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| − | '''Joseph L Rauh Jr'''... | + | '''Joseph L Rauh Jr''' (1911-1999) was a Cincinnati-born labor activist who emerged in the late 1940s as one of the most important liberals of the postwar era. |
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| + | He worked for Supreme Court Justices Benjamin Cardozo and Felix Frankfurter, and then later for the Lend-Lease Administration and the Wage and Price Administration, among others. | ||
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| + | Rauh heightened his reputation as a liberal when he helped Eleanor Roosevelt found [[Americans for Democratic Action]] in 1947. He authored the [[Democratic Party]]'s controversial 1948 civil rights plank. | ||
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| + | Rauh represented [[A. Philip Randolph]] in a 1951 suit to force the integration of an all-white railroad organization. His activity in the labor world increased through the 1950s when he was chief legal counsel to the [[United Auto Workers]]. He also served as counsel to the [[NAACP]] Legal Defense Fund. Rauh died in 1992 at the age of 81.<ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/mep/displaydoc.cfm?docid=erpn-josrau Rauh in ''The Elenor Papers'']</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:30, 29 December 2009
Joseph L Rauh Jr (1911-1999) was a Cincinnati-born labor activist who emerged in the late 1940s as one of the most important liberals of the postwar era.
He worked for Supreme Court Justices Benjamin Cardozo and Felix Frankfurter, and then later for the Lend-Lease Administration and the Wage and Price Administration, among others.
Rauh heightened his reputation as a liberal when he helped Eleanor Roosevelt found Americans for Democratic Action in 1947. He authored the Democratic Party's controversial 1948 civil rights plank.
Rauh represented A. Philip Randolph in a 1951 suit to force the integration of an all-white railroad organization. His activity in the labor world increased through the 1950s when he was chief legal counsel to the United Auto Workers. He also served as counsel to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Rauh died in 1992 at the age of 81.[1]
IVI-IPO
In 1981 Joseph Rauh was a Vice President of Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization[2].
References
- ↑ Rauh in The Elenor Papers
- ↑ IVI-IPO Letterhead July 23 1981