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Managements and unions were also urged to explore the advantages of market-wide collective bargaining. As a start, the committee suggested that the auto industry (which has often roundly condemned the idea) bargain as a unit with the C.I.O. Automen would then "think as an industry for their industry . . . achieve uniformity in wage rates . . . perhaps develop an annual guaranteed wage...
...usual in the tight-lipped company, no one would say what had caused the earth quake. But this time the silence was doubly significant. When Young Henry moved into the presidency a fortnight ago, automen watched sharply to see how much power Old Henry would let him have. (In all the years Edsel Ford was president, Old Henry kept tight control in his own hands.) Now they knew. In allowing his old favorite's downfall, Old Henry had made it pikestaff plain that Young Henry is now absolute boss. It looked as if Old Henry Ford, either by choice...
...Automen and parts manufacturers looked for a 75.8% increase in sales over 1939. Some other rosy estimates: transportation equipment (except automobiles), up 74.3%; tobacco products, up 69.4%; chemicals, up 58.2%; rubber products, UP 47.3%; food products, up a happy...
...Frazer. Detroit's automen smiled at this. Normally, it takes them 18 months to translate blueprints into a car. Nor were they worried by Kaiser's invasion of their bailiwick. Some of them already have their own West Coast assembly plants, all of them have a solid grip on the market. If Kaiser sells in the East, as he plans, he will be up against a $175 freight charge tacked to the price Of his car. Thus, old line automen may get their first competition not from the Kaiser but from the Frazer. Reason: the Frazer, which will...
...Will Be First? The small number of cars in sight for 1945 dulled the competitive urge among automen to be first. The market was so much bigger than expected production that the exact date of production would not affect the prospect of sales. But some manufacturers were better prepared than others to swing into peacetime work...