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...Meany seemed more than equal to the task. He denounced the plan as a "tax bonanza to American corporations at the expense of American workers" and called the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s 35-man executive council into session to issue a detailed list of criticisms. Other union executives?notably Leonard Woodcock, whose 1.4 million-member United Auto Workers left the A.F.L.-C.I.O. fold three years ago?flew to Meany's headquarters in Washington to confer. Labor Secretary James Hodgson, the Administration's belated emissary, also stopped by to pay his respects. He was one of the few White House...
...majority of Americans, including union members, tentatively support the pay freeze (see box, page 12). Their patience augurs well for a smoothly running freeze period and apparently provides Nixon, initially at least, with the broad consensus that he needs. It also indicates that the first intemperate remarks of Meany, Woodcock and other labor leaders?which were gradually toned down?did indeed, as the Administration claimed, put them "out of step" with ordinary union members...
...will stimulate the whole econ omy and raise generally low corporate profits to reasonable levels, union leaders have another viewpoint. Noting that union employees of McDonnell Douglas Corp. were entitled to a 35¢-per-hour increase during the freeze period to offset recent cost of living increases, U.A.W. President Woodcock complained: "Now Mr. Nixon says they can't pay it. Well, what happens to that 35¢? It goes into the corporate treasury of the company." Agrees Meany: "It would have been better to put it into escrow or give it to the Little Sisters of the Poor...
...from all Americans. The first strident objections came from labor leaders. The Government's rule is that no wage increase scheduled to take effect during the freeze period may be paid, even if it has already been agreed to in a contract. United Auto Workers President Leonard Woodcock noted that two of his contracts?with Caterpillar and John Deere?call for raises during the three-month freeze. He threatened to sue, and added: "If this Administration thinks that just by issuing an edict they can tear up contracts, they are saying they want war. If they want war, they...
...from the real world, surrounded by overly protective aides who screen out notes of dissent. To determine just what the outside experts are saying about the economy-and what should be done-TIME correspondents last week interviewed corporate chiefs, trade union leaders and economists. A sampling of opinions: LEONARD WOODCOCK, president of the United Auto Workers. "The best thing that can happen to reverse the inflation is to spur the economy. For that, we should move up the tax cuts already authorized for 1972 and 1973, making them immediately applicable. As a last resort, we could lower the value...