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...recent years Reuther has read only one novel (The Caine Mutiny), seen only one movie (On the Waterfront) and taken no vacations. Years ago some fellow unionists took him to a Lake Huron shore cottage for a holiday; he stayed indoors reading up on economics. When they finally got him out on the lake, the water turned rough and Reuther got seasick...
...ports, 500 miles closer to Europe by seaway than at present. Goods now shipped by rail to the Atlantic from the U.S. Midwest at a cost of $13 a ton will be sent down the St. Lawrence to the sea for about $1.70. Millions will be spent along the waterfront to enlarge ports, and new industries will be drawn to the lake cities to take advantage of the faster export service and lower shipping rate...
Every major city on the seaway route is planning waterfront improvements to attract shipping. Chicago will start work this summer on a $22.5 million dock expansion program; Toronto already has built a new million-dollar freight terminal, and is filling in waterfront sites for two more. Cleveland, Toledo, Duluth, Buffalo, Hamilton, Montreal and Quebec all have laid plans to better their harbors and build bigger docks. More than 40,000,000 tons of ocean cargo are expected to clear through the seaway in its first year of operation, yielding an average of $1 a ton in harbor fees and loading...
Last week, Producers Sam Spiegel (On the Waterfront) and Joseph Mankiewicz (The Barefoot Contessa) were jockeying with each other and with Italian Director Alberto Lattuada (Mill on the Po) to get a head start in shooting the life of Goya in its original Spanish setting. All three want Marlon Brando in the title role. But so does Director Stanley Kramer, whose new film, The Pride and the Passion, will be entirely photographed in Spain...
...Waterfront, a black-and-white, normal-width movie made in New Jersey, was named 1954's best picture, picked up seven other Oscars-e.g., for best actor, Marlon Brando; best supporting actress, Eva Marie Saint; best director, Elia Kazan; best story and screenplay, Budd Schulberg...