Word: spellbinding1
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...strength of this "rescindist" movement convinced U.A.W. officials that they had better not try to handle the situation alone. They called in suave, spellbinding1 C.I.O. President Philip Murray. Before he even mentioned the no-strike pledge, Philip Murray was being loudly booed. Murray raised his hand for silence. Calmly and politely he asked the convention not to boo. Then he warned the quiet audience that reneging on the no-strike pledge might cause the union to crash beneath irate public opinion...
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