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General Wavell was in Britain, dividing his time between London and the country. Monocle in eye, he motored around in a black Packard. He revisited his old school, Winchester, talked to the boys about India, saw the movie Colonel Blimp, once complained: "One word of command from me is obeyed by millions . . . but I cannot get my three daughters, Pamela, Felicity and Joan, to come down to breakfast on time." In India, where the nationalist press criticized his appointment as vigorously as censorship allowed, he was likely to have more troubles than that...
Back in 1933, Willys nose-dived into receivership. In 1939 tall, round-faced, 200-lb. Joseph Washington Frazer came to Willys as president and general manager. To Joe Frazer the auto business was old stuff. At 20 he left Yale to take a mechanic's job with Packard Motor Car Co. at 16? an hour. He wanted to be in a business "where everything moved." One of the fastest movers was Joe Frazer. He left Packard for General Motors, switched to Chevrolet, left to form the Pierce Arrow Finance Co., settled down for a long stay with Chrysler Corp...
...near Algiers this week. The leader of Fighting France looked pale, his slight double chin sagged tiredly as he reviewed a company of the Garde Mobile. Said he: "Bon jour, mon général. . . ." Said Giraud: ". . . Très content de vous voir." Then, in a blue Packard sedan, with General Georges Catroux (five stars) sitting between them, Generals Giraud and de Gaulle rode off to the long-awaited parley for a united France...
...powerful union already: the Foreman's Association of America, 14,000 strong, headed by florid, black-haired Robert Howard Keys, a 30-year-old ex-machinist, ex-assistant foreman at Ford's River Rouge. By last week Keys had a contract with Ford, was negotiating with Packard, had petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for a contract to become the foreman's exclusive bargaining agency in General Motors' Detroit Diesel Engine Division...
With Ford organized, the Association next attacked Packard, who has since agreed to talk business. From Packard Keys moved into the Chrysler plants (including the tank arsenal), four plants of the Hudson Motor Car Co., and General Motors. At a recent meeting General Motors' Wilson said to Ray Rausch, Ford superintendent: "The Association may get into your plants, but they won't get into mine." Replied Rausch: "Charlie, they're already in your plants...