Word: steels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...building after building in the exhibition shows, the major debt of the U.S.'s younger architects is owed to Chicago's German-born Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. His bronze-sheathed Seagram Building, shown glowing against Manhattan's skyline, is a masterful exposition of how the steel cage can, by the very economy of its means and richness of its texture, become a masterpiece. But in the most advanced projects, it is equally clear that few architects now consider themselves blind Mies followers...
...MOUSY, stoop-shouldered little genius in steel-rimmed spectacles, Pierre Bonnard has sometimes appeared thin and small against the sunset immensity of his impressionist forerunners. But this week a sparkling retrospective exhibition at Washington's Phillips Gallery made plain that Bonnard did not follow the impressionists so much as fulfill them. Bonnard's art is impressionism freed from dazzle, pomp and optical theory for the service of feeling alone...
Pacing the spiraling output of durable goods is steel production, which last week was the largest in history. U.S. mills, operating at 93.5% capacity, produced 2,647,000 net tons of steel. And many a sign points to the steel boom as being more than mere strike hedging. Steel's key customers, U.S. auto and truck manufacturers, last week scheduled their best performance of the year. Auto output neared the 2,000,000 mark, 34.7% ahead of last year, and truck production was 36.8% ahead of the same period a year ago. Brisk April buying has firmed industry hopes...
...Economic nonsense," replied the twelve firms representing the steel industry. It would be "completely unlawful" for them to freeze prices, said the firms; nor had they any intention of granting wage boosts, "the primary cause" of inflation. But not all steelmen were so sure that the industry could not freeze prices. Chairman Joseph Block of Inland Steel, one of the twelve companies negotiating, said that if the union held the line on wages, "that would enable us to hold the line on steel prices...
Sharp Movements. The steelmen's negotiating committee also argued that productivity per man-hour in the steel industry went down 7½% from 1956 through last year, while labor costs went up 19%. Next day the Labor Department issued the latest productivity figures, and they seemed to back management's claim. Productivity in steel had indeed declined in 1957 and 1958, said the report. But both management and labor were quick to agree that the new figures would have no bearing on negotiations. Reason: they could be misleading...