Word: plomb
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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What sparks the Chamber's fervor? Said Morris Pendleton, president of Los Angeles' Plomb Tool Co.: "We know that Los Angeles is a big city but not yet a great city. We get a hell of a kick out of trying to make it great...
...Chairman Norris and Morris Pendleton, president of Los Angeles Plomb Tool Co., went to Washington, buttonholed Congressmen, talked to RFC officials, pleaded the case of Henry Kaiser. Henry lay low. So did the RFC. The timing could scarcely have been worse. The RFC itself is fighting for its life and is in no position to agree to Kaiser's proposal, even if it wanted to. Nevertheless, there was a chance that Kaiser would eventually work out a deal for Fontana if only because the probable alternatives looked worse to the West's politicians. If Kaiser lost Fontana...