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ADOLPH GERMER DIES

Adolph (Pop) Germer, 84,

_a former Director of Organiz- |

ation for the IWA and the
man credited with bringing
Walter Reuther into the La-
bour movement, died May 26
at Rockford, Illinois, after a
lengthy illness.

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ADOLPH GERMER

- Pop Germer was loaned to
the IWA by the CIO during
the Communist disaffiliation
move in the late ’40’s and
made numerous speaking
tours of B.C. operations. He
was also a frequent visitor
and speaker at IWA Interna-
tional Conventions.

One of the organizers of the
Congress of Industrial Organ-
izations (CIO), Germer
served as director of the
CIO’s Detroit regional office,
president of the Michigan
State Industrial Union Coun-
cil, CIO regional director for
New York, CIO director for
the Rocky Mountain and Pa-
cific States, CIO delegate to
and assistant secretary-gener-
al of the World Federation of
Trade Unions in Paris, and
CIO national representative
for all states west of the Mis-

sissippi.

He also served as national
secretary of the Socialist
party in the U.S. from 1916
to 1919 and with other leaders
stood trial in 1918 on a charge
of conspiracy under the es-
pionage law. He was found
guilty and sentenced to 20
years, but the conviction was
reversed in an appeals court.

A native of Germany, Ger-
mer grew up in Southern II-
linois, where he went to work
in the coal mines at the age
of 11 and joined the United
Mine Workers. In 1907 he was
elected the Belleville District
president of the United Mine
Workers.

From the start, Germer
rose in the inner circles of
the labour movement. He was
an organizer of sit-down
strikes during the early ’30’s.
John L. Lewis sent Germer
to Detroit to organize the auto_
workers, and it was there he
met Walter Reuther. Recog-
nizing Reuther’s ability, Ger-
mer suggested to him that he
go to work in the auto indus-
try so that the Union could
use him as one of their or-
ganizers.

Pop Germer’s name seldom
appeared in the news. He left
the headlines and titles to the
John L. Lewises and the
Philip Murrays, standing be-
hind them with advice and
guidance. He used his genius
to bring thousands of workers
into the ranks of unionism
and to weave the many
threads of the labour move-
ment into a powerful national
organization.

IWA International 1st Vice
President Claude Ballard at-
tended the funeral and was an
honorary pallbearer, along
with Victor Reuther (Walter
Reuther’s brother) who de-
livered a short eulogy during
the service.

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JOHNSON
APPOINTED

Keith Johnson, President
of Local 1-207 IWA and In-
ternational Board Member,
has been appointed to the
Prairie Regional Employment
Committee, on the recom-

mendation of the Alberta Fed-
eration of Labour.

The Regional Employment
Committee acts in an advisory
capacity to the Department of
Labour’s Regional Director on
such matters as training, re-
habilitation of workers and

the moving of workers from
one area to another.

Members of the committee
are chosen from organizations
representing labour, manage-
ment, women, veterans, agri-
culture and education.

The committee meets three
times a year under the chair-
manship of Dr. F. C. Cron-
kite, formerly Dean of Law,
University of Saskatchewan.

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