Word: conventioneers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THE 47th UNITED MINE WORKERS convention ended last Saturday on a surprisingly positive note. Arnold Miller, the union's embattled president, emerged victorious if not unscathed from the parley, which his opponents in the UMW had called for the express purpose of bringing him down.
Miller press aides cancelled the credentials of Frank Martin, a reporter for the Trotskyist Workers League's twice-weekly Bulletin, and informed Workers Vanguard reporter Mark Lance that he would be denied credentials to enter the convention hall, explaining that the union could not guarantee his physical safety. Prior to...
Starting in about 1948 that began to change. The progress took place mainly through the efforts of Southern blacks allied with Northern liberals and labor unions. The story gets complicated here, Bass and DeVries say, because the pressure exerted on behalf of racial equality changed major and minor features of...
Democrats from all around the state called upon Howe to withdraw before he damaged the chances of the rest of the ticket. The party discussed ways to get another name on the ballot, but was stymied--the state convention had already been held and Howe was unopposed for the nomination...
At the second trial Howe took the stand in his own defense. He said he had been attending the county convention at the Terrace Ballroom, about six blocks from where he was arrested. A "Chicano" approached him, (though Howe can't remember his name), introduced himself, and invited Howe to...