AFL-CIO officials are seriously worried over the boycott by the Sheet Metal Workers Union (an AFL craft union) against the Burt Manufacturing Company of Akron, which has recognized the United Steel Workers (CIO) since 1945. The unauthorized boycott has cost Burt $5 million and cut employment in the plant by two-thirds…. In Sharon, Pennsylvania, Westinghouse officials sent 1,500 workers home on “disciplinary furloughs” for reporting to work late after a rally by the International Union of Electrical Workers.
Senator Fulbright again is urging talks on the recognition of Red China because “it is quite possible that Mao Tse-tung will become another Tito.”… Senator Magnuson believes U.S. airlines should start passenger and mail service to Communist China as a step toward relaxing trade barriers…. A Library of Congress report indicates that between 1945 and 1957 the United States gave the Soviet Union and its six European satellites (including Yugoslavia) $1,794 million in aid….A banner in a recent Salt Lake City Deseret News read: “U.S. Signs $48.9 Million Aid Pact to Keep Poland Free. “
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