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...labor editorialists beat on Quill for his public-be-damned arrogance, responsible labor leaders conspicuously shunned his cause, and the 52,000 idled Pennsy workers from other unions chafed to get back to work. Last week Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell abandoned his seven-year stand of strict impartiality in labor disputes to rap Mike Quill: "Reasonable people sitting down at the bargaining table can settle this dispute very quickly," said he. "If Mike wants to be reasonable-and the company, I think, is reasonable in this area-he can settle...
...tactical advice. At week's end the Lumumba troops paused 20 miles from the frontier, awaiting the attack order. Unlike Kalonji's Mining State, Katanga would scarcely fall without a fight-a fight that the 4,000 U.N. troops stationed in Katanga presumably would watch in strict neutrality...
...Automobile pressagents impose strict release dates on pictures they supply the press in advance, but some of them privately admire the enterprise of photographers who get pictures of the new autos elsewhere. In fact, while holding sternly to the rules of the game officially, some pressagents are not above dropping a few hints to favored photographers as to how they might beat their competitors to the presses. Besides, explains one Detroit executive, "we just run out of shrouds after the new models get into fairly good production...
Charter flights, of course, have their disadvantages. Flight dates are fixed and tickets are not changeable. In peak travel periods charter flights are hard to get, thus must usually be arranged twelve months in advance. Civil Aeronautics Board regulations for charter flights are strict. To qualify for an international air charter flight, an individual must have belonged to a club for more than six months, and the club must exist for a reason other than the charter flight. The CAB is usually tough about approving charter applications from club organizers and travel agents, sometimes cancels flights at the last minute...
Lumumba went into hiding, but Foreign Minister Justin Bomboko had the courage to mount a chair outside Parliament and quiet the rioters. He led a delegation of three sweaty soldiers to Prime Minister Lumumba. Their demands: 1) removal of the Belgian commander in chief, Lieut. General Emil Janssens, a strict disciplinarian, 2) replacement of all other Belgian officers and noncoms by Congolese, 3) general raises in pay and rank. Lumumba hastily agreed. In the most sweeping army promotion in history, he advanced every Congolese soldier by one grade, making the Force Publique the only army in the world without...