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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1955)
... . 9 'Salem, Oregon, Friday, November 25, 1955 Success of AFT,.rTO Mftrwr Hincwft Larwlv Yin MpVitiv. nd CIO I Thf? mefffPf it nil cat T will hl . tu.. ....J Ui. --i.: i J .l u: J : .: . .ui: ivi . .i i .u. .... j . . . . . . , .. . - ofcr wno uiv vine. uriui vtic; jr. nn avnirvrnirni iru . inr new awiiuiiicu ui gaiutauun. vnippin ui oiu-uiw Arb tiiiri-iCBUUUUMjr mi uw ouu-cv, snail Eiven 10 DraKEing I Utile Dlt 100. " in ID a 1 1 ArmjiliTMi uiiifii a ci i .i l . i i.. l i . . i . -.. . . .. .i i ...... i (.in lu .i . . l . of i Irin ",lu i V""- " granuiainer, mi mom- no rus selection as me at is na- ine Aru now wnn aooui ll i tains inio more economic ana pom-1 Buy consolidating me cumoersome "Perhaps we don t mean it the irl I f0.l?v","n, beginning Thurs-1 er and seven younger brothers and ; t i o n a I secretary-treasurer five million members, has been consid- ical activity while taming the CIO ' alliance. I same as others when we say that. uri tv Dy a joint ; sisters, his lamer Mine, a local years later. ered on the1 whole conservative, to t more moderate course. We have a united labor move- because when we measure the convention ol the new AFL-CIO. union president and Democratic irus joint convention, by the parly precinct caDtain. had died , way, win be in an armory just a Meany, Irish as they come, mar ! few blocks Irom Grand Central 1 ried an Irish girl, a garment work i Station. The rail terminal is one : ers' union member, of the structures Meany helped i Meany ' rise in unionism was I build when as a young man he was swift. Becoming president of the j lugging hii plumber s wrenches 1 New York Stale Federation of La- around r.ew ork. i bor in 1934, Those were the days Editor's Note AFL will merge next week ingle, powerful alliance million members. Whi the aims of this group, social- ly and politically? Will it suc ceed? Can it reconcile factions long at odds? The answers depend largely on one man. . George Meany. This first of thren articles by a veteran la bor reporter looks at Meany the man. By NORMAN WALKER erstwhile Bronx plumber, became DENNIS THE MENACE head of the AFL three years aso. He quickly announced his primary aim was to arrange a merger with the CIO. It seemed an impossible task. Jealousies and conflicts among ri val unions and their leaders had doomed many prior merger at tempts. Considering all the problems, three years has been a short time. For Meany, with his typical plod ding, make-hastc-slowly approach, has succeeded in steering the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organi zations into a single, powerful al liance of 16 million members. It will end a 20-jcar split in organ ized labor. Will the new organization en dure? What will this formidable combination mean in terms of new inroads against employers, in or ganizing more union members, in i influencing national politics the stated union objectives for the merger? Answers to these questions large ly depend on Meany, the pudgy, 225-pound, coldly practical union veteran. Walter Reuther, dynamic young head of the CIO, has stepped aside and Meany. as the undisputed choice for president of the new AFL-CIO, will be Ameri ca's No. 1 labor cljief. He has tried to calm the fears expressed by some businessmen and politicians that the merged union federation will become a ''giant labor monopoly" seeking eventually to take over control of the government. . "To indicate that the united la bor movement vill attempt to horsewhip the rest of the country is a complete distortion of the facts," says the blunt-spoken, 61-year-old Meany. "It is dedicated, not to predatory objectives, but to serve as a force for good in the progress of our country." he pushed 72 labor when bills through the State Legislature By Ketchnm fiAE DIJ 60T TO THE ICE CREAM PART VET? years Ever since then, Meany has been a man to be reckoned with in un joa affairs. While the late AFL President William Green was in clined to compromise and avoid conflict, Meany as his chief lieu tenant was constantly prodding Green to take more stands. Gradually, both before and after he was selected to head the AFL on Green's death in November 19SJ. Meany quietly took on all the old-line AKL chieftains in tests of strength and, by besting them one by one, has in practically every case earned their respect and sup port. Out in San Francisco at the 1947 AFL convention. Meany tangled with John L. Lewis, head of the miners union. Lewis wanted the AFL to refuse to submit the non Communist affidavits required by the newly enacted Taft-Hartley law. He cowed AFL bigwigs with such scathing language as "I don't think the federation has a head its neck has just grown up and haired over." It was Meany who rose to an swer the attack. "None of us," he reasoned with AFL leaders, "thinks it is a good law. But it was placed oi. the statute books under the Democratic system, and the only way it is going to be changed is by our representatives under that system." Just as the convention supported Meany against Lewis in that in stance, Meany by courage, persua sion and Ionic has won all the big arguments he's had within the fed eration. There have been a lot of them. His determination and diplomacy In dealing with fellow union lead ers are largely responsible for patching together the AFL-CIO merger. Perhaps these qualities are a clue to what to expect from Reds Bid f or Friends With India Exhibits Peddle Idcalogy Along With Merchandise at Bis Asia Fair NEW DELHI ii The Commu nist world is staging a strong campaign to win friends and cus tomers at the Indian industries fair, largest ever held in South Asia. On hand with impressive exhi bits are Russia. Red China, East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Dnmania and Hungary. The exhi bits range in size from Hungary's 8 000 square feet to M.OflO for Red China. All are attracting big crowds, with the Indians particu larly curious to see what their Chinese neighbors are doing. There are also displays from the United States. West Germany, Britain, Austria and the Nether lands, and smaller stalls from sev eral other non-Communist coun tries. Together the Ited exhibits far outweigh those from the Western world, even counting the 100.000 square foot American pavilion. In the field of publicity the Reds have had it all their own. The of ficial fair guide carries almost 100 pages of advertisements from Com munist states and less than half a dozen from Western govern ments. Other Red ads appear in buses and in newspapers. Trade delegations from the Red countries are busy holding news conferences and seeing Indian gov ernment officers. From these meet ings emerge daily news stories giving the impression the Reds are India's main commercial contacts. Actually, all but a fraction of India's foreign trade is with the I'nited States and Britain. How ever. Communist countries are getting an increasing share, and the picture may change further when India starts placing orders for its multihillion dollar, second li'-e year plan. The Communists also ere trying to sell their ideology. Each Red pavilion has statues or giant por traits of various Communist lead ers. 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