Word: unfair
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...democracy: If these dining rooms were reserved exclusively for Congressmen, and not open to the general public, the refusal might have been warranted. It was based solely on a ruling by the congressional committee in charge, excluding negroes from the dining rooms. Not only is this ruling manifestly unfair to Representative Oscar DePriest, colored Congressman from Illinois, it again tramples in the dust the American principle of equal rights...
...ideal that all are created equal is untenable. But all are entitled to equal rights, with attainments limited only by their own inherent qualities. It is highly unfair to judge individuals on a facial or group basis of any kind; individuals should be judged as individuals on their own merits. Those Negro students presented a significant tableau as they stood before a picture of Lincoln signing the emancipation proclamation, just after Congress had denied them the rights of American citizens...
Another amazing thing about the Wagner proposal; which is to be the center of the biggest fight ever staged in this country between employer and employee groups, is the list of "unfair labor practices" which can be held by the suggested national labor law to be violative of the provisions of the proposed law. Here is an excerpt from the section which crystallizes the whole controversy...
...shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer, or anyone acting in his interest, directly or indirectly to attempt by interference, influence, restraint, favor, coercion, or lockout, or by any other means, to impair the rights of employees guaranteed under section four (collective bargaining) or to refuse to recognize and deal with representatives of his employees, or to fail to exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements with such representatives concerning wages, hours and other conditions of employment...
...Grey's "Border Legion." It would be easy to criticize the plot and the "acting" of the hatchet-faced lass and the Arrow-collar youth who take the leads and whom Paramount Pictures attempt to introduce as "Stars of the future," but to do this alone would give an unfair impression of the presentation. There is action, hard-riding, good scenery, fast shooting, and here and there a hard right to the jaw. Insofar as "The Last Round-Up" is a step back to the sweeping action and vivid scenery of the silent picture days and away from the courtroom...