In the link you'll see hm (figuratively) scratching his head. Colored folk and "Commies"?
Time to enlighten:
- The union was surprised, they asked other organizations for help in setting up this meeting, but they were rebuffed by the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis, the Elks, the VFW, the Odd Fellows, the Masons, the White People's Movement, the KKK and the rest of the folks in power.
- Funny, but the union had no qualms about having not one, but TWO distinguished persons of color speak.
- And in 1947 we were just two years since we were allied with Oceania, oops, no, the USSR. Not everybody was so quick to forget which country did the majority of the work defeating the Fascists.
- Co-marketing with the Commies did not seem so bad from their point of view. Not that the average working man nor their unions had any deep illusions about the commies. Unions in the USA never seemed to be quite so dumb as to push the commie agenda. Especially in Minnesota, it was commie-light, more like Swedish socialism than boot-to-the-head Stalinism.
- JL, as a member of at least one union that has saved his job perhaps more than once, he should maybe cut the unions a little slack. The smear by awfully weak association card was played recently with rather weak results. Better give this tactic a rest.
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