WHY NOT CALL IT AFL-CIA?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600460018-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: February 25, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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rganized labor.
i\'n mcmiacr of t'~r. AS,~CfO fi:sccutive Cnwuil is backing him
n his fight whit George ~tleany. rorn~er associates iu tho old CIO
on"t a;;~ce with his charges or ]pis tactics, even itt ]~rivafc.
Few labor leaders thought, at the start of the $quahble, that i`Ir.~
~cuther would pull his United Auto Workers out o[ the Federation.
ocv some think he will have to secetc to save face.
Some comments:
Jacob I'otot'sky, president Amalgamated Clofhing Workers:
"Rculher is very able but he couldn't wait. Ile was in too much
f a hurry." (IyYr. Reuther is almost G0, Mr. i~Ieany, 72). ? -
David Dubinsky, Eartncr president International Ladies Garment
orkers' Union: "When it comes to a choice behveen Georgo
cany and Walter Reuther, I have to go with bleany."
NOTE: AFTER DISCLOSURE- THAT SO1~IE~ LABOR UNIONS
rT'~E. GETTING CIA FUNDS, WAGS AT AFL-CIO EXECUTIVI:
COUNCIL iVI%ETING ? SUGGESTED TIIE : NAME OF- TIlG'
ORGAj~tIZATION BE CIIANGED,TO AFL-ClA,.;,::,:.~ ~,:?::?;:~::e::+:=?.~.?+-
Approved For Release 2000/08/03 :CIA-RDP75-001498000600460018-0
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