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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 34
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1- On Friday evening, December 8th, 1944, a waas meeting sponse:
by the Daily Worker and the Sunday Worker, 50 East 13th Street, N. Y. Ces
was held at Menhattan Center, 34th Street and 6th Ave., ©. Y. C. Apptioxir
3,000 persone paying an admission of 60¢ attended. The London (Eng.)/Dad’
Worker was sold for 5f a copy in front of the building, also copies
The Militant were distributed free, several women with cans solicit
' money from passera~by for the 'sufferingJews in Europe’.
2- At. 6:00 P.N., the meeting was opendd in the Promenado Ball R
with the singing cf the Netional athea, § BARRON then said: “Frie
the pelicy of the Daily Yorker and the Murker ig to bring to the people
munetance tn t pn
aportance in the national
the ners and analygis of tie news that is of 4
effort.....-its deliberations are of rational contern. The labor convent
are news that continue to scx the seeds of Areriva's future. Thie meati:
cofneide: wiih the thicd anuiversary of Pearl Herbor.” He then aaned th
present to stand in silonce for a mument in tribute to the brotherr and
sisters who have fallen on the battle field. This was done. “The abili
; of ihc Ded ly Yorker and the Yorker to seex out and analyze nowa of vital
; concern to the peuple is bacause the paper is based on the scientific
' Marxist philosophies. The leading Yerxig! in America is the Chief Editc
; of the Worker and the Dally Worker, EARL JRROWOTR is Fditor in Chief and
will act as Chairman. J present EARL BRODER. "(Applause).
TARL BROWER: “My understanding of what a chairman shovld
4s to save time, J will therefore introduce ALAN/MAX, Associate Managin:
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af pit, * qt A pen.
-Fditor of the Daily Worker and the Worker who wilt give his report on t
ees ve . mI.0. Convention." ,
hat ‘ te WA - ALAN WAX: “When Georgy Morris drew the assignment for the
/ Convention and J drew the C.I.0., the rest of the staff congratulated &
and pave George their condolences. I deserved it. ‘This was not the f!
time that I attended the Convention for the Maily Worker, in fact, of t
seven conventions the C.I.0. has held, thie is the fifth one I have re;
&s I look back now on this convention...etha unity of that gonvent
Vs. View paw eee S
on.
. struck me. There were no disputes or dissensions on the flogr/~.. itr
history. phi lip\yurray spcke of the no strike pledge, Waltey{[Reuther :
The next day Reuther spoke on Post War pla:
anplawded this resolution.
in accordance with the general lines of the convention....of course wh
he gets back to the U.A.W. he behaves differently than at the convent!
Take the case of Sam Yolchuk of the "etail and Wholesale Workers. I t
there wuld be a massacre of Bridges because of the Vontgomery Ward st
- Nothing happened and a resolutionsas presented by them on the Montgome
Ward thing but there wae no word on Bridges. They figured that this +
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