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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Labor's offensive against the Taft-Hartley Act hit Detroit. John L. Lewis had won one battle with a coal contract which had laid a few detours around the new law (TIME, July 21). Last week the C.I.O.'s lusty, restive United Automobile Workers opened up on the Ford Motor Co. U.A.W. made Ford a test case in a fight to get unions out from under any responsibility for wildcat strikes. U.A.W. wanted a clause in its contract specifically releasing the union from the law's provisions that unions may be held financially responsible in court actions...
...that followed Braden's resignation, the U.S. and Argentina still stand in their traditional opposite corners. Argentina, fearful of her sovereignty, demands unanimous agreement among the Americas before squelching aggressors. She is alone in her stand. Last week the conference host, aging Brazilian Foreign Minister Raúl Fernandes (TIME, Aug. 4), said publicly that he hoped Argentina would change her mind...
...John L. Lewis...
...Although it is not generally recognized by Catholics, a great deal of salutary work is being accomplished by psychoanalysts, despite the occasional cause célèbre. (It would be nice if the Church could eliminate scandals too!) Catholics ought to be respectful of this work while they are catching up on a road where they have too long lagged behind. Mutual respect and good relations having been established with the analysts, Catholics can then hope to impart some of the wisdom which they feel is their...
...Coming Slump. One target of Stabler's sarcasm was Major L. L. B. Angas, the ruddy, cigar-smoking Briton who made a considerable splash in 1934 with his The Coming American Boom. Since then, Major Angas has offered his prophecies, at $25 a year ($100 an hour for private consultations). Last week some of Angas' titles were typical of his gloomy views : Psychology of the Coming Slump, Short-Run Rally, Not a Bull Market - Don't Be Fooled by the Rally...