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Decision in Detroit President Walter Reuther of the C.I.O. United Automobile Workers won last week what he called-with good reason-a "very historic" victory. For the first time, a large unit of U.S. heavy industry, Ford Motor Co.. accepted at the bargaining table direct responsibility for the partial support of its workmen during layoffs. It was a long stride toward Reuther's goal, the guaranteed annual wage, which would give industrial labor job security and status like that enjoyed by salaried employees...
...hand for the occasion were the top bargainers for both sides: U.A.W. President Walter Reuther and a dozen aides sat along one side of a felt-covered table with their backs to the door; Ford Vice President John Bugas and a dozen of his staff faced them across the table with their backs to the wall...
...Ford counter-offer brought no cheers from the union. Newsmen gathered outside heard Reuther's roar of protest. Then negotiators from both sides began to shout and pound the table. Suddenly, Reuther stormed out of the meeting with U.A.W.'s Ford Chief Ken Bannon at his side and lesser autoworkers trailing behind. No sooner had they cleared the passageway than Bugas burst through the door, snapped out: "I need a drink...
...vote for rigid 90% parity farm supports, then the Democrats of the agricultural South would look kindly on labor demands for a $1.25 minimum wage law. The groundwork for the vote trade had been carefully laid, e.g., some 57,000 copies of pro-90% statements by C.I.O. President Walter Reuther and A.F.L. Leader George Meany had been sent out under the franks of Democratic members of the House Agriculture Committee. But when the high-parity bill reached the House floor last week, the farm-labor merger very nearly fell apart. And it was all because of the lowly peanut...
Divide & Conquer. This week Ford Motor Co. was to be served with a similar union demand, in the Silver Room of the Detroit-Leland Hotel. As the bargaining began, U.A.W. (and C.I.O.) President Walter Reuther sat back in his second-floor office at Solidarity House (U.A.W.'s elegant headquarters), ready to manipulate his teams by private telephone lines to each conference suite. He also soft-pedaled strike talk. When a newsman asked whether the auto workers will strike, Reuther replied: "If I knew the answer-and I don't-I wouldn't tell...