US carmakers don（名士） green mantle for $25bn loans pleas（嘆願） to Gongress

FT Dec 3 2008
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Ford boss willing to drop salary to $1
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Detoit's beleaguered（取り巻く） carmakers yesterday sought to present themselves as lean（不作）, innovative and environmentally aware as they appealed to Congress for $25bn of emergency loans.
In their second appeal to Washington in less than a month, General Motors, Ford Motor and Crysler outlined plans to become more competitive to back up their bid for bail-out funds.