tions. But granted the circumstances, the thirteen and their very able attorneys, Professor Godfrey P. Schmidt and ex-Congressman Thomas Dodd, showed both courage and good sense, first in initiating an action against a vindictive union oligarchy, and then in bringing it to a conclusion more favorable than any precedent gave them a right to expect, and much more useful to the cause of union reform than the formal, and empty, total legal triumph they might have won after years of litigation.
Our Contributors: george f. carter (“The Americas: A Fable in Reverse”) served during World War II as a research analyst for the Office of Strategic Services. Professor Carter is presently Chairman of the Department of Geography at Johns Hopkins.
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