Business: Carey v. G.E.

Onto the television screen flashes the image of a widowed U.S. worker, five little girls and a boy huddled around him. Their problem is spelled out to the viewer: what does a man do if he has six motherless children and no hope of a job? Answers the worker: "I don't want to put them in a home. The nearest thing for me is the river, but that's a horrible thought."

So runs a 29-minute movie called Help Wanted, made by the big (375,000 members) International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers....

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