Word: unionism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Commodore, with his lawyers and lieutenants of the United Mine Workers, John L. Lewis was at a crucial point of his down & up career. The mine operators had refused to write into a new contract a guaranty that the A. F. of L.'s puny but ambitious mine union should not be allowed to poach on his preserves-thereby endangering the solidity of U: M. W., the keystone of C. I. 0. And if Miner Lewis sought a showdown in the form of costly last ditch strike the security of U. M. W. and C. I. 0. would...
...situation; six-weeks of shut-down had helped them to get rid of half of their coal piles and any longer stoppage would only cost them money which they could ill afford to lose. But some operators still held out. Many a potent mine owner, ready to sign at union terms, accused the holdouts of stalling in hope of provoking an industrial war in which U. M. W. might be licked...
...annual triangular Harvard Yale Princeton debate, one half of the Yard- ling forensic squad meets a Tiger yearling trio in the Upper Common Room of the Union tonight at 7:45. Three other members of the team travel to New Haven and will argue against an Ell Freshman squad tonight...
...yale arguing in determine of the Ludlow Amendment will be William C. Murphy, Payson R. Wolff, and Arthur H. Northrup. Against Princeton in the Union. Thomas M. Cook, Thomas J. O'Toole, and John E. Tully will debate...
...like manner, the petition which was posted in the Union on Friday evening is but an elaboration on principles already adequately dealt with in the Student Council's report on the subject. A few near-sighted amendments are offered to the Council's report--near-sighted because they are again only advocating principles already in practice when they recommend that the National Scholarship men and Student waiters receive preference over men of equal records; near-sighted because in recommending that all Dean's List men be assured of admission, they are contradicting their own position since their cry has been...