Word: baldwinism
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...Theodore Baldwin, a Negro janitor who had been custodian at union headquarters, the disgruntled 85 in Local 264 accused Irving and two other officers of diverting union funds to their own use, and of spending large amounts on political campaigns (presumably Irving...
...Last week Irving boiled out to Kansas City and called a meeting to deny all. To reporters, he explained that he had bought one Cadillac for his wife; the other had been given him by the "unanimous vote" of the membership. He pointed out that Baldwin had been fired as custodian at union headquarters. Irving thought it "highly significant" that all but four of his critics were Negroes (who comprise 40% of the union's membership...
...Rebel Baldwin gathered his supporters downstairs on the porch, getting minute-by-minute reports from the packed meeting room. Just before Irving rose to read his financial report (it would have shown, Irving explained later, that the local's net worth was a handsome $204,000), Baldwin's boys rushed upstairs. In the stifling room, bedlam broke loose. Men seized chairs, smashed them over the heads of their opponents. Knives flashed. One member leaped to protect Irving, was deeply slashed for his pains. Before the police arrived, 25 men had been...
Died. George Harrison Houston, 66, big-time industrialist (president of Wright Aeronautical Corp. 1919-22, president of Baldwin Locomotive Works 1929-38); in an automobile accident; in Mexico...
...Baldwin of Connecticut...