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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Long since abandoned was the union's first objective-the closed shop. What Mr. Frankensteen wanted now was a change in bargaining procedure, asking that the procedure be tightened up, provision be made for arbitration of disputes not settled by earlier steps. Mr. Weckler said ho, arbitration was impossible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Turkey Talk | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

But turkey talk seemed a little nearer. Imminent was 1939's Thanksgiving I, and a striking workman is just as fond of turkey dressing as any time-card puncher. Labor Department Trouble Shooter James F. Dewey perked up, indicated the strike might be settled in time to get workmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Turkey Talk | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

In Pavilion, N. Y., one of Penguin's, inner gear cases broke. In Troy, Dr. Poulter had to stop to pick up some instruments. While Penguin labored along the hairpin turns and precipitous slopes of the Berkshires, it caused the greatest traffic jam New England had ever honked at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Monster | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

At last, long overdue, Penguin rumbled up to North Star's, Boston dock. There was still one ticklish job left-getting Penguin aboard. Since the monster was too big for its berth, ten feet of its tail had to be amputated with acetylene torches. Then, when the tide lifted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRITORIES: Monster | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

>In Los Angeles, New Hampshire's blue-eyed, chunky Senator Styles Bridges resumed a national tour. Ohio's Senator Robert Taft plodded through the Midwest. Michigan's Vandenberg sawed wood, kept mum in Grand Rapids. Texas newshawks held an "Evil Old Men's" dinner in honor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Trail-Hitters | 11/27/1939 | See Source »

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