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Portrait Artist: C.J. Fox |
Tenure: October 9, 1953 to January 20, 1961
From New Jersey. Held a wide range of jobs to finance his
education. Had a retail business of his own; became a labor relations executive
in the retail industry. Was Department of Army manpower expert in World War
II.
Appointed by Dwight Eisenhower. He was a staunch advocate
of human relations and labor-management cooperation; strengthened America's
workforce for peace and war; brought strong attention to the fight against
employment discrimination and the plight of migrant workers. He established the
machinery for administration of the Landrum-Griffin Act. He improved DOL
organization and clarified the roles of the federal labor agencies to reduce
overlapping functions. Inducted into the Labor Hall of Fame in 1989.
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