The Making of American Democracy: 1865-1960Ray Allen Billington Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962 |
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Page 112
... wages as often as the seasons would recur and opportunities either arose or were made . This was carried on until last February , when a reduction in wages was offered varying from 25 to 33 % and in a few instances 50 per cent . Here ...
... wages as often as the seasons would recur and opportunities either arose or were made . This was carried on until last February , when a reduction in wages was offered varying from 25 to 33 % and in a few instances 50 per cent . Here ...
Page 291
... wage , it may , when the public welfare is thought to require it , be invoked to justify a maximum wage . The power to fix high wages connotes , by like reasoning , the power to fix low wages . If , in the face of the guaranties of the ...
... wage , it may , when the public welfare is thought to require it , be invoked to justify a maximum wage . The power to fix high wages connotes , by like reasoning , the power to fix low wages . If , in the face of the guaranties of the ...
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... wages . The first two are largely lacking in the under- developed areas . The third is present . Real wages are always low in these countries , and there is nothing , absolutely nothing , that governments , labor unions , or the ...
... wages . The first two are largely lacking in the under- developed areas . The third is present . Real wages are always low in these countries , and there is nothing , absolutely nothing , that governments , labor unions , or the ...
Contents
Preface to the Revised Edition | 1 |
A message of hope and a promise of action First Inaugural Address Franklin D Roosevelt 1933 | 5 |
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