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...California's governorship weren't enough of a load, U.S. Senator William Fife Knowland had to have a pamphlet too. At least his well-meaning wife, Helen, thought so. So she distributed some 500 copies of a 30-page diatribe against A.F.L.-C.I.O. Vice President Walter Reuther, Meet the Man Who Plans to Rule America. Then she asked about the rate for 10,000 more pamphlets, writing Author Joseph P. Kamp that his was "a powerful message which could actually swing the pendulum in California if it could be gotten into the hands of millions of people...
After five months of trying to get "the biggest package ever," United Auto Workers' President Walter Reuther last week settled with Ford for far less. He got just about what Ford-and the other carmakers-offered back in April. Reuther joined with Ford Vice President and Chief Negotiator John Bugas to announce "a sound and equitable agreement ... a three-year contract .. . fair to the workers, the company and the American public...
Management, while giving no ground on wages, hinted at a willingness to sweeten pensions and supplemental unemployment benefits. Peace talks went on in weekend sessions in an atmosphere both friendly and optimistic. As U.A.W. President Walter Philip Reuther himself sat down with Ford Vice President and Chief Negotiator John Bugas, both sides expressed renewed hope...
...settlement comes, the crucial test will be whether General Motors and Chrysler, which have presented a united front with Ford during bargaining, will also present a united front during a strike. Talk was that they might trim production, or shut down, in sympathy with Ford, undercut Reuther's whipsaw tactics. Following a poor year that saw G.M.'s Chevy alone outsell all Ford cars, Ford could not afford to stand idle while competitors were producing. But the U.A.W. could not long afford a joint showdown by the Big Three. The union might be faced with $12 million...
U.A.W.'s Reuther sermonized that a simultaneous shutdown by the automakers would be "immoral . . . unthinkable . . . a violation of the law." But Ford's Bugas countered: "The best advice from our lawyers is that it would be legal...