New York: Negotiations between shippers and the International Longshoremen's Association broke off 9/30 and union officials began preparations for a strike of East and Gulf coast ports at midnight 9/30. Shown meeting at the Hotel Manhattan are: (left photo), James J. Reynolds, (L). Assistant Secretary of Labor, and Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason,. Ila President. In right photo are William B. Rand (L), United States Line president and President of the New York Shipping Association, and Alexander Chopin, negotiator and Chairman of the NYSA.

United Press International · [ca. September 1964]

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