Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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MADGE M. RICE Detroit, Mich...
...Dowd Chrysler Sales Corp. Detroit, Mich...
...ROBERTS P. B. ROBERTS Detroit, Mich...
Motorland. Trouble had been brewing all last month, as Dr. Leo Wolman's Automobile Labor Board conducted plant elections throughout motorland. Last week in Detroit, 7,067 Chrysler employes balloted for candidates to represent them in collective bargaining with the management. Exactly 200 favored A. F. of I candidates. The result corresponded with those in other elections in motorland, in which to date 60,000 workers have voted. Less than 5% have supported A. F. of L. Not more than 9% have signified attachment to company unions. Bulk, 78%, have voted for unaffiliated representatives. The returns were bitter news...
United Air Lines could also point to the fact that a round-trip between New York and Detroit on one of its planes costs $62.46, meals free; that a round-trip by train with lower berth costs $62.40, meals extra. (American Airlines fare is the same as United, with a $2 additional charge each way for berth...