Word: tobin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American," he said, "for any group . . . to defy . . . the verdict of a Government agency . . ." (He meant steel's unwillingness to accept WSB recommendations, although they are not binding on disputants.) For the Veep it was quite a speech, but it was Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin who won the fawning contest. After Phil Murray had pinned a convention badge on him, Tobin said: "I don't feel any obligation to be impartial . . . I have stood heart and soul and spirit behind the United Steelworkers...
...Tobin stepped up to the platform. In a business like tone, he listed the work he had done for the old club and for the state machine. Suddenly, Tobin thrust has head toward the audience. "I can state in all modesty," he declared, "that anything constructive that was done in the old club was my doing." The partyliners nodded. "I arranged to have Eleanor Roosevelt and Dever come here; the president vetoed it. I arranged for the Club to have a five-room office in the state department; the president vetoed it. Finally, I just stopped trying...
...Tobin stepped down, and Baum came forward. A freshman, from Texas, Baum had little to offer but enthusiasm. Since there were four more partyliners and HLU'ers than there were Southerners and Republicans, Tobin won by four votes...
There were hisses from the back of the room, but Tobin complied. When he got to Tugworth's name there was no answer. Tugworth's name was struck from the list...
...Listen," said Tobin, addressing the back of the room, "how about you Republicans cutting it out, and leaving? If you're not going to join the club, we don't want you to vote...