Word: supporting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...question of Labor's future form of organization, and Labor's future leadership. It was agreed that the man who maneuvered himself into position for the first dash over Steel's frontier would have a heavy advantage over his opponent, the chance of tapping the valuable support of 500,000 workers. It was also agreed that the vehicle for the dash was unimpressive little (7,000 members) Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers...
Since everyone knew that votes and not Jew-baiting alone counted, the Chamber settled down and ultimately voted confidence 384-to-210 in the new Cabinet. This powerful support was given Premier Blum after he had in effect handed the Deputies a sheaf of Socialist Ten Commandments. Specifically the Chamber and Senate were notified that the Blum Cabinet intends to keep them in session until they have enacted: 1) Nationalization of French war industries; 2) the 40-hour week for all French workers; 3) the right of Collective Contract for workers bargaining with their employers; 4) compulsory annual vacations with...
Steiwer's address climaxed a day of important developments here. Governor Alf Landon's bandwagon, temporarily halted by the refusal of the big Pennsylvania and New York delegations to pledge complete support of the Kansan, forged head when the results of an informal poll of the delegates taken by newspapermen became known. London was critical with 486 votes on the first ballot not counting many of the so called 'favorite son" states which are expected to switch to him. Horah was given approximately 70 votes and Know about the same number in the poll...
...modern lemur, which lived in the Paleocene epoch of 60,000,000 years ago. Only a few toes were missing. So far as the paleontologist knew it was the most complete Paleocene skeleton of any sort ever recovered. Preserved even was a hyoid bone which served to support chin and jaw muscles. This bone was an eighth of an inch long, no thicker than a horsehair. Dr. Jepsen could assign no certain reason for such miraculous preservation but he thought it possible that the little body had fallen into the edge of a pond or puddle and been covered quickly...
...therefore, easy to understand why Premier Blum has promised everything to the discontented. He may, perhaps, be acquitted of expediency, but there were but two courses open to him. One--repression--was unthinkable since he is a man of strict Socialist principles and depends almost entirely on Leftist support. The only other alternative, which he took, was an immediate guarantee that he would clear away all the reasons for the workers complaints...