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| 143 COML3JNI3T CONTROL IN LABOR Optical and Instrument Workers Organizing Committee, 207 /Title Guaranty Building, St. Louis, Mo., membership 7,000; 5 votes. Chairman: Thomas E. ' Andert; Sec: Earl Disselhorst; Fin. Sec: Morris Grief; Org. Com: John Thuener; John East. Little is known about this small union. There are scattered reports of Communist infiltration, hence the listing as doubtful. United Stone and allied Products of America, 825 Eckart St., Ft. Wayne, Ind. membership: 7,500; 5 votes. Pres: H.C. Ledyard; V.P.* W. John Mitchell; Sec- Treas: John C. Lawson; Ex. Bd: Henry R. Coxon; John Meldrum; William Imlach; George Carle. This is listed as doubtful because of early history, "but with heavy Vermont membership and excellent diocesan reporting from the alert Frs. Tennien and Gelineau, the writer would be -.inclined to consider it right- wing today. Utility Workers Union of America, 1153 Broadway, New York 10, N.Y; membership: 40,000; 5 votes. Publ: C.I.O, News; Pres: Joseph A. Fisher; V.P. Harold J. Straub; William Monger; Sec-Preas: William J. Pachler; Ex. Bd: James Daugherty; Garland Sanders; Reginald Brown; Edward T. Shedlock; Patrick McGrath. The consensus of opinion is that Mils is right-wing, but that there is heavy in- filtration, add hence may be considered unstable. TOTAL DISPUTED: Membership- 134,500; Votes-21. Note that this group might well be listed as probably right-wing, except for history and instability. D. Problem Unions. This is a special category reserved for three large basically right-wing unions, which because of special circumstances might vote or turn left in the near future. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 15 Union Square, N.Y.C. 3; membership: 300,000; 11 votes. Publ: -advance; Pres: Sidney Hillamn; Sec-Treaa: Jacob S. Potofsky; V. P's: Dorothy J. Bellanca; Jfyman Blumberg; Jose ph Oatalanotti; Abraham Chatman; Louis Hollander; Jack Kroll; Leo Krzycki**; Samuel Levin; A.D. Mar imp let ri; Abraham Miller; William Reznicek; Frank Bosenblum; Stephen Skala; Charles Weinstein; Murray Weinstein. Counsel: John -fa-bt*. AS noted before, this union is right-wing, but Hillman is currently playing left-wing politics and hence would vote left-wing in the C.I.O. executive board. Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding >«orkers of America, 534 Cooper St., Camden, N.J., Est. postwar membership: 125,000; present votes, 14. Publ: Shipyard Worker; Pres: John Green; V.P." John'J. Grogan; Sec-Treas: Philip Van Gelder**; Ross Blood (acting); Org. Dir: Thomas J. Gallagher; Ex. Bd: C .R. Brown; W. Richard Carter; Thomas V. Flynn; Charles W. Hansen**; Nat Levin; Benjamin Malatico; Walter McManamon*; Andrew Pettis; Richard Versch. Top officers right-wing; but Van Gelder swung two conventions to the left by a shrewed political machine. Future unpredictable at this moment. United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of *-merica, 411 W. Milwaukee, Detroit 2, Mich. Est. Postwar memb; 1,000,000; 30 votes; Publ: Ammunition; Pres. Rolland J. Thomas**; Sec-Treas: George F. Addes**; V. Press Walter Reuther; Richard Frankensteen**; Ex. Bd: 18 members, heavily right-wing. Problem here is Thomas' recent swing to left in order to hold a position which he endangered by incompetency and neglect. Reuther holds much of the right-wing strength, hence Thomas felt forced to go left once he for- feited the respect of his foamer followers. Future of union unpredictable, but reconversion should hurt left locals more than right (aircraft is left). -•' * Communist **Fellow traveler, opportunist, or dupe |