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Auto strike problem brought to Washington for conference by Governor of Michigan. Washington D.C. In an effort to settle the strike of automobile workers in Detroit, Governor Frank Murphy came to Washington today to confer with Secretary of Labor Perkins and Labor Officials. This picture, made at the Labor Department after a six hour meeting, shows left to right: John L. Lewis, Head of the CIO; Secretary Perkins; Governor Frank Murphy; and James F. Dewey, Conciliator of the Labor Department

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CIO's Lee Pressman endorses health bill. Washington, D.C., May 14. The CIO's General Counsel, Lee Pressman, took the stand before the Senate Education and Labor Committee today to tell members that the CIO endorses the Wagner Public Health Bill upon which the committee is holding public hearings

CIO's Lee Pressman endorses health bill. Washington, D.C., May 14. The...

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William Green accuses NLRB of 'dictator tactics' and urges abolition of Board. Washington, D.C., May 1. AF of L President William Green stood before the Senate Education and Labor Committee today, urged abolition of the NRLB, and its substitution by a new 5 member board with less power, accused the Board of 'dictator tactics' and CIO bias. He appeared to testify for AF of L sponsored amendments to the National Labor Relations Act

William Green accuses NLRB of 'dictator tactics' and urges abolition o...

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Labor Department and CIO at President's coal dispute conference. Washington, D.C., May 9. As the two month old labor dispute of the coal fields moved from New York to the National Capitol today, when the president made a move to settle the differences in the role of mediator, John L. Lewis, President of the C.I.O., charging responsibility for the dispute upon the Labor Department and the administration, Francis Perkins, Secretary of Labor and James Dewey, Labor Department conciliator blaming the operators, all entered the White House this morning to try to settle the dispute before an acute shortage of coal occurs

Labor Department and CIO at President's coal dispute conference. Washi...

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CIO head denounces wage and price reductions. Washington, D.C., Jane. 25. Opening the 35th Biennial Convention of the United States Mine Workers here today, John L. Lewis, head of the UMW and Chairman of the CIO, declared that labor in America will fight with all its power against wage and price reductions in the face of the current business decline. Two thousand mine workers, delegates to the convention, indorsed their leaders pledge, 1/25/38

CIO head denounces wage and price reductions. Washington, D.C., Jane. ...

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Wife of CIO Head attends Mine Workers Convention. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. Mrs. John L. Lewis, wife of the CIO Head and President of the United Mine Workers, listens attentively as her husband delivers the opening speech at the 35th annual convention of the UMWA today. Lewis declared that labor will fight wage and price reductions during the current business decline. Philip Murray (left), Chairman of the organizing committee of the CIO, and John T. Jones, President of the Maryland-District of Columbia Industrial Council are shown in photograph with Mrs. Lewis, 1/25/38

Wife of CIO Head attends Mine Workers Convention. Washington, D.C., Ja...

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War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Lee Pressman, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) counselor; Philip Murray, CIO president; and Harold Ruttenberg (speaking), research director, United Steel Workers (USW), at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, setting a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Lee Pressman, Congress of Ind...

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Washington, D.C. Decorating the tree at a Christmas Eve party given by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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CIO Head meets with maritime labor leaders. Washington, D.C., July 7. C.I.O. Head, John L. Lewis, presiding at meeting today with 26 maritime labor leaders to lay plans for a coordinated unionization drive in the industry. Following the meeting officials told newsmen that marine working groups would probably be granted a charter of affiliation with the CIO, 7/7/37

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A Hepburn is new CIO aide. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Marian Hepburn, 19-year-old sister of Katherine the stage and movie star, has just taken a job with the United Federal Workers of America, a union of government employees affiliated with the CIO. Miss Hepburn is now in her third year at Bennington College, Vermont, taking up the study of labor, government and sociology which might explain why she is working for FWA. She is to resume her studies on February 20 at which time she will write on what she has learned from practical experience, 1/8/38

A Hepburn is new CIO aide. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Marian Hepburn, 1...

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W.Va. mine gives up rock with CIO letters in natural formation. Washington, D.C., Feb. 19. This rock containing the letters CIO in natural limestone formation was dug out of the West Virginia coal mine belonging to the United States Steel Corp. Miss Lorena Montesanti si holding the rock which is now on exhibition at CIO Headquarters in the capital, 2/19/38

W.Va. mine gives up rock with CIO letters in natural formation. Washin...

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Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These pickers are paid seventy-five cents per hundred pounds of picked cotton. Strikers organizing under CIO union (Congress of Industrial Organizations) are demanding one dollar. A good male picker, in good cotton, under favorable weather conditions, can pick about two hundred pounds in a day's work

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CIO 'pet baby' of NLRB, Padway charges. Washington, D.C., May 3. Joseph A. Padway, AF of L General Counsel, told the Senate Labor Committee that the CIO is the 'pet baby' of the NLRB. He pointed out that the Board had once said that foremen could not vote in collective bargaining elections, then in a similar case, reversed itself on this point. The AF of L lost an important election, said Padway, to the 'pet baby.' He denied that the AF of L sought an advantage over the CIO through amendments to the Wagner Act

CIO 'pet baby' of NLRB, Padway charges. Washington, D.C., May 3. Josep...

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Standing, left to right: Charles v. McLaughlin, Undersecretary of Labor; Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post; Roger D. Lapham, president of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company; Cyrus Ching, Vice President, U.S. Rubber Corporation; Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; George M. Harrison, grand president, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; George Meany, general secretary of the AFL American Federation of Labor); Philip Murray, CIO President; Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer, United Mine Workers (UMW). Seated, left to right: Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina President; Sidney Hillman, Associate Director General representing the Office of Production Management (OPM); Chairman Clarence Dykstra; Daniel Tracy, second Assistant Secretary of Labor; William H. Davis, Vice-Chairman, new Mediation Board, former Chairman of New York state mediation board

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Greensboro chief of police reading CIO picket sign at a textile mill in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

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Meeting of policy committee with the War Production Board and labor officials. Meeting of the WPB's policy committee, made up of three high officials from each of the major labor organizations, with the WPB and labor officials. Left to right, seated: William L. Batt, Vice Chairman, WPB; William Green, President, American Federation of Labor (AFL); Donald Nelson, Chairman, WPB; and Phillip Murray, President, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). Left to right, standing: George Masterton, President, United Association of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters, AFL; Clinton S. Golden, Assistant to President, United Steel Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (USWA-CIO); Joseph D. Keenan, Associate Director, Labor Production Division, WPB; Victor Reuther, CIO; Joseph S. McDonoagh, AFL national headquarters; Frank P. Fenton, Director of Organization, AFL; Wendell Lund, Director, Labor Production Division, WPB; and Philip Clowes, Associate Director Labor Production Division, WPB

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Detroit, Michigan. Men and women workers of the Ford local of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) carrying banners

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In auto strike limelight. Washington D.C. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins with Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan were in another conference today with labor leaders in an effort to settle the auto strike situation. This picture was made before the meeting got under way. Shows, left to right: Homer L. Martin, of the Automobile Worker's Union; Governor Frank Murphy, and John L. Lewis, Head of the CIO

In auto strike limelight. Washington D.C. Labor Secretary Frances Perk...

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AF of L returned charter of textile workers to seal peace after CIO bolt. Washington, D.C., May 10. AF of L President William Green today returned the AF of L charter to the United Textile Workers Union and appealed to other CIO affiliates to return to the mother group in order that labor unity might again be achieved. 'The door to the House of Labor,' he said, 'is open and we will welcome all unions back.' The ceremony took place before the statue of old-time labor leader Samuel Gompers. Left to right: Frank Morrison, Secretary of the AF of L; Frances Gorman, retiring president of the Textile Union; and President Green

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Lewis' desk arrives at new headquarters. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. Workman carrying into the new $325,000 headquarters of the United Mine Workers the desk of their Chief John L. Lewis. Lewis is President of the United Mine Workers, an affiliate of the CIO. The building was formerly occupied by the University Club, 12/28/37

Lewis' desk arrives at new headquarters. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. Wo...

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SRO sign out on Lewis' press conference. Washington D.C., March 6. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers and organizer of the CIO plays to packed house every time he holds a press conference these days. The standing room only sign was hung yesterday when the labor leader called the newsmen together and told them of the conference of the Executive Coucil to be held in Washington next Tuesday, 3/6/1937

SRO sign out on Lewis' press conference. Washington D.C., March 6. Joh...

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Labor strategists confer with heads. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12/37. In a meeting of labor leaders concerned in the automobile strike against General Motors Corporation, the charges that General Motors were hiring professional strikebreakers in an attempt to put an end to it was made. Homer L. Martin stated that the United Automobile Workers would end the strike if they were given collective bargaining. In the picture, from the left are: Sidney Hillman, member of the CIO; Homer L. Martin, President of the U.A.W.; Leo Pressman, CIO General Counsel; John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers; and John Brophy, Director of the CIO

Labor strategists confer with heads. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12/37. In ...

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Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These pickers are paid seventy-five cents per hundred pounds of picked cotton. Strikers organizing under CIO union (Congress of Industrial Organizations) are demanding one dollar. A good male picker, in good cotton, under favorable weather conditions, can pick about two hundred pounds in a day's work

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Chief of the CIO sees the president. Washington, D.C., Sept. 29. John L. Lewis, conferred today with President Roosevelt as it became known that Lewis had pledged CIO support to the California Democratic Senatorial and Gubernatorial nominees, Lewis would not discuss his White House visit except to say that it was a "general conversation," 9/29/38

Chief of the CIO sees the president. Washington, D.C., Sept. 29. John ...

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War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) leader, left, and Harold Ruttenberg, research director for United Steel Workers (USW), at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board, at the in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, and set a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of In...

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Former CIO union head listens to testimony before Labor hearings. Washington, D.C., Dec. 13. Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers of America, AF of L faction, photographed this morning as he listened to testimony of Joe Ozanic. Martin was formerly Head of the CIO faction of the Auto Workers Union. He now charged that the NLRB favors the CIO branch of the Union. He is expected to testify in the afternoon session

Former CIO union head listens to testimony before Labor hearings. Wash...

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White House conference on unemployment census. Washington, D.C., Sept. 24. Holding his first press conference today, John D. Biggers, Administrator of the Unemployment Census, announced that he had called a conference at the White House on Monday to formulate plans for the first unemployment census ever conducted in the United States. Included among those invited to the meeting were John L. Lewis, CIO head; William Green, A.F. of L. President; George H. Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; W. Averill Harriman, Chairman of the Commerce Department's Business Advisory Council; and Leaders of Farm and Cooperative Groups.

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To see CIO head. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Arriving in Washington by plane this morning, Fred Pieper, member of the United Automobile Workers Executive Board, was expected to give a report CIO John L. Lewis on the incident in Detroit yesterday when Homer Martin, UAW President, is alleged to have pulled a pistol on the rank- and-file members of his union. Pieper came to Washington on the reservation previously cancelled by Martin. 10/1/37

To see CIO head. Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. Arriving in Washington by p...

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C.I.O. leaders. Washington, D.C., Oct. 27. David Dubinsky, (left) President of the Ladies Garment Workers Union and Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers, snapped as they chatted following the recess of the peace meeting between the CIO and AF of L. The labor factions will not resume their negotiations until November 4. 10/27/37

C.I.O. leaders. Washington, D.C., Oct. 27. David Dubinsky, (left) Pres...

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Standing, left to right: Charles v. McLaughlin, Undersecretary of Labor; Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post; Roger D. Lapham, president of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company; Cyrus Ching, Vice President, U.S. Rubber Corporation; Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; George M. Harrison, grand president, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; George Meany, general secretary of the AFL (American Federation of Labor); Philip Murray, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) President; Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer, United Mine Workers (UMW). Seated, left to right: Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina President; Sidney Hillman, Associate Director General representing the Office of Production Management (OPM); Chairman Clarence Dykstra; Daniel Tracy,

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CIO pickets jeering at few workers who were entering a mill in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

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Washington, D.C., March 7, 1942. Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board meets with the nation's leaders to discuss plans for the production drive. Left to right: William Green, President of the AFL (American Federation of Labor); Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board; Phillip Murray, President of the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)

Washington, D.C., March 7, 1942. Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Pr...

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Washington, D.C. Blood donors registering during a drive sponsored by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and the personnel division of the United States Office of War Information (OWI)

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Washington, D.C. Pete Seeger, noted folk singer, leading the crowd in "When We March into Berlin" at the opening of the Washington labor canteen, sponsored by the United Federal Workers of American, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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Washington, D.C. Eleanor Roosevelt arriving at the opening of the Washington labor canteen, sponsored by the United Federal Workers of American, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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AF of L textile workers gird up loins for battle with CIO organizers. Washington, D.C., May 8. R.J. Watt, American Labor Representative of the International Labor Office at Geneva, and Francis J. Gorman, President of the AF of L United Textile Workers discussing plans of a fight against organizing efforts of the CIO in the textile field. The union met today at a convention with Gorman, once active in the CIO until expelled by the UTW executive board, making the opening blast

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Cameramen set stage for John L. Lewis before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Amid the flashes of cameramen and while Senators listened attentively, CIO head John L. Lewis today explained his reason for opposing profit sharing systems to the Senate Finance Subcommittee. Labor must depend upon collective bargaining rather than profit sharing for its economic gains, Lewis said

Cameramen set stage for John L. Lewis before senate committee. Washing...

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CIO progress will not stop. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. John P. Jones, president of the Maryland-District of Columbia Industrial Council, brought the delegates to the 35th Biennial Convention of the United Mine Workers to their feet today when he shouted that "men like William Green, John P. Frey and Bill Hutcheson will not stop the progress of the CIO." The men named are members of the A.F. of L, 12538

CIO progress will not stop. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. John P. Jones, ...

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Left to right: Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; Charles v. McLaughlin, Undersecretary of Labor; Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina President; Sidney Hillman, Associate Director General representing the Office of Production Management (OPM); Clarence A Dykstra, Chairman; Daniel Tracy, Second Assistant Secretary of Labor; William H. Davis, Vice-Chairman, new Mediation Board, formerly Chairman, New York State Mediation Board; Philip Murray, CIO (Congress of Induatrial Orgamizations) President; Thomas Kennedy, Secretary-Treasurer, United Mine Workers (UMW); George M. Harrison, grand president, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; George Meany, general secretary of the AFL (American Federation of Labor)

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CIO pickets jeering at few workers who were entering a mill in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

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War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Drive Policy Committee on October 19, 1942, in Washington, D.C. Left to right: John Green, president, Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations); Otto A. Seyferth, President, West Michigan Steel Foundry Company, Muskegon, Michigan (nominated by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce); W.G. Marshall, chairman of Policy Committee and director of War Production Drive Headquarters, vice-president in charge of Industrial Relations, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Joseph Mcdonagh, secretary, Metal Trades Department, AFL (American Federation of Labor), representing Frank Fenton, director of Organizations, AFL; and Harry C. Beaver, president, Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, New York City (nominated by National Association of Manufacturers)

War Production Drive Committee. First meeting of the War Production Dr...

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California labor relationist charges AF of L fostered labor disturbances to discredit Wagner Act. Washington, D.C., May 9. George C. Kidwell, Director of the California State Department of Industrial Relations, charged today before the Senate Education and Labor Committee that the AF of L had deliberately fostered labor disturbances to discredit the Wagner Act. He said that in Westwood, a California lumber town, CIO members had been driven out by company agents and that in two weeks there was not a member of any union in town. 'In the face of this fact, it is the Labor Board that is charged with thwarting the 'democratic rights of the workers,'' he said

California labor relationist charges AF of L fostered labor disturbanc...

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Arrives at meeting of Green and Lewis. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Senator George L. Berry, of Tennessee, enters the room at the Willard Hotel where CIO Head John L. Lewis and A.F. of L. President William Green were holding their peace meeting today. Leaving the room shortly after Berry assured reporters that the only reason for his attendance was to pay his personal respects and ask the rival leaders to compose their differences. 12/2/37

Arrives at meeting of Green and Lewis. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Senat...

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President receives CIO leaders. Washington, D.C., Sept. 15. "Matters of mutual interest" were discussed was the only statement John L. Lewis, Head of the United Mine Workers and the CIO, made to newsmen today following a conference with President Roosevelt. This is the first time Lewis has been to the White House since a Labor Day address in which the CIO Chief indirectly criticized the President for his attitude toward the CIO steel strike. 9/15/37

President receives CIO leaders. Washington, D.C., Sept. 15. "Matters o...

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Pacific Coast marine labor leader confers with CIO head. Washington, D.C., July 7. Harry Bridges, who led the 1934 and 1936 marine strikes on the Pacific Coast, John L. Lewis, C.I.O. Head, and other maritime labor leaders to plan for a coordinated unionization drive in the industry. Following the meeting Lewis said the C.I.O. would cooperate toward reaching an understanding on a "uniform policy for the entire maritime industry," 7/6/37

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CIO Head and Mrs. Lewis attend Hopkins' rites. Washington, D.C., Oct. 9. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Lewis leaving Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church today where they attended funeral services for Mrs. Harry Hopkins, wife of the WPA Administrator. 10/9/37

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Senate Committee told communists filtering into American Merchant Marine. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Joseph P. Ryan, President of the International Longshoreman's Association, an A.F. of L. affiliate, today charged before the Senate Commerce Committee that there is an infiltration of Communists into American Merchant Marine. He alleged that Joseph Curran, President of the Maritime Union, a CIO affiliate, is a member of the Communist Party and is on the payroll of the organization,. 2/29/38

Senate Committee told communists filtering into American Merchant Mari...

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Vice-President of her local, United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO), Mary achieved the job of forelady by working as a hand at many varied operations. She has made a suggestion to conserve bakelite lamp bases, formerly discarded (a suggestion now in use at the plant), and is also the inventor of an apparatus which prevents short-circuiting during tests of lamps. Mary Petillo, forelady of a Newark, New Jersey factory making lamp bulbs and tubes for the Signal Corps, is an active member of her plant's Labor-Management drive to speed victory. She was elected from a plant personnel of 1700, 350 of them men

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In spotlight at CIO-A.F. of L. peace meeting. Washington, D.C., Oct. 26. Leaving the CIO-AF of L peace meeting at the Willard Hotel today these three CIO leaders told newsmen that proposals of the Committee for Industrial Organization caused a sensation when offered at the confab. Under the terms the CIO offered to return to the American Federation of Labor as an independent, a situation that which would probably result in the CIO becoming the dominant wing of the American Labor Movement. Left to right: Charles Howard, President of the International Typographical Union and Secretary of the CIO; Philip Murray, Chairman of the CIO Delegation [...] meeting; and Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union. 10/26/37

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CIO group. L.-R: Albert Stonkus, Director of the Utilities Division, CIO; James B. Carey, President of the United Electrical Radio & Machine Workers of America; Julius Emsback[?], Secretary-Treasurer of U.E.R.& M.W. A.; James Mattes [?], Director of organization, U.E.R.M.W.A., 1/29/38

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Mill workers who lived largely in rural areas being taken through CIO picket line at a textile mill in Greensboro, Georgia. The lockout lasting about three months ending in a signed contract

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Washington, D.C. The registration desk during a drive for blood donors sponsored by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and the personnel division of the United States Office of War Information (OWI)

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CIO 'pet baby' of NLRB, Padway charges. Washington, D.C., May 3. Joseph A. Padway, AF of L General Counsel, told the Senate Labor Committee that the CIO is the 'pet baby' of the NLRB. He pointed out that the Board had once said that foremen could not vote in collective bargaining elections, then in a similar case, reversed itself on this point. The AF of L lost an important election, said Padway, to the 'pet baby.' He denied that the AF of L sought an advantage over the CIO through amendments to the Wagner Act

CIO 'pet baby' of NLRB, Padway charges. Washington, D.C., May 3. Josep...

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Harry Bridges has stormy session at House. Washington, D.C., May 10. Congressmen members of the House Merchant Marine Committee spent most of the morning's hearing heckling CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union President Harry Bridges. He opened his statement with the statement that most of his members were citizens, and was promptly told by Chairman Bland to 'stick to the question.' So, Bridges said that the primary question involved was whether or not the men to be employed on the merchant ships of the government were government employees. He said they were not. He said he had taken out first papers as an American citizen, but it still a British subject

Harry Bridges has stormy session at House. Washington, D.C., May 10. C...

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Attorney General of Penna. Appeals Washington D.C. July 8. Attorney General Charles J. [...]rgiotti, of Pennsylvania announced today that he would appeal to the NLRB for a speedy employee election [...] the Johnstown, PA. Plant of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. he is shown just before appealing to the board with Denny Lewis, right, brother of the CIO chief

Attorney General of Penna. Appeals Washington D.C. July 8. Attorney Ge...

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UAWU head quizzed by Rep. Dies. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Homer Martin, left, President of the Automobile Workers Union, as he was quizzed today by Rep. Martin Dies, Chairman of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities. Martin told the Committee that communists are active in both the CIO and A.F. of L.

UAWU head quizzed by Rep. Dies. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Homer Martin...

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CIO Head with labor candidate for mayor of Detroit. Washington, D.C., Oct. 9. Patrick H. O'Brien, Labor's non-partisan league candidate for Mayor of Detroit discussing his campaign plans today with John L. Lewis, CIO Head. After talking with O'Brien, Lews said he considered "the chances very good for success" in the general elections. 10/9/37

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Migratory field workers picking cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Negroes, Mexicans, and refugee whites pick cotton together in this field. These pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred poounds of picked cotton. Strikers, organizing under the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), are demanding one dollar

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Washington, D.C. A hostess at the Washington labor canteen, sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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Wife of CIO leader attends Soviet Reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7. Mrs. John L. Lewis, wife of the CIO leader, was one of the few American of any recognition who today attended the reception given by the Soviet Charge d'Affaires Dmitri Chuvakhin in celebration of the 22nd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Mr. Lewis was noticeably absent

Wife of CIO leader attends Soviet Reception. Washington, D.C., Nov. 7....

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President confers with labor leaders. Washington D.C. President Roosevelt today conferred with John L. Lewis, Head of the CIO, and his two Lieutenants Sidney Hillman and Charles P. Howard. Leaving the meeting Lewis said: "the President invited us to discuss a labor legislative program. We did." In the photo, left to right: Lewis, Hillman, and Howard

President confers with labor leaders. Washington D.C. President Roosev...

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Cameramen set stage for John L. Lewis before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. Amid the flashes of cameramen and while Senators listened attentively, CIO head John L. Lewis today explained his reason for opposing profit sharing systems to the Senate Finance Subcommittee. Labor must depend upon collective bargaining rather than profit sharing for its economic gains, Lewis said

Cameramen set stage for John L. Lewis before senate committee. Washing...

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At CIO: Maritime labor meeting. Washington D.C. July 7. Scene at C.I.O. headquarters today when John L. Lewis met with 26 leaders of maritime labor groups to discuss a possible inauguration of a coordinated unionization drive in the industry. 7/7/37

At CIO: Maritime labor meeting. Washington D.C. July 7. Scene at C.I.O...

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War Labor Board: "Little Steel" hearing. Philip Murray, Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) leader, left, and Harold Ruttenberg, research director for United Steel Workers (USW), at the "Little Steel" hearing held by the War Labor Board, at the Hotel Washington in Washington, D.C., July 1. The hearing arose from a wage dispute between union demands and four "Little Steel" companies: Bethlehem Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, and Inland Steel. The hearing resulted in a fifteen per cent wage increase formula, and set a precedent for future wage adjustments to meet recent increases in the cost of living

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Washington, D.C. Pete Seeger, noted folk singer entertaining at the opening of the Washington labor canteen, sponsored by the United Federal Labor Canteen, sponsored by the Federal Workers of American, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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Washington, D.C. Eleanor Roosevelt listening to Carile Tart of the District of Columbia recreation committee sing folk songs at the opening of the Washington labor canteen, sponsored by the United Federal Workers of American, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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Labor chieftain. Washington D.C., March 6. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers and organizer of the CIO, snapped at his press conference in Washington yesterday, 3/6/1937

Labor chieftain. Washington D.C., March 6. John L. Lewis, President of...

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A.F. of L. and C.I.O. start peace conferences. Washington, D.C., Oct. 25. Labor leaders named by the CIO and A.F. of L. to attempt to find a basis for peace between the two warring factions of organized labor are sown here at the opening of the Peace Parley at the Willard Hotel here today. Seated, left to right: Sidney Hillman, Amalgamated Clothing Workers, CIO; George M. Harrison, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, AFL.; Phillip Murray, United Mine Workers, CIO; David Dubinsky, International Ladies Garment Workers, CIO. Standing, left to right: Abram Flaxer, CIO; Joseph Curran, National Maritime Union, CIO; Harvey Fremming, Oil Workers Union, CIO; Michael J. Quill, Transport Workers Union, CIO; Matthew Woll, Photo Engravers Union, AFL; G.M. Dugnizaet, International Electrical Workers, AF of L; Homer Martin, U.A.W., CIO; James Garey, CIO; S.H. Dalrymple, United Rubber Workers, CIO. 10/25/37

A.F. of L. and C.I.O. start peace conferences. Washington, D.C., Oct. ...

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Labor chieftain. Washington D.C., March 6. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers and organizer of the CIO, snapped at his press conference in Washington yesterday, 3/6/1937

Labor chieftain. Washington D.C., March 6. John L. Lewis, President of...

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Migratory field workers picking cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Negroes, Mexicans, and refugee whites pick cotton together in this field. These pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred poounds of picked cotton. Strikers, organizing under the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), are demanding one dollar

Migratory field workers picking cotton in the San Joaquin Valley, Cali...

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Rumored peace conference of Pennsylvania democratic factions fails to materialize. Washington, D.C., May 24. The reported peace conference between Pennsylvania's warring democratic factions scheduled for today turned out to be a meeting of John L. Lewis and CIO leaders with their defeated candidate Thomas A. Kennedy. While no statement was given out, it was reported that the discussion centered on future strategy of the democratic labor bloc which swung more than a million votes in the primary. Left to right Philip Murray, chairman of the C.I.O. steel organizing committee, John L. Lewis and thomas Kennedy, 5/24/38

Rumored peace conference of Pennsylvania democratic factions fails to ...

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Principals in coal dispute at White House. Washington, D.C., May 9. A conference marking the first time the president has intervened in a labor dispute since he called together the CIO and the AF of L in an attempt to mediate their fight, met today at the White House to try to settle differences between labor and soft coal operators. Left to right: CIO's John L. Lewis, Van A. Bitner, representing the miners, Philip Murray, for the miners, W.L. Robinson, for the operators, John A. Owens, for the Miners, and L.C. Gunter, for the operators. The back row is unidentified

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John Frey denounces CIO charges that AF of L amendments drafted in collusion with business. Washington, D.C., May 15. John P. Frey, President of the AF of L Metal Trades Department, denounced charges by John L. Lewis that AF of L amendments were drafted after consultation with representatives of big business. The charges, he asserted, are 'studies distortion of the facts.' He told the Senate Education and Labor Committee that the amendments were not influenced by any outside sources

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Pinkerton ace quizzed by Senate Investigators. Washington, D.C. After hearing testimony that the Pinkerton Detective Agency sought to sell Its service to the LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee to investigate other labor espionage agencies, Samuel X. Brady, Chief of the Cincinnati office of the Pinkerton's, was questioned about the part he played in the negotiations. E.C. Davidson, Secretary of the International Association of Machinists and also Mayor of Alexandria, Virginia, charged that Brady had contacted him last summer with the request that the Mayor act as go between. Brady, in denying the charge, financed by General Motors for the purpose of making inquireies about the CIO

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President of Maritime union appears before senate committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Joseph Curran, President of the National Maritime Union. Photographed while appearing before a senate committee on Maritime affairs, while Curran testified that, "compulsory" use of mediation should be delayed until labor in the industry is thoroughly organized. The National Maritime Union which was created last May by a group that quit the International Seamens Union in protest against its leadership, has voted to affiliate with the CIO last night. The decision was reached after a poll of more than 20,000 unlicensed seamen who are members. 12/14/37

President of Maritime union appears before senate committee. Washingto...

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Migratory field worker picking cotton in San Joaquin Valley, California. These cotton pickers are being paid seventy-five cents per one hundred pounds. Strikers organizing under the Congress of Industrial Organizations union (CIO) demand one dollar. A good male picker, in good cotton, under favorable weather conditions, can pick about two hundred pounds in a day's work

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Mystery witness before Dies Un-American Committee today. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. The mystery witness presenting charges against Harry Bridges to the House Committee on Un-American activities was identified today as Margaret A. Kerr, spokesman for the Los Angeles Better American Federation, she is shown just before the committee went into secret session to hear her testimony concerning the communistic connections of the CIO labor leader, 8/18/38

Mystery witness before Dies Un-American Committee today. Washington, D...

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Standing, left to right: Charles v. McLaughlin, Undersecretary of Labor; Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post; Roger D. Lapham, president of the American Hawaiian Steamship Company; Cyrus Ching, Vice President, U.S. Rubber Corporation; Walter C. Teagle, former President, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; George M. Harrison, grand president, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks; George Meany, general secretary of the AFL American Federation of Labor); Philip Murray, CIO President; Thomas Kennedy, secretary treasurer, United Mine Workers (UMW). Seated, left to right: Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina President; Sidney Hillman, Associate Director General representing the Office of Production Management (OPM); Chairman Clarence Dykstra; Daniel Tracy, second Assistant Secretary of Labor; William H. Davis, Vice-Chairman, new Mediation Board, former Chairman of New York state mediation board

Standing, left to right: Charles v. McLaughlin, Undersecretary of Labo...

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Detroit, Michigan. Members of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) carrying various signs in the Labor Day parade

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Detroit, Michigan. Ford Local 600 of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) carrying banners in the Labor Day parade

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Labor leaders arrive for unemployment census conference. Washington, D.C., Sept. 27. John L. Lewis, Head of the CIO, and A.F. Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, arriving at the White House today to attend the Unemployment Census Conference called by John D. Biggers, Unemployment Census Administrator. Plans for compiling the census were formulated at the meeting which was attended by leading government, business and labor officials. 9/27/37

Labor leaders arrive for unemployment census conference. Washington, D...

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President receives CIO leaders. Washington, D.C., Sept. 15. "Matters of mutual interest" were discussed was the only statement John L. Lewis, Head of the United Mine Workers and the CIO, made to newsmen today following a conference with President Roosevelt. This is the first time Lewis has been to the White House since a Labor Day address in which the CIO Chief indirectly criticized the President for his attitude toward the CIO steel strike. 91537

President receives CIO leaders. Washington, D.C., Sept. 15. "Matters o...

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Mine workers take new quarters. Washington, D.C., Dec. 27. The United Mine Workers of America, one of John L. Lewis' strongest CIO groups, today began to move into new quarters in the building formerly occupied by the University Club at 15th & Eye Sts. The building, which was taken over by the U.M.W. last summer, has been completely renovated inside and out

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Hitch in peace meeting netween C.I.O. and A.F. of L. Washington, D.C. Oct. 14. The contemplated peace meeting between the Committe on Industrial Organization and the American Federation of Labor hit a snag today as John L. Lewis, chairman of the C.I.O., announced that he refuses to consider any peace negotiations with the A.F. of L. until the attitude of the federation on revoking suspension of the 10 Committee for Industrial Organization unions is clarified. The decision was reached after a conference between Lewis and his CIO aides with whom he is shown in this photograph. Charles Howard, (left) of the International Typographical Union; and Max Saritsky, President of the United Hatters and Millinery Workers

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First meeting of labor management policy committee of the War Manpower Commission. Seated -- left to right: Fowler Harper, deputy chairman of War Manpower Commission (WMC); R. Conrad Cooper of Wheeling Steel Corporation; Arthur S. Flemming of Civil Service Commission, chairman; Clinton S. Golden, United Steel Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO); John P. Frey, American Federation of Labor (AFL), president, Metal Trades. Standing -- left to right: R.E. Gillmore, president, Sperry Gyroscope Company; R. Randall Irwin, director, industrial relations, Lockheed Vega Aircraft Corporation; H.A. Enochs, chief of personnel, Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Brigadier General Frank J. McSherry, director of operations, War Manpower Commission; Walter P. Reuther, member of United Automobile Workers, CIO; John Green, Marine and Shiipbuilding Workers, CIO; George Masterton, Steam Fitters and Plumbers, AFL; Joseph S. McDonagh, secretary treasurer, Building Trades, AFL

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Washington, D.C., March 7, 1942. Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board meets with the nation's leaders to discuss plans for the production drive. Left to right: William Green, President of the AFL (American Federation of Labor); Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board; Phillip Murray, President of the CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)

Washington, D.C., March 7, 1942. Donald Nelson, Chairman of the War Pr...

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Washington, D.C. The registration desk during a drive for blood donors sponsored by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and the personnel division of the United States Office of War Information (OWI)

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Government workers union sponsors school in capital. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. A school for government workers sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America, affiliate of the CIO, was inaugurated only two weeks ago but already the registration has increased 200 percent. A variety of courses are offered for which a tuition fee of $2.00 a course is charged to members in good standing of C.I.O. Unions. Non-members will be $2.50. Naturally, a class in Union Organization will be one of the principal courses. Miss Olivia Israli, instructor at the Federal Workers School, registering new students.

Government workers union sponsors school in capital. Washington, D.C.,...

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AF of L textile workers gird up loins for battle with CIO organizers. Washington, D.C., May 8. R.J. Watt, American Labor Representative of the International Labor Office at Geneva, and Francis J. Gorman, President of the AF of L United Textile Workers discussing plans of a fight against organizing efforts of the CIO in the textile field. The union met today at a convention with Gorman, once active in the CIO until expelled by the UTW executive board, making the opening blast

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NLRB Chairman tells Senate that restrictions on Wagner Act will deprive labor of liberties. Washington, D.C., April 18. NLRB Chairman J. Warren Madden, declared today before the Senate Labor Committee that restrictive amendments to the Wagner Act would deprive labor of formerly enjoyed liberties. He denied that the NLRB had shown favoritism to either AF of L or CIO, and said that charges of such favoritism, although frequent, did not make truths 'untruths'

NLRB Chairman tells Senate that restrictions on Wagner Act will depriv...

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CIO Head meets with maritime labor leaders. Washington, D.C., July 7. C.I.O. Head, John L. Lewis, presiding at meeting today with 26 maritime labor leaders to lay plans for a coordinated unionization drive in the industry. Following the meeting officials told newsmen that marine working groups would probably be granted a charter of affiliation with the CIO, 7737

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Washington, D.C. Registration of a blood donor during the drive sponsored by Local 203 of the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and the personnel division of the United States Office of War Information (OWI)

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Washington, D.C. A hostess at the Washington labor canteen, sponsored by the United Federal Workers of America, Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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Labor leaders at peace parley. Washington, D.C., Oct. 25. Three of the labor leaders named by the CIO and the A.F. of L. to attempt to find a basis for peace between the two warring factions of organized labor are shown here at the opening of the Peace Parley today. Left to right: Sidney Hillman, Head of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers and member of the CIO Committee; George Harrison, President of Railway Clerks and Chairman of the AF of L Committee; and Phillip Murray, Head of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and Chairman of the CIO Committee. 10/25/37

Labor leaders at peace parley. Washington, D.C., Oct. 25. Three of the...

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Communists filtering into Merchant Marine Union head charges. Washington, D.C., Feb. 9. Appearing before the Senate Commerce Committee today, Joseph P. Ryan, (center) President of the International Longshoremen's Association, an A.F. of L. affiliate, charged "Communism" to CIO Labor Leaders and incompetence to Government Labor Officials. Ryan is shown with Senator Arthur Vandenberg, (left) and Senator Royal Copeland, Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, 2/9/38

Communists filtering into Merchant Marine Union head charges. Washingt...

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