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...This turned out to be a historic blooper-but the blooper was not immediately apparent. The Associated Press did not put it on the wire for some eight hours, and the New York Times buried it at the bottom of a story. It took the C.I.O.'s Walter Reuther to discover that Charlie Wilson had delivered an insult without parallel to the American workingman...
Demanding Wilson's resignation or apology, Reuther wired President Eisenhower: WORKERS ARE NOW DOGS TO YOUR...
Handsome David McDonald, president of the C.I.O. United Steelworkers, once studied the theatrical arts. An amateur playwright, he put on a suspenseful production last week at the union's Atlantic City convention. McDonald, who greatly dislikes C.I.O. President Walter Reuther, had set the stage for conflict. He erased mention of the C.I.O. from his union contracts this year and even told newsmen not to describe the Steelworkers as C.I.O. He still paid $100,000 monthly dues to the C.I.O. for his 1,200,000 members (nearly one-fourth of the national C.I.O.'s revenues and strength...
...C.I.O. Don't get me wrong. I want unity. That's what I'm making all this noise about. I want labor unity." But he gave notice that, at the C.I.O.'s December convention in Los Angeles, he will demand Reuther's resignation as president either of the C.I.O. or of the United Auto Workers, his basic source of strength. Reuther is not likely to give up either job peacefully. Despite last week's second-act sag, Dramatist McDonald seemed set on staging a crashing climax...
After checking 135 union welfare funds, the Insurance Department found fault with 62, nearly half, and suggested state supervision for all. C.I.O. President Walter Reuther acted fast. "The C.I.O. cannot and will not tolerate crooks," said he. "The union official who preys upon . . . funds . . . has no place in the labor movement, and should be sent to jail." Six C.I.O. local leaders-including "Good Administrator" Rosenzweig-were suspended and physically barred from their offices. The A.F.L., for its part, called for annual audits of all A.F.L. union finances, including the welfare funds...