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...automobile industry is feeling the bite of widespread criticism on car safety. Sales are dropping, plants are shutting down temporarily and executives like Arjay Miller, president of Ford, are muttering about how "harassment" over safety has contributed to the slip in demand...
...confidence in continued prosperity by rallying to close the week with a 6.6 point gain (to 952.72) in the Dow-Jones industrial average. Most businessmen seemed to approve of the discount-rate rise, even though it means a higher cost for their loans. It was, said Ford President Arjay Miller, "the right move at the right time...
...list, with a pre-tax figure of more than $800,000 from salary and stock and cash bonuses. In fact, the ten highest-paid executives in the U.S. are all in the auto industry, including Chrysler President Lynn Townsend (salary plus cash bonus: $555,900) and Ford President Arjay Miller ($515,912). Salaries depend, of course, on a company's size and profitability and an executive's responsibilities. Pure pay runs much higher in the U.S. than for comparable posts elsewhere, but executives abroad enjoy perquisites that often exceed the value of their salaries...
...Chairman George Love calls a "conservative dividend policy," Chrysler was able to raise its capital-spending figures by $50 million to $350 million, 80% of which will be spent in the U.S. Ford hiked its program 50% , will spend $400 million at home and $300 million overseas, although President Arjay Miller said that strike-incurred losses had cost the com pany 10% of its potential earnings in 1964. General Motors' Donner and President John Gordon raised earlier plans to spend $1 billion to $1.1 billion, 20% more than 1964; 75% will be spent in the U.S. Part...
Ford's passenger car production is al ready 75% below capacity and unless the walkout ends this week, said President Arjay Miller, the nation's fourth biggest company will screech to a com plete stop. The U.A.W. aggravated the problem by also striking Mack Trucks and White Motor...