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...stipulations. Government mediators have been working furiously since mid-December to try to head off a nationwide rail strike threatened by the National Transportation Syndicate, a supposedly docile trade union controlled by the government. In Barcelona last week, a series of sitdown strikes at the government-owned SEAT auto plant brought a government agreement to study the workers' demands for higher pay. In Bilbao, 750 sheet-metal workers have been on strike since the end of November to protest "contract violations" by their employer...
Present appropriations of about $208 million will enable Boeing and G.E. to proceed for several months of necessary pre-tooling, plant preparation and design refinement. Beyond that, the U.S. supersonic, which is already three years behind the British-French Concorde, will be seriously delayed if funds are not forthcoming. "It is highly important," says Boeing President William M. Allen, "that we move forward as rapidly as is consistent with the production of a sound, viable airplane...
...into further decline. Last month, each of the Big Three sold fewer cars than in December 1965. Production schedules for this month call for an output of only 720,000 cars v. 816,000 last January. Last week Ford knocked off a production day at many of its plants, decided to drop a number of low-seniority workers altogether. Chrysler meanwhile shut down its St. Louis assembly plant for a week. Beleaguered American Motors, which suffered a 17.4% sales loss last year and is off to a slow start with its restyled 1967 models, this week will close its Milwaukee...
Sharing Rhodes's enthusiasm is the four-year-old Ohio Development Department, which serves as a clearinghouse for the state's available plant sites, providing what Director F. P. Neuenschwander calls "one-stop service." Making industry-hunting "blitz trips" to other states with hardsell efficiency, the department shuns the routine of banquets and press conferences on the theory that businessmen are best approached in their own offices. In fact, "Rhodes's raiders" like to show up without appointments. Explains Deputy Director Patterson: "It doesn't give them an opportunity to tell you not to come...
Inkling of Interest. Ohio's go-getters have seen their efforts pay off. In 1962, only 542 Ohio plants expanded their facilities, and 91 new companies moved into the state. In 1964, those figures jumped to 2,017 and 452; last year, to 2,550 and 560. Rhodes has had a hand in much of the new activity. After General Mills decided to open a plant in Lancaster, Ohio, the Governor characteristically called up the company, says Vice President William Haun, "and assured us the state would do anything it could to help us handle any problems." By lining...