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...Died. Alvanley Johnston, 76, for 25 years Grand Chief Engineer of the 80,000-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; of a heart attack; in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Born in Canada, Johnston became an engineer at 22, as a labor leader took the stand that "it takes guts and skill to run a locomotive, and there's risk, and that's worth money." In 1946, the President's threat to draft striking railroaders into the Army so angered Johnston that he broke all relations with the Administration, supported Dewey...
...brotherhood bosses still refused to comply, apparently determined to make it clear that they would not give in until they were forced. Groups of grim men raced between Government buildings. Newsmen cornered Grand Chief Engineer Alvanley Johnston and demanded to know whether he would call off the strike if enjoined. Snapped Johnston: "Why ask such a damn silly question after what happened to John Lewis...
...Goats of the Year were Alexander Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Alvanley Johnston of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. * Sample quote of 1946: "The American eagle sits on his perch, a large strong bird with formidable beak and claws. There he sits, motionless, and Mr. Gromyko is sent every day to prod him with a sharp sickle, now on his beak, now under his wing, now in his tail feathers. All the time the eagle keeps quite still. But it would be a great mistake to suppose that nothing is going on inside the breast...
...from hard labor. Alexander Fell Whitney is an affable man who asks almost everybody on second meeting to "Call me Al." He is square-shouldered and peppery, a handsome, wavy-haired oldster (73) with a keen eye for his well-tailored clothes and his role as an "Important Man." Alvanley Johnston stepped down from the cab of a locomotive and into a rumpled blue suit about 40 years ago. At 71, his blue eyes still have the engineer's squint, his round face the deep lines of a man who has long worked outdoors...
...Banker." Even though his Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is the aristocrat of rail unions, stocky Alvanley Johnston is not the aristocrat of rail union leaders. Except for blunders which almost wrecked it, his 21-year career at the top has been notable for stodgy conservatism and heavy-handed secrecy...