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GEORGE MEANY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/04/1952 - HFSID 36085

TLS: "George Meany" as President of the American Federation of Labor, 1p, 6½x8½. Washington, D.C., 1952 September 4. On AFL letterhead to Norman Thomas, New York, N.Y., a six-time Socialist Party candidate for President (1924-1948).

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GEORGE MEANY. TLS: "George Meany" as President of the American Federation of Labor, 1p, 6½x8½. Washington, D.C., 1952 September 4. On AFL letterhead to Norman Thomas, New York, N.Y., a six-time Socialist Party candidate for President (1924-1948). Meany, a former plumber, was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1939. He became its President in 1952. One of his major accomplishments was the merger of his union, comprised of organizations of craftsmen, with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), made up of industrial unions. Meany, who became President of the new AFL-CIO, is noted for steering the labor movement away from radicalism, although his term in office was not without conflicts. He expelled the Teamsters Union, led by Jimmy Hoffa, in 1957 and lost the United Auto Workers in 1967 following disputes with its President, Walter Reuther. Slightly creased. Staple holes at upper left blank corner. Fine condition.
 

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