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...legal guarantee that a worker need not join or pay dues to a union to hold his job. Already on the books in 20 states, right-to-work laws will be an election issue in four more states before 1964 is out, and another four states are on the brink of putting the issue on their ballots. Right-to-work laws have received the endorsement of the nation's most liberal management association, the prestigious, nongovernmental Committee for Economic Development-but the opposition is still strong. Last week, after a bitter struggle, Oklahoma voters turned down a right...
...President," he said in a hoarse voice, "on behalf of the carriers, I accept the proposal." The railroad labor dispute was over -after an angry disagreement that over the years went to three presidential fact-finding boards, the Congress, the U.S. Supreme Court, and countless times to the brink of a crippling national strike. Johnson called both labor and management into the Cabinet Room, said warmly: "I'm very proud of you fellows. You go home and brag to your wives a little bit. You have something to be proud...
...Brink. With colossal mismanagement at home and bullying adventures abroad, Sukarno has pushed his sprawling, intrinsically rich island nation to the brink of bankruptcy. On Java, where 60% of all Indonesians live, recurring drought and a rat plague have led to outright famine. Irked by Sukarno's "Crush Malaysia" campaign, the U.S. is phasing out its aid (total to date: $896 million), last month shipped Indonesia its final 40,000 tons of American rice. Blustered Sukarno: "To hell with aid!" Turning hopefully to Holland, Indonesia last year resumed diplomatic relations, which had been broken in 1960 during Sukarno...
...Gogh's Self-portrait, 1889, oils, 65 x 54 cm., sometimes known as 'Vincent in the Flames'. The description in the catalogue read:' . . .Taut to the breaking point, it testifies to van Gogh's struggle to master his inward turmoil .... An expression of supreme equilibrium on the brink of the abyss...
Died. John Denby Allen, 76, longtime (1942-56) president and chairman of Chicago's Brink's Inc., biggest U.S. money mover ($300 billion a year), who directed repayment of the $1,200,000 in cash lost to customers in the 1950 Boston robbery, then ordered the intensive security overhaul that has precluded any sequel to that heist and, true to the new Brinkmanship, kept three pistols hidden in his office to the day of his retirement; following a heart attack; in Chicago...