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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hearst Consolidated and almost everything else Hearst owns are controlled by American Newspapers Inc., top holding company of the bewildering Hearst corporate hierarchy. Mr. Hearst owns 95% of its common stock, but Judge Shearn is his sole voting trustee. As trustee he has irrevocable control over all Hearst enterprises-provided he can keep the Consolidated preferred stockholders happy-until 1947, when Hearst will be 84. Nobody, not even Hearst, knows if Hearst will live that long, and so the trusteeship is a race against death, when the Government may demand up to 20% in inheritance taxes and creditors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Dusk at Santa Monica | 3/13/1939 | See Source »

WASHINGTON--The problem of American recognition of the Spanish Insurgent government and the possibility of Congressional approval of an administration-opposed measure to give the people sole power to declare war were thrust into the forefront of foreign policy and national defense today...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 3/11/1939 | See Source »

Last year, he said, the "company union" tried to obtain sole bargaining rights for the dining hall workers even though the A.F. of L. had already obtained certification of their exclusive privilege. Stefani found the H.U.E.R.A. labor group an "insidious" and "destructive force" which has "no hope of bettering working conditions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dining Hall Workers Threaten Walk-Out | 3/8/1939 | See Source »

...devote his time to teaching; the resignation becoming effective this June. Occupying a post created in 1937, he acted as advisor to Freshmen and other students on personal problems. After examining William's annual report, the P. B. H. Committee voted yesterday to continue the post, with Swett as sole administrator, for another year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: P.B.H. SELECTS GILKEY QUIMBY AS OFFICERS | 3/3/1939 | See Source »

Although opinion differs as to the advisability of the methods used, even Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology, sole person to take issue on the statement, agreed that the plan might be applied "to all laboratories and courses dealing with problems that could be used...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Men Support Bridgman On Anti-Totalitarian Ultimatum | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

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