Word: paternalisme
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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It is ironic that Kohler Co. became an antagonist in the U.S.'s ugliest strike. President Herbert V. Kohler, 66, whose Austrian-born father founded the firm in 1873, considers himself a just and benevolent employer. The Kohlers dreamed the noble but now old-fashioned dream of providing both...
But along with Herbert Kohler's paternalism went a steely sternness and a pride that bristled when his employees heeded outside labor organizers. When Kohler workers who had joined an A.F.L. union struck for recognition in 1934, Kohler hired 400 guards, set out to break the strike. On July...
Growing Up. Inherent in Garry's statement was the fact that 70 years of "Great White Father" paternalism has served only to perpetuate the Indian's own isolation in a fast-progressing, ever-changing country. Sympathetic bureau men are aware that their charges, now 500,000 strong (an...
But this paternalism implies too great a concern with the undergraduate salesmen, and insufficient regard for the undergraduate purchaser. Monopolies rarely care for their customers' needs too well, and free competition here will benefit the buyer. Where demand is large, in laundry service for example, competing agencies should be encouraged...
When Motorola installed a round-the-clock cafeteria in its Chicago plant, it was pleasantly surprised that entire families patronized it to save money and eat better than at home. Says an executive of a San Francisco firm, which serves a roast-beef dinner for 57?: "You give everybody a...