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Kitzman Heads iUAW DistrictMilwaukee —(/P— Harvey Kitz- i I man of Racine, Wis., was named I director of newly-created region 10 Iof the CIO United Auto Workers at I a regional election yesterday. I Kitzman, former president of I Local 180 at the J. I. Case plant, de- I feated Elmer Yenney of Local 121, I ' the Chevrolet local at Janesville. I 1 Wis. The vote total was not an I 1 nounced. IThe new region was created I 1 earlier in the day by constitutional I amendment. It includes the states I of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and I ' South Dakota, Wyoming and Mon- I I ] tana. 11The victory places Kitzman on I ' the 23-man UAW executive board. • I | He now is assistant director of the !5 j union's agricultural implement di-‘ vision.Paul Russo NominatedPaul Russo of Kenosha and Herman Steffes of Milwaukee president of the state CIO, ■were nominated but declined to run.When the convention opened yesterday, word circulated that Kitzman had been shunted aside by the high-wing forces within the re-. gion in favor of Steffes. He had not . attended a strategy meeting last ►; night, it was said.lt; : Steffes, however, revealed be-r j fore the convention divided into t regional groups that he would not * j oppose Kitzman.
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Kenosha Evening News
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Jul 14, 1949
Page 12
Full Page
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