Word: sit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Washington was still waiting last week for Franklin Roosevelt to say or do something about Sit-Down. The President sat down and did nothing, and while he did it the situation worked out much to his advantage. New Dealers in Senate and House took the initiative without involving him, thereby appeasing those who wanted action, while the President continued to enjoy the love of Labor to whom silence meant consent...
...Senate: ¶ After killing an anti-Sit-Down rider proposed by South Carolina's Byrnes (see p. 18), passed the Guffey-Vinson coal control bill; sent it to the House, which passed it last month, for action on minor amendments. Aimed to stabilize the sick coal industry (see below), the bill lacks the labor provisions which caused Supreme Court invalidation of the original Guffey Coal Act, creates a National Bituminous Coal Commission to fix minimum prices, enforce a code of fair practices. ¶ Passed the wheat crop insurance bill which provides an appropriation of $100,000,000 to establish...
Labor's sweep toward power continued to surge and boil across the land last week. Keeping in the van. rank & file motor workers set the week's keynote, showing by a fresh wave of sit-downs that they were getting out of their leaders' hands (see p. 20). In Wilmington, Del., a short-lived general strike called in support of striking truck drivers sent flying squads of unionists roving the city's streets, tossing bricks through windows of trolleys, busses, stores. In Albert Lea, Minn., retaliating for the smashing of picket lines and a tear...
Sometimes when waves are beating strongly on a beach, an extraordinary outward current of returning water develops, clashes with oncoming breakers, creates a zone of roil and foam called "rip tide." Last week just such a countercurrent of public opinion was beginning to run stronger & stronger against the surging Sit-Down. Governors White of Mississippi, worried about a pajama factory sitdown, and Allred of Texas, worried about the C. I. O. oil drive starting this week, announced that they would oppose Sit-Downs with all the force at their command. With many a State legislature discussing the subject, Vermont...
...sit down. Stand with one foot slightly forward, hands hanging freely from shoulder. Rise slightly on the toes, bend the knees slowly, tilt the trunk forward as the leg muscles lower the body onto the chair. Do not start to sit down with the feet together. This "closed foot position forces the trunk into an extreme diagonality [and] brings the buttock mass into unbeautiful prominence. It protrudes as if searching for the seat...