Word: wage
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Class lines are changing, the Socialist document said. In the 19th Century Socialism was a "wage earners' " movement. Today it appeals more to professional and clerical workers, farmers, fishermen, craftsmen, retailers, artists and scientists. Socialism is not even "inevitable," as Marx maintained; it is "only one of the choices open...
...Senator Blair Moody, the newspaperman who succeeded Arthur Vandenberg. New, talkative and not yet hep to all the club customs, Moody triumphantly disclosed how a colleague had voted in a closed committee. Indiana's Homer Capehart, Moody said, had raised his hand in favor of throwing out all wage and price controls. The outraged Capehart did not think it was necessary "to have persons snooping to see whether a Senator holds up his hand. I wish to say that I do not like such tactics," sniffed Capehart. The incident was portentous. Before the week was out, sniffs had swelled...
...five has written a book, and one out of ten has run for some sort of public office-from justice of the peace to President (Eugene Daniell, who ran in 1932 on the Commoners ticket-a shortlived organization of Bostonians, dedicated to the promise of a living wage for everyone...
...Boosts wage & salary withholding from 18% to 20% of wages after exemptions...
...Blowing the first of several holes through his wage ceiling, Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston approved a 6?-an-hour escalator clause raise for 1,000,000 non-operating...