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Toledo Union Journal
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio
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Monroe Sweetland, key organizer of Oregon's pro-labor Commonwealth Federation, built political influence for unions before becoming CIO War Relief director and Red Cross rep in China-Burma-India theater; now in Okinawa after nearly two years service.
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Monroe Sweetland, one of the organizers of the Oregon Commonwealth Federation, which enlisted the political support of practically all that state's trade union movement, has been Red Cross representative in the China-Burma-India theater for nearly two years. As secretary of the Commonwealth Federation, Sweetland, now in Okinawa, helped build that pro-labor into a political organization that held the balance of power in Oregon for several years and helped elect many friends of unionism to the state and national legislature. Before joining the Red Cross, Sweetland was national director of the CIO War Relief Committee.
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Monroe Sweetland organized the Oregon Commonwealth Federation, enlisting trade union support to build a pro-labor political organization that influenced Oregon politics and elected union-friendly legislators. He served as its secretary, later became national director of the CIO War Relief Committee, and has been a Red Cross representative in the China-Burma-India theater for nearly two years, now in Okinawa.