When he retired six years ago at 77, Big Bill Hutcheson was known as the ruthless dictator of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, a key dowel in the U.S. labor movement for more than 30 years. Before his death in 1953 he had bequeathed his claw hammer to his complaisant son Maurice, who finished construction of the union by bringing the membership to 850,000. cut for himself a slot in the loftiest beams of labor leadership—vice president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., member of the executive council. Last week at 60, Carpenter Maurice Hutcheson dodged the well-aimed...
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