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Letting 'Em Have It. As the President told the story, the recommendation of the Wage Stabilization Board was entirely "fair and reasonable." The steelworkers had accepted the WSB proposal. The companies had not. Why? Because they want "to force the Government to give them a big boost in prices...
...Wright Aeronautical's workers, WSB (over the industry members' protests) approved a 12? hourly boost, even while admitting that its own cost-of-living rules would allow only...
...movie business in Dayton, Ohio blames its troubles on TV. Last week Loew's Inc. asked Dayton's county board for a revision of its property valuation. The latest valuation boost of $78,510 on its Dayton property, Loew's claimed, is out of line, considering that attendance at the theater has dropped 43% since last August. The board promised to investigate the situation, along with similar complaints from six other TV-stricken movie houses in Dayton...
...they set a new strike deadline for April 8. The steel companies bitterly labeled the proposal "unfair and unreasonable." They reiterated their previous stand that "the best interests of the public would be served by no increase in wages [or] prices," and estimated that the proposal would boost the cost of a ton of steel by $12 a ton (present price: about...
...words of George Bernard Shaw. Next week, as Laughton brings Shaw's Don Juan in Hell on its third trip into Manhattan for an eight-week run, he enjoys the satanic satisfaction of a man who has confounded the experts, given a new theatrical trend a tremendous boost, and turned the old pastime of reading aloud into a booming big business...