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...produced in 1893, some 1,850 U.S. auto firms have gone out of business, two of them (Packard and Kaiser) since World War II. Studebaker's departure from fifth place leaves the U.S. with only four major auto producers. "We were being bled to death," said Studebaker Chairman Randolph Guthrie, a partner in the Wall Street law firm that Richard Nixon recently joined. Guthrie has his own explanation for why Studebaker flopped in one of history's best auto years. "The reason," he says, "is that everyone thought that Studebaker was going out of business...
Jackie turns to stare. Stupidity like this, he realizes, is really genius in reverse. Attention like this, she thinks, is very flattering. She decides he really isn't a jelly belly. "You're a fat Randolph Scott," she murmurs sensuously. "Ya wanna come over to my house, huh? Granmaw won't wake...
...leaders complicates the future of the labor movement. The average age of the members of the executive council is sixty-three, and only two younger men--Reuther and Beirnes--have achieved importance in labor's hierarchy. The retirement of men like Dubinsky, Potofsky, Meany, and Randolph will test labor's strength...
...speakers at the convention, Philip Randolph, chairman of the "March," gave the most hopeful speech--thanking labor for its support of the civil rights drive and at the same time hinting that more could have been done. The audience's overwhelming response indicates that perhaps labor does retain its original enthusiasm...
...trouble, Studebaker is having management problems. The company announced that President Sherwood Harry Egbert, 43, was on indefinite medical leave of absence. (Egbert was released from a Boston hospital at week's end after minor surgery to remove scar tissue from a successful abdominal operation last year.) Chairman Randolph Guthrie insists that he expects Egbert back. But Egbert is headed for convalescence in Palm Springs, and will say only: "After that, we'll just have to wait...