Word: reductionism
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The causes of the strike are that some years ago the railway officials demanded a progressive cut in wages based on the cost of living. The National Wages Board agreed to the reduction and it was accepted by the executive committee of the National Union of Railwaymen. It was subsequently...
The automobile industry has consistently confounded conservative judgment. Year after year it apparently reaches the saturation point, only to establish new production records and go ahead again. The reaction of the public to the recent National Automobile Show in New York was such that automobile makers are now quite cheerful...
Royal S. "Copeland, junior Senator from New York: "From Washington, I broadcast a diagnosis of the condition which caused guests of the Silk Association of America at a dinner in Manhattan to hiss me when I declared for tax reduction and soldier bonus too. Said I: 'They hissed and...
¶A Republican caucus in the House voted viva voce, with little dissent, that the Ways and Means Committee should report out a tax reduction bill by Feb. 11, giving it precedence over a bonus bill. The caucus also voted down resolutions directing the Committee necessarily to report a bonus...
¶ Republican leaders in the House began to cast about for a compromise on which they and the Democrats could unite. The regular Republicans must have support from other sources if their tax reduction bill is to pass. A compromise on which the regular Republicans and more conservative Democrats can...