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...Bill Green, a little deafer and shakier than he was last year; Big Bill Hutcheson, of the carpenters; Dan Tobin, of the teamsters; John Lewis, of the coal miners. They, and eleven others, were the executive council of the A.F.L., the bosses of more than 7,000,000 workingmen, assembled at Miami's Alcazar Hotel for their annual winter powwow...
...election's most dramatic conflict was between the SED and the Social Democrats. On the surface they were both Socialist workingmen's parties (said one cynical Berlin-voter: "Don't vote for either of them, they both know what they want. Vote CDU or LDP, they don't know what they want and won't bother...
They were full of calculated benevolence. At Hinky Dink's saloon, the Workingmen's Exchange, beer was served in two-handled, 28-oz. mugs, and no hungry man was ever turned away from the lavish free lunch. The pair staged an annual First Ward ball which was attended by thousands of whores, pickpockets, hopheads, politicians and pimps. Their guests drank free champagne, brawled, engaged in orgiastic dancing, and cheered as Bathhouse John led the Grand March wearing a bright green cutaway, mauve vest, lavender pants and a high silk...
...Housing. "The flop houses-same thing. There was a time when you could go into the Workingmen's Palace, the Gem, Starr Hotel, the New Norway or the Portland and get a corner in the dorm for 14 to 20?. For a quarter you could get a shower, too, and there were lights in the big room. Now you don't find a place to lay down on the floor for less than 30? a night and most places charge...
...workingmen morally obliged to join a union?" asked the exam. The priestly consensus: a qualified yes. "Certainly all those who enjoy benefits gained by a union are obliged to join and protect the welfare of themselves and others...