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...resolution of the debate is "Resolved, That disputes between labor and capital should be settled by compulsory arbitration during the defense emergency." The Freshman team of Sheldon Beren, Thomas Kuhn, and Charles Wolf debating in the Union will uphold the affirmative. At Yale, Ted Baer, William Suckle, and Louis Polack will defend the negative position for the Crimson...
...jobs in commercial radio. They are welcome on sustaining shows and in bit parts on sponsored programs. But no advertiser will buck racial prejudice to back a colored show or let a Negro star shine too brightly. Not even Ethel Waters, who packs them in on Broadway, could uphold a sponsored spot when she tried...
...have no hesitation in saying that such action will uphold democratic ideals in the world. It is no false humanity which saves the lives of countless children, and the Committee has every evidence that millions of Americans wish it to continue its efforts...
Bandmaster of the 369th for more than four years has been Russell Wooding, onetime Broadway arranger and conductor, onetime bandmaster for the New York Giants football team. Bandmaster Wooding works his men hard, says: "All of us realize that we have a great tradition to uphold." That tradition was begun in World War I, when the 369th was the crack 15th New York Infantry and its bandmaster was the late James Reese Europe...
Although revoking the charters, the Executive Committee has put the question up to the 40,000 members of the Federation through a referendum, to be conducted this spring. This is a bit of political juggling by the Committee, for a simple majority of members will uphold their decision, whereas, if the question were brought up at the annual convention this summer, a two-thirds majority would be required to oust the three unions...