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May 1, 1949
United Automobile Worker
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
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Michigan Republican Congressmen Albert J. Engel and John D. Bennett voted for effective repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act on key ballots. Engel influenced other Republicans to vote against continuing the act and warned against aligning with Dixiecrats, urging the party to develop its own labor policy.
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Mich. Congressman Warns GOP About Dixiecrat Coalition
Two Michigan Republican Congressmen went down the line for effective repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, voting right on the one recorded teller ballot and on both roll calls. They were Congressmen Albert J. Engel, Ninth District, and John D. Bennett, Twelfth District.
Engel also worked for the breaking-away of 20 other Republicans who voted against continuing Taft-Hartley under a new label.
Engel warned his Republican colleagues against hiding behind Dixiecrat skirts.
"If the Republican leadership does not have the courage to formulate a labor policy, put that policy into the form of legislation and introduce it as a Republican bill, without asking Northern Republican members to join a Southern Democratic reactionary group, the Republican Party better go out of business or change leadership," he said.
Two Michigan Republican Congressmen went down the line for effective repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, voting right on the one recorded teller ballot and on both roll calls. They were Congressmen Albert J. Engel, Ninth District, and John D. Bennett, Twelfth District.
Engel also worked for the breaking-away of 20 other Republicans who voted against continuing Taft-Hartley under a new label.
Engel warned his Republican colleagues against hiding behind Dixiecrat skirts.
"If the Republican leadership does not have the courage to formulate a labor policy, put that policy into the form of legislation and introduce it as a Republican bill, without asking Northern Republican members to join a Southern Democratic reactionary group, the Republican Party better go out of business or change leadership," he said.
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Historical Event
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Bravery Heroism
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Taft Hartley Act
Republican Congressmen
Dixiecrat Coalition
Labor Policy
Political Warning
What entities or persons were involved?
Albert J. Engel
John D. Bennett
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Albert J. Engel
John D. Bennett
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Two Michigan Republican Congressmen voted for repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act. Engel influenced 20 other Republicans to vote against continuing it and warned colleagues against joining Dixiecrats, advocating for an independent Republican labor policy.