Exactly one year after he won control of the New York Central Railroad, pugnacious Robert R. Young and his stockholders set out to celebrate his first birthday as boss. For the 800 stockholders who gathered in Albany for the annual meeting last week, the party turned out to be a rough and rowdy celebration.
For two solid hours, the room was in an almost continual uproar. The fireworks came from a handful of disgruntled stockholders led by two expert management baiters, Lewis Gilbert and Mrs. Wilma Soss. Gilbert and Soss wanted to make...
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