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A member fears nowadays to express an honest opinion, in some locals, for fear of being hooted down or even losing a job.
Letter to David Dubinsky (1938)
Compulsory military training is conducive to waging wars rather than to the maintenance of peace.
Bread upon the Waters (1945)
While we are engaged in a global war nothing is too costly for the armed forces. Billions are poured into the making of implements of destruction.
Bread upon the Waters (1945)
The Smith-Connally bill's passage marked the beginning of an organized effort to wreck bona fide unions through legislation.
Bread upon the Waters (1945)
I, for one, favor a limited tenure of office to get new and dynamic forces to the forefront, to gain a stronger morale for the members.
Letter to David Dubinsky (1938)
Rightfully, there have been outspoken demands by labor for a place at the peace table, to insure future amity among the world's nations and security for the working masses.
Bread upon the Waters (1945)
I was always considered a "shaigitz" when I was young and as a militant out-spoken trade-unionist during my activities in the labor movement, I am not afraid of telling the truth to you now.
Letter to David Dubinsky (1938)
When servility, bootlicking, personal favoritism and above all sensationalism will be wiped off as obstacles to real progress
Letter to David Dubinsky (1938)
Fannia Cohn's service to our organization is only recognized by those on the outside who can dispassionately evaluate such unselfish efforts on the part of one person, for the cause of worker's education.
Letter to David Dubinsky (1938)
To my mind, too, painfully little space was given in the daily press to recent coal mine disasters in which miners perished through underground fires or explosions.
Bread upon the Waters (1945)
Jennie Matyas is recognized by the outside Labor and Education Movement, because she is a leader in her own rights, while countless others remain obscure through the good graces of the men whom they have helped into office.
Letter to David Dubinsky (1938)