Even his own union local was against Harry Bridges. It took all the wiles he had learned in years of twisting and turning with the Communist Party line to put off the longshoremen's demand for a formal endorsement of the U.S. military action in Korea. Bridges' parliamentary tactics stalled a vote on the resolution at the first meeting of Local 10; some of Harry's muscle boys broke up a second meeting with a well-timed fist fight.
Last week members of Local 10 piled 2,500 strong into San Francisco's Coliseum Bowl for a third and final try. Harry Bridges, currently appealing...
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