Word: hillmanism
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...should be clear that the U. A. W. is not severing its relations with the C. I. O., but that Homer Martin is deserting both the U. A. W. and the C. I. O."-Philip Murray & Sidney Hillman (for Mr. Lewis) to Homer Martin...
...Detroit. Presidents Thomas and Martin last week moved to protect themselves against each other's legal maneuvering by hiring high-powered lawyers. Mr. Martin chose Frank P. Walsh of Manhattan and Frank Mulholland of Toledo. Mr. Thomas chose Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, counsel for years to Sidney Hillman's embattled Amalgamated Clothing Workers, son of the late Chief Justice, brother of Ohio's new conservative Senator...
...choosing Roland Thomas to front for their union, C. I. O.'s adherents played a smart trick on Homer Martin. When he began to lose his grip on the executive board last year, one member who stood by him was Mr. Thomas. Only when Murray & Hillman intervened did Martin and Thomas finally part company. Thus Homer Martin had to eat many an old word last week when he accused his onetime friend of sabotaging the union...
...distress Mr. Martin telephoned C. I. O. Vice Presidents Sidney Hillman and Philip Murray, the overseers installed by John Lewis to suppress factionalism in U. A. W. They went to Detroit, last week got the board to call a special convention for March 20 in Cleveland. Object: to let the rank & file end the row by throwing out one faction or the other...
...Sidney Hillman retorted that all but 2,000 members of the old U. T. W. had voted themselves and their locals into T. W. O. C. He went through the motions of firing Mr. Gorman from the advisory council. Four U. T. W. vice presidents called Francis Gorman a traitor, and Mr. Hillman scoffed: "Mr. Gorman's attempt is doomed to failure, because he has no organization and no following." Mr. Gorman promptly fired the vice presidents, thereby indicating that he now looks upon himself as the head of an independent union, distinct from both...