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RETIREMENT PLANS AND POST RETIREMENT PENSION PLANS (Assumptions) (Details)
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Oct. 31, 2019
UNITED STATES | Pension Plan [Member]    
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]    
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) 3.25% 4.50%
Average increasee in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 3.00% 3.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 7.50% 7.50%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract]    
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 2.75% 3.25%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 3.00% 3.00%
UNITED STATES | Other Postretirement Benefits Plan [Member]    
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]    
Discount rate - net periodic rate (in hundredths) 3.00% 4.25%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 7.50% 7.50%
Current medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) 6.25% 6.00%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate (in hundredths) 4.50% 4.00%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year 2027 2029
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract]    
Discount rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 2.25% 3.00%
Current medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 6.25% 6.25%
Ultimate medical cost trend rate - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 4.50% 4.50%
Medical cost trend rate decreases to ultimate rate in year - benefit obligation 2028 2027
Foreign Plan [Member] | Pension Plan [Member]    
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating net periodic benefit cost [Abstract]    
Discount rate minimum - net periodic cost (in hundredths) 0.79% 0.54%
Discount rate maximum - net periodic costs (in hundredths) 1.89% 2.83%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) 2.50% 2.50%
Average increase in compensation levels - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) 3.00% 3.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - minimum (in hundredths) 3.50% 4.00%
Expected long-term return on assets - net periodic costs - maximum (in hundredths) 6.50% 6.50%
Weighted average assumptions used in calculating benefit obligation [Abstract]    
Discount rate minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 0.81% 0.79%
Discount rate maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 1.66% 1.89%
Average increase in compensation levels minimum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 2.50% 2.50%
Average increase in compensation levels maximum - benefit obligation (in hundredths) 2.75% 3.00%