Word: garment
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Cried Lewis: "Explore the mind of Bill Green? . . . I give you my word there is nothing there. . . . Explore Matthew Woll's mind? I did. It is the mind of an insurance agent."* He turned his attack on David Dubinsky, who took his garment workers out of C. I. 0. and back to A. F. of L., and demanded: "Where, oh where is Dubinsky today? . . . He is crying out now and his voice laments like that of Rachel in the wilderness, against the racketeers and the panderers and the crooks in that organization. . . . And now above all the clamor comes...
...peace. A. F. of L. faced a fight over racketeers within its ranks. In an attack on racketeering, David Dubinsky raised the lament in the wilder ness heard by John Lewis in Atlantic City. Dubinsky and his fellow delegates from the International Ladies' Garment Work ers Union proposed a resolution giving the Executive Council of the Federation summary power to oust union officials guilty of corrupt practices or "moral turpitude." President Green throttled the idea, contending it would destroy the autonomy of unions. Dubinsky threatened to carry his resolution to the floor for a fight...
...Manhattan alone were such groups as: Women Workers for Willkie; American Writers for Willkie; Non-Partisan Willkie League of New York, Inc. (Jewish Division); Democratic Businessmen for Willkie; Garment Workers for Willkie; We The People; First Voters League (Willkie committee); Committee of 10 Million Businessmen, Professionals and Farmers...
...Long, dark months of trial and tribulation lie before us. Not only many dangers but many more misfortunes, many mistakes and disappointments will surely be our lot; death and sorrow will be our companions on the journey, hardship our garment, constancy and valor our only shield...
...Back into the A. F. of L. after an absence of more than four years went David Dubinsky's powerful: 1. International Ladies Garment Workers. 2. United Textile Workers. 3. Office Workers Union. 4. Maritime Workers. 5. Brotherhood of Railway Engineers...