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...normal course of creditor and debtor appeared last winter during the automobile strikes when the C. I. 0. chief bluntly reminded the Democratic Party that his United Mine Workers had contributed $500,000 to last year's campaign fund. For his pains he got a public rebuke. The split was widened by Mr. Lewis when he demanded that the Administration chastise the Southern Democrats who were scuttling the Wages & Hours Bill. For the past two months the stories about an imminent break have been inspired by none other than John L. Lewis. Meantime William Green has been a more...
...Labor Legislation, honorary vice president of the National Consumers League, the professor describes himself as "a Wisconsin liberal-a conservative liberal that does not go off half-cocked." In 1933 he predicted trade unionism would become entrenched throughout U. S. industry as the result of NRA, prophesied a split in Labor's ranks on the industrial organization issue. Now returned from six months' study of the labor situation in Europe, he warns that "the greatest problem of the 20th Century is keeping social conflict from becoming too intense...
...years ago had President Alexander ("Sandy") Calder of Union Bag & Paper Corp. asked his stockholders to split their stock four-for-one, they probably would have balked. The price of their shares was down to $5 and such a split would have reduced their stock certificates to shinplasters. But last week his stockholders had only applause for Sandy Calder. They gladly voted to split their stock four-for-one and their new stock was traded at prices upwards of $18, for in five years Recovery and Sandy Calder-but mostly Mr. Calder-had boosted the value of their shares around...
...total of 50,000,000,000 paper bags. Its $10,800,000 bag sales were 13% of the U. S. gross of $80,000,000 and its profits totted up to $387,000. And last week as his stockholders voted to split their shares and also issue $7,000,000 in convertible debentures. President Calder was able to estimate that earnings in the third quarter alone this year will be $500,000, to announce that in eight months earnings were already...
...session consisted of instruction in fundamentals, with the large group split at random into line and backfield units. Linemen accustomed themselves again to the feel of driving cleats in the ground, and backs crouched, unfolded and pivoted, while coaches watched foot and shoulders. Some passing was done, while ends and halfbacks waited their turn to run out to respective rights and lefts for long passes, and diagonally across for short snap deliveries...