Word: unionizations
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Such was Swedish alarm that Foreign Minister Rickard Sandler declared flatly that "if the Finns agree to present ports to the Soviet Union this would signify the end of Scandinavia!" The Pravda headline over this was Hypocritical Political Game Of Certain Swedish Statesmen. Russian press and radio charged that Britain and France were egging Norway and Sweden into egging Finland into disastrous truculence. "During the Tsarist regime Finland was completely subjected to Russia," snorted Pravda. "Then, Swedish statesmen never muttered about danger for Sweden, but cringed and groveled in every way before the Tsarist Government!" They now have a chance...
...world's No. 1 rayon maker, vast, British-owned American Viscose Corp., this week admitted what the trade had recently rumored: its new synthetic fiber-Vinyon-is now being produced in small quantities, already being sold in a few forms. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. makes the raw resin powder and Viscose turns it into yarn. This year's probable production...
Once there was a little man in a long black coat who roamed the hard-coal fields of Pennsylvania, doing mighty deeds for the United Mine Workers of America. He was John Mitchell, and quite a boy. At 28, he was president of the union; at 32 (in 1902), he led the strike which won an eight-hour day in the coal fields. Soft-coal miners voted him out of office in 1908, eventually put John Llewellyn Lewis in John Mitchell's place. But since John Mitchell died in 1919, he rather than John Lewis has been the sainted...
Meanwhile, in the U. S. the Amateur Athletic Union, in its November issue of Amateur Athlete, forecast for its track fans what to expect should the Olympics be held at Helsinki next summer. Reviewing the 1939 track year, the A. A. U. took the top six performances in each of 20 events, tabulated them (on a point system, of 10-5-4-3-2-1), and concluded that the U. S. -with a total of 209 3/10 points-still has the best track & field athletes in the world. Ranking second was Finland, with 108 points-34 points better than third...
...theme which is here introduced is one which runs throughout the present issue: the fear that America will be again drawn into the European war. The warnings deduced from a survey of the past are bolstered by an editorial based upon the new program of the Student Union and by a reasoned plea of Porter Sargent '96, for a greater wariness in the face of a new onslaught upon us by British propaganda. The picture which Mr. Stange presents is one of a rapid drift away from a combination of indifference and pacifism toward the general acceptance of the need...