Word: pressmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lewis and Howard had more practical considerations. Mr. Lewis, who heads A. F. of L.'s one big industrial union, wants to see the system fostered. Mr. Howard's typographical union used to cover the entire printing trade, and he would like to be boss of the pressmen, electrotypers, bookbinders, stereotypers, who seceded to their own craft unions...
...Miss Robinson." cried the father of the pressmen's union, "had no more to do with the employment of Jack Wilshear than my office boy! I think she is 1,000,000% in every detail. There are enough two-fisted men around here without picking on a little woman...
Should the Guild put aside its "white collar complex" and affiliate with the American Federation of Labor, like the shirt-sleeved compositors upstairs and the overalled pressmen down? The convention sidestepped that fundamental question by adopting the proposal of its president, shaggy, drawling Heywood Broun, to postpone discussion for a year. Then the delegates opened their arms in welcome to their newest hero...
...imply that other Manhattan newspapers had offered $250,000 to kill the Post. What they did, after Publisher Martin decided to kill his own newspaper, was to pool $150,000 for the Post's name and Associated Press membership, provided that Publisher Martin give his 700 newsmen and pressmen two weeks salary to keep them in funds over the holidays...
...city's pressmen, publishers and advertisers had a band led by a dancing Indian in a war bonnet (see p. 50 ). Walter Damrosch was with the radio people; little old Charles Winninger led the actors. Samuel ("Roxy") Rothafel's costumed choristers from Radio City cut capers on the asphalt. Paramount had four imitation Marx Brothers and six Mae Wests. Some Army signalers paused in front of the reviewing stand to fly 50 pigeons back to Washington with greetings to the President. The Stock Exchange crowd had a band of Scotch pipers. The Cotton Exchange people had a band...