Business & Finance: In General

Memorable, last week, was the completion of the merger of Dodge Bros., Inc., with the Chrysler Corp. (TIME, June 11), largest consolidation in automobile history. Memorable in the history of Wall Street, Grand Canyon of the G. O. P., was the unfurling, last week, of the first Democratic campaign banner "in 44 years. Truckman James J. Reardon, Al Smith musketeer, inspired the display. The Lower Wall Street Business Men's Organization* sponsored it. Memorable for employes, stockholders, of the General Motors Corporation, its divisions, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, were announcements of record profits, record employe insurance...

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