Word: swifts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week everybody in the C.I.O.'s United Packinghouse Workers union knew that its two-month strike against the Big Four packers (Swift, Armour, Cudahy and Wilson) was a lost cause. Almost everybody knew that the union's leaders were ready to admit defeat. From Chicago a call went out for local leaders to come and discuss surrender terms...
Captain Ted Backe's match with Tiger ace Billy Vogt, a nationally ranked player, was typical of the afternoon's play. Backe could offer little resistance to the swift, alert play of his opponent, going down in speedy 6-1, 6-3 sets...
...book embrace everything under the sun-including whole centuries of kitchen sinks. Looking at one another with some surprise are McCormick harvesters, Roman baths, barber chairs, egg beaters and tricycles. Victorian maidens swing gently in new-fangled hammocks-oblivious of a conveyor-beltful of hogs swinging equally gently toward Swift's and Armour's hams...
...could no longer pass along such boosts to price-conscious consumers. Result: the third-round drive has made little progress to date. For the C.I.O., the hard-boiled meat-packers union had carried the ball-and run into a stone wall. After seven weeks of striking against Armour, Wilson, Swift and others, meat production was back up to 80% of normal...
Next year's Council officers, also chosen at the meeting, will be Richard N. Swift '44 2G, president, and Richard E. Kronaurer 1G, director-treasurer...