Word: waging
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...poll show a very large majority for Roosevelt. This is even more significant in view of the fact that most of the votes so far returned are from those who could ordinarily be expected to vote Republican. They have come more from the business and professional class than from wage earners, inasmuch as ballots are mailed only to those who have automobiles or telephones registered under their names, Consequently a Democratic landslide is in prospect...
Presently resigned Sir Herbert Samuel and his orthodox Liberal Party of 32 M. P.s*, announced that they will wage no warfare against the Cabinet in the House of Commons "for the time being." but will quietly await developments...
...from the New York office that the strike would not affect sailings of the Holland America Line, neither the Rotterdam nor the Volendam was able to leave her home port last week. A government commission announced that it could settle the strike if owners agreed to maintain the present wage scale until March. Only five companies agreed...
...funds on a self-amortizing basis. Thus it came about that Reconstruction Finance Corp.'s $1,500,000,000 new capital voted late in June was made available for replacing dark, filthy, unsanitary city stink-holes with light, airy, modern apartments at rents within the reach of humblest wage workers. Last week New Yorkers moved forward to get some of R. F. C.'s money for this purpose...
Though the cost of living has gone down 20%, the National Industrial Conference Board computes that the U. S. wage-earner's weekly pay envelope has shrunk 27.3% in real purchasing power. Despite this shrinkage the wage-earner has been able to buy more meat for his platter. Last week the Institute of American Meat Packers announced that total meat consumption was up for the first half of the third Depression year. Though less beef and veal went on the U. S. platter, pork consumption was up 152,000,000 lb., lamb up 13,000,000 lb. Last year...