Word: girdler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...wish to propose the name of Tom M. Girdler, of Cleveland, Ohio, Chairman of the Board of the Republic Steel Corp., who, by reason of his righteous wrath and force of logic, broke the steel strike in the spring...
...Royalists." To take emotionalism and prejudice out of labels, Analyst Miller proposes to study what the name means, whether it is truly applied, who uses it, why. Marked for early treatment by the institute are the Propagandas swirling about Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, Henry Ford Tom Mercer Girdler, the C. I. O, Spain...
...speech was reserved for the enemies he acquired during the strike in "Little Steel," particularly Chicago's Mayor Kelly, whose policemen he said killed ten workers in the Memorial Day massacre at a Republic Steel plant. Conspicuously missing from the Lewis speech was any reference to Steelman Tom Girdler, on whom Mr. Lewis usually lavishes his fine talent for invective. Reason: on the advice of Columbia Broadcasting lawyers he deleted his sulphurous remarks about Mr. Girdler.* Also toned down were some of the phrases about Governor Davey, whose militiamen broke the strike in Ohio. Roared Labor Lion Lewis...
...Presumably one of new President Manning's major interests will be trying to sell more Cord, Duesenberg and Auburn automobiles. On the new board of directors formed to assist in this endeavor, one name made news this week: Republic Steel's Chairman Tom Mercer Girdler...
...expected, Tom Girdler's Republic Steel made the worst showing in "Little Steel.* The strike centred on Republic, as the official release from the Girdler office understated it, "because of its determined efforts to carry on operations." Earnings in the June quarter were only $487,000, as against $5,500,000 in the preceding quarter and $2,600,000 in the June quarter, 1936. Embattled Youngstown Sheet & Tube managed to clear $2,000,000, off 20% from the June quarter the year before and considerably less than half what it made in the March quarter this year. Bethlehem Steel...