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Judge Letts labeled the settlement "a magnificent disposition." It left a federal court acting as a supervisor over a labor union, an awkward arrangement that responsible labor leaders can hardly view with composure. And it confirmed as president of the U.S.'s biggest labor union (1,400,000 claimed members) a man whom the A.F.L.-C.I.O. deemed unfit for leadership in the united labor movement...
...Years Old. With the help of Reed College, Portland has been holding such classes for its gifted pupils since 1952. The program is so successful that last fall some teachers finally asked Math Supervisor Lesta Hoel: "Why can't we have a class in modern math for teachers too?" The teachers decided that they and some youngsters should learn together under five Reed-trained instructors, and Supervisor Hoel even joined the class herself. Research in mathematics, she explains, has advanced so rapidly that today's teachers are now way out of date. "We're using in geometry...
Last week, with the school covered in a fresh coat of buff paint, the painter hung up a sign saying, "Decorating by George T. Smith, 1309 Clifton St., N.W.," and left for good. But who was George Smith? And who had sent him? The supervisor of repairs, who had once noted that the painter was violating safety regulations by standing on a ladder (rather than a window jack), did not know; nor did the principal or any of the teachers. Finally, the Washington Post decided to find...
...suitcase full of grapes. Then came the job hunting: he carried a lunch pail, as if to assure any sharp-eyed foreman that he was ready for work (even though the pail was empty); once, without being hired, he pitched in on a construction crew, hoping that the supervisor would reward his zeal with pay, and got no pay. When he had only 75? left to his name, he latched on to a job as roustabout in the oilfields...
Once a problem drinker is spotted, he usually gets a heart-to-heart talk from his supervisor or from a member of the firm's counseling staff, who refers him to the plant's doctor, local clinics or rehabilitation groups. Most programs are voluntary, but a worker who refuses help leaves the.company little choice but to discipline him by short layoffs or eventually fire him. Says an executive of California's General Petroleum Co.: "We're inclined to treat alcoholism as an illness, but if a man won't help himself, we have to dismiss...