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...thousands of diplomas. (Politicos estimate that he drew 50,000 of his 83,704 votes last week from former students and their families.) In 1946 Democrat Long was appointed territorial public-welfare director, and he was Acting Governor during the turbulent pineapple workers' strike of 1947 and the longshoremen's strike of 1949. President Truman appointed him tenth territorial Governor in 1951, and he held office unobtrusively until displaced by a Republican (Samuel Wilder King in 1953). Long has held office as territorial Senator since 1956. He felt so confident of his election to the Senate that...
...steel strike has forced layoffs of 50,000 railroadmen (carloadings ran 16% below normal) and 28,000 other workers -miners from West Virginia to Minnesota, sailors and longshoremen on the Great Lakes, teamsters throughout the East and Middle West. The Government is also a victim: a prolonged strike in steel is expected to cause revenue losses of $45 million a week. Said Treasury Secretary Robert Anderson: "A long strike could reduce revenues which could not be recovered in fiscal 1960 and could therefore contribute to a budget deficit...
...study found, the efficiency of U.S. construction workers dropped 10% to 20%. Truck drivers often draw eight hours' pay for a 5½-hour trip, simply because the trip once took eight hours. Grace Line needs only ten men on a conveyor, but is forced by the International Longshoremen's Association to hire 21, four of whom do nothing but take turns pressing a button...
...Hoffa's questionable dealings might help his labor bill along in the House-a matter of increasing urgency since Hoffa is now mulling over the idea of creating a nationwide "council" of transport workers with the help of Red-tinged Harry Bridges of the West Coast International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union...
...McClellan committee had little cause for rejoicing. After three years of concentrated digging and tons of testimony, Jimmy Hoffa was a more arrogant, more dangerous labor boss than ever. And, as if to prove it, he headed off to Miami Beach to urge the convention of the International Longshoremen's Association to join with the Teamsters and West Coast Longshoremen in one big happy labor family-which, incidentally, would have tight control over the principal arteries of the nation's transportation...