Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Condon in view of the evidence." From his bed in Walter Reed Hospital, where he is recuperating from an attack of gastrointestinal hemorrhages, he issued a subpoena for the board's files. Secretary of Commerce Harriman refused to honor the subpoena, on the ground that it would be unfair to those who had testified in confidence, and would prejudice future loyalty probes. Blustered Thomas: "If they think they are going to get away with it, they are mistaken...
Rallying behind the slogan "equal pay for male laborers," Union waiters are renewing agitation for a change in present work conditions, which they consider both unfair and demoralizing...
...many signs that the present rent policy is haphazard. Cases of rent discrepancies exist in every House and dormitory. The same rents, for instance, are charged for rooms that are obviously far from equal in desirability. Even worse, the poorer room is sometimes more expensive. If this unfair situation is not cleared up by fall, the rent increase will only add to its injustice...
...boost is really necessary to cover rising costs, and it is not a hidden, unnecessarily expensive, and poorly distributed rise in tuition, Housemasters and housing officials should take advantage of the situation to eliminate current confused and unfair room rent discrepancies. The cases of occupants of small, evamped rooms being charged higher rents than those living in more spacious and desirable suites are too numerous under the present sealing system for current prices to seem other than haphazard. Any increase in rent affords a perfect opportunity to iron out these iniquities...
While it is unfair to condemn the Placement Service because it may not perform its work at some future date, a general expansion of its activities could increase its efficiency today, and guarantee it against the threat of the future. Information now on file in the Registrar's Office, the Office of Student Testing, and Hygiene Department, if collected and kept on file in the Placement Office, would enable the job counselor to have before him at once the medical, educational, social and economic background of any student seeking aid. At the same time, close contact with firms ready...