Face the Nation With George Meany Transcript
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Scope and Contents
Interview broadcast on CBS radio and television stations, conducted by George Herman and Bruce Morton (CBS News) and Frank Swoboda (BUSINESS WEEK).
The following personalities and issues figure in the interview: the Democratic Party, left-wing Democrats, Richard M. Nixon, Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), George S. McGovern, Edward M. Kennedy, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Arthur J. Goldberg, Vietnam, Meany's Labor Day message, strikes, the United Automobile Workers, civil service workers , railroads, import quotas, House Trade Bill/Mills Bill, and the United Mine Workers of America.
Dates
- 1970
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Biographical / Historical
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 elected president of the merged organization, the AFL-CIO, in 1955. He was a vigorous anti-communist and an outspoken member of the Democratic Party, who, by virtue of his office, wielded considerable influence in the party.
Extent
1 folders
Abstract
Transcript of Face the Nation broadcast on September 6, 1970. George Meany, President of the AFL-CIO, was the featured guest.
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1 file folder.
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Interviews, transcripts .
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, October 21, 2013
- EAD encoding:
- Kheel Staff, March 14, 2019
- Americans for Democratic Action
- Democratic Party (U.S.)
- Foreign trade and employment -- United States
- Government employee unions -- United States
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
- Labor union insurance -- United States
- Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
- Trade-union rituals.
- United Mine Workers of America
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Public opinion
- Title
- Face the Nation With George Meany Transcript
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- March 14, 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository