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- Incumbent Michigan Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams gives a campaign speech denouncing his Republican opponent, former Michigan Governor Harry Kelly, for running a dirty campaign. Williams argues that informed voters are crucial to a democracy and claims that Kelly has refused to articulate any platform and has spent his time calling Williams a communist and a socialist. Williams outlines his own positions, including decent treatment of elderly citizens, labor laws which are fair to employers and employees, an immediate road building program, and above all a "government which sees and meets the needs of all its people." He challenges Kelly to articulate what he stands for. Williams is introduced by Robert Scott, the Secretary/Treasurer for the Michigan Federation of Labor AFL, who also announces the AFL endorsement for Williams.
- Date Issued:
- 1950-10-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Willis Dunbar presents "This Was 1949," a review of local and national news and chart topping songs. Among the news stories Dunbar covers are the inaugurations of President Harry S. Truman and Governor G. Mennen Williams (D-MI), Michigan high school sports, the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, local election results, and the first Soviet atomic bomb test. A series of interviews and sound bytes used in the program follows.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Don Stevens, former Michigan State University trustee and AFL-CIO board member, talks about his experiences in the Michigan labor movement. Among other topics, he discusses the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, the anti-union efforts of Father Coughlin, the pro-union efforts of other priests, the internal struggles of a number of Michigan unions during WWII as different factions jockeyed for control and influence and the creation of the United Way as a method for coordinating charitable fund raising . Stevens also talks about the 1961-62 Michigan constitutional convention, Coleman Young, Gus Scholle, the growth of union influence in the state and the 1948 campaigns of G. Mennen Williams for governor and Gerald R. Ford for the U.S. Congress. Stevens says that Ford courted union support in the 1948 Republican primary and later betrayed the unions by voting to override President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. Stevens is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Part three of four. Gift of John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-03-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ed Lascoe reports on a variety of news stories around Michigan. These include: an update on a suit brought by Port Huron and two neighboring towns against Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, Michigan Secretary of State Fred Alger discontinuing individualized license plates for government departments around Michigan, Governor Kim Sigler's appointment of Judge Arthur Moore to the State Judicial Council, Corrections Commissioner Joseph Sanford pursuing a criminal warrant against LD Johnson, Chief Engineer at Southern Michigan Prison, and preparations for Governor-elect G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams' inauguration.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ed Lascoe reports on a variety of news stories around Michigan. These include: an update on a suit brought by Port Huron and two neighboring towns against Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company, Michigan Secretary of State Fred Alger discontinuing individualized license plates for government departments around Michigan, Governor Kim Sigler's appointment of Judge Arthur Moore to the State Judicial Council, Corrections Commissioner Joseph Sanford pursuing a criminal warrant against LD Johnson, Chief Engineer at Southern Michigan Prison, and preparations for Governor-elect G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams' inauguration.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-11-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Don Stevens, former Michigan State University trustee and AFL-CIO board member, talks about his experiences in the Michigan labor movement. Among other topics, he discusses the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, the anti-union efforts of Father Coughlin, the pro-union efforts of other priests, the internal struggles of a number of Michigan unions during WWII as different factions jockeyed for control and influence and the creation of the United Way as a method for coordinating charitable fund raising . Stevens also talks about the 1961-62 Michigan constitutional convention, Coleman Young, Gus Scholle, the growth of union influence in the state and the 1948 campaigns of G. Mennen Williams for governor and Gerald R. Ford for the U.S. Congress. Stevens says that Ford courted union support in the 1948 Republican primary and later betrayed the unions by voting to override President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. Stevens is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. Part three of four. Gift of John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-03-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Incumbent Michigan Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams gives a campaign speech denouncing his Republican opponent, former Michigan Governor Harry Kelly, for running a dirty campaign. Williams argues that informed voters are crucial to a democracy and claims that Kelly has refused to articulate any platform and has spent his time calling Williams a communist and a socialist. Williams outlines his own positions, including decent treatment of elderly citizens, labor laws which are fair to employers and employees, an immediate road building program, and above all a "government which sees and meets the needs of all its people." He challenges Kelly to articulate what he stands for. Williams is introduced by Robert Scott, the Secretary/Treasurer for the Michigan Federation of Labor AFL, who also announces the AFL endorsement for Williams.
- Date Issued:
- 1950-10-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Willis Dunbar presents "This Was 1949," a review of local and national news and chart topping songs. Among the news stories Dunbar covers are the inaugurations of President Harry S. Truman and Governor G. Mennen Williams (D-MI), Michigan high school sports, the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, local election results, and the first Soviet atomic bomb test. A series of interviews and sound bytes used in the program follows.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection