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...radical labor leader is Michael Tighe. Belligerent members of his own union who had never suffered through a long, hard strike were not satisfied with Leader Tighe's protests. To Washington went Earl J. Forbeck heading a "Rank & File Committee," pledged to strike June 16. Forbeck declared there would be "bloody war" if the steel industry did not recognize Amalgamated...
General Johnson, glad to deal with Mike Tighe instead of Earl Forbeck, promised to "go the limit with the steel unions if they'll get down to cases." He asked them to lay the legal groundwork for governmental action...