OWEN D. YOUNG--A NEW TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL LEADER. [First Edn.]

by Tarbell, Ida M

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N.Y.:: Macmillan,, 1932. Hardcover; collector bookplate; spine lettering eroded; glue migration has discolored both inside covers at binding edge; fore- and bottom edges untrimmed; otherwise, condition quite good.. index. With b&w frontispiece + 15 additional b&w full-pg. photos. Young (1874-1962), after working his way thru law school, joined General Electric Legal Dept.; (set up Radio Corp. of America as a G-E subsidiary at U.S. Gov't. behest so British would not take over American radio patents). Young was RCA chair until 1929; (also G-E chair 1922-39 & 1942-45). ||| After WW-1, he co-authored The Dawes Plan for a more realistic German War Reparations payment schedule. ||| Author Ida Tarbell (1857-1944) first made her `muckraker' reputation with her devastating `History of the Standard Oil Company.'