LABOR: Victory at Schenectady

The Red-led United Electrical Workers, whose biggest local (No. 301) has been in General Electric's plant at Schenectady, last week was dealt a crippling blow. The local, which represents about 20,000 General Electric workers, voted to leave its tainted union and join the C.I.O.'s International Union of Electrical Workers. The final tally: 9,005 for the I.U.E.. only 5,179 for the U.E.

The vote was a big victory for Business Agent Leo Jandreau, who once refused to tell a congressional committee whether he had ever been a Communist as charged. But last February, Jandreau went over to the C.I.O. and then...

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