Oral history interview with Kenneth Brown, 1974 December 11.

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Oral history interview with Kenneth Brown, 1974 December 11.

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In this second interview, Ken Brown discusses his more active role in the political aspects of the Amalgamated Lithographers of America (ALA) union as representative to the District Labor Council and to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. He discusses the 1949 strike and some of the postwar struggles with the Toronto Local No. 12. He became president of the Toronto Local in 1954 and he talks about his activities in that capacity. He recalls in detail some of the internal political struggles of the ALA including such personalities as John Blackburn, George Canary, Ben Robinson, and Ed Swayduck. He comments on the question of moving the International headquarters from New York to Chicago and reports on the meeting in the Pocono Mountains area with George Meany where the ALA withdrew from the AFL-CIO.

Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (ca. 60 min.)Transcript: 33 leaves.

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