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...executive council are over 65, and cannot cling to power much longer. Already, some slightly younger and far more aggressive leaders are rising in prominence on the council and talking of new organizing drives, new methods of enhancing labor's political push. Among them are Sol Chaikin, 60, president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers; William Winpisinger, 53, chief of the Machinists; Jerry Wurf, 59, head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). But the new leaders will have to cope with powerful economic and social forces that have been reducing union power through the post...
...organizer, finds employees of J.P. Stevens & Co., the textile giant, fearful that Stevens will close any plant that votes in a union. Stevens bosses, says Tate, do not make that threat directly because it is illegal, but their wives and relatives pass the word in gossip. In the West, Chaikin charges, owners of some garment plants have prompted the U.S. Immigration Service to raid their own factories and arrest signers of union cards as illegal immigrants?which many indeed were...
...Kirkland may find the executive council something other than the rubber stamp that it has become; Winpisinger is expected to be a catalyst for change. At least four members are likely to vote with him to reform AFL-CIO policies: Murray Finley, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers; Sol Chaikin, president of the Ladies Garment Workers; Glenn Watts, chief of the Communications Workers, and Jerry Wurf, head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Two more possible recruits for a liberal coalition are Lloyd McBride, new president of the United Steelworkers, and Douglas Fraser, who is expected...
Jimmy Carter's CIA appointment was perhaps his most surprising to date. Theodore C. (for Chaikin) Sorensen, 48, who was once President John Kennedy's top aide, has had virtually no experience in intelligence work or administration. After the 1961 Bay of Pigs fiasco, he harshly criticized the CIA for misleading the White House about the chances of the Cuban invasion-though he had gone along with the plan beforehand. The most plausible explanation for the appointment is that Sorensen came highly recommended, campaigned hard for the President-elect and will, by his very inexperience in the area...
...eventually, depending on their environment. And as we see the film progress, there are many instances in which the camera itself is a very threatening presence to the real Julius Orlovsky (the one with the beard). And if indeed most of the disturbing scenes were shot using the actor Chaikin, Julius must have been extremely susceptible to the idea that the film was being make about him, that someone was probing into his soul, using his sickness. The questioning Frank gathering material for his film. Even if the original contact was innocent on Frank's part, if he just happened...