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Ship-line executives concede that the rate schedule is "unscientific." But American President Lines Chief George Killion argues that the differentials on the Pacific are justified, because almost six times more cargo goes westward than eastward, and as a result there is hot competition between carriers for the small-scale eastbound Pacific freight. To Senator Douglas, this argument only proves that the conferences are cartels that hike their rates when effective competition is absent...
Another common reservation, reflecting the social consciousness peculiar to 20th century American industry, was that although a businessman has a right to set his own prices, he should exercise "responsibility" in doing so. Said President George Killion of American President Lines, a Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee during the Truman era: "If the rise in steel prices was really needed, it should have been adequately explained to the appropriate federal agencies, with adequate preparation and groundwork. It should not have been a coldblooded action taken out of the blue. A private company's responsibilities to the public transcend...
...GEORGE KILLION...
...world service by summer. The timetable for additional orders: four passenger-cargo ships by July 1956, four to five new freighters for delivery by 1962, four to five more freighters for delivery by 1964, replace the Cleveland in 1964, the Wilson in 1965. Said President's President George Killion: "For years we've been forced to use war-built ships on routes for which they were not designed. But now American President is going to have a tailor-made ship for every route it serves...
...youth is being held at the Cambridge police department, where charges of attempted larceny and possession of a switch blade knife will probably be made against him. Cambridge police officers Lee O. Davenport and William Killion made the arrest...