Word: forded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Spokesmen for Ford Motor Co. and C. I. O.'s United Automobile Workers of America continued to speak to each other last week. They began to do so three weeks ago, when U. A. W. President Homer Martin conferred with Henry Ford and his personnel director, Harry Bennett (TIME...
First result of their parleys was announced by Homer Martin. He was preparing a blanket union contract for some 2,000 plants which make parts for Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, et al.; parts makers who are, of course, dependent upon their big customers for economic life. A standard contract would fix the minimum hourly wage at 65? for some 250,000 supply plant workers...
...interview was conducted during a ten minute walk from the Hotel Brad ford where he had just made a recording of a speech in the studios of Station WBZ, along Tremont Street to the foot of the State House hill. Accompanying Saltonstall was Danny Lynch, his campaign manager...
...Tentatively ended two antitrust suits. The Department of Justice for the second time (TIME, Nov. 22) had charged that Ford Motor Co., Chrysler Corp. and General Motors Corp. compelled their dealers to finance purchases through manufacturer-affiliated finance companies. Last week the Department tentatively accepted a consent decree under which Ford and Chrysler agree to discontinue certain practices. General Motors is expected to fight the indictment in court November...
...print the Burns character is that of a cracker-barrel philosopher, whose favorite characters (both fictional) are his Aunt Doody and Grandpa Snazzy. In real life Cracker Barrel Burns has an $85,000 house, amuses himself with amateur astronomy, maintains the common touch by driving about in a Ford. His next picture will be I'm From Missouri...