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...Federation of Women's Clubs. U.S. farm organizations have been invited into the act, although thus far with little reaction. By spring, if the hopes of IGHUG's high command come to fruition, 15,000 women's clubs will be dramatizing the words of Founder John McCaffrey, president of International Harvester: "Government, like any good household, must live within its means...
...effort to boost sales. This philosophy is well exemplified by International Harvester Co., which has already felt the pinch of a 7.6% drop in sales. In the last six months, Harvester has trimmed production and laid off 20% of its workers, rather than cut prices. Harvester President John L. McCaffrey feels that, with farm income down and farmers well stocked with machinery, no new buyers would be lured in by a price cut, even one as big as 10%. Instead, McCaffrey's program is "to turn out new farm machines that are so much improved over existing models that...
...take so long? Theater people say it has been an open secret for years that Shirley is loaded with talent. Radio Agent Bill McCaffrey calls her "an actor's actress. What she does looks simple to the public. Only actors know how difficult it is? She's been through the crucible. This is the end result...
...while Shirley was co-starring with Ralph Bellamy in Tomorrow the World, Ed Gardner came to her dressing room and asked for a divorce. Says her friend, Bill McCaffrey: "This thing came from left field and it floored her. Gardner had another dame." Shirley kept on giving excellent performances, but for months she wandered in a backstage daze. To quiet her nerves, the stage manager sent her to a chiropractor who dabbled in amateur psychoanalysis. Each day, Shirley would get into a one-piece bathing suit, lie on his operating table, and talk. She explains: "His idea was that...
...first effects of Reuther's new auto agreements were felt by International Harvester's President John L. McCaffrey, whose employees still have their wages tied to the old cost-of-living index. McCaffrey had the misfortune to announce a 2?-an-hour cost-of-living cut for his 75,000 employees just after the autoworkers got their raise. The Farm Equipment-United Electrical union warned that when it starts discussing contract changes with Harvester next fortnight, "we will definitely be talking about the automotive pattern." Answered McCaffrey, whose company has been hit by slipping farm income...