Only objects below of the stratched field will move down. Add invisible line between testers and stations. It'll push all objects below it down when it floats.

                     f.balance    f.starttime           f.finishtime         etc
         l.Testers     f.testers____________________________________
         ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         l.Stations    f.stations___________________________________

>I must be missing something here, but I can't quite figure out exactly what (you can make comments about what I'm really missing only if you can provide info towards solving the problem. fair enough???????)
>
>The detail band of my report looks something like

>
>                     f.balance    f.starttime           f.finishtime         etc
>         l.Testers     f.testers____________________________________
>         l.Stations    f.stations___________________________________

>
>where f. is a field and l. is a label
>
>f.testers may wind up exceeding its allotted width. I've set the following properties for all four objects
>

>     Float
>     Print when    NOT EMPTY(f.testers/f.stations)
>     Remove line if blank is TRUE
>     Stretch with overflow is TRUE (for the fields)
>

>
>Everything aligns properly when f.testers fits in one line.
>
>However, when f.testers stretches to a second line, the l.Stations label doesn't float down. The f.stations textbox, however, positions properly.
>
>OK, everyone...........what am I missing?