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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...C.I.O., reduced to an impotent minority of three, made one feeble try at discussing wages: Phil Murray offered a resolution supporting President Truman's stand for some raises without price increases (TIME, Nov. 12). Then John L. pulled the rug from under Phil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Trouble at the Table | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

...whom life seemed to be beginning all over again at 65. The old lion stalked into the conference with a roar. Soon he had the A.F. of L.'s President Bill Green, once a mortal enemy, agreeing with everything he said. He had the C.I.O.'s President Phil Murray, once a bosom friend, sputtering with rage. For a while he had industry's delegates so charmed that a wisecracker observed: "John L. could be elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers without a dissenting vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Trouble at the Table | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

Outside the conference hall (in the Department of Labor Building) uninvited independent unions had thrown up a picket line with banners reading: "We challenge Lewis, Murray and Green to cross this picket line." Phil Murray and Bill Green sneaked in a side entrance. Lewis grunted, tossed his head and marched right on past the signs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Trouble at the Table | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

Shouted C.I.O.'s sorely goaded Phil Murray: "The C.I.O. is not afraid of anybody, and I am not afraid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Trouble at the Table | 11/19/1945 | See Source »

Damyankees. In Columbus, Ohio's Pardon and Parole Commission decided to let Phil Sheridan go free, keep Robert E. Lee locked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 5, 1945 | 11/5/1945 | See Source »

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