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...Lewis endorsing Willkie, Russell Nixon stressed Saturday that it was not a "fly-by-night move but a calculated action" designed to restore labor's independence as a political bargainer, Nixon, as instructor in Economics is State Secretary of Labor's Non-Partisan League, the political arm of the CIO...
Indicating that the decision of the CIO chieftain was motivated by a whole cluster of considerations, Nixon maintained that it was not a sell-out as it had been interpreted by some...
WASHINGTON--Reports that CIO President John L. Lewis soon may endorse the candidacy of Wendell L. Willkie were revived tonight when it became known that the labor leader is negotiating for radio time for an address on Friday, Oct. 25. Lewis months ago predicted that President Roosevelt would be "defeated ignominiously" if he sought a third term...
Lean, mild-mannered, 59-year-old August Henkel, backed by the United American Artists, CIO affiliate, threatened to sue Colonel Somervell for defamation of character. The press looked up Artist Henkel's background, found that in 1917 he had been convicted of burning the U.S. flag (in a peace demonstration, in which the flags of ten nations were burned together, symbolizing the unity of man) ; in 1934, of distributing Communist propaganda. Last month he had refused to sign an affidavit disavowing Communist or Nazi ties, lost his WPA job in consequence...
...Yanks Are Not Coming" Committee, which is backed by AFL and CIO, intends to poll 1,000,000 people in Massachusetts on the question, "Do you want peace or war for America...