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Labor's Lewis peace bid backfires in a power struggle
Edwin Lahey analyzes how John L. Lewis proposed a merger of AFL CIO leadership, Roosevelt rejects the plan, and the CIO AFL feud deepens. The piece notes Lewis ousted from the CIO joint committee, hints at a looming internal civil war in the UMW, and calls for prominent labor leaders to explain their roles amid the battle for influence during wartime.
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Edwin Lahey
New Republic
Big John Lewis
William Green
AFL
Philip Murray
CIO
Phil Murray
Roosevelt
Big John
Lewis
Murray
Green
Sidney Hillman
The
New York
Mr. Roosevelt
Big Bill Hutcheson
Labor
War Labor Board
National Defense Mediation Board
Congress
John L. Lewis
William Hutcheson
AFL Carpenter's Union
United Mine Workers
UMW
Big Bill
Hutcheson
Carpenters
Prident
Sage
Alexandria
Burton Wheeler
Roose
Dave Dubinsky
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
John
CIQ
Jay Lovestonéss
Mett Woll
Iquire
Dubinsky
Lewi
George Meany
Dan Tobin
Teamsters