Word: martinisms
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Their union, which has mushroomed from 30,000 to 375,000 members since it convened in South Bend, Ind. a year ago, which is now the third biggest union in C. I. 0. (after United Mine Workers) was badly contorted by growing pains. The disagreement between cocky, young Homer Martin and his vice presidents, Wyndham Mortimer and Ed Hall, brewing ever since Martin blamed them for this summer's sporadic "unauthorized" General Motors sitdowns, had reached such a point that President Martin was determined to oust both. Although Homer Martin was unopposed for reelection, the Mortimer-Hall faction...
...reached the saturation point for long-winded speeches," cried a rebellious delegate at President Homer Martin who was orating at the United Automobile Workers second annual convention in Milwaukee last week. "Why aren't the committees ready to report...
...Brother Anderson," drawled Homer Martin like the Baptist preacher he once was, "I'll answer you in kind. You and obstructionists like you are holding up the committees...
First effect of this paternal visitation was felt when Homer Martin withdrew from his welcoming speech a sharp reference to the sitdowns. He was chastened when the convention in a voice vote objected to three of his pet proposals: to make the conventions biennial rather than annual, to require a 50% vote of the membership (rather than of five locals from three different States) to call special conventions, to decrease the delegate representation of big locals, i.e., the Flint and West Detroit strongholds of Unity Lieutenants Robert Travis and Walter Reuther. Mr. Martin announced that an even more high-handed...
...Martin T. Dempsey, Somerville--Somerville High School...