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...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 in the U. S. And it is, as Mr. Beck declared last week, a tight to a bitter finish. The fronts shift, the issues vary, but for nearly all labor trouble in California and the Northwest, the Beck-Bridges war is the sombre...
...Scot from Lanark, his opponent in those negotiations was another miner's son, Benjamin Franklin Fairless, last week named as Big Steel's next president (see p. 59). (As they started their talks, Steelman Fairless, recalling that his father, too, had been a union man, said to Laborman Murray: ". . . Call me Ben." In his soft burr, Mr. Murray replied: "Yes, Mr. Fairless...
Whether it signified a return to warmer relations only the participants could say. To the press Mr. Lewis called it "a very pleasant conference." Asked whether the President called him "John," the Laborman growled: "What do you think...
...caller at the Manhattan office of Director D. T. Pierce of Consolidated Oil Corp. last week was Harvey C. Fremming, president of C. I. O.'s International Association of Oil Field, Gas Well & Refinery Workers. Laborman Fremming was not delivering an ultimatum to Harry Ford Sinclair's big company. Even if Mr. Fremming had a labor case against Consolidated, he would not go in for ultimatums. A husky, one-time footballer from the University of Washington, Laborman Fremming steps softly until he is sure of his ground. After C. I. O. announced its drive for a million...
...more than routine was Laborman Fremming's call at the Consolidated offices last week. After a few minutes chat, Director Pierce apologized for having to hurry off to Consolidated's annual meeting, asked Laborman Fremming if he would like to go along. Said Mr. Fremming: "Sure. I've never been to one- always wanted...