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Ford: Decline and Rebirth, 1933-62, by Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill. Until World War II contracts came through, wayward management and union pressures brought the Ford Motor Co. perilously close to bankruptcy. Authors Nevins and Hill recount the story of this period and of the recovery that followed, led by Henry Ford II, "the Whiz Kids," and such brilliant executives as Ernest R. Breech...
FORD: DECLINE AND REBIRTH 1933-1962 by Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill. 476 pages. Scribner...
When it became evident two years ago that Woolworth Heir Allan Kirby at 68 was losing the proxy fight for control of his Alleghany Corp., his ally Gene Tunney offered some ringside advice: "Sometimes, Allan, you have to get off the canvas...
Brick Wall. The Murchisons had not imagined there was so much fight in old Allan Kirby. With most of his $200 million fortune tied up in big blocks of blue chips, including Manufacturers-Hanover, I.T. & T. and Woolworth, they figured that Kirby would hardly risk more to battle back. But Kirby had a one-word explanation for his persistence: "pride...
...view that responsibly-led, well-disciplined demonstrations enhance the prospect of a Civil Rights Act of 1963. Allan D. Schlosser...