Moving Metal

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MAKINGMETALS MOVE 1960-1980

Reliance was humming in the spring of 1960. It was in a brand-new warehouse and office between East 26 th and 27 th Streets in Vernon. Sales and profits were brisk and customer enthusiasm was high, boosted by group tours of the new plant. A third shift had even been added to handle the growing business, since peak season was beginning for the flourishing mobile home industry. A long national steel strike had been settled in January, the Meisner federal court case had concluded in Reliance’s favor, and the Moore case was going nowhere. But President Bill Gimbel was still not satisfied.

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