Word: validity
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...farm bloc's only fairly valid argument was that parity does not take into account the rising cost of farm labor (although the farmer's greatest present cost is not so much high wages as no labor at all-see p. 22). They wanted this cost added in (including the value of labor by members of the farmer's family), so that the farmer would be cushioned throughout the war against economic loss. The moral weakness of this argument was that four years ago the farm bloc opposed figuring labor costs as part of parity-doing...
Complaints from other sources-including just anybody who felt like complaining-had proved a little more valid: out of 3,479 accused employes, the Government fired 34 and disciplined twelve...
...spite of last night's Student Council resolution, no valid arguments have as yet been advanced to justify the general reduction of required athletics from four to three hours a week. The existing setup, which was approved by the Army when submitted by Athletic Director Bill Bingham and is duplicated in the Navy's V-1 program, has been overwhelmingly endorsed by those who have left Harvard for the armed forces since last spring. Basis for the Council's recommendation was the greatly-increased administrative work placed on the Dean's Office by the flow of exemption-requests pouring into...
...fact that the dance was held on a Thursday night can hardly account for the small attendance, though a Friday night affair on any other but the Labor Day weekend would probably have been more profitable. Whether class integration is a valid goal under wartime conditions has not yet been conclusively proved. The way to do so is for the Freshman Committee to put forward a couple of more real efforts. Most likely to succeed would be a dance or smoker held on the night of the football game with the Navy Air Corps, on Saturday, September 26. Insufficient receipts...
...hearted employers should be compelled to get WLB permission before they hand out voluntary raises. Any unsanctioned wage increase will not be a valid excuse for charging the Government more on a war contract...