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...Clothing Workers,* formed the Committee for Industrial Organization, they did not demand industrial unionism for all A. F. of L. unions. Nor did they set up C. I. O. merely because they disliked individual A. F. of L. leaders, or disapproved of the way some unions were run. Basic complaint was that while A. F. of L. talked of organizing the big, mass-production industries, steel, rubber, autos, etc., it accomplished nothing. Lesser complaints were that unions were arbitrarily run by executives, that new members pouring in were frequently denied votes (mostly because new members threatened the complicated structure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Big Split | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...semi-profile view of a nude model, by Carlisle Blackwell, Jr., leaves little to the imagination. Leahy described it as "indecent" and "tending to corrupt the morals of youth" in his complaint to the New England News Company...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEAHY CLAMPS DOWN ON SEX, BANS "INDECENT" MAGAZINE | 11/14/1939 | See Source »

Although most of these groups are united in general ideals, they split on several issues. Most notable of these is the formal complaint filed by the Harvard Anti-War Committee against the Harvard Student Union for issuing nonunion made pamphlets. "We are especially indignant because the Harvard Student Union claims to be friendly towards labor," the complaint reads...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pacifists Plan to Display Feelings in Rallies Fixed for Armistice Weekend | 11/9/1939 | See Source »

...present there is just complaint...

Author: By Jack Wllner, | Title: Collections & Critiques | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

...time has been long, the measure small. India is still an Empire, with Britain's King its Emperor. Eight weeks ago His Excellency the Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy and Governor General of India, committed India to a new war. Silently, without overt enthusiasm but also without complaint, India fell in line. It looked as though India's leaders would rally their followers to defend the one thing they have wanted to see ended for over two decades, Britain's Empire; to maintain something they themselves do not have, democracy. But last week Britain clumsily chipped the biggest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Of Time and the Measure | 10/30/1939 | See Source »

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