Word: steiber
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Alarmed, the C.I.O. Steelworkers union went before a congressional committee last week with a new variation of a familiar theme: let the U.S. Government support the industry, in the interests of national defense. Jack Steiber, union research man, proposed that the Government set a production goal of 160,000 freight cars yearly for the next three years, buy up as a "stockpile" any cars which the railroads themselves didn't want. Snapped the Wall Street Journal: 'If the Government were to go into the freight car owning business, a logical next tep would be the freight car manufactur...