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Labor Leaders Move Toward Support of Carter 1976
Cautious labor leaders, including AFL-CIO officials, edge toward backing Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination while signaling neutrality toward Ford and Reagan. They cite a need for union influence and fear losing leverage if Carter seems distant from Washington, with internal debate over possible ticket partners and postconvention momentum.
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Carter
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Afl-Cio
Ford
Ronald Reagan
George Meany
George McGovern
Congress
White House
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Georgia
Democratic Party
United States
Albert J. Zack
Meany
Adlai Stevenson
Hubert As
William B. Welsh
American Federation of State
Jackson
Washington Democrat
Beral
N. Edmund
Muskie
Aine
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Sen
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois