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When Roy T. Hurley took over as president of Curtiss-Wright Corp. in 1949, he made only one promise: "I'll put a price tag on every operation in our shop." Curtiss-Wright needed such tags. The company, once the biggest in the aircraft industry, had been forced to shut down 16 of its 19 engine, propeller and airframe plants. Last week Hurley demonstrated what he meant by price tags; in Curtiss-Wright's Wood-Ridge, N.J. engine plant, he showed off a faster and cheaper way of making engines by means of a new "automated" assembly line...
Instead of building engines the old expensive way by sending men off to stockrooms for each part, Wright now puts everything on conveyor belts to move engine parts to the workers, as in the auto industry. The line, said Hurley, who learned his business as a top Ford production executive in Detroit, takes up 42% less space than the old way, cranks out engines twice as fast at two-thirds the cost...
...complete Segal passes followed, to Ed Lerner and Ed Hurley, moving the ball to midfield. A line play was stopped, but Segal then hit Hurley and Day Tyler with two more passes to move the ball to the 30. Stu Dunsker carried through the line on successive plays to the 14. Segal speaked through to the 12, but three passes failed...
Ends: J. B. Gray (Kirkland); E. M. Hurley (Leverett); A. M. Glazerman (Leverett); D. Tyler (Leverett); D. J. Donahoe (Lowell); R. C. Driscoll (Dudley); J. J. Laffey (Dudley). Tackles: H. A. Rusk (Kirkland); D. B. Garrett (Kirkland); J. E. Cormack (Leverett); N. Chaffin (Leverett); R. M. Collins (Leverett); F. D. Thompson (Lowell). Guards: D. M. Fedorman (Kirkland); P. Pratt (Leverett); R. J. Chaffin (Leverett); D. J. Davidoff (Leverett); R. H. Marzynski (Lowell). Centers: F. P. Rehmus (Kirkland); R. H. Vaglia (Leverett); J. A. Coyne (Dudley...
...Hurley said, "We will continue to maintain the continuity of class spirit which has been prevalent in the past and to provide all financial aid possible to Harvard...