Word: matsonia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Matson still has its troubles. Despite hoopla promotion, its two Honolulu-bound passenger liners lost $2,200,000 last year. Now the Lurline is down with a nervous turbine. Matson would like to retire her, or to shift her or her sister, the Matsonia, away from Hawaii to the subsidized South Seas run. At a price of $1,500,000 in wage increases this year, Matson has bought labor peace at least through mid-1964. President Powell is wary of pushing the unions too hard with automation plans, and he does not believe in bragging too much about the future...