Word: phil
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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...
...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...
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...
Shouted C.I.O.'s sorely goaded Phil Murray: "The C.I.O. is not afraid of anybody, and I am not afraid...
Damyankees. In Columbus, Ohio's Pardon and Parole Commission decided to let Phil Sheridan go free, keep Robert E. Lee locked...