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Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers (CIO), suggests a joint conference of labor and management in the auto industry to discuss Korean War mobilization problems, emphasizing cooperation to minimize dislocation and expand steel production.
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WASHINGTON--A joint conference of labor and management in the auto industry to discuss mobilization problems created by the Korean War is a suggestion of President Walter P. Reuther of the United Auto Workers (CIO).
Reuther carried his proposal in a letter to top automobile manufacturers.
"This is an opportunity," he said, "to again prove to the world that free labor and free management can rise to the challenge and thru practical cooperation give leadership in mobilizing our productive power to defeat the forces of totalitarianism and aggression."
The auto industry, he added, has been the pace-setter in mass production.
Continued the UAW head: "Practical steps to minimize dislocation and unemployment" should be considered, as well as working out joint recommendations to the government for expanding steel production.
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President Walter P. Reuther of the United Auto Workers (CIO) suggests a joint conference of labor and management in the auto industry to discuss mobilization problems created by the Korean War. He carried the proposal in a letter to top automobile manufacturers, highlighting the opportunity for free labor and management to cooperate in mobilizing productive power against totalitarianism and aggression. The auto industry is noted as a pace-setter in mass production. He urges consideration of practical steps to minimize dislocation and unemployment, and joint recommendations to the government for expanding steel production.