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And so we said to General Motors that the solution had to be a first year increase, which had to be sizeable because we bad to catch up with the lost position as against the cost of living and we had to make some progress.

Leonard Woodcock

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Leonard Woodcock
Age: 89 †
Born: 1911
Born: February 15
Died: 2001
Died: January 16
Diplomat
Trade Unionist
Providence
Rhode Island
Leonard Freel Woodcock
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