The First Round: The Story of the CIO Political Action Committee

xv, 478 pp. "..the nation was audience to a raging debate unequalled in thumping fury by any within our memory. The debate was about a new labor activity known as PAC--the CIO Political Action Committee. For months on end it was impossible to pick up any metropolitan newspaper from Prtland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon, without encountering some items about PAC. Practically ever columnist and radio commentator had his say about PAC in general and its chairman, Sidney Hillman, in particular. Now that the elections are over, the fairminded citizen would undoubtedly like to know how muc of the abuse or praise of PAC was justified, and how much of it was mere campaign-year froth. More than that. He may want to know of the events which led up to the formation of PAC--how it was organized, wat really motivated its activities, who the people or organizations were that gave it prominence and what the sources of its strength. Furthermore, what is PAC's future? This book attempts to give fair and accurate answers to these questions."