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...first attempt to heal the Great Schism had been a dismal failure. But with the rank & file on both sides thoroughly fed up with what is essentially a struggle between ambitious leaders for personal power, it was by no means certain that this attempt would be the last...
Those who witnessed the events leading up to that schism and have since seen H-D relations welded together once more until they have become stronger than ever don't like to recall the incident, and they are as reticent to speak of it as are centemporary war veterans of the battles in which they took part. So loathe are graduates of both colleges to recall the break that it is difficult to get particulars of the story, and judging from their expressions when asked, it is probably just as well...
Between A. F. of L. and C. I.O. there still exists a thin, technical tie: the rebellious C. I. O. unions were suspended last year but they have not yet been expelled. Theoretically, the Great Schism could be healed if the C. I. O. unions would renounce the heresy of industrial unionism, submit to A. F. of L. rule. But dark hints of expulsion at next week's convention have been emanating from A. F. of L. leaders for months, and John L. Lewis last week summoned his C. I. O. leaders to meet in Atlantic City next fortnight...
...vaingloriously claims 3,700,000 members, many of whom, however, are only members insofar as they have signed an application blank. The A. F. of L. after losing 1,000,000 members to C. I. O., claims 3,600,000 members, approximately the same number it had before the schism. Impartial estimates place the membership of the two rival labor groups at about 3,200,000 each...
...located near Richmond, Ind. with 16,000 members who differ from most Quakers in having formal services with paid pastors. The combined Race Street and Arch Street Meetings of Philadelphia (15,000) are now practically reunited, after having been respectively Hicksite and Orthodox Quakers as a result of a schism a century ago.* Next largest are the Africa Eastern Group (7,000), the Madagascar Yearly Meeting (6,000), the Guatemala Yearly Meeting (3,600). Once, 17 years ago a world conference of Friends was held in London. Last week 1,000-odd members of the world's Quaker meetings...