Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...particular problem child, this meant a trip to Milwaukee. Leader Lewis was preceded by Ora Gassaway, long his able lieutenant in the United Mine Workers, and John Brophy, executive director of the C. I. O. Miner Gassaway, explaining that "Mr. Lewis thought I might be of some assistance," delivered a sober warning: "Take my advice. You have got to cut out these political and factional fights...
Meantime under Leader Lewis' stern eye Homer Martin and his subordinates proceeded to a compromise. Upon the recommendation of Mr. Lewis, who thought it would save money, the biennial convention was approved. Also approved was a resolution to change the name of the union to International Union of United Automobile & Aircraft Workers. Homer Martin got a face-saving concession, the power to suspend any other officers in "emergencies." subject to appeal to the executive board. The problem of who the officers would be was neatly solved by increasing the number of vice presidents by two to make room...
...April, would be cut any more. Mr. Hopkins retorted that he was obliged to spread WPA funds evenly over the fiscal year, could make no promises. He asked, however, whether Leader Lasser's followers were not getting to think of their WPA jobs as a "career." Mr. Hopkins thought that 10 to 15% of those on the WPA rolls...
Baron Constantin von Neurath, Foreign Minister, only recently become a Nazi Party member, delivered the keynote speech of the expatriate Congress: "We have no thought of going contrary to the generally accepted rules regulating the rights of foreigners, but we will not tolerate that foreign governments should discriminate against Germans within their boundaries because of Nazi affiliations...
...Vagabond's neighbor thought this over, and apparently holding it to bear weight, started to ask another question...