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...John L. Lewis this was all a very serious matter, for U. A. W. has every sign of being C. I. O.'s soundest long-term asset. Unlike mining, steel, oil, textiles, the motor industry has still a big enough margin of profit to make auto unions as well as auto manufacturers economically powerful. If U. A. W. can expand into aviation, glass, rubber, as John Lewis hopes, it will add still further to its power. Given leadership, U. A. W. might gain a dominance like that of the railroad brotherhoods in Labor's last generation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Rump Week | 8/29/1938 | See Source »

Writer Johnston called James Roosevelt "by a wide margin the biggest whiskey-insurance man in America." Reply: Roosevelt & Sargent never insured "so much as a bottle of whiskey imported into the United States." But their National Distillers Products Corp. account blankets all that big company's plants & stocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Salesman's Reply | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

...miners' votes in eastern and southern counties but his home counties of western Kentucky backed him solidly and the northern counties, where Flood Relief and WPA benefits had been lavished most heavily, deserted Governor Chandler. On Monday came Louisville's tabulations, and the Barkley margin climbed above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENTUCKY: Golden Swill | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

...evaporated in the afternoon round. On the 24th green he won his first hole. On the 27th, he was 7 down. On the 29th, White Plains licked White Sulphur. Paul Runyan had won his second P. G. A. championship with a score of 8 and 7, the most decisive margin since the tournament was inaugurated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Poison | 7/25/1938 | See Source »

...where Philip Morris sells one-fifth of its smokes) in imposing a 1? a package cigaret tax two months ago. Other cigaret companies could pass this on to the consumer. Philip Morris to maintain its fixed price policy must either absorb the tax or reduce its famed dealer profit margin. So far the dealer has either absorbed it or charged 16?. Philip Morris may therefore be forced to use a stunt it tried before-giving dealers one pack free with every carton they buy, thus compensating the reduced profit margin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A New Fourth | 7/4/1938 | See Source »

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