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Inconspicuously last March, Houde Engineering Corp. of Buffalo, N. Y., whose 2,000 employes make automobile parts, was directed by the old National Labor Board to hold an election of employe representatives to bargain collectively with the company. The American Federation of Labor's automobile workers' union candidates got 1,105 votes. The company union polled 647. Houde agreed to treat with both unions on alternate Saturdays. The new National Labor Relations Board picked up the case, and, in a significant decision that launched the Government on a brand new labor policy, ordered the company to negotiate only with...
Acting Supervising Architect Wetmore is not and never was an architect. Born 71 years ago in Bath, N. Y., he became a court reporter in nearby Hornell. In 1883 he was a cattle buyer in Holland and Scotland. Two years later he was a stenographer in the Treasury at Washington, gradually becoming a more & more important cog in that Department's machinery, When Supervising Architect Oscar Wenderoth resigned in 1915, Cog Wetmore agreed to take over his job "temporarily." Through Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and the first hectic year of Roosevelt II he continued to function "temporarily." Because...
...average of about $1,500. A few famed college players have, as professionals, justified their amateur reputations. Illinois' Red Grange has been in the Chicago backfield for eight years. Minnesota's Bronko Nagurski has been the outstanding fullback of the League for the past five years. N. Y. U.'s Ken Strong is a Giant regular as is Michigan's Harry Newman. In his first season as a professional, Tennessee's Beattie Feathers has made an unprecedented record by gaining over 1,050 yd. for the Chicago Bears. Minnesota's Jack Manders, also a Bear, is a field goal expert...
...Brooklyn, N. Y. moans from a dumb-waiter stuck in its shaft brought a call for police at 4 a. m. For one hour 27 men sweated & strained, finally got the moaning dumb-waiter to the roof. Out flopped Ford Jensen, 6 ft. 3 in. Explained Ford Jensen: "I just went for a ride...
...meeting of the cross country lettermen yesterday afternoon, Robert S. Playfair '36, star of the New Hampshire and H-Y-P meets this year, was elected to captain next year's harriers. Playfair, who prepared at Roxbury Latin, captained his Freshman cross country team, made his numerals at track, as well as being Secretary-Treasurer of his class...