Word: traded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there anything to substantiate the suspicions of dealers and their customers that the gas shortage had been contrived by the oil companies. Nonetheless, a probe was being pursued by the Federal Trade Commission because statistics showed that gasoline production may have fallen more sharply than warranted. Said Alfred Dougherty Jr., the FTC's Bureau of Competition director: "If this cutback in the production of refined products was not justified by a scarcity of crude oil or other legitimate business reasons, the current gasoline shortage may be contrived." Admitted FTC Investigator Ronald Rowe: "Right now, we have a lot more...
...still an insistent voice for moderation in the background. "Don't get emotional," cautioned the man who was always able to exert pressure without getting personally involved. Though he had often been critical of the AFL-CIO for its treatment of black members, he remained totally loyal to trade unionism as a salvation for social wrongs. "We never separated the liberation of the white workingman from the liberation of the black workingman," he emphasized. Whenever a cause needed a symbol of integrity, Randolph was sure to be called-and sure to be there...
...guilty of just the short-sightedness and "shocking display of cynicism and ignorance" he confers on the U.S. Senate and the Harvard Corporation. I fully agree that the Corporation's refusal to back the Mobil and Standard Oil shareholder resolutions (calling for a reduction of oil trade by one-third, the amount believed to be sent by South Africa to Rhodesia) is indeed a political action, and it is erroneous to believe the Corporation is politically neutral...
...Senate did a surprisingly magnanimous thing last week in recognizing the elections. That action in no way precluded the possibility of another election, and there is evidence that Muzorewa is broadening his base of political power. Before there was nothing. Let us aid the process--the Bishop desires our trade of oil for his people. It is clear that such trade would not temporarily strenghthen white resistance, prolong the war, or further increase the suffering of the people. There are serious flaws to be worked out, but let us lift our sanctions and enthusiactically encourage the new government. The elections...
...April 24 Crimson reported the Corporation's decision not to support two shareholder resolutions sponsored by church groups. These resolutions would have required Mobil Oil and Standard Oil to reduce their oil trade with South Africa by one-third, the amount of oil believed to be sent by South Africa to Rhodesia. More disturbing than Harvard's actual vote was one of the reasons given for refusing to support the church initiative...