Word: trades
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...made their fortunes, since the owners kept half of all prize money and divided the rest among the captain and crew. Besides being a more lucrative business than fighting in the continental navy, privateering was safer, as the ships were faster and the sailors more efficient. It made British trade routes dangerous to traverse and brought home needed goods, yet for naval operations it was useless...
After quitting the International Federation of Trade Unions 17 years ago because of its radical leanings, the A. F. of L. rejoined only last year. Next May, however, Matty Woll is going to the I. F. T. U. meeting in Oslo with a threat that A. F. of L. will quit again if Russian unions are admitted...
...from Florida, he dined privately with the President; worked on a deal by which the Maritime Commission proposes to buy three good ships from International Mercantile Marine, for South American service; announced consolidation of the Grace Steamship Co. and Columbian Steamship Co.; discussed plans for building for South American trade three new 25-knot luxury liners convertible into aircraft carriers. He also had his last say on his two biggest and unsolved problems-new construction and maritime labor...
...Last fall Belgium negotiated treaties with Germany, Britain and France (1 reviving the Locarno Pact smashed by Germany's remilitarization of the Rhineland, 2 setting up reciprocal trade arrangements like those Secretary Hull has gained for the U. S., 3 guaranteeing her neutrality, 4 forbidding the use of poison gas in any future war involving Belgium, 5 pledging mutual armed assistance in case...
...Open Door" as applied to China means that (1 all nations shall have equal tradings rights in China, 2 emigration to China from other nations may not be stopped, 3 Chinese may not be excluded from this country as they were under the exclusion act prior to the World War, 4 China must grant the great powers extraterritorial rights in her country, 5 the Chinese Government must keep trade routes open between the coast and the interior and protect foreign business concerns using those routes from bandit attacks...