American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Collection. 1949 - 1976. Motion Picture Films Concerning Unions, Wages, Labor, Politics, and Various Labor-related Issues. 1949 - 1976. LABOR'S WITNESS

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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Collection. 1949 - 1976. Motion Picture Films Concerning Unions, Wages, Labor, Politics, and Various Labor-related Issues. 1949 - 1976. LABOR'S WITNESS

1956

POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY: On the U.S. Senate hearing regarding UAW political contributions used in the Eisenhower-Stevenson campaigns, President of UAW Walter Reuther, describes the UAW's Citizenship and Education Program; Senators Barry Goldwater and Carl Curtis allege that the union forces members to join and that their dues are used to finance political candidates. Exchanges between Reuther and the anti-labor Senators illustrate the value of collective bargaining experience in Congressional testimony.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6512837

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Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998

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Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician, businessman, and author who was a five-term Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States in 1964. Despite his loss of the 1964 presidential election in a landslide, Goldwater is the politician most often credited with having sparked the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the...