Word: aftra
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from the Bible and a dramatic recital of W. E. Henley's Invictus ("I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul"). Disk-and TV-wise, however, the fate of the turned-on Senator rests with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), which has politely told him that since he is now a big-time performer-his take, an estimated 220 per album, equals Adam Clayton Powell's recording royalty-he must join up and pay $500 in initiation fees and dues...
...fourth records he has tentatively planned and reserve his long-play rhetoric for Meet the Press. For Dirksen, who has indefatigably reiterated his conviction that no one should be forced to join a union, and twice last year led successful filibusters to preserve state right-to-work laws, AFTRA's demands pose a delicate dilemma indeed...
Ross maintained that the purpose of the investigation in New York was illicit and in reality an attempt of the Committee to influence a dispute in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA). This argument was ruled out of order, as had been most of Ross's efforts to prove this point to the judge earlier...