Word: suiting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...protocol in the cloak and suit trade, together with half a dozen similar protocols in other branches of garment-making in New York, the Rockefeller system of industrial representation in the Colorado mines, and the labor agreement of Hart, Schaffner & Marx in Chicago, grew out of long and bitter strikes, severe enough on both sides to convince the parties thereto that the old system was intolerable. Complete predomination by either side was impossible and intermittent struggles over the division of power were costly and unsatisfactory. The protocols and the agreements provided a system of government to protect each side against...
...judicial function is performed by the board of arbitration and inferior courts or committees, such as the Trade Board in the Hart, Schaffner & Marx system, and the Committee on Immediate Action in the Suit and Coat Protocol. Appeals may always be taken for final action to the board of arbitration. Decisions are based upon the fundamental agreement, administrative orders which have not been challenged, precedent decisions, customs and practices in the industry...
...Secretary is to secure his enormous naval appropriation, he must explain why he would stir up all this preparation when the war is over and our only two rivals on the sea, Great Britain and Japan, have already signified their willingness to work towards disarmament if this country follows suit. Otherwise Congress is likely to agree with Senator Borah that the United States is tired of disarmament talk; it wants action and if economy comes with it, so much the better. We must not overlook the greatest possible chance to achieve practical disarmament
Should Centre College agree to accept October 29, another change would have to be made. It now seems that the only date which will suit Colgate is the 29th, and in the event that the Kentuckians find it possible to move up a week, Colgate will necessarily be omitted. In any event, this leaves October the 15th open, and it is a possibility that the University of Georgia will play in the Stadium on this Saturday
Events may turn out better than the pessimists expect. It is reported that President Wilson will ask that the primary consideration be the financial problem; this will suit almost everyone. Another report is that Chairman Johnson of the Immigration Committee favors legislation which shall put a temporary stop to all immigration; nothing could satisfy better Mr. Gompers and his followers. The net result of this course of action would please the majority...