"The Steelworkers Election, 1965" Manuscript

Copy of a 78 page unpublished manuscript by Meyer Bernstein on the United Steelworkers of America election of officers held in 1965.



The following personalities predominate throughout the manuscript: David J. McDonald (president of the United Steelworkers seeking re-election); Howard J. Hague (vice-president, seeking re-election); Al Whitehouse (candidate for secretary-treasurer, running with McDonald); James Griffen (McDonald's campaign manager); I.W. Abel (presidential candidate); Joseph Molony (vice-presidential candidate); Walter Burke (candidate for secretary-treasurer); Joseph Germano (Abel's campaign manager); and Donald Rarick (Dues Protest Committee).



Events and issues discussed include the decline in Steelworkers' membership while staff was being enlarged; a union consititutional amendment on retirement; the election of district directors; the controversy over the appointment and activities of election "tellers"; a union-commissioned poll by Oliver Quayle and Company (national polling organization); the solicitation of campaign funds; then current contract negotiations; "tuxedo trade unionism"; racism and the black vote; the impact of the Landrum-Griffin Law; and the effect of the Honest Ballot Association.