Goodman, Leo, 1910-1982

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From the description of Papers of Leo Goodman, 1913-1982 (bulk 1937-1970). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82844691

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1910, Sept. 17 Born, Boston, Mass. 1932 Graduated Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, Mass. 1934 Statistical clerk, Bureau of Labor Statistics,Labor Department,Washington, D.C. 1934 1935 Research analyst, Labor Compliance Division, National Recovery Administration,Washington, D.C. 1935 Married Elizabeth Charlotte Miller 1936 1937 Field supervisor, Industrial Compliance Survey in the Boot and Shoe Industry, Work Projects Administration, National Research Project, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Department,Washington, D.C. 1937 Joined staff of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) to assist in the National Labor Relations Board proceedings during the strike of the United Shoe Workers of America in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine 1937 1941 Washington, D.C. Washington, D. C. District of Columbia Boston, Mass. Boston Research director and editor, United Shoe Workers of America,Washington, D.C., and Boston, Mass. 1941 1942 Secretary and treasurer, Democratic Conference (independent organization of social planners) circa 1941 Member, Labor's Advisory Committee, Wholesale and Retail Trade Division, War Production Board 1941 1943 Washington, D.C. Washington, D. C. District of Columbia Senior defense securities promotional specialist, War Savings Division, Treasury Department,Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D. C. District of Columbia Labor staff assistant, War Savings Staff, National Organizations Division, Treasury Department,Washington, D.C., assigned to aid Congress of Industrial Organizations defense savings campaigns Organized first labor-management national payroll savings bond campaigns circa 1941 1945 Member, Labor Committee on Food and Nutrition in Wartime, War Food Administration 1943 Associate member, Labor Research Group, Social Security Board, Federal Security Agency 1943 1945 Member, Reconversion Committee, Congress of Industrial Organizations 1943 1946 Washington representative, United Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Employees of America 1943 1947 Washington, D.C. Washington, D. C. District of Columbia Representative of the Labor Policy Committee of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, Office of Price Administration (later Office of Temporary Controls),Washington, D.C. Secretary, Cost-of-Living Committee, Congress of Industrial Organizations Member, board of directors, Food for Freedom Member, Consumer Clearing House 1944 1945 Member, Montgomery Ward Organizing Committee Acting executive secretary, National Committee to Protect Labor Rights of Montgomery Ward Workers 1945 Member, Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, Legislative Committee, Congress of Industrial Organizations 1945 1946 Secretary and chairman, Subcommittee on Education, Youth, and Maternal and Child Care, Legislative Committee, Congress of Industrial Organizations 1945 1947 Director and Congress of Industrial Organizations member, Spokesmen for Children 1946 Member, Emergency Conference for the Civilian Control of Atomic Energy, lobbyists for passage of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 Secretary, Legislative and Political Action Committee, United Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Employees of America Lobbyist, Wage-Hour law 1946 1947 Washington, D.C. Washington, D. C. District of Columbia Labor relations advisor, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Office of Price Administration,Washington, D.C. Executive secretary, United Labor Committee to Aid UAW-GM Strikers 1947 Secretary, National Fair Rent Committee 1947 1948 Member, International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW-CIO) 1948 1953 Director and secretary, National Housing Committee, Congress of Industrial Organizations 1949 Stopped rent increase on worker housing, Oak Ridge, Tenn., site of government nuclear complex and research center 1953 Member, staff of James B. Carey, secretary-treasurer, Congress of Industrial Organizations 1953 1955 Legislative representative, United Gas, Coke, and Chemical Workers of America Member, Legislative Operating Committee, Congress of Industrial Organizations Chairman and secretary, Subcommittee on Atomic Energy, Power, and Resource Development, Legislative Operating Committee, Congress of Industrial Organizations 1954 1955 Secretary, National Committee on Atomic Energy, Power, and Resources Development, Congress of Industrial Organizations 1955 Geneva, Switzerland Genève Canton de Genève Represented International Confederation of Free Trade Unions at first United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy,Geneva, Switzerland Brussels, Belgium Brussels Represented Congress of Industrial Organizations at International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Conference on Peaceful Uses of the Atom,Brussels, Belgium 1955 1956 Economist, Research Department, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) 1955 1955 [?] Legislative representative, Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union 1956 1957 Member, National Citizens Committee on the Westinghouse Strike 1956 1964 Represented International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America and Industrial Union Department on the Subcommittee on Atomic Energy and Natural Resources [a.k.a. Staff Subcommittee on Atomic Energy and Resource Development], AFL-CIO Economic Policy Committee 1956 1970 Member, atomic energy advisor, and energy and natural resources advisor, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1956 1973 Representative of intervenors with counsel Benjamin C. Sigal,In re Power Reactor Development Co. (F-16) (50-16), Detroit Edison Fast Breeder Reactor,Detroit, Mich. 1956 1956 [?] Legislative representative, AFL-CIO 1958 Delegate, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Second United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, Switzerland 1958 1967 Secretary, Atomic Energy Technical Committee, Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO 1960 1962 Secretary-treasurer, Labor's Committee for Better Schools in the Nation's Capital circa 1960 Washington legislative representative, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1961 Attended Conferences on Radiation Protection, European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom),Stresa-Ispara, Italy 1961 1962 Housing consultant, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1964 Delegate, International Metalworkers' Federation, Third United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy,Geneva, Switzerland circa 1965 Housing advisor, Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO 1966 Secretary, National Columbus Day Committee 1966 1968 Chairman, Legislative and Public Policy committees, District of Columbia Public Health Association circa 1966 1970 Consultant to intervenors, In re Northern States Power Co. (50-263), Monticello Nuclear Power Plant,Monticello, Minn. 1967 Delivered paper, “Radiation Hazard in Modern Industry,” first John Fogarty Memorial luncheon, American Public Health Association Dismissed as secretary, Atomic Energy Technical Committee, Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO Consultant on atomic energy, United Mine Workers of America, (on loan from the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) 1967 1970 Representative, International Affairs Department, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America circa 1967 Atomic energy advisor, United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy circa 1967 1970 Vernon, Vt. Vernon Consultant to intervenors, In re Vermont Yankee Power Corp. (50-271), Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant,Vernon, Vt. Shoreham, N.Y. Shoreham Consultant to intervenors, In re Long Island Lighting Co. (50-322), Long Island Lighting Company Nuclear Power Station (LILCO),Shoreham, N.Y. circa 1967 1972 Consultant to intervenors, In re Public Service Co. (50-267), Fort St. Vrain Nuclear Power Plant,Platteville, Colo. 1969 Lobbyist, government standards for worker exposure to radiation 1970 Dismissed from International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America 1971 Observer for International Metalworkers' Federation and reporter for The Nation,Fourth United Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy,Geneva, Switzerland 1971 1982 Founder and chairman, Split Atom Study Group 1972 1973 Consultant and witness for Limerick Ecology Action,In re Philadelphia Electric Co. (50-352; 50-353), Philadelphia Electric Limerick Plant,Pottstown, Pa. 1982, Sept. 7 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the Leo Goodman Papers, 1913-1982, (bulk 1937-1970), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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