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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Judge Goldsborough let John know what he thought of him. "There is no such thing as a benevolent despot," he said. "It's your boundless audacity, O Catiline."* Then he ordered Lewis, under the Taft-Hartley law, to bargain with all the coal operators before the June 30 contract deadline...
Four hours later, John Lewis, who has always used the divide & conquer strategy by dealing separately with northern and southern operators, sent word to the judge that he would abide by the injunction. This week, he began his contract-fussing with all the operators...
...Yankees are reported to have offered him $40,000 to sign a major league contract upon graduation this spring, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding collegiate pitcher this year. In New Haven, the scholars are scarcely familiar with the five other pitchers on coach Ethan Allen's squad...
...Lift for Murray. The pattern was promptly adopted by others. Two days later the United Electrical Workers' Jim Matles agreed to a similar contract for U.E.'s 40,000 G.M. workers. That fact seemed sure to have an effect on U.E.'s negotiations at Westinghouse and General Electric. Next day, the lyday Chrysler strike was over. Michigan's dapper Governor Kim Sigler dashed from Lansing to his Detroit office, where Chrysler and the U.A.W. had resumed peace talks. A few hours later, Chrysler and the union agreed on a flat 13^ increase. Ford, which had proposed...
Labor leaders have never liked cost-of-living "escalator" contracts, on the grounds that they tie the worker to a fixed standard of living. But no C.I.O. officer complained about the G.M. contract. Big labor, at last, seemed to. be interested in stability. The only C.I.O. leader who could be unhappy about it was Boss Phil Murray. His steelworkers, tied to a contract which forbade a strike, had got nothing (TIME, May 3, 17). But there was some wistful talk that the steelmakers might pick up the Detroit cue. The prospects for a peaceful labor summer in big industry looked...