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...schedule, the switches were pulled, and the cry arose: "Strike! Strike!" Soon the plant's 5,000 men were milling around Reuther, who delivered a rousing speech while an anxious manager tugged at his coatsleeves. When the plant shut down, Reuther and his aides went to the workmen's beer gardens near by and in 48 hours signed up 3,500 members. He was in business...
URANIUM FEVER has hit the huge Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp., soon to build a $168 million pipeline from New Mexico's San Juan gas field to West Coast markets (TIME, Dec. 27). Workmen laying pipe through uranium-rich eastern Utah-western Colorado plateau area will be equipped with Geiger counters so that Pacific Northwest will not risk bypassing any promising ore vein...
...Walter Reuther of the C.I.O. United Automobile Workers won last week what he called-with good reason-a "very historic" victory. For the first time, a large unit of U.S. heavy industry, Ford Motor Co.. accepted at the bargaining table direct responsibility for the partial support of its workmen during layoffs. It was a long stride toward Reuther's goal, the guaranteed annual wage, which would give industrial labor job security and status like that enjoyed by salaried employees...
Congratulations to the Department of Buildings and Brounds, which has at last found a perfect substitute for the rather untidy grass which has for so long disfigured Harvard Yard. Many of us were worried when we saw a gang of workmen spreading hot asphalt over what had been a lawn at the entrance to Seever Hall, but our anxieties have been set at rest now that the metalled surface has been painted green. If this green does not exactly blend into the surrounding landscape the fault must lie with the landscape, and I hope Buildings and Grounds will have...
...industries of Milan and Turin, with an actual shortage of skilled labor in the building trades. In many families, three or more people are working full time, enabling them to put money aside for that dream of dreams-a car. At the Fiat factory alone, more than 1,000 workmen are on the waiting list to buy their company's new, $950 Fiat...