Word: automen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Other automen argue that part of the explanation lies in the fact that the young people born during the wartime baby boom are now buying used cars. This increase in demand has driven used-car prices so close to new-car prices that many people decide to spend the little bit extra it takes...
Readymade Giants. All European automen agree that competition has just begun. Some time before 1970, when all tariffs between Common Market members will finally disappear, the car population of Europe is expected to stabilize at about one car for every six people...
...important to the whole economy because autos mean steel, rubber, glass, zinc, aluminum and textiles, and also because of the popular belief that if autos roll well not too much can be wrong with business in general. Now the spring selling season begins, and it will determine whether automen will have a good year -or a great...
...automen were quick to point out, blow-by devices are no cureall. Much of the air pollution in the U.S. is produced by industry rather than cars. And even in cars, less than 40% of the smog-producing hydrocarbons comes from the crankcase. The major menace is exhaust fumes, which so far can be controlled only by expensive (upwards of $75) "afterburner" attachments...
Undisturbed. This threat did not seem to disturb Reuther unduly. The U.A.W. strike fund stands at $42 million-enough to pay strike benefits to G.M.'s 310,000 workers for almost two months. According to automen. Reuther was also counting on Government intervention in the event of a long strike; already the automen charged the Government had. in effect, intervened in Reuther's favor by negotiating a six-day extension of the Aug. 31 contract deadline -a move which will enable U.A.W. workers to collect $10.9 million in holiday pay for Labor...