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...Wage Stabilization Board. Wage controls. Chairman: Cyrus Ching...
Under the Dove. Ironically, Cyrus Ching, Washington's hulking, pipe-smoking dove of peace, on leave from his Federal Mediator job, had to preside over the blowup. In his new, uneasy seat of chairman of WSB, Ching had announced the wage freeze, hastening to add that it was only temporary; some formula for thawing it out would soon be devised. His tripartite board had set to work. They were still working last week when Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston ordered them to reach a decision by week...
...demands for a voice in the mobilization high command unheeded, labor was in a disgruntled, resentful mood. Its discontent was not eased by the Wage Stabilization Board, whose nine members were still unable to agree on a formula for letting wages catch up with prices-and whose Board Chairman Cyrus Ching let it be known that as soon as the board does agree, he is going to quit and return to the more relaxing job of U.S. mediation chief. Probable successor: W. Willard Wirtz, Northwestern University labor law professor and acting executive director of the wage board...
Cleveland's 67-year-old Cyrus S. Eaton is an indefatigable financier and promoter with a finger in many pies. His latest promotion is a $100 million steel mill which, if the Government will provide $90 million of the money, Eaton will build on a 1,000-acre site on the Detroit River at Gibraltar, Mich. To run the new company, Eaton has picked Max J. Zivian president of Detroit Steel Corp., in which Eaton controls 24% of the stock...
...plaints of labor unions swept in, Wage Stabilizer Cyrus Ching promised speedy action and pleaded for a little time. "When a freeze is issued, it lowers the temperature all around," said Ching. "In such a situation, it's advisable to keep your shirt...