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...revolution through a form of legal evolution. This was no luxury-liner decision: it promised a generation of litigation, a continual nagging at the conscience and the legal ingenuity of the land until the change was completed. In Detroit, having rejected an offer of stock ownership in the Ford Motor Co., the 140,000 hourly rated Ford employees won a concession to the principle of the guaranteed annual wage. Strike or no strike, the hard give-and-take of bargaining had lifted the autoworkers toward a new and more secure place in the U.S.'s fourth-ranking industry. Every...
Decision in Detroit President Walter Reuther of the C.I.O. United Automobile Workers won last week what he called-with good reason-a "very historic" victory. For the first time, a large unit of U.S. heavy industry, Ford Motor Co.. accepted at the bargaining table direct responsibility for the partial support of its workmen during layoffs. It was a long stride toward Reuther's goal, the guaranteed annual wage, which would give industrial labor job security and status like that enjoyed by salaried employees...
Blessed Day. With 16 camel riders flanking his car, Bourguiba progressed through a seething sea of happy admirers as strangely mixed as Tunisia itself. Vespa motor-scooters, ridden by sport-shirted youths, skittered among primitive horsemen in burnooses; bare-foot peasant boys dodged fat businessmen in Citroëns and Fords. In the blue-tiled throne room of the palace, old (73) Bey Sidi Mohammed el Amin, hereditary ruler of Tunisia, rose majestically from his place to embrace and kiss Bourguiba, saying softly: "This is a happy day. Joy has replaced suffering." Tears in his eyes, Bourguiba echoed: "A blessed...
...Italy. He cracked up soon and often, but he kept coming back. In 1940, when he was 21, he graduated to autos. Small, stock Fiats were his first mounts; for his first big races in the Mille Miglia and at Palermo, he managed to get hold of a Ferrari. Motor trouble forced him out each time...
...showdown had come in the battle for the guaranteed annual wage. Unless Ford Motor Co. or the C.I.O. United Automobile Workers backed down at the last minute, all signs pointed to a strike...