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...I.T.U. has rejected this plan for a combination of historical and practical reasons. Since it is a craft union--one of the oldest and perhaps the proudest craft union--its members view their jobs virtually as their own property. They consider themselves highly skilled craftsmen (as, indeed, they are), not mere employees who are only important so long as their employers consider them important. The I.T.U. members want to be able to hand their jobs on to their progeny, or otherwise dispose of them as they and theirs see fit. For this same reason, they have "protected" their jobs...
...years Garrett has grown from a tiny toolmaker to a muscular aerospace contractor that makes 2,000 products and last year boosted sales 8% to $206 million while profits rose a smashing 208% to $5,000,000. The proudest claim of Chairman John Clifford Garrett, 54, is that every U.S. military plane built since 1950 carries some Garrett equipment...
...institute's ultramodern equipment, Director John R. Green is proudest of the massive electron microscope. Magnifying 200,000 times, it can photograph bits of matter as small as a brain cell. "We can study changes in single cells in tumors and changes due to aging," says Dr. Green. "We see this machine as ten tons of hope...
High Living Standard. The mystery was what took them so long. On $49 a week, Vassall lived in a comfortable Pimlico flat whose proudest ornament was an antique, $1,000 Queen Anne wardrobe. He had 100 silk ties, 19 suits. By paying him nearly as much as the Admiralty did, the Russians helped maintain his high living standard. "He was trapped by lust," said Attorney General Sir John Hobson, "and cash kept him a prisoner." Vassall, pleading guilty to four counts of espionage, drew an 18-year sentence...
...clasps have learned, U.S. products often sell well overseas because of design, quality, speedy delivery, or simply because the goods are "Made in U.S.A." But businessmen don't do as well as they should in foreign markets, says the Commerce Department, because of a failure to use their proudest skill: salesmanship. "Out of 300,000 U.S. manufacturers, there aren't more than 15,000 who are doing anything at all about foreign trade," complains Commerce Department Export Director Edward Scriven. To maintain U.S. trade centers in London, Frankfurt and Bangkok, says he, "we have to canvass...