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...signing away their right to strike union chiefs argued that they were surrendering the only weapon they had. How could they be sure that management would not try to undercut their membership during the two years of the contract? How could they be sure that A.F. of L., strong among shipworkers on the West Coast, would not begin sniping at C.I.O. in Kearny? They demanded a union shop...
...Actually, A.F. of L. was fighting for survival in Detroit, for a C.I.O. drive had already spread over the auto industry, threatening to rout A.F. of L. completely from the country's fourth largest city. Mayor Jeffries, maintaining that the city could not legally sign an exclusive bargaining contract, turned down their demands. Neither would he give A.F. of L. exclusive rights to the bulletin boards...
...Jordan was made at all. When Harry Segall applied for a Columbia job some three years ago, his play (titled Heaven Can Wait) was his best recommendation. Producer Riskin read it, hired the author, badgered Columbia for a year and a half to let him make it. When his contract ran out, he refused to re-sign until the studio gave him a green light for Mr. Jordan...
...bill were to be passed, the argument would have to be won. The House leaders faced up to their task with no great conviction. Only a month ago Speaker Sam Rayburn himself had stated that to keep the draftees past their year's enrollment was a breach of contract. Now he had changed his mind: he had been convinced that there was a national emergency; whether he could convince enough of his fellows remained to be seen. The Senate had beaten down attempts to make the extension for only six months (proposed by Ohio's Robert Taft...
...OPACS' answers to these wails have been either "make formal application to OPM's priorities division" (which virtually means "no") or, especially where aluminum is the vital necessity, a bleak "we cannot undertake to assist you." Sometimes complainers are referred to their local Defense Contract Service organization. Rarely has this resulted in the most logical remedy: subcontracting of defense orders...