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Engaged. Anne Moen Bullitt, 19, fetching daughter of Philadelphia's socialite-Democratic candidate for mayor, William Christian Bullitt, ex-Ambassador to Russia, France; and Marine Corps Lieut. Daniel Baugh Brewster Jr., 19, peacetime Princetonian of Brooklandville, Md.; in Philadelphia. Her mother, the late Anne Moen Louise Bryant (widow of Soviet Hero John Reed), became Bullitt's second wife in 1923, was divorced by him in 1930, died in France...
...Fred Riebel had tried to wriggle out of the strait jacket, but he was soon laced in tighter than ever by the rough & tumble Brewster union. He had no time to untangle the materials mess Result: Brewster failed in production on the Navy's Corsair fighter, although production of the so-so Brewster dive-bomb er picked up. In August, month of Brewster's latest strike, not a Corsair was delivered...
...Senate's Truman Committee called in Kaiser and gave him a Hobson's choice: to reorganize plant management, ie., to take over Brewster production himself, or resign from the board. Reluctantly, Kaiser took over. Said the miracle man glumly: "It's not an alluring prospect to take over what's reputed to be the worst situation in the country...
Pulmotor Department. To help revive Brewster, Kaiser installed his tall, bespectacled son, Henry Jr., who has been Kaiser's eyes and legs on many a West Coast project, as administrative assistant. His job: to kill off the hex. Then the War Labor Board gave Kaiser a mighty boost by designating an arbiter to settle disputes on the spot, and put Brewster's union on probation for six months. With this solid backing, Kaiser sat down with the tough, headstrong boss of the Brewster union, Tom De Lorenzo,* got from him a promise that the union would cooperate...
...Manhattan-born Tom De Lorenzo, 35, became head of the Brewster local three yers ago, now collects $5,000 yearly to dictate its policies. A firm believer in "force as the only weapon," he vigorously opposes labor's "no strike" pledge. Last week he told the Washington Post "Our policy is not to win tho war at any cost," but "to win the war without sacrificing too many of the rights we have at the present time...