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...insurgents and radicals demanded wage increases of 10% to 25%, a six-hour day and a five-day week. The Scale Committee reported a resolution favoring a four-year contract, and giving the committee, which will negotiate with the operators at Jacksonville on Feb. 11, authority "to secure the best agreement obtainable . . . on the basis of no reduction in wages...
...real question of whether the trial trip is a junket, Mr. Lasker made three pertinent statements: that when the Leviathan was converted into a troop ship (undergoing changes "minor compared to those now made") she was sent on a five-day trial cruise in southern waters; that the cost of the trial trip will be $120,000, of which $13,000 will be caused by the presence of guests, and that the experts "insisted" that there should be between 400 and 500 guests to test the " complex organization and service machinery " of the ship...
...five-day upheaval in March has apparently demonstrated that the present German government is committed to a sound, middle ground policy, equally opposed either to Bolshovism or the restoration of the old, monarchical regime. What is still more important is that an overwhelming majority of the German people seem to be behind the government in its stand. As the Allies, in their ten or fifteen years of control, can easily crush any tendency toward militarism or anything else that might menace future peace, it seems exceedingly advisable for the world to assist the present German government's plans...
Next Monday, March 22, there will be started a five-day campaign throughout the country for the Macmonnies Memorial, which is to be set up on the banks of the Marne in France, in commemoration of the American troops who gave their lives in the World War. The drive in the University will begin Monday, and last three days. As in the case of the French gift of the Statue of Liberty, when the donors were very numerous and representative, everybody is urged to contribute, even as small an amount as 10 cents being gratefully received. The Memorial, to cost...
...worth of fall rowing cannot be questioned, judging from the number of men who reported regularly during the last several months and the success of the five-day regatta which brought the season to a brilliant close. Intense interest was shown from start to finish in the rival club crews and in the competition between the three Freshman dormitories...