Word: wage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Decision for Steel. At this critical juncture, U.S. Steel, bellwether of U.S. industry, began negotiations with C.I.O. steelworkers over a new wage contract. Big Steel could show both industry & labor a way out by following Secretary Harriman's advice...
...cited recent Soviet use of the veto in the Albanian case as proof of U.N. weakness. Predicting that the death of Premier Stalin might result in the rise to power of a "Hitler-like" Russian, Professor Dow opined that unlike pre-war Germany, the Soviet Union is unable to wage an effective aggressive...
...advice which George Marshall gave the nation at the end of World War II. He spoke then as Chief of Staff, and in military terms: "The only effective defense a nation can now maintain is the power of attack." Other military leaders paraphrased it: "U.S. policy is now to wage the peace around the world...
From the high grass in left field, Henry Wallace demanded: -"How can we wage a war of nerves against Russia and expect her to take in good faith our proposals to the United Nations on atomic energy?" Considering Gromyko's recent denunciation of U.S. proposals, the question scarcely seemed relevant...
Thus, the negative asserted, a plan for a guaranteed annual wage would be unworkable unless the government were to step in to compel consumers to purchase what the government wanted them...