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...while, a stop-McGovern coalition led by Arkansas' Wilbur Mills continued its last-minute efforts. A small Washington group of strategists bent on heading off the South Dakotan included Humphrey Aide Stan Bregman, Muskie's Berl Bernhard, Wallace's Billy Joe Camp and the AFL-Clo's Al Barkan...
...page from the Democratic Who's Who-men of the rank of longtime California Assembly Leader Jess Unruh, Ohio Governor John Gilligan and Boston Mayor Kevin White. Many leaders of organized labor, a key element of the Democrats' national coalition, are bruised and a bit stunned. The AFL-CIO's Committee on Political Education had hoped to have 25% of the total delegates at the convention, but seems likely to fall well short of the goal...
George McGovern acted yesterday to widen his support among Democratic regulars by confirming his choice of Lawrence O'Brien to remain as head of the Democratic National Committee. And he announced he will seek a fence-mending session this week with AFL-CIO president George Meany...
...surface, the whole higher education bill seemed doomed under the conflicting crossfire of the busing arguments. Opposed were liberal Congressmen, the House Black Caucus, the American Civil Liberties Union, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, the UAW and the League of Women Voters, all because they did not want any busing restrictions. Also against it were Southern Congressmen, many conservatives and the House Republican leadership, because they felt the busing limits were inadequate. Only the most skillful maneuvering by House Democratic leaders, who played on the fears of both opposing forces, pushed it through. As one key operator, Indiana...
...Chicago's Graduate School of Business. Nixon named Shultz Secretary of Labor in 1968. Since then, Shultz has become an Administration insider, taking on countless quiet missions for the President. He has negotiated compromises with Southern school officials over desegregation, and kept lines of communication open with AFL-CIO President George Meany...