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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twelve blocks north of. the Center on Broadway, David Dubinsky runs his International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union from a chromium and air-conditioned building once owned by Henry Ford. To a large extent, he also runs the Manhattan garment district (where 70% of all women's clothes are made) and all the other centers of the industry scattered across the U.S. and Canada...
...conditions, curb contractors' malpractices and set piece rates. The I.L.G.W.U.'s Socialist leaders were demanding of industry the security that rugged individualism refused them. They set up unemployment funds, fought for pension plans, minimum wage scales and sickness benefits. In 1913 they established the first union health center in one shabby room. Says Dubinsky today: "This was the sentiment of the members. They championed the same ideas that later on Roosevelt made them the law of the land. I merely probably expanded...
Less than a year ago, Redwater, Alta., 35 miles northeast of Edmonton, was a place to pick blueberries. Last week it was the center of the biggest oil boom in Canadian history...
...other pitcher in either league last year, has been off form; the club's hitting has ranged from spotty to feeble. Last year's cheers had turned to jeers. There were persistent reports of feuds on the club, and tempers were frayed. One story was that Center Fielder Jim Russell and First Baseman Earl Torgeson had socked a couple of critics in a hotel-room brawl; in any case, Russell turned up on the bench with a pair of shiners and Torgeson with an injured thumb...
Last week, blond, 44-year-old Donald T. Urquhart, son-in-law of Founder "Daddy" George and present executive director of the Republic, was studying plans to expand the community to double its present size, establish a teaching center where other U.S. educators and social workers could study Republican methods...