Records, 1935-1965.

AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education

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Schnitzler, William Frank, 1904-

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Morrison, Frank, 1859-1949

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AFL-CIO

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The AFL and CIO merged in 1955 as an umbrella organization for skilled trade and industrial unions. Its regional office in Baltimore represented worker interests against this railroad merger. From the description of AFL-CIO response to merger of Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads, 1962-1963. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 238572652 Created by merger of American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. ...

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a me...

Illinois State AFL-CIO

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Organization of allied trade-unions, founded in 1884. Initially the Illinois State Federation of Labor, the state branch of the American Federation of Labor, which merged in 1955 with the Congress of Industrial Organizations to become the AFL-CIO. From the description of Records, 1935-1965. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 23117789 ...

Illinois War Council

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The Illinois State Council of Defense (1941-1943), composed of the Governor as ex offico chairman; Lt. Governor; Senate president pro tempore; Speaker of the House; Senate minority floor leader; House majority and minority leaders; Illinois Commission on Inter-Governmental Cooperation chairman; and nine defense experts appointed by the Governor, was created on April 17, 1941. Council duties included cooperation with the Council of National Defense, federal agencies, and other state councils; loc...

Olander, Victor A., 1873-

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Stratton, William G.

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Illinois governor, 1953-1961; state treasurer, 1943-1945, 1951-1953; Illinois Congressman at large, 1941-1943, 1947-1949. As governor he dealt with reapportionment, highway building and maintenance, education, establishing the Department of Personnel, Governors Conferences and Executive Mansion renovation. As treasurer he modernized the office to promote efficiency. As congressman he served on the Banking and Currency Committee and sponsored legislation allowing displaced persons from Europe to ...

Carmell, Daniel D. (Daniel David), 1898-1957

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Green, Dwight H. (Dwight Herbert), 1897-1958

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Republican governor of Illinois from 1941-1949, who had served as special assistant to the United States District Attorney for the Northern District and had successfully prosecuted several notorious gangsters, including Al Capone, prior to entering politics. From the description of Papers, 1939-1950. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 46592567 Dwight H. Green (1897-1958) served as governor of Illinois (1941-1949). The Cook County Republican had previ...

University of Illinois. Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations.

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Green, William, 1870-1952

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Ohio district president of the United Mine Workers of America; Democratic senator in Ohio General Assembly; AFL president. From the description of William Green papers [microform], 1891-1952. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 45840057 ...

Johnson, Stanley, 1920-

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Meany, George, 1894-1980

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Labor official; interviewee d.1980. From the description of Reminiscences of George Meany : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587289 President, AFL-CIO, 1955-1980. George Meany (1894-1980) was elected president of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) in 1952. His efforts to unite his organization with its rival, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was successful, and he was ...

Illinois State Federation of Labor

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The Illinois State Federation of Labor (now known as the Illinois AFL-CIO) met for its first annual convention in Chicago in 1884. The Illinois State Federation of Labor was the state-wide federation of labor unions and an arm of the American Federation of Labor. As such, the Illinois State Federation of Labor both sought to organize workers and worked for labor legislation at the state level. From the description of Illinois Federation of Labor collection, 1914-1964. (University of ...

Keenan, Joseph D.

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Joseph Daniel Keenan was a labor leader who was an important labor-government laison during the Second World War, a significant force in labor's post war support for Democratic presidential candidates, and a key advisor to the AFL-CIO's George Meany. Born in Chicago in 1896, he was the eldest of eight children. He left school at an early age to help support his family after his father was injured and he became an electrician by trade. He participated in the labor movement in Chicago, beginning w...

Soderstrom, Rueben G., 1888-1970.

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