The old U.S. labor dream of "one big union" appeared to have vanished for good last week. In a tart letter to top A.F. of L. chieftains, C.I.O. President Philip Murray announced that the vision had fled. Said Murray:
"There has been much talk during the last eight long years about unity. . . . It is no longer a question of the prodigal son returning to the fold, nor of the disgraced daughter being sent forth into the winter snows. That time has passed. . . ."
In effect, Murray was putting the kibosh on the eight years of pleas...
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