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Because of this, the rumor persisted that he planned to unseat Tobin. But he has enormous power with Tobin in office and will probably get more. The notion that he is scheming to succeed Bill Green as president of the A.F.L. also seems unsound-it is a post to which strong men are not elected...
Partial Answer. His own prestige has been matched by a spectacular rise within the hierarchy of the teamsters' international union. His ideas of regional organization, once regarded as odd and unsound, have been freely adopted. Last year touchy old Dan Tobin named him executive vice president of the international union-in effect, second in command...
...seemed relatively plain. Bowing to a Federal Trade Commission order recently upheld by the Supreme Court (TIME, May 10), Universal Atlas Cement Co., largest cement maker in the U.S., last week grudgingly gave up its basing-point system of pricing. The company called the order "economically unsound and wrong," but it announced that it would sell henceforth at prices f.o.b. its plants; freight costs would be applied to the buyer's bill. Smaller cement companies promptly followed suit...
...have a better chance of winning than long shots, Bones seldom books Arcaro to ride any 15-to-1 horses. Many bettors put their money on whatever horse Arcaro is riding, thus shortening the odds further still; his reputation helps make a lot of false favorites. Arcaro is an unsound betting proposition. Eddie himself used to bet on his horses, says he gave it up because "I don't think you can beat them things." His income is about $2,300 a week, minus $340 for valet and agent fees. (Says Eddie: "After taxes, it's just a livin...
Besides the CRIMSON's stand in favor of the Marshall Plan, and the Communist-cum-Henry Wallace position against it, there is a third attitude. This attitude is that the Marshall Plan is good in purpose but unsound in design...