 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - 1943 - 190 pages
...trying to find justifications for not holding it here or not holding it there. No one straw may break a camel's back, but there is always a last straw. We...afford to take further chances in relaxing the line. We already have taken too many. This holcl-the-line order set more rigorous standards for wage increases... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency - Agricultural credit - 1943 - 510 pages
...trying to find justifications for not holding it here or not holding it there. No one straw may break a camel's back, but there is always a last straw. We...afford to take further chances in relaxing the line. We already have taken too many. On the price front, the directions in the order are clear and specific.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce - 1943 - 148 pages
...trying to find justifications for not holding it here or not holding it there. No one straw may break a camel's back, but there is always a last straw. We...afford to take further chances in relaxing the line. We already have taken too many.' "The Emergency Board bases its award primarily upon the existence... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry - Food supply - 1943 - 2272 pages
...No one straw may break the camel's back, but there Is always a last straw. We cannot afford to tuke further chances in relaxing the line. That is by way...of the recently announced reduction of prices. He etates : Some prices affecting the cost of living are already above the levels of September 15, 1942.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce - Railroads - 1944 - 188 pages
...trying to find justifications for not holding it here or not holding it there. No one straw may break a camel's back, but there is always a last straw. We...afford to take further chances in relaxing the line. We already have taken too many. This hold-the-line order set more rigorous standards for wage increases... | |
 | Steel case research committee - Cost and standard of living - 1944 - 732 pages
...piece-meal retreats. When the President issued Executive Order 9328, he said: "No one straw may break a camel's back; but there is always a last straw. We...afford to take further chances in relaxing the line. We already have taken too many." And, again: "The only way to hold the line is to stop trying to find... | |
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... increases in general wage or salary rates except where clearly necessary to correct substandard living conditions. The only way to hold the line is to stop trying to find justifications for not holding it here or not holding it there. No one straw... 