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President Green had put off a heavy black winter suit to emerge in black-&-white checks. John Lewis had arrived by limousine, demanding to know whether the hotel barbershop was Unionized. Told that it was, he had the works-shave, haircut, shampoo, massage and manicure. The 15 men met on the Alcazar's top floor last week, their thoughts on Washington, where Republican Congressmen were grinding out labor legislation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: The Great Hush, | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

...Henry Ford II cut the ground from under the price raisers. With a shrewd sense of public relations, Young Henry reduced the prices of Fords $15 to $50. Said he: the Ford Company was finally making money after a year in the red and could afford to shave prices, hoped to reduce them further. This "shock treatment" was the company's down payment toward stable prosperity. (It would also take some of the steam out of the U.A.W.'s demands for pay raises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down, Down, Down | 1/27/1947 | See Source »

...Comercio: "In the morning the cook must take a streetcar to the hospital to see if she can get some water. She usually returns late and without any, so we have lunch at 4 p.m. without a drop to wash our hands. . . . Whenever I need a shave, I buy a bottle of beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ECUADOR: A Bath a Day | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

Added attractions: good "music to listen to-not just to eat to, to talk to, or to shave to"; a chapter a day read from a current bestseller. A medical research program, written by a practicing bacteriologist, and a scientific review are scheduled for once a week. Every Sunday morning The Meaning of Religion will bring talks by Washington clergymen. The first: "Where Now Is Thy God?" by Unitarian A. Powell Davies (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Air Castle | 1/20/1947 | See Source »

When John L Lewis entered a barbershop and settled himself in Sidney C. Martin's chair, Martin concentrated on getting a grip on himself. "A shave and a facial massage," said Lewis. Barber Martin, who liked to tell people during the coal strike that if he ever got hold of Lewis he would take the famed eyebrows right off, got out his razor. Then a photographer entered, set off a flashbulb. Lewis bounded out of the chair with a growl, grabbed the photographer's film-holder, smashed it, drove him away, sat down again. Barber Martin gave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Customers | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

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