Face the Nation With George Meany Transcript, 1970
Collection Number: 5498m
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Face the Nation With George Meany Transcript, 1970
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5498m
Abstract:
Transcript of Face the Nation broadcast on September 6, 1970. George Meany, Presdient
of the AFL-CIO, was the featured guest.
Creator:
Meany, George
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English
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.
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.
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Face the Nation With George Meany Transcript #5498m. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Goldberg, Arthur J.
Herman, George, 1920-2005
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012
Morton, Bruce, 1930-2014
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
Swoboda, Frank
Americans for Democratic Action
Democratic Party (U.S.)
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers
of America.
United Mine Workers of America.
Subjects:
Foreign trade and employment z United States.
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 x Public opinion.
Trade-union insurance. United States.
Trade-union rituals.
Trade-unions. Government employees. United States.
CONTAINER LIST
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Date
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Face the Nation transcript
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Scope and Contents
For broadcast on September 6, 1970 featuring George Meany; 17 pages.
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