▁by ▁both ▁Ford ▁and ▁G M , ▁it ▁was ▁suggested ▁that ▁" big ▁labor " ▁had ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁as ▁a ▁force ▁that ▁" could ▁grow ▁more ▁powerful ▁. ▁. ▁. ▁than ▁big ▁business ▁ever ▁was ." ▁Labor ▁expert ▁Ed win ▁La he y ▁op ined ▁that ▁big ▁labor ▁strik es ▁were ▁dead ▁and ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁largest ▁corpor ation ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁had ▁made ▁con cess ions ▁" that ▁were ▁and ▁will ▁remain ▁highly ▁rep ug nant ▁to ▁the ▁industrial ▁traditional ists ." ▁G M ▁reported ly ▁" ab hor red ▁and ▁fe ared " ▁the ▁G AW ▁and ▁would ▁have ▁preferred ▁a ▁long ▁strike ▁to ▁the ▁G AW ▁if ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁negoti ate , ▁suggesting ▁Re uther ' s ▁wisdom ▁in ▁choosing ▁Ford ▁as ▁the ▁U AW ' s ▁first ▁target ▁on ▁the ▁G AW . ▁ ▁June ▁ 1 5 ▁- ▁A ▁civil ▁defense ▁exercise ▁sim ulated ▁an ▁atomic ▁bomb ▁being ▁dropped ▁at ▁Liver no is ▁and ▁Fort ▁Stre ets ▁in ▁Detroit ▁at ▁ 2 : 3 9 . ▁Due ▁to ▁mass ▁ev acu ation ▁ordered ▁at ▁ 1 1 : 0 3   a . m ., ▁the ▁project ed ▁death ▁to ll ▁dropped ▁from ▁ 9 4 , 8 0 0 ▁to ▁ 5 7 , 6 0 0 . ▁ ▁June ▁ 2 2 ▁- ▁General ▁Mot ors ▁announced ▁a ▁$ 5 0 0 ▁million ▁expansion ▁and ▁modern ization ▁plan ▁that ▁the ▁company ▁hoped ▁would ▁create ▁an ▁additional ▁ 2