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Pilots' Association. At first his idea of A. F. of L. affiliation was scorned by most flyers, who feared a loss of professional prestige by rubbing shoulders with locomotive engineers. But after Errett Lob ban Cord cut pilots' wages the Association solidified, grew to 675 strong. Last week President Behncke...
Committee for the Nation. While Dr. Warren was still sticking to his academic last, a group of businessmen got busy to find a remedy for Depression. James H. Rand Jr., head of Remington Rand, Lessing Rosenwald and General Wood of Sears Roebuck, Frank A. Vanderlip, Automan Errett Lobban Cord and many another formed the "Committee for the Nation," became uninvited disciples of Professor Warren, went forth to preach his doctrine to businessmen and politicians. Last week Committeemen for the Nation had almost a free run of the White House office where their frequent visits left their impress upon the presidential...
...Errett Lobban Cord, the young man who is out to become his country's foremost transport tycoon by air, land and sea, last week added one more set-up to his system. Smith Engineering Co. of Cleveland was bought up by Cord Corp. which thereby acquired rights to manufacture Smith controllable pitch propellers. In airplanes, variable pitch propellers are like gear shifts in automobiles, allow engines to run at efficient speed under different load conditions...
...Errett Lobban Cord, who last fortnight added ships to his transportation empire (TIME, Aug. 14), last week annexed another province-taxicabs. His loyal, hardbitten Lieutenant Lucius Bass Manning quietly announced that his boss had obtained control of $4,000,000 Checker Cab Manufacturing Corp., largest U. S. company building taxis exclusively. As is almost always the case when Cord Corp. buys up a company. Mr. Cord stepped in as chairman, Lou Manning went on the executive committee...
...last week Errett Lobban Cord, who has grown very rich supplying transportation on land and in air, ventured out upon the sea. He announced that he had added New York Shipbuilding to the lengthening list of Cord companies, most important of which are Auburn Automobile and Aviation Corp. Next day the Navy Department dished out its New Deal contracts and Mr. Cord's shipyard got the biggest slice of all-a $38,450,000 order for two 10,000-ton cruisers and four destroyers (see p. 10). The youngish onetime automobile salesman was at his home in Beverly Hills...