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... Before the meeting opened, stockholders, some of whom arrived early in the morning, registered in the corridor outside the cafeteria where the session was conducted. Many of them traveled hundreds of miles to be present. SEE H 4 ki:It '48 IN TEST VUJN (Continued from page 9) about production, dividends, or other cor porate matters. The harmonious group, whose meeting was opened with a prayer, were told that cars are coming in the not too distant future." Under the blackface subhead, "Reverse Brings Cheers," the report continues: "The demonstration car was driven by Preston Tucker, president of the Tucker Cor poration. His 40 to 50 miles an hour per formance inside the plant received thunder ous applause, especially when Tucker re versed the car at one end of a run to speed again to the other end." The story continues to tell how enthusiastic stockholders voted "aye" without debate to all corporate policy resolutions, reelected all but one of the ten Tucker directors who have brought the company through its stormy wa ters, and left five places on the directors' board open in order to give the company a chance later in the year to choose five promi nent industrialists who will be most valuable to the big enterprise. (Continued on next page) 14 ...