When the Army Invaded Montgomery Ward
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Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Many corporate executives have defiedthe government. How many have been willing to be carried fromtheir offices by soldiers for doing it?
Sewell Avery was. In 1944, Avery, the head of retail giantMontgomery Ward, was ordered by President Franklin D. Rooseveltto settle a strike with his workers. When he refused, thegovernment took over his company. In an iconic photo of the era,two soldiers hold Avery in a sitting position, his arms crossed,a look of insubordination on his face, as they remove him fromthe building.