Policy of Disruption in the Soft Coal Industry
The article criticizes John L. Lewis for creating chaos in the soft coal sector by encouraging unpredictable mine operation patterns. It notes numerous coal firms filing NLRB charges over unfair labor practices and unwillingness to bargain while operators offer a contract maintaining 1948 wage levels, hours, and benefits, arguing the stance harms consumers, workers, and national production costs.
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John L. Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
Lewis
It’s Different Abroad A reflection on Soviet scarcity
General Walter Bedell Smith notes how Moscow shoppers face chronic shortages under rationing and state control. He compares this to postwar OPA lift and restored competition, which quickly fixed shortages. He calls American stores a miracle to visitors and says open competition drives better prices and service.
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Saturday Evening Post
Russia
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
OPA
Eers
Enlightened Selfishness and Regional Prosperity in West Virginia
In the Upper Monongahela Valley of Northern West Virginia, decades of hardship reduced farming and employment. A local power company, citing enlightened selfishness, invested to spur agricultural and industrial growth. Since 1934 farm income rose fivefold and payrolls gained at least $60 million annually, restoring independence and boosting tax revenue.
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Monongahela Valley
West Virginia
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