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...from an almost fatal illness, agreed to carry on as C.I.O. president. He was unanimously re-elected for his twelfth term. Nominating Murray, bearded Jacob S. Potofsky, president of the Clothing Workers, called him "not only a labor leader but a leader of mankind." To take some of the load off Murray, Organization Director Allan Haywood was named to the new position of executive vice president...
...Union Divided. Time after time since World War II, a substantial number of men who load and unload ships have left the docks because they did not agree with Labor Boss Ryan, who in 1943 managed to get himself elected president of the union for life, at $20,000 a year. Four days after his Oct. 11 announcement that the contract had been ratified, longshoremen began to walk off the job. Gene Sampson, who heads one of the 32 New York-area locals, became their spokesman, as he had in previous revolts. The strikers, Sampson said, were dissatisfied with...
...program had proved too ambitious. Engulfed by the needs of the Korean war, the U.S. had fallen 80% behind in its promised deliveries of heavy arms to Europe. Britain and the West Europeans did at least as badly in making good their promises; their economies were groaning under the load, and their politicians were making capital out of the strain...
...accident that can very easily be prevented by the advisor is over-loading a student. The advisor may be fairly certain that a student with a high PRL of 2.5, for example, can carry a 5-course program without difficulty. On the other hand, he must be careful not to burden a studena with a PRL of 5.0 with a heavy load...
Jordan would not comment on the center situation. Last Saturday Bainy Frothingham carried most of the load with Buddy Lemay seeing some action, and Red Lewis was used very little. Frothingham, however, was slightly injured in the Army game, and Lemay centered the first line yesterday...