Word: dave
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...International Woodworkers of America and A. F. of L.'s United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners. On the basis of signed petitions, the National Labor Relations Board last month certified a C.I.O. majority in seven of the biggest sawmills, but A. F. of L. pickets continued to march. Dave Beck's teamsters refuse to handle lumber from C.I.O. mills. Harry Bridges' longshoremen will not load products of plants still A. F. of L. Indeed, fortnight ago Mr. Bridges had to hasten to Portland to avert the closing of the entire port. One lumber company was being picketed...
Tilting back in a big leather chair in his comfortable Seattle offices one day last week, Boss Dave Beck of A. F. of L.'s West Coast teamsters, reminded the country that he was still very much at war with Longshoreman Harry Bridges. But the Beck-Bridges war is by no means confined to the waterfront. It is a battle between A. F. of L.'s most aggressive leader and C.I.O.'s West Coast Director, between the most powerful laborman west of the Mississippi and the most militant laborman...
...means Portland's only sore spot. There was trouble in garages and warehouses. The surrounding area was worried by a California butchers' boycott on Oregon turkey.* A. F. of L. teamsters were still boycotting beer carrying the red union label of A. F. of L. Brewery Workers, Dave Beck having manned most Northwest breweries with beery teamsters whose product bears a white union label. Portland beer parlors serving ''red label" have had their windows smashed with monotonous regularity...
...stressed at the expense of cross country and jumping and those who wish to compete for the team will be expected to become proficient in all four. Daily runs to get men in condition for cross country racing will start from entry I, Eliot House under the direction of Dave Emerson...
Bright, who raced extensively both here and abroad will talk on skiing in general. Dave Emerson '39, captain of the ski team, and Norwood Cox, the new coach, will outline the year's program...