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Incoming Chairman John Barr, 47, born on a Hoosier farm, looks enough like Avery to be his son. He stands...
...pressure grew too great for Avery. His doctor and his two daughters begged him to resign. The directors instructed Barr to call a special meeting of the board, prepared a resignation for Avery to sign. At the board meeting the expected bitter showdown did not occur...
...same courtly manners and, at close range, the same considerable charm. Like Avery, he is a lawyer (Indiana '30) and a "clean-desk man." He started in Ward's legal department in 1933, quickly rose to be director of labor relations. Avery's respect for Barr rose at the way he masterminded Ward's fight against the War Labor Board, which included the famed carrying-out of Avery by the Army. Under Barr, the union was kept out of Ward. Recently, when Avery needed the A.F.L. Teamsters' support against Wolfson, Barr was just as effective...
...Tops." By 1949 Barr's affable efficiency had won him a vice-presidency and the key post of corporation secretary. He survived the great man's purges partly by knowing when to keep his mouth shut. When he disagreed with Avery it was always in private and in a courteous manner. Barr is popular with the staff, has even won a Wolfson accolade: "In my book, he's tops...
Immediately on his election, Barr went quickly to work. He planned to give raises in specific places and departments where they were long overdue, hoped to stir up employee initiative by loosening the tight controls imposed by Avery, e.g., allow buyers to buy-virtually impossible under Avery. He hoped to open up a new store or two, lay plans for an employee pension plan, put an end to the traditional Avery policy of secrecy with the press. To replenish Ward's ravaged top executive echelon, down to one vice president, he began setting up a new management team...