Word: tricorns
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...Majesty, Mary the Good of England, has many queenly prerogatives, one of which is to wear hats of a famed pattern. Secretary Frances Perkins of the Department of Labor, nicknamed in Washington "Madam Queen," also has many prerogatives. One of them, to wear tricorn hats, she has exercised for many a year. Another, to conciliate labor disputes, she has had since taking office but has not notably exercised. In the crowd of angry disputants in the automobile labor trouble, the Weirton Steel case, the Budd body strike, the Alabama miners' walkout, the Manhattan taxicab strike and many another...
...President William Green as ''innocuous quietude." Since then, U. S. Labor had suddenly found itself a partner, somewhat dazzled but quick to take advantage of its new position, with Capital and Government in the New Deal. In Washington. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, in her cocky tricorn hat, rose to tell the A. F. of L. that "thanks to the vision and courage of President Roosevelt in making possible the National Recovery Act. the present convention sees...
...five commissioners stared fixedly at the Commoners. In unison they slowly raised their black tricorn hats three times in greeting. Then Lord Chancellor Sankey read the King's speech, a speech which everybody knows is not written by the King at all but by the Prime Minister, a speech supposed to give the policies and promises of the new Government...