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...country going for the past seven years. Per capita annual income has fallen 10% (to $60) since 1956; the tin mines that Paz Estenssoro nationalized in 1952 are now losing Bolivia $9,000,000 a year, cannot fill their quotas under the inter national tin agreement even though they employ more men than ever. In his victory statement Paz Estenssoro called for "revolutionary order." But his incoming Vice President and revolutionary comrade, Juan Lechin, the Lebanese-descended onetime auto salesman who bosses the miners' un ion, will stand squarely in his way; Union Boss Lechin opposes firing unnecessary workers...
...Thomas worked feverishly until the day he died, at 60, but he never saved a penny in his life. "I have paid him ?24,000," complained the King, "and have not got my pictures. All the world is willing to employ him at ?1,000 a picture, yet he never has a farthing!" The 29 ladies and gentlemen who graced the walls of the Worcester Museum last week gave their own explanation of why Lawrence's reputation could soar and then plummet, but could never be forgotten...
...church relief program in Harlem, dished out a thousand free meals a day in the church basement, quickly became a civic mover and shaker. He early recognized and utilized the latent strength of Harlem, was able to force such commercial giants as Liggett Drug stores and Consolidated Edison to employ Negroes. When the New York Telephone Co. balked at his demands, Powell threatened to disrupt the system by instructing his followers to dial the operator for every telephone call they made. The telephone company promptly capitulated, began to hire Negroes. "Negroes have got to be radicals," Powell shouted from...
...figures on jobs were not so cheering. The Department of Labor announced this week that unemployment rose to about 4,200,000 in March (slightly above 5% of the working force), and employ ment slipped back slightly to just above 64 million, both against seasonal trends. One reason: the monthly employment sample was taken during a week when a blizzard hit several parts of the country preventing many seasonal workers in agriculture, construction and trade from being rehired. The Labor Department expects employment, which began to turn up in late March and early April, to rebound sharply this month...
CANADIAN RAMBLER PLANT will be built by American Motors in Toronto. Plant will employ 700, turn out 10,000 Ramblers in 1961. Number of Ramblers sold in Canada last year: 8,613, an 84% jump over...