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...Parallel sponsorship of a school, hospital and public works program. The AFL-CIO estimates that a directly financed federal undertaking to eliminate the backlog of necessary construction, would keep ten million men working for twenty years and would cost ten billion dollars annually...
...plans to refurbish Donnelly centered around 142 moderate income, non-profit apartment units which were to be built by the AFL-CIO. The projected rents of these units were well within the budget of the people then living in the area. Plans also called for 21,000 feet of new water mains, 16,000 feet of new sewer lines, 3,000,000 square feet of pavement and sidewalks, and two new playgrounds. At its completion, the project was to displace 337 families (15% of the Donnelly population...
Independent Senate candidate H. Stuart Hughes yesterday took on all three Kennedy brothers in an, address, nine times interrupted by applause, before the Massachusetts AFL-CIO convention, the Associated Press reported...
Despite Hughes' friendly reception by the delegates, it is highly unlikely that he will be granted the state AFL-CIO's formal endorsement. Recommendations for endorsement are made by a six man executive committee next week, and then go to a separate endorsing convention for approval...
Representing the AFT, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, Miss Claffey claimed that "we need not apologize for an alliance with the group which has done the most for teachers through the years...