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...Thirdly, can unions continue to have what Mr. Justice Brandeis called "practical immunity from legal liability," can they stave of, even in such instances as the present, incorporation or at least some sort of public supervision? The answer to all three questions was "yes" in the recent strike. The sit-down technique proved effective and invulnerable and will undoubtedly be tried increasingly in similar labor disputes...
President Sloan's reason-the "unlawful seizure" of G. M. plants by sit-down strikers-Madam Perkins brushed aside as "legalistic." "The real reason the workers would not take their men out of the plants," asserted she, "was that they felt they couldn't trust General Motors. An episode like this must explain to the American people and make it clear why the workers can't trust General Motors...
...raised a storm. It announced that it was going to cut WPA expenditures to $152,000.000 a month, try to cut 150,000 reliefers off the rolls, make local governments pay a larger share of WPA costs. The U. S. Conference of Mayors went into a dither, reliefers staged sit-down strikes, and Harry Hopkins had quickly to back water, announcing, "No one who needs Relief will be dropped" (TIME, Dec. 21). Last week when the House received the Deficiency Bill appropriating Relief funds for the next five months, it transpired that Mr. Hopkins planned on cuts which made those...
...Most Eligible Bachelor" there was perhaps no second, but last week Norfolk was "England's Most Eligible Bachelor," and Mrs. Stanley Baldwin went to his wedding with matronly feelings duplicated outside the church by Englishwomen so enthusiastic that some, striving for a better view, staged a sit-down strike in the middle of the street until lifted aside by courteous Bobbies. Partly because the Protestant bride has not yet become Catholic (as both families expect she will) and partly because nothing could add lustre to a wedding so entirely aristocratic, the candles were unlighted, the Oratory was undecked...
Midyear period or no midyear period, this world of ours continues its irresistible progress toward perdition. Herewith we append a brief survey of events in the world today, which, depending on your previous condition of servitude, you can lay at the door of (a.) the sit-down strikers, (b.) the weather man, or (c.) Madam Secretary Perkins...