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...last month v. 565,719 a year ago. Yet some dealers complained that stocks were too low. Chicago's Z. Frank, who bills himself as the biggest U.S. dealer, is selling almost three times as many cars this year as he did in 1954, has less than a ten-day supply of Chevrolets on hand. Dallas dealer inventories averaged 25% below last year's, and Seattle's Totem Pontiac Co. had on hand only half its normal 65 new cars. Said a Washington Buick dealer: "We sold 136 cars in May, expect to sell 170 in June...
...days, the U.A.W. won the strike, organized General Motors and within a year had 400 contracts covering most carmakers, except, notably. Ford (where company police beat up Reuther and his associates during 1937's "Battle of the Overpass"). In 1941, with war production booming, Ford capitulated after a ten-day strike. Ever since then, the U.A.W. has been virtually unchallenged in its control of automobile labor. In postwar strikes, the automakers never even tried to keep open. Despite - or because of - his trip to Russia, Reuther has a good anti-Red record. "Communists," he long ago proclaimed...
Here one finds all of the intense excitement and total devotion that goes into the building of a nation. I believe that we here in America have lost this sense of excitement and deep responsibility."' Winging into Los Angeles after a ten-day Australian tour, Comic Bob Hope reported to newsmen that great preparations are under way Down Under for the 1956 Olympic games, mused that he himself was thinking of trying to wangle a spot on the U.S. team. He had a hankering to throw a javelin, he said, and "I'll throw Sinatra...
...trial of the 39 arrested students was over all the front pages; even President Lowell attended in person. On March 2, 28 were acquitted and the remaining 11 were convicted of disturbing the peace. Four received ten-day jail sentences. The others paid various fines, which were termed "court expenses" when they all submitted a nolo contendere plea...
...Called off his press conference and packed to leave for a ten-day holiday in Augusta...