Word: voluntaryism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Clarification of conflicting jurisdiction is needed, but will not solve the puzzle without new legislation from Congress. The occasional "on-the-job" freezing of labor already attempted is purely "jawbone" regulation, much like Leon Henderson's requests for voluntary price control before Congress gave him legal powers. Outright conscription of...
But it will not last. Sooner or later, the movie stars will go back to Hollywood, the public will get tired of bond-selling stunts, bond sales will fall. In the year 1942 they will probably be 15-25% below the Treasury's fond $12-billion hope. And with...
>In Utah and Idaho, WMC recently worked out a voluntary "freezing" arrangement with employers and unions: henceforth no copper, lead or zinc miner can leave his job without permission; to make the agreement stick, the War Labor Board raised wages $1 a day - 25% instead of the 15% formula. Said...
But the last fortnight has brought a promising new burst of activity in McNutt's air-conditioned offices. He worked out the voluntary freeze of Western miners and a similar plan for the Northwest lumber industry. He set up management-labor committees in cities where shortages are worst. He...
The war which threatened America long before the nation went into action, precipitated among the student body a demand for some sort of military training at the College. Thus on January 10, 1916 the Harvard Regiment was formed. The original unit was drawn up purely on a voluntary basis, and...