Word: theres
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though each of Hilton's hotels is different from the others, together they form a rich pattern of 20th Century U.S. hotel life. In the U.S., more than any other country, the big hotel has become a city in itself. There, says Hilton, "you could live out a full...
Murderer at Large. Freckle No. 2 was Fort Worth's 80-room Melba ($28,000); No. $ was Hilton's first Waldorf-in Dallas-which he bought with the help of a syndicate of friends. In deal No. 4, he bought Fort Worth's Terminal Hotel with two...
Things to Come. There are also a few other clouds ahead. Tourist courts and motels are already giving Hilton and other hotelmen hard competition. "We have to keep making our hotels better," says Connie Hilton. "Rooms will have to be larger and they'll have to be soundproofed . . . They...
"Some Bad Times." Until ten years ago, said Clarence Wimpfheimer, president of Stonington, Connecticut's American Velvet Co., there were frequent labor disputes and "I had some bad times with the boys." After a 16-month strike, Wimpfheimer adopted a profit-sharing plan for his 350 employees, all members...
Even so, many a corporation is still not convinced. Some have tried profit sharing and dropped it because there was no appreciable improvement in worker morale or efficiency. Many unionists also oppose such plans, fearing that they will lead to the speedup. To that the council replies: not so. Profit...