Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...wishes to have Congress economize solely at the expense of the service men, but economy in all governmental expenditures is imperative. Instead of extravagant gratuities, of which a considerable part would inevitably be thoughtlessly received and thoughtlessly spent, wise legislation covering land settlement, home aid, and vocational training should be framed. Through such action those who served the country will become better citizens and greater producers, and through so benefiting them, without the expenditure of new billions, Congress will have done them justice...
...freight handlers and longshoremen here in Boston, bringing with it the threat of a serious food shortage, is but another example of the helplessness of the country to deal with industrial disputes. Obviously Boston cannot put up with a food shortage, and our first concern must be the settlement of this particular strike. The freight handlers held a strategic position similar to that of the coal miners. It is the public which will suffer from this strike, and the public must be protected...
...truth is that the public consciences has not awakened to the need for constructive measures. There are denunciations of employees on the one hand which are only equaled by denunciations of employers on the other. Yet, with the great amount of industrial unrest now existing, some permanent settlement should be uppermost on the nation's conscience. There are utilities in which strikes cannot be tolerated. But the employees must be given some new guarantees if we are to take away their right, to strike. Above all, there is the need for a sound industrial code, applicable to the whole country...
...Balkan situation is not clearing up. We are further from a settlement of the problems presented in the Near East than we were at the time of the Armistice. Bulgaria feels she has been treated unjustly by the Powers: She has had much territory taken from her in which the population is predominantly Bulgarian. The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes contain elements which show no desire to mix. Italy's claims to Fiume and Dalmatia are causing each day more jealousy and dissatisfaction on the part of both sides. Turkey shows signs of coming to life and disputing...
...face, as far as that goes, the ballot shows an extraordinarily even division. Almost equal thirds stand respectively for full ratification on the Wilson basis, for absolute refusal to accept that basis or a compromise, and for a compromise settlement. The last proposal runs a few thousands ahead of the other two. Did this division furnish a true sample of the state of mind of the whole nation, we should be forced to find in it an evidence of pronounced and central cleavage. Anyway, the vote is two to one against the League in its present shape...