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...representatives of two groups which had favored Democrat Adlai Stevenson during the campaign came in to smoke the peace pipe. First in were ten C.I.O. leaders; when the hour-long talk was over, C.I.O. Secretary-Treasurer James Carey cormmended Ike for a "very intelligent discussion" of the Taft-Hartley Act, then added with conscious irony that ever since its establishment the C.I.O. had enjoyed good relations with the occupant of the White House and that it hoped to continue on the same footing. (Only occupants of the White House since the C.I.O.'s birth in 1938: F.D.R. and Harry...
...swear, drink or smoke. He has three sons, four grandchildren, lives with his wife in suburban Chevy Chase, Md. The first Secretary of Labor drawn from labor's ranks since Herbert Hoover's Railroader Bill Doak, he favors unification of the A.F.L. and C.I.O., thinks the Taft-Hartley law can "be amended to satisfy labor and no doubt satisfy employers as well." His appointment, said he, came as a "complete surprise." Reason: he is a Democrat, voted for (but did not campaign for) Adlai Stevenson...
...labor's participation in the Soviet-dominated World Federation of Trade Unions). Strongly antiCommunist, Meany became heir apparent to Green in 1947 after he balked John L. Lewis' try for a seat on the A.F.L. Executive Council by hammering at Lewis' opposition to the Taft-Hartley law provision requiring labor leaders to take a non-Communist oath. In one of the few public squelches Lewis has ever suffered, Meany charged that the mineworkers' boss had "made a fellowship" with "all the . . . stinking American-haters who love Moscow...
...discussion of "How Can We Mitigate Industrial Strikes" is billed for January 30. The Forum has invited Reuther, new head of the CIO; Fred Hartley, co-author of the Taft-Hartley Law; and Martin Durkin, newly-appointed Secretary of Labor. No replies have been received yet, however...
...became general counsel for the C.I.O., and other Communists rose to positions of great power. For a while, Communists and anti-Communists each thought they were using the other. Phil Murray at length decided to get rid of his Reds, but he was not fully successful until the Taft-Hartley Act (which he hated) came...