Word: phils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rebellion in 1935 against the A.F.L. and laid the foundation of a rival C.I.O. In the tarnished ballroom of the Chelsea Hotel, John had given the carpenters' Bill Hutcheson a punch on the jaw (1935). In the same room, in 1940, John resigned the presidency of C.I.O. and Phil Murray mournfully became his successor. Murray had no reason now to feel any happier about...
This week the seashore city was the scene of new crises as C.I.O. met for its eighth annual convention. An aging, anxious, pensive man, Phil Murray walked among these old scenes. He was more than a little tired; and more than a little tired of crises...
...Phil Murray threw the right-wingers a fish. Last week, in the warmup before the 630 delegates convened, he got the national executive board to change the rules governing state & city industrial councils. Many of these councils are riddled with Reds and have embarrassed C.I.O. with their pro-Communist trumpetings. Under the new rules they will be under strict censorship and surveillance by the executive board (dominated by Murray...
...Guild; onetime Socialist Emil Rieve of the textile workers; from the left: the furriers' Communist boss, Ben Gold; red-hot Michael Quill of the transport workers, who has been denying for years that he is a Communist; the white-collar workers' pink Abram Flaxer. All that weary Phil Murray hoped to get from such a committee was a formula for peace...
Most of the action took place in the center of the field, with both teams having to plug long kicks through the others' defense, but neither having many scoring opportunities. The Crimson opened the scoring in 10 minutes of the first quarter when Phil Potter tapped in the ball on a passing play which went from left halfback Carlos Balance to inside Hugh Morse and finally to Potter in front of the goal mouth...