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Grey, ramrod-backed Major General Patrick Jay Hurley came back to Washington last week, presumably to resign as the U.S. Ambassador to China. The handsome, 62-year-old Oklahoman refused to confirm reports that President Truman would soon release him from his war job. But it was obvious that Pat Hurley's mission was ended...
...fight to keep reconversion prices close to 1942 levels, OPA Boss Chester Bowles last week caught a tartar and found a potent ally. The tartar was sandy-haired, aggressive Edward N. Hurley Jr., board chairman of Chicago's Electric Household Utilities Corp. (Thor washers and ironers...
When V-E day came, President Hurley had 6,000 unassembled 1941 washing machines in his plant, leftovers from prewar production. So he assembled the washers, shipped them to his distributors ahead of all other appliance makers. Before shipping them he asked OPA to set a price that he could charge...
When it did not come quickly enough, he pinned his own price on them-25% above the 1942 price. But he left himself a loophole. If the OPA did not allow this increase on washers, Hurley promised to refund the difference...
Last week, the OPA issued its ceilings on washers and household electrical appliances, a modest 7.7% increase over prewar prices. OPA also sideswiped President Hurley. It filed suit in Chicago's U.S. District Court against Hurley for violating price ceilings, asked triple damages of $150,000. Hurley said he was "damn mad," got set to fight OPA "until the cows come home." He wants OPA to retract and admit that, under the circumstances, there were no dirty dealings. Many an other appliance maker got ready to side with Hurley, turn this into a full-scale test...