Word: yorke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although the possibility that anything could stop the Harrison pension remained slim indeed, Mrs. Harrison's friends sprang indignantly to her defense. Ihey denied that she had sought the pension herself, recalled that the resolution had first been introduced by New York's late Representative Theodore A. Peyser at the suggestion of "friends," had passed the House unanimously. Most agreed that Mrs. Harrison could use it. All agreed that she deserved it, for sundry reasons. Among them: 1) she had lived in the White House two years nursing her ailing Aunt Lavinia, the first Mrs. Harrison...
...maritime labor regards the former chairman of the U. S. Maritime Commission as a union-wrecker was made clear by the New York Maritime Council on the eve of Mr. Kennedy's departure : Mr. Kennedy's insistence on mediation & arbitration of maritime labor disputes is a curtailment of the union's right to strike. Arbitration of minor controversies arising out of signed contracts and prohibition of strikes & lockouts (during the duration of the contracts) is now accepted in all N. M. U. agreements. But in settling basic issues like wages, hours and working conditions, the union wants...
Shipowners were also well pleased by the move of the powerful New York branch of the N. M. U. to strip ships' committees of their power to discipline men during voyages. While the effect of this self-discipline was generally good, some shipmasters disapproved the principle-they believed it might mean divided authority. The proposal may meet intense opposition within the union, but the leaders favor it and there is little doubt of its passage...
Meantime New York's Senator Royal S. Copeland remained unconvinced of the N. M. U.'s good intentions. From the Senate he wheedled $20,000 for a "full and complete investigation" of the maritime labor situation...
...John Stuart Martin, vacationing TIME editor: the New York Rod & Gun Editors' annual award for the No. 1 angling exploit of 1937. Angler Martin's feat: bringing to gaff an 821-lb. tuna (new North American record), after a 4¾-hour struggle during which his efforts at times seemed as discouraging as trying to "tickle a locomotive in the tender...