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...time he got to Atlantic City, Reuther was invincible. The left-wingers knew it. They did not even contest the presidency. With only the dimmest of hopes, they went through the formality of nominating candidates for the union's other jobs. The voting was the most orderly in the U.A.W.'s lusty history. For once, there were no hysterics and few fist fights...
Sweeping Out. When the ballots were counted, Walter Reuther had complete control of the giant union. Reutherites dominated the U.A.W. executive board by an overwhelming 18-to-4 majority. Most important of all, Reuther's three strongest enemies - Secretary-Treasurer Addes, Vice Presidents "Tommy" Thomas and Richard T. Leonard-were booted clean out of office...
...left-wing triumvirate, the U.A.W. got a Reutherite secretary-treasurer, Emil Mazey, 34, tough and trigger-witted co-director of U.A.W. operations on Detroit's East Side; and two Reutherite vice presidents, plodding Richard Gosser, 46, of Toledo, and organizing expert John Livingston, 39, of St. Louis. Like Reuther, Mazey-who would henceforth be the U.A.W.'s No. 2 man-once held a card in the Socialist Party. He is a veteran of U.A.W. picket lines; as a G.I. he led a war's-end campaign to bring the boys home early from the Philippines...
There was little danger that the U.A.W., with its leadership unified for the first time since it was organized in 1934, would lose its militancy. In fact, it might well become more rambunctious than ever. Walter Reuther lost no time in warning the auto industry that it must cut prices or face another round of wage demands...
...these days, cocky Walter Reuther might reach out his good little right hand for Phil Murray's job. At 40, he was now the most dazzling light in the C.I.O. firmament...