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- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh August 4, 1969 Mu: Let's begin by just identifying you on the tape here. You're George Meany, and you are president of the AFL-CIO and have served in that capacity during the entire Johnson Administration, as well
- Aid; 3/31 announcement; AFL-CIO would have supported LBJ for another term; LBJ’s legislative achievements; assessment of LBJ’s presidency.
- ., 1943-47, pres . Communications Workers Am . (successor union), 1947 - ; v .p . CIO, 1949-55 ; v .p . AFL-CIO, 1955 -- . Vice pres ., dir . United Community Funds and Councils of Am., Inc ., 1956 -- . Interviewer Thomas H . Baker Position
- this view or not, but it was our view. And we kept writing him and talking to him on that, and I'll never forget when he said, "All right, let's try something. I'm going to call in the Executive Committee of the AFL-CIO and a couple of days later I'll call
- -60; exec. dir. Nat. Urban League, N.Y.C 1961 --- ; instr. Sch. Social Work, U. Neb., 1950-58; frequent lectr. Mem. Presidents Com. Youth Employment; nat. adv. council AFL-CIO Community Services Com.; adv. bd. N.Y. Sch. Social Work, Columbia; adv. com
- the bless ings of 1abor and who came ei ther directly from the labor movement or from the periphery of it. Mr. Henning had been assistant for a number of years to Mr. Cornelius Haggerty when he was the state director of the AFL-CIO in California
- , the president of AFL-CIO, talked to the President about it and objected to it very, very strenuously--and fairly soon after the leak. The leak also generated opposition from people within the administration, to wit: Willard Wirtz, a strong opponent of the plan
- Holleman was a labor official at the time-- S: He was president of the AFofL-CIO, I believe; and Fred Schmidt was another one of the labor leaders; and of course Creekmore Fath was one of those people, too, that were somewhat suspicious of this new-- B
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- : Yes, very curious,yes. That was Johnson at his political best or worst, depending on how you look at it. I mean, he was determined to win. B: Did you ever figure out how he got the CIO support? M: Well, he had always been considered more