Word: transitional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nickels were not paying the subway's keep: by July 1, the city's transit system would be $54 million in debt. Its power stations were just about gone (repair cost, over $100 million), its rolling stock worn and rattly, its tracks older than the Ancient Mariner, its stations full of old newspapers and old vomit...
...Mayor LaGuardia said on the air Sunday that he was on Bill O'Dwyer's side in the transit crisis. He certainly should be-since he's the fellow who got Bill O'Dwyer into his present fix. ... If O'Dwyer gets into trouble, LaGuardia can always quote him another fable or two in PM. Fiorello won't have to take...
Michael J. Quill, belligerent, Communist-line boss of the disaffected, 110,000-member Transport Workers' Union, C.I.O., boomed his demands for a $2-a-day raise and exclusive bargaining rights for all the city's 32,000 transit workers. One point he made very clear: his civic responsibilities (as City Councilman from The Bronx) would not soften his determination to win. Another point that frightened New York City even more: Mike Quill insisted on his answer by Tuesday midnight of this week. It was an ultimatum...
Philadelphia almost choked on its own automobiles when strikers stopped its transit system-which normally carries 3,000,000 riders a day. During most of two mornings and two afternoons 225,000 cars bumped and beeped through the streets. Schools were closed. Business and theater attendance was cut almost in half. Railroad stations were jammed...
These commitments would compel the Army, as of next July 1, to have 335,000 men in Europe, 375,000 in the Pacific, 87,000 in other areas overseas, 360,000 manning U.S. installations, 343,000 in training or transit. Total...