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Page 10/The Battalion/Friday, May 4, 1984 Tower asks for Cobb as judge R.l. by Paul Dirmd Why they call it DEA.D WEEK United Press International WASHINGTON — Sen. John Tower, R-Texas, Thurs day asked President Reagan to appoint Howell Cobb of Beau mont as a federal judge to re place Judge Joe Fisher, who is taking senior status. Cobb, who was born in At lanta, has been a trial lawyer since 1951. He is a partner in the Beaumont law Firm of Or- gain, Bell and Tucker. The 61- year-old Cobb graduated from the University of Virginia Law School. Cobb has practiced both in the state and federal courts, specializing in civil cases. He is a member of the Texas Bar Asso ciation. United Auto Workers attack General Dynamics’ policies United lpas ient and inti yellin ally ret inst tw icers c indcuffe lempted furors said “Former iwling a Gome r of th indict jBul th tilty of b I Beck i Hers un from beat me misdi piinishabl United Press International FORT WORTH — Labor and church representatives ac cused General Dynamics Corp. Thursday of being a “corpora tion out of control” and guilty of a variety of sins at an any- thing-but-routine annual share holders meeting. An official of the United Auto Workers accused General Dynamics of an anti-union atti tude and said if the situation persists, the union will be pre pared to take strong counter measures. In response, General Dynam ics Chairman David Lewis charged the UAW was attempt ing “blackmail” and “bully boy tactics.” Before the dispute began, Lewis announced that the cor poration had net sales of $1.86 billion and net earnings of $77.5 million, or $1.52 per share, in the first quarter of 1984. In the same period the previous year. General Dynam ics reported net sales of $1.82 billion and net earnings of $56.8 million, or $1.03 per share. Eleven dissident stockholders leveled complaints against the St. Louis-based firm, which makes jet fighter planes, elec tronics equipment, missle sys tems, tanks and submarines. General Dynamics was accused of anti-union activity, discrimi nating against women, over charging on government con tracts and ignoring worker safety measures. Sister Mary Ann McGivern of the Sisters of Loretto in St. Louis, spoke on behalf of reso lution that would require that voting by stockholders be done by secret ballot. Lewis announced the resolu tion lost, receiving only 3.4 per cent of the votes cast by stock holders. Sister McGivern said the de cision to seek a secret ballot arose from a situation last year when her order sponsored a resolution to bar the company from bidding on a cruise missile contract. “Last year the company reso licited over 900 people, includ ing employees, that voted in fa vor of the proposal,” she said. The main concern of many of the other speakers was the long-running strike by 1,500 members of the Marine Draftsmen’s Association at Gen eral Dynamics’ Electric Boat Di vision in Groton, Conn. The Marine Draftsmen’s union, an affiliate of the UAW, went on strike in June 1983. Marc Stepp of the UAW told the General Dynamics direc tors, “We are concerned about what seemingly is an anti-union position that has shown itself in our relationship with you.” He said a roadblock in the situation in Groton involved the corpora tion’s refusal to bring back 500 of the striking workers. “We can settle that striM^ ^ e<U this day, in this buildingiflbj ^ p agree to bring these pJ Huds back to work,” Stepp said E Uentin , Responding from dium, Lewis said the Mm,Q ne () Draftsmen’s Association™ history of extremely di bargaining — constant stril ■ He said the draftsmen aln were making more money! workers doing the samejol a competing company in 5 port News, Va. “We had to get on will jobs” during the strike, h said, so the company hired placement workers and; lowed union members tore! m United ROCK to work. In addition, heL‘ ir ' 0 ^ ^ there no longer were as g vno once jobs needed at the plant. B 1 e .y e ?, c r gracias The union, he said, ins«o freed “that we drop those peopltfcls mad* on the street — peopleBAlexand came from all over AmerAudly sh take jobs — and we’re not® teddy sic® it GM car owners to be reimbursed By ERIN PYLE Reporter Owners of any General Mo tors Corp. cars with transmis sion or engine defects will now be able to have the Better Busi ness Bureau handle their com plaints. imbursements receive. consumers can ELL YOUR USE BOOKS FOR MORE! GM was taken to court in 1983 when a complaint was filed charging GM with failing to notify consumers about en gine or transmission defects that were costly to repair. The Federal Trade Commission or dered GM to reimburse almost $95 million to consumers, mak ing this the largest settlement of its kind. If a consumer is having trou ble with his car now, he may file a complaint with the Better Business Bqreau and go through the arbitration process. A hearing with an impartial ar bitrator will be held at the con venience of the consumer. Con sumers will not need lawyers, but they should bring their re pair bills and, if possible, wit nesses to assist them at the set tlement hearing. to do it. And this is a basicispered ® — to c es Bur ope hing H he you Mthout a s ■dgulpec the arbitrator s decision L ea Jf as t pursue the matter b'foiied hei through a private lawsuit. ■‘Jbe ja The Better Business hospil said the arbitration process# P ^ rie mally takes less than ( months to complete. to dige lexand ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiKii’iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ I@nri University Book Stores Owners may settle disputes with GM regardless of the age or mileage of their car. This ar bitration program will run for eight years. The Better Business Bureau said there are two kinds of re- The settlement hearings are binding on GM, but not on the consumer, unless he accepts the arbitrator’s award. If the con sumer is not satisfied with the award offered, he may reject If the consumer alreadvB paid for damages to haveg car fixed, he may file a plaint through the Belter ness Bureau to get a reinil ment from GM. Consi who are not happy with the! GM offers may go througli arbitration process United The FTC said that almos NEW Y< million GM cars were equip with components which I irted been found defective. NORTHGATE 409 UNIVERSITY DR. OPEN 8 A M. CULPEPPER PLAZA LATE P.M." NEXT TO 3C-BBQ Lawyers association elects leaders gest | [db, 409 UNIVERSITY DR. LA te pm NEXT TO 3C-BBQ |, United Press International Open ’til 8 p.m. through Finals AUSTIN — Texas lawyers have elected Charles L. Smith as president-elect of the State Bar of Texas and David R. Seidler of Aransas Pass as president elect of the Texas Young Law yers Association, bar officials niltiiii announced Thursday. Smith, a graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law and a member of the bar since 1955, defeated Howard Waldrop of Texarkana for the president’s post. Smith, 52, has served as chairman of the state bar’s board of directors and also as president and vice president of the San Antonio Bar Associa tion. He currently is a partner in the law firm Groce, h and Hebdon. Seidler, 32, is a gradual Texas Tech University School and was licensed bp bar in 1976. He defe>| Charles M. Jordan of Galv for the post of TYLA presii Both Smith and Seidler serve a year as presidents- before assuming their offfe the June 1985 State Texas convention in Dallas ril, pusl ying. | Purchasi aded the Sears, R lion’s 1; uted salt riod w'h $1.9C it from : 83. 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