Word: wagner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Congress, when every minute of the Senate's time was plotted out, he fell asleep at the switch. Senator King who was supposed to rise at a certain moment to present the District of Columbia Airport Bill, missed his cue and before Senator Barkley woke New York's Senator Wagner had the floor. Senator Wagner brought up the Wagner-Van Nuys Anti-Lynching Bill. Although Alben Barkley has cast a good Southern vote against anti-lynching bills in the past, he was caught in a legislative trap. To prevent a new filibuster from wrecking the closing hours of the session...
After last week's decision the next move is up to the Labor Board, which at the expiration of the ten-day grace period will presumably apply to the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an enforcing order, as provided by the Wagner Act. Then Henry Ford can start a legal battle against the Board which he may carry to the Supreme Court if necessary. The company announced at week's end that it would retain able Lawyer Frederick Wood of Manhattan, who contributed to the downfall of NRA as defense counsel in the Schechter ("sick chicken...
Virtuous Colonel General Göring also rises daily at 7 a. m. and takes a cold shower. In case the No. 2 Nazi seems depressed, his valet finds he can always prick up General Göring by putting on the phonograph the Heroes March from Wagner's Götterdämmerung...
...novel. For its part Business is to make an earnest effort to put its own house in order and give serious thought to long-range economic planning. From Labor it wants union financial statements, voluntary cessation of political contributions, responsibility for propeny damage, and co-operation in amending the Wagner Act. Specifically Business is opposed to such legislation...
...Wagner Act, not because of the principle of collective bargaining but because that one-sided measure has created rather than diminished labor disputes and needs amending...