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...Convinced. Time and again during the investigation, Fulbright had asked witnesses, for reasons best known to him and his farm constituents in Arkansas, whether they thought the auto industry was competitive and whether prices of General Motors cars were too high. At week's end G.M. President Harlow H. ("Red") Curtice got a chance to answer the question himself. Armed with charts and statistics, Curtice testified that the auto industry is fiercely competitive, and that G.M.'s prices have increased less since 1941 than its competitors'. But why, asked Fulbright, did G.M. not cut its prices when...
...such total automation for industry has touched off a siren of alarm among U.S. labor unions; they fear that the already swift spread toward automation will throw thousands of workers out of jobs. Before a congressional committee investigating the stock market last week (see WALL STREET), General Motors President Harlow H. Curtice took special care to debunk the bugaboo. Said he: "Automation is the making of tools to produce more efficiently . . . It's progress...
...HARLOW CURTICE, who predicted 5,800,000 auto sales for 1955, now thinks he was pessimistic. On the basis of current sales, says Curtice, 1955's market should total 6,600,000 cars, up 20% from 1954, may well top the alltime record 6,665,863 sold...
...trouble in beating Dick Tewitt, 15-5, 15-7, and 15-6. Captain Bill Wister, successfully keeping his opponent out of position, lost only eight points in the first two games and won the final, 18-15. In the number three match, the varsity's Guy Paschal defeated Brooks Harlow...
...problem is to fill all the dealers' orders." General Motors President Harlow Curtice estimated that the automobile industry will turn out 7,600,000 cars and trucks this year, a full 650,000 above last year's production. Moreover, said he, G.M. dealers are selling 1955 models "just as fast as they can get them from the factory ... I foresee a continuing high demand." Predicted Curtice: G.M. will have another $10 billion sales year; the national economy will rise to a new peak...