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...Ended was a week-long strike at Curtiss-Wright's propeller plant in Caldwell, NJ. A.F. of L. machinists agreed to go back to work while the Mediation Board weighed their grievances...
Only one thing made the Chinese impatient. They wondered where those American planes were they had heard so much about: Vultee (48C) Vanguards and Curtiss (P-40) Tomahawks and maybe even Boeing (B17) Flying Fortresses...
...Strike-shut was Curtiss-Wright's propeller plant in Caldwell, N.J. An NLRB election had ended in a victory for an independent union. Defeated A.F. of L. employes, crying that the election had been unfair, had promptly raised the issue of higher wages, and when the company refused to negotiate with them had walked out. Tied up was production of all-important propellers for all-important planes...
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...July were $50,785,000,000 (including $3,669,000,000 in British orders through mid-June). Bethlehem Steel is still No. 1 war supplier with $1,228,242,000 in contracts; No. 2 is General Motors with $1,200,000,000 (placed or under negotiation); No. 3 Curtiss-Wright with $980,000,000. Consolidated Aircraft has $684,000,000, Glenn Martin $652,000,000. Many a newcomer was beginning to learn the defense business, getting a piece of the pie. But it will take the participation of many more little firms (via subcontracting) to solve the defense production problem...