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Textile Leaders
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Two men are seated at a table. One is looking at the other. Caption reads: "TEXTILE LEADERS met at Western hemisphere conference of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions in Mexico City last month. On left is Francesco Marquez of CTM [Confederación de Trabajadores de México], Mexican textile union. On right is TWUA [Textile Workers Union of America] General Secretary-Treasurer William Pollock.
February 3, 1951
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