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Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • -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
Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 2 (II), 10/21/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • quote--who was it, who was the first president of the AFL-CIO--Philip Murray, who talked about giving people a rug on the floor and a picture on the wall and a little of the comforts of home. Poverty is a bad thing, let's get rid of it, it was just
Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • nicely with my own philosophy and background and experience. He was a vice presi- dent of the Pennsylvania AFL, a printer who belonged to the typographical union. He worked as a printer for a Reading newspaper and then he became active in the labor