Word: workman
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...departed amid pomp, Nazi motor manufacturers admitted that nothing cheaper than an $800 car is made in Germany. This, representing an investment of 2,000 marks, remains definitely beyond the reach not only of the Fatherland's "little man," but also of the Fatherland's average workman who earns, according to German statisticians, about six marks per day or barely 2,000 marks per year...
When a British workman bothers to find out who is Minister of Labor he discovers handsome, rich and epigrammatic young Major Oliver Stanley, second son of the huge-paunched, sporting 17th Earl of Derby. Major Stanley's poised and gracious mother is Bedchamber Woman to Her Majesty the Queen. His beauteous wife is Maureen, eldest daughter of the Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry, social backers and promoters of Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald. To a Laborite the mere fact that aristocratic Major Stanley, a successful ex-stockbroker, was made Minister of Labor last year brands National Government a sham...
...series of radio addresses begun last week Conservative Bennett called for "radical reform." "There must be an end," he declared, "to the reckless exploitation of human resources and the trafficking in the health and the happiness of Canadian citizens. There must be an end to the idea that a workman should be held to his labors throughout the daylight hours." Since Mr. Bennett is even richer than Mr. Roosevelt and extremely close to Canada's great Capitalists, the rest of his speech might be said to parallel exactly what has been heard from the White House...
...Once at the Rouge works, where sitting down is not encouraged, Superintendent Sorensen spied a workman squatting on a box fiddling with a length of wire. Up strode Mr. Sorensen, kicked the box from beneath the workman. When he got to his feet, the workman knocked Mr. Sorensen to the floor. "You're fired!" said Mr. Sorensen as he in turn uprose. "The hell I am," yelled the workman. "I work for the Bell Telephone...
...gyrations of some of the strangest performers ever set loose by a capricious and allegedly all-wise Creator. . . . And he is being paid-not much, but something-for attending this place which is part seminary, part abattoir. . . . Every office needs at least one man who, though a competent workman, understands that existence is primarily a droll affair, with the horselaugh predominant not only to the grave, but after the will is read. For purposes of keeping up morale and teaching the cardinal truths of life, any large paper could afford to hire, at princely salary, such a man as Gene...