Secretary of Labor James Paul Mitchell stepped before the International Association of Machinists' quadrennial convention at San Francisco last week, ostensibly to speak on automation, but actually to begin a two-month campaign to convince as many union men as possible to vote for Dwight Eisenhower in November. Mitchell was cautious ("We have strictly enforced the labor laws"; "The days of hate the boss and smash the union are over"), for he was an apostle in the camp of the not-yet-convinced. During the speech he was interrupted four times by mild applause (next...
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