Name/Title
Beshears: St. Louis Post-DispatchEntry/Object ID
2022.40.72Scope and Content
A newspaper clipping 'Reprinted from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sunday, June 23, 1957'. This is a single page on white paper. It includes a photo of a gathering of men and women sitting on chairs and the floor.Context
'Community Action' Gives Teamsters Power in Fight Against City Charter
By Harry Wilkensky Of the Post-Dispatch Staff
(The caption under the photograph reads: Living room conference in home of Miss Betty Hill at which neighborhood sewer problem was discussed, part of Teamsters' Union "community action" program.
Seated . . . . community relations director of the Teamsters, and . . . . executive assistant of Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District.)
Six years of hard work in building up the Teamsters' "community action" program have armed the union well for its full scale campaign against the proposed new city charter.
Since 1951 . . . . .
The Teamsters' contend . . . .
On the other hand, . . . . .
. . . . chairman of the Teamsters' Joint Council . . . .
Denies Any Partnership
This was denied yesterday . . . .
The union's concern . . . .
"There is not much sense . . . . . ."
Every citizen has the right to . . . .
The program is patterned . . .
Receive Complaints
Complaints about such neighborhood problems . . . .
The meeting usually is held . . . .
If complainants feel that . . . .
The rainstorm that deluged St. Louis . . . .
The sewer people had . . hundreds of calls. . . .
Fire Marshall Called
Zagri called the Department of Public Safety, . . .
The emergency ended when a plumber . . . .
The Teamsters' had 142 members living in public housing. . . .
The union has fought for stricter enforcement . . . .
When the city administration tried to get . . . .
One of First Projects
One of the union's first community action projects . . . .
The Teamsters' supported the movement . . . .
The union supports the aldermanic bill . . . .
The Teamsters' sponsor classes . . . .
In the last two years . . .
In a letter to Mayor Tucker . . . .
The city should place more of its idle funds . . . .
Alderman . . . of the Twenty-second Ward . . .
The union's 400 shop stewards . . . .
Zagri said the program is financed primarily . . .
The deduction for community action . . . .
Most members authorize the allocation . . .
The Teamsters' have a weekly television program . . . .
The community action program was started . . . . .
He is a graduate of the University of California . . . .Collection
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