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U.A.W. President R. J. Thomas, clinging to the union's "divide & conquer" strategy, had talked long & loud about going back to work on G.M.'s products for other motor manufacturers, but he predicted that G.M. would refuse such an offer. Next day he had such a proposal from Charlie Wilson himself. Taken by surprise. Thomas accepted by letter, only to back down a day later in the face of a rank & file revolt...
...only a small percentage of the 15,000 have been placed-1,654 with the Army and 270 with UNRRA. Since military rank does not figure in the qualifications, many a former enlisted man has turned up in an upper-layer job. The head of UNRRA's motor pool, at a salary of $5,000, is an ex-corporal. UNRRA's chief clerk, at $4,600, is an ex-sergeant...
...footman flings open the portals of my palace in that New Jerusalem for me; another unrolls a red path of velvet to the enormous motor which floats me through the city traffic-I leaning back like Ed ward VII, or like God, on leather cushions, smoking a big cigar...
...schooled his four sons in the virtues of debate and the blessings of unionism. Walter took his father's precepts to heart. At high school and college he organized social study clubs and led their debates. He lost his first two jobs (at Wheeling Steel and Ford Motor) because of union activity...
Purpose of "Operation Musk-Ox," said National Defense, is to study "winter operations generally in the Arctic weather zone," to assess "the mobility of oversnow vehicles." But everyone knew that any foreseeable war would not be won-or even fought-with tracked motor vehicles. What soldiers knew was that the polar icecap was no longer an impenetrable natural defense on Canada's topside. So "certain technical research projects in Arctic air and ground warfare will [also] be studied. . . . The expedition is expected to obtain information of immense value...