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Union men think that McNamara will effectively boost the H.U.E.R.A. after the disastrous Mulvihill rule, in which many subsidiary groups, such as the police and the maintenance men, split off and formed separate unions. It is highly possible that they will come back into the H.U.E.R.A. now that McNamara is president. The quiet man hesitates to make predictions about the future, but his optimism is supported by the record vote that backed him. In McNamara, the employees feel they have someone whom they can trust. And he can't be fooled by anyone...
...when all of these methods have failed to stimulate sales, businessmen in recent months have usually cut production, rather than trim prices in an effort to boost sales. This philosophy is well exemplified by International Harvester Co., which has already felt the pinch of a 7.6% drop in sales. In the last six months, Harvester has trimmed production and laid off 20% of its workers, rather than cut prices. Harvester President John L. McCaffrey feels that, with farm income down and farmers well stocked with machinery, no new buyers would be lured in by a price cut, even...
There was no doubt in the mind of A.M.F. President Morehead Patterson that the machines would do just that. Bowling is already the fastest-growing participation sport; the machines should give it a big boost. They not only replace hard-to-find pin boys but they enable bowling alleys to stay open 24 hours a day, a big advantage in industrial communities where teams on different shifts bowl round the clock. Already A.M.F. has installed more than 800 in bowling alleys, plans to step up production to 250 per month next year. Even so, it will take years to supply...
Twentieth Century-Fox President Spyros P. Skouras, there to boost Cinema-Scope, flashed a gloomy picture on the screen. Said he: "Over 6.000 theaters have been closed since 1946. Don't be misled. What happened to those people can happen to you . . . Television is the greatest enemy the industry ever...
ATOMIC reactors for commercial use got a boost from...