The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

side factors IN the General
big shot industrialists who
company secret el1couragem
II Is not febt In the automo-
bile industry alone. Steel, coal,
and other auto l1tagnates know
that II labor wins this year, their
turn viii be next, and they arc
urging an tinyielding position on
the part Of General Motors.
OF these various figures, most
recalcitfaf1t and most powerful Is
Lammot DUPONT, chairman Of the
board of General Motors and
head Of the great DUPONT i1dus-
trial dynasty.o
Lammot DUPONT Is the man who
puts iron in the spine Of the
sometimes discouraged and wilt
ing Alfred r. Sloan. It was Lam
mot who called on the conference
which Miss Perkins proposed be-
tween Lewis and Sloan last week.
It IA Lamnot who has blocked all
attempted peace negotiations, and
It Is Lammot who will permit no
voting Of workers, because 10 do
30 would recognize the Wagner
labor disputes act.
NOTE--Wf1at IAmmot DUPONT
may not know iS that John l..
Lewis L Just as much proposed TO
a vote OF the workers, because II
would show his union TO be
greatly in the minority.
British Influence
Alongside Lammot DUPONT Is
another shadowy figure. one Of
the most potent magnates In
British industry. He is 5ir Harry
Duncan MCGOWAN, head Of the
giant Imperial Chemical Indus
tries, q director Of. General
Motors and an important factor
In moulding motor policies.
How much sir Henry Is backing
up Lafnrnot duPont's strike stand
is not known definitely. but pro-
labor senators have been corlSid-
erinR an investigation 10 ascertain
the amount Of foreign influence
within General Motors.
They think there Is lot.
What they have been able 10
find 80 far Is an interlocking
arrangements between the DUPONT
company and McGowan's I'm
perial Chemistries, by which the
two companies pool each others
patents and divide up the markets
Of the entire world.
NOTE - Last week Sir Harry
was on King Georges first hon.
org list.
Business Foresight
Lammot dupont Is the most
hard-boiled, successful, shrewdest
member OF the dupont family. He
is the man who became head Of
the miscellaneous manufacturing
department Of the dupont fac
tories and pushed cellophane and
Duco until they became the back
bone OF the business. Meanwhile
powder and munitions fell off.
He Ia consistent down to the
last dot of an 1. Once his course
Ia set. he never deviates. He de-
termined TO bring the dupont
company through the depression
and pay dividends. And he did. He
fired 1000 men, he slashed pay
rolls numerically, but he never
missed q dividend.
That" he says, "is how the
government should be rnn.'
Lammot also II determined
never 10 temporlze with organ
lied labor. From this he has not
varied.
Lamrnot's politics are equally
consistent. His two brotherg,
Irenee and Pierre, have at times
wandered from the republican
fold. One backed Al Smith In 1928
while both backed FDR In 1892
and regretted II. But Lammot re-
NAMED regular. Although he con-
tributed $50, 900 TO the Association
Against the Prohibition Amend
nent. he back dry Senator Hast
ings for recollection six years ago,
while his brother backed wet
Democratic Senator Bayard.
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