Reminiscences of Tilford Dudley : oral history, 1977.

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Reminiscences of Tilford Dudley : oral history, 1977.

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Background on Political Action Committee (PAC) of Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO); United Packinghouse Workers̀ Union, associate general counsel and PAC director, 1944; Helen Gahagan Douglas ̀capacity for inspiration; Amalgamated Clothing Workers ̀Unions̀ support of Douglas ̀campaign, 1944; Douglas ̀speech to unions; Douglas ̀senate campaign, 1950: political odds against her, Nixon campaign, Catholic issue, overspending, Douglas ̀public bearing, work habits; CIO movement for Eisenhower; Douglas ̀attitude toward Eisenhower; attitudes toward women in politics.

Transcript: 21 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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