Word: plante
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...election to Congress. To begin with, he has a running start because he knows and understands his district through personal identification. He was born on an Ingham County farm, heir to three generations of Ingham County farmers ; he worked as a youth in Lansing's Fisher Body plant; after a four-year World War II Coast Guard hitch, he practiced law (University of Virginia Law School, '49) in Lansing, came up through the political ranks from assistant Ingham County prosecutor to prosecutor to Congress...
...congressional campaign, Chamberlain thinks, begins the day an old one ends. "You can't campaign openly that early," Chamberlain says. "It would be like saying 'Merry Christmas' on the Fourth of July. But you think hard about it. You look at an auto plant and tell yourself: 'Next campaign I will be at the gates to meet the workers as they arrive at 7 a.m.' And they will think: 'This guy had to get up as early as I did-he must really mean business...
...what would become of me after five years." His interest in economics, however, led him to write his thesis on food-stuffs and world trade, a field he was later to specialize in. He took his course in the evening, and during the day worked in a cold storage plant. He graduated from the Moscow Economic Institute...
Hodges scouted for plants that would buy and process North Carolina agri-ultural products. The deal that he made with Gerber Products was typical: if jerber would come in, the state's agricultural extension service would send out agents to teach farmers how to grow7 the foods that Gerber wanted. Result: a Gerber plant is abuilding near Asheville, will buy $10 million worth of North Caro-ina fruits and vegetables yearly. Furthermore, Swift & Co., following the opening of an Armour & Co. plant at Charlotte, in a few months will complete a $17 million plant at Wilson, will spur...
...survey of 402 firms showed that 53 intend to hire strictly on the basis of merit, regardless of race; another 114 said they will hire on merit alone for some jobs. For the Deep South this represents progress. Said one industrialist: "No, I do not have an integrated plant. But check me in a year-the answer may be different then...