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Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough, when Lewis rose and challenged him to fine him any amount, warned the massive-laced AFL, leader not to get in contempt of court again, Lewis, with a lawyer tugging at his coat, sat down...
...under the auspices of the CIO and AFL, Palmer offered lectures for a short time in Rockford, Illinois, on the "American Constitutional System." "I have no doubt that this sort of program could be successfully carried out all over the country," he asserted. "We need a politically-educated electorate or our democracy means little...
...decision, it was added, came after Secretary of the Interior Harold D. Ickes and President Daniel J. Tobin of the AFL Teamstors Union eliminate dthemsolves as prospects to replace Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor with full control over the manpower...
Secondly, no mention was made of the mass reaction of wideawake citizens of Detroit, led by the city's powerful trade union movement. The county organizations of the CIO and AFL joined with Negro and white church, youth, fraternal and civic groups to form and support the Sojourner Truth Citizen's Committe. This Committee held a mass meeting last week which enthusiastically approved a four-point program demanding the punishment of the Klan, the city, and the government officials who directly and indirectly instigated the riot...
...STEEL COAL MINE AT BENHAM, KY. IS NOT AND NEVER HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF HARLAN COUNTY COAL OPERATORS ASSOCIATION. IT DOES NOT AND NEVER HAS HIRED THUGS OR GOONS, OR "FOUGHT TO KEEP WAGES DOWN." ITS EMPLOYES ARE REPRESENTED NOT BY CIO'S UNITED MINE WORKERS BUT AFL PROGRESSIVE MINE WORKERS WHO HAVE TWICE DEFEATED UMW IN NLRB ELECTIONS. WE DEEPLY RESENT YOUR IMPUTATION OF ANTI-UNION ACTIVITY TO THIS COMPANY. IN HARLAN COUNTY, AS ELSEWHERE, OUR ONLY INTEREST IN UNION OR GANIZING EFFORTS IS TO LEARN THROUGH LABOR BOARD ELECTIONS WHAT UNION THE EMPLOYES WANT TO REPRESENT...