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...During the '30s," said Odiorne, "the unions as advocates of 'more' for the underdog could attract the support of independent opinion-makers in pulpit and college classroom. This independent thinker today finds himself far less challenged by the plight of the simple workman, who is often much better paid than he is for teaching college English." The loss of support means the erosion of the "intellectual respectability" of the union movement. It is a loss that labor can ill afford, for then the "union movement becomes a grand association of experts in propaganda and in lobbying...
This, in fact, is what has happened. The U.S. intellectual has lost his sympathy for unions because today's rich and powerful unions have lost sympathy for the underdog. The real people in economic need today are not the union members, says Odiorne, but the "farm laborer, the service employee, the lower level of white-collar worker, the retired annuitant." His conclusion: without a "reconstituted philosophy of unionism" that reaches out to include these people, the "alienation of the' intellectuals will continue. Within the decade we may well expect that many of these will turn on unionism...
This victory opens the door for the Yale meet. Navy, which had once looked a threat to the Elis' streak, now must rate an underdog. Thus, the March 5 stage...
...squash team's side today, when it meets a weak Amherst squad in an away contest. Since its 8-1 victory over Navy, Harvard ranks as one of the Eastern Intercollegiate League's most dangerous title contenders. Having lost to Navy by an identical score, Amherst is a definite underdog in today's contest...
John Yovicsin's eleven should relish the role of the underdog. Its two biggest wins of the season were over favored opponents, and its two worst showings were in games in which it was a clear favorite...