Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...report endorses the right of employees to a voice in those branches of industry which directly concern them. This fact alone makes it a great step toward industrial democracy. Further, it sets up regional boards of adjustment which assure that each party to a dispute shall have a fair hearing. The shop committees which have been springing up like mushrooms since 1916 are taken as the basis of employee representation...
...Vanderlip, when it became necessary for him to make his own way in life, started in by working in a machine shop; later joining the staff of the Chicago Tribune, first as a reporter, and later, as financial editor. "The Economist", a weekly financial paper, was the next step in his career; he was part owner and associate editor. Politics then drew his attention, and he entered this absorbing game modestly, taking the po- sition of private secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury, Lyman Judson Gage; three months later, however, he became an assistant secretary of the treasury...
...learns it is from the mayor," as he doesn't "want anything more to do with horses." Fortunately Mable isn't neglected for long, and the audience is spared wasting sympathy over there plight, because a naval aviator, Jack Wing, keeps here from getting lonely while Gwendolyn, the step-daughter of the rich Mrs. Pettigrew, is pursuing Bill at a Long Island country club. For a short time, the audience can only pin their faith on the author to bring Bill and Mable together, because they are so far separated that there seems no power but the exigencies...
...bill is simple, practicable, and already has strong support. If later it is found that other departments of the government should be coordinated, this can be brought about by taking a similar step, without retracing this one. In other words, this bill would be a step in the direction of increased government efficiency and economy...
...Step, In a Kingdom...