Word: arywitz
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...many satisfying signs. At best, with wages frozen, their buying power will remain stationary if prices also stay fixed?a condition that few union leaders believe will prevail. "When you've got a loophole as large as in fruits and vegetables, you have no price controls," says Sigmund Arywitz, executive director of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. "Food, the consumer's biggest item, has no ceiling." In addition, they point out, there are no restraints on taxes or the price of credit. Each of these contributes mightily to the cost of living, yet automatic escalators in labor contracts...
...little man's traditional distrust of those with power?whether they are national or even union leaders?was also voiced. "Nixon's program is unfair, discriminatory and economically idiotic," says Los Angeles' Arywitz. "The other day somebody?oh, yes, it was that other idiot, Agnew?said that what's good for America is good for the worker. Since 95% of all Americans are workers, we take the position that what's good for the worker is good for America." Says Earl Shaw, a Berkeley typesetter: "Meany is so far removed from the workingman. Organized labor leaders are too much...
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