Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that time the meeting was under such rigid MacDonald control that, not only was a Red protest overwhelmed by a "card vote" of 2,844,000 to 206,000, but a moderate Trade Union leader, Ernest Bevin, was snowed under, 2,587,000 to 512,000, when he assailed the former Premier on a minor issue...
...recent Trade Union congress the communistic program was endorsed; though to be sure there is a split in the ranks, for the Labor party recently repudiated communism...
...Vagabond King. There appeared last season a strong market for good operetta, well costumed and well sung. To serve this trade, an old romance, If I Were King, was dug up, dusted off and set to some particularly good music by Rudolph Friml. It is a story of France under Louis XI, when Francois Villon, poet and leader of the underworld, was presented with the throne for 24 hours. He loves a noble lady and he defies the force of hostile Burgundy encamped without the gates. The story seemed ideally suited to this type of entertainment; the characters generally suited...
...banking circles, the gradual economic and financial recovery of most European countries is now generally recognized, although this is infrequently accompanied by enthusiasm for foreign investments. However, economists have long predicted that our credits and te some extent our current trade balances must be adjusted with Europe by importing securities. This winter it looks as if such securities could be made and sold here without too great risk to lenders and without exorbitant interest rates to borrowers. If so, a new stage in the history of the U. S. as a creditor nation will be introduced...
...vote of nine to one, however, the Labor Congress, representing over three million trade unionists, refused to allow the Communists to affiliate with the Labor Party. This action is a severe setback to those who believe a violent revolution is the only solution to the proletariat grievances. It is a further indication of the tendency of the Labor Party toward Conservative policies, a tendency first seen clearly during the premiership of Ramsay Macdonald. This tendency probably received impetus from the Labor Party's defeat in the last general election, a defeat largely caused by the nation's fear of Communism...