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Labor unions in deep South face segregation pressure
Atlanta reports unions struggle with segregation as prodesegregation forces clash with white citizens councils. AFL-CIO leaders warn that segregationist groups threaten union unity and potential funding, while local locals report members quitting meetings and threatening to leave unions over race policy.
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South
Atlanta
Deep South
Afl-Cio
U.S. Supreme Court
Charles Gillman
Alabama
Goa
Florida
George Meany
Prsident
Citizens Councils
Federation For Constitutional Government
FCG
Ola Antilabor
Nation Movement
Virginia
John A. Barr
New Ogleans
Right Con
Barr
Pho. A
Executive Council
Manhattan
Charleston
Socitizens Council
Tre
Rship
Mason-Dixon Line
Ashington
George Weaver
Civil Rights Committee
Philip Mur- Foundation
National Assny For the Advancement of Z Colored People
NAACP
Ohare
Labor
Congress of
National Treasuries
Miami Beach
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
Eer Afl-Cio
Rome
Afl-Ci
Mm Birmingha
Ala
Bers
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
U.S. Steel
Gillman
Birmingham
Steelworkers
Citiens Councils
Cha Tenn
A. A
Canada
Tennessee
Mem . Tenn
Uni Auto Workers
Herschel Davis
Detroit
UAW
James Marshall
Davis
William J. Simmons
Prvenea Citizens Councils
Ere
Jackson Council
Simmons
Mississippi