Word: lew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year public relations job to a $10,000 post as Under Secretary of Labor (TIME, Aug. 12) set the stage for appeasing the A.F.L. The choice, made with Schwellenbach's approval, also appeared to choke off the longtime ambition of White House Adviser Steelman to succeed the hapless Lew...
Seattle's loud, husky Lewis Schwellenbach chucked a lifetime job as Federal Judge in May 1945 for a traditionally thankless job as U.S. Secretary of Labor. Almost everybody in Washington wondered why. By last week even Lew Schwellenbach had run out of answers...
...stepchild of Truman's official family, life for Lew was embarrassing enough. As the advocate of labor inside the Cabinet, Schwellenbach's existence was frequently made miserable by labor's jealous family quarrel. Latest instance came when Lew let word get out that he planned to appoint a C.I.O. member to the International Labor Organization conference to be held in Montreal in September. Since Sam Gompers helped found the I.L.O. in 1919, the A.F.L. had furnished every delegate to I.L.O. conferences. As soon as he heard of the slight, crusty Bill Green got off a scorching, four...
...Harvard boat were Sylvester Gardiner, Bib Chanler, Paul Knaplund, Mike Scully, Tom Perry, Lew Bohn, Lou Cox, Barrie White and Sam King...
Making the trip were Sylvester Gardiner, Bib Chauler, Lane Barton, Paul Knaplund, Mike Scully, Tom Perry, Lew Bohn, John Germley, Lou Cox, Barrie White and Sam King...