Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Deepening the present waterway from a 14-to a 27-foot minimum from the Atlantic through the Lakes would make it possible for all but battleships (which draw a minimum of 26 feet) to be built on the Lakes, once naval yards were constructed. But it would also mean deepening Lake harbors (estimated cost: by opponents, $250,000,000; by supporters, $10,000,000). Another difficulty is that for five winter months each year the Seaway is not navigable; warships completed in Lake yards during the winter would be locked in until the spring thaw. Said the New York Times...
...lumber business has boomed. A. F. of L. unions have demanded higher wages. While A. F. of L. picketed a big Weyerhaeuser mill in Everett, demanding 7½? more than the present minimum 62½? an hour, the C. I. O. union stepped in, signed a contract gaining only 2½? an hour increase. This situation demonstrated, for anybody to see, the need for labor unity...
...three Soler brothers (Fernando, Domingo and Julian), Joaquín Pardave, "Caninflas" (Mario Moreno) consider themselves well-paid at $2,000 a picture. When a producer is ready to shoot he can hire a complete crew from the CTM union on a contract calling for 50% of the minimum union salaries to be paid during production, the remainder after distribution. In addition, the crew gets 33% of the net profits. The films almost bank themselves...
Professor Merriam then proclaimed a 1940 Bill of Rights: "For everyone there should be equal access to minimum security and to the adventures of civilization; for everyone there should be food, shelter, clothing; for everyone there should be a job; for everyone there should be a guaranty of security against accident and disease; for everyone there should be a guaranteed education; for everyone there should be a guaranty of protection against old age; for everyone there should be an opportunity for recreation and cultural activities...
...Harvard Outing Club. Harvardian reserve permits the raising of this plan because to date every other college in the region has O. C's. And no visible obstacle except lack of inactive stands in the way. For skiing and hiking three sections especially could be exploited at a minimum cost, the O. C. using the already extant Youth Hostels, available for a dollar per head; around Plymouth, N. H., Stowe, Vt., and Putney School, southern Vermont. Here both the beginner, who longs for the graceful swells of a golf course, and the experienced-but-not-ski-team-material-individual, could...