AFL-CIO YET MIGHT LOSE REUTHER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600460025-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: December 9, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2000/08/0
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LUBBOCK, TEXAS
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
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E-27,337
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T10 :",Yet Miuht 'Lose'' Reudle.-T
- , in mu i ~e sam an-; ,
?,ner as the major- political parties, is having financial support for major unionizing drives
ts troubles in keeping dissident factions un such as that aimed at the 16,000 employes
of Texas Instrument Co.
Viler control.
L In the case of Walter Reuther and his. The points of difference with Meany
`1.500,000-member Auto Workers Union,-the,' are many, but two stand out. Meany and :j
-.giant labor organization is faced with a most of the other top 'labor leaders have
4najor revolt in place of the public and pri- ' chosen one side of the U.S. Government's t
ate bickering which has gone on between` ..'two.-sided policy toward Communism..`?;
ieuther: and President George Meany. Sev-".. They generally - oppose efforts to increase
reral of the better-known labor observers`" ' trade 'and other relations with the Corn- t
)Ire predicting that, sooner or later, Reuther' 'rpunist countries. At the'same time, on the?`+
will cut his organization adrift. "toughness" side, they have supported the
The move could ? be made on December. Administration's moves to block Commun-
5, the deadline for UAW payment of almost ist aggression. Ili the process, they have
;$300,000- in back dues. Reuther failed to been accused by Reuther of too much co
show up ' for .the recent AFL-CIO Executive: ` operation with . the Central Intelligence
Gouncil session and made no move to assure ~'?i ~'~.:,:?; '""`""""""""""`"" `"'?~""
the Council that the $1,000,000 a year the The other' issue is the AFL-CIO lead-
UAW has been paying in.-dues to the Federa ership's refusal to go along with Reuther',,
.ion will continue. passion for "social revolution." He has never t
Reuther has said lie will. fight Mean y; really lost his interest in the massive sociali- ,~?
'within the Federation,", but his mind could, 4 ? is [ion of the U.S., nor in closer contacts be-.
'be changed if he could persuade the Steel i.ween "labor movements" of the Commun }Workers,' the. Electrical Workers' and the? ist East and the non-Communist West. He r
:Clothing Workers ' to ?'join in a .bolt. Mean-'- subscribes to the notion that Sen. Bobby'
- .- -- --- = -?~-'-- -~`?hri nedy is'thebest hope of .those working
1i is obvious that' the Meany group is,)
:more in ? keeping with the "mainstream"
"of American political, social and labor think-;
ing. And it is obvious that Reuther is leaning
{toward a voyage' up another.. stream. The
`,Situation -islleading toward ?a `point Hof `deci=,
Lion. ,
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