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conv votes Lewis salary increase to $50,000, doubling of dues and initiation fee increase to $50; other exec salaries increased; Lewis and assocs unopposed for re-election in Dec referendum; union gets Treas Dept ctf for payroll savings bonds record; Lewis praises UMW wartime record; hopes for better relations with Govt
votes against playing under USSR while Berlin is under blockade
subcom debate continues
1948John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan[†]
John Mathias Engler is an American politician, lawyer, businessman, and lobbyist who served as the 46th governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. Considered one of the country's top lobbyists, he is a member of the Republican Party.
1948Rick Parfitt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)[†]
Richard John Parfitt, was an English musician, best known as a rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter with rock band Status Quo.
1948Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (born 1885)[†]
Susan Sutherland Isaacs, CBE was an English educational psychologist and psychoanalyst. She published studies on the intellectual and social development of children and promoted the nursery school movement. For Isaacs, the best way for children to learn was by developing their independence. She believed that the most effective way to achieve this was through play, and that the role of adults and early educators was to guide children's play.