Canada has great natural resources, and its people have the spirit and ability to develop them.
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In my fifty years of experience and memory, I have seen the most amazing increase in the standard of living of a people ever achieved anywhere in the world. This is why I am so sure that our system of free competition and industrial development is sound and must be preserved.
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Birth: | 18th November, 1886 |
Death: | 3rd January, 1972 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Businessman |
Charles Edward Wilson was born in New York City. He was a CEO of General Electric. Wilson left school at the age of 12 to work as a stock boy at the Sprague Electrical Works, which was acquired by the General Electric Company. Wilson returned to General Electric in 1945 and began an antiunion campaign, and he also served President Harry S. Truman as the chairman of the blue-ribbon President's Committee on Civil Rights during 1946 - 47. This committee recommended new Civil Rights legislation to protect "all parts of our population".
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