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Michael F. Carney...
Expected to provide the offensive power for the Boston College attack is big Jim Casey, 190 pound fullback, who packs plenty of drive in his running. Tom Carney, another heavy hitter, is at right half, and holding down the other halfback spot is fleet Joe Elliott...
...lineups:- HARVARD BOSTON COLLEGE Coulson, r.e. l.e., Michelowicz Pierce, r.t. l.t., Lawler Davis, r.g. l.g., Kehoe Brown, c. c., Donelan Mroz, l.g. r.g., Baleyko Sweeney, l.t. r.t., King Geeson, l.e. r.e., Callahan Trumbull, q.b. q.b., Cronin Garrity, r.h.b. l.h.b., Elliott Navin, l.h.b. r.h.b., Carney Cowen, f.b. f.b., Casey
Husky James McMenamin was no union official. He belonged to a union which is the smallest of four among the Transit Workers. But he was shrewdly assisted by tobacco-chewing, 200-lb. Frank Carney, president of a potent independent union. And the militant young C.I.O Transport Workers Union, which has a plant majority and endorses the promotion of Negroes, was unable to keep its members at work. Together McMenamin and Carney were powerful enough to tie up Philadelphia's entire transportation system, keep 6,000 transit employes idle and defy for five days the U.S. Government, including two generals...
Then Action. General Hayes let the strike continue two more days before he cracked down. Then McMenamin, Carney and two others were arrested for violation of the Smith-Connally Act. A Federal grand jury convened to question 35 strikers. Eight thousand Army troops, equipped with rifles, machine guns and small cannon rolled into the city. General Hayes gave the strikers their choice: go back to work or lose their right to certificates of availability for any other job for the duration. And all who were 18 to 37 would have their draft deferments canceled. General Hayes also made it plain...