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...basic issue was at stake. To perform its function of directing production, management has to have not only officers but noncommissioned officers, just as much as an army does. But in most industries foremen, although they still direct production, no longer directly exercise the power to hire & fire. For this reason, apparently, NLRB last year decided that foremen are just a special grade of skilled labor and entitled to the privileges of labor...
There are, indeed, specific problems to be met. But the liberal arts need no Harvard committee to be assured of continuation; they have always had, and will always have a sound function. From their study men have gained a sensitive response to the best that has been thought and said, a deep historical perspective which arms against contemporary problems, and a strengthening intellectual discipline. Liberal education is not at an end. It is stalled, and the present tragic interval in its growth has at least this much of good: everywhere it is under scrutiny. That scrutiny should lead...
...committee recommended: "First, the strong over-all authority of WPB must be made a living reality. This authority must be ready to make decisions and to enforce them. . . . Second, without dilution of the power of the chairman, WPB should function as a board. . . ." Both recommendations were sound, just as sound as ever; but the mess was still bubbling...
...confidence of Premier Stalin, President Benes might in some circumstances have been a useful intermediary, both in such matters as the current Polish controversy, and in the larger field of postwar relations. In the circumstances as they actually are, President Benes probably will not and cannot fulfill this function. In the opinion of some who are shaping policy in Washington, Dr. Benes is too much of an opportunist; too close to Joseph Stalin, too deeply obligated to the U.S.S.R. And there are other reasons, including the fact that his own political position is under attack from Slovak extremists...
Although it has been argued that the government is sovereign and cannot set up any body on a par with itself, the fact remains that governmental units are faced with important problems of human and industrial relations. Grievances and mismanagement will crop up. The question arises: "What is the function of a union in this situation," and the answer is important both for the present emergency in the mines and future problems in government operated and controlled enterprises...