Democracy has been kind to Joseph Patrick Ryan. He quit school at 12, worked as stock boy, clerk, streetcar conductor, as a longshoreman at $18 for a six-day week. Now, at 59, as president of the A. F. of L. International Longshoremen's Association, he makes $20,000 a year.
Last week Joseph Patrick Ryan saw a chance to do democracy a kindness in return. One of his vice presidents, George W. Millner, is a Negro. So Joseph Patrick Ryan suggested that the union elect Millner for lifeĀ"as an object lesson to the entire labor movement that unity can be...
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