He cited the machinists' refusal to accept the contract worked out Friday and backed by President Johnson, as "proof that you can't really impose a settlement from outside...
...trial is scheduled until both sides' lawyers agree that they are prepared to be present in the courtroom. At that point, the lawyers sign a "certificate of readiness" and a later memorandum fully describing the case, asserting that all pretrial motions have been made, swearing that no settlement is in sight, and estimating precisely how long the trial will take...
...Bargaining. Johnson has steered between these two poles, and his main purpose in Viet Nam, says Geyelin, has always been "to pursue settlement by improving his bargaining position." Then the author raises-but leaves un answered-some doubting questions. Has the policy of improving the bargaining position by "fiercer war" missed "opportunities for negotiated settlement"? Has U.S. involvement become "unnecessarily deep"? Geyelin charges that L.B.J. in foreign policy has radiated no "moral leadership...