Word: controller
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...attempt on the part of labor to seize control of the government by force. The question of bad faith on the part of government operators or labor leaders is only the apparent issue in what seems to be developing into a struggle for mastery between the labor leaders and the Government. All England is rapidly developing into two camps, the Trade Union group and the Parliamentary group. Unless some compromise can be arranged the question will arise whether England is to be governed by Parliament or by the Trade Union Congress. That issue depends upon the outcome of the strike...
...present situation is the inevitable outcome of the situation developed within the Labor Party ever since it adopted a political program 20 years or so ago. The development of the party has been accompanied by the formation of a group determined to control the government either through parliament or by a general strike. The radicals have grown impatient of the inch by inch progress which results from the policy followed by the American Federation. They demand quick action and the 'united front' which is essential to a general strike. They have perfected their organization and dealt the swift blow which...
...development of these features has probably done more to attract the public interest than anything else. Always a fast game, the shortening and improvement of the lacrosse stick made it still faster. The original stick was little more than a flat net on a long handle, and to control the ball with it was little short of marvelous. The modern mentors of the game saw that a shorter stick with a deeper webbing would make for quicker, castle and more accurate handling of the ball. It would prevent a slowing up of the game by eliminating so much dropping...
...attempts which have been made to put the control of an educational institution entirely in the hands of its students have been failures. The instructors are the only ones who have a chance to grow with the school or college and thus have a broad understanding of its problems...
...Caldwell then turned to a discussion of student control in colleges and schools...