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Article: On the defensive: Walter Reuther's testimony before the McClellan labor rackets committee.
- Article from:
- Michigan Historical Review
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
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From January 1957 to March 1960, the United States Senate's Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, popularly known as the McClellan Committee, pursued the most extensive investigation of labor-management relations in American history. On 30 January 1957 the United States Senate authorized the select committee to examine "the extent to which criminal or other improper practices have been engaged in the field of labor-management ... in groups or organizations of employees or employers ... and to determine whether any changes are required by the laws of the United States." (1)
A long and colorful history lay behind the select ...