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Political Action

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 16th President: "The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation, should be one of uniting all working people of all nations, tongues and kindreds.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, 32nd President: "If I were a worker in a factory, the first thing I would do would be to join a Union."

HARRY S. TRUMAN, 33rd President: "The International Association of Machinists has made a wonderful contribution to this great republic of ours...The record of the IAM is a memorable one and one in the interest not only of its membership but of the whole country."

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, 34th President: "The Machinists talents and ingenuity, which typify those of the American worker, help support the mighty productivity and economic strength of the American nation. It is a tribute to the principles and leadership of your organization that the skills of its members have constantly met the highest standards." 
Another quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower, "only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of the right to join the union of their choice."

JOHN F. KENNEDY, 35th President: "The Machinists...represent one of the most powerful forces for stability, one of the most powerful hopes for the future that we now have....I cannot think of a force over the last 30 years that has contributed more to the well-being of our country."

LYNDON B. JOHNSON, 36th President: "No single group of people contribute more to the defense of this nation in keeping us strong and secure than the Machinists Union....What you have urged and what you have sponsored and what you have allied yourselves with have inevitably been those causes which advanced the prosperity and the liberties of this country."

JIMMY CARTER, 39th President: "Nearly one million members of the IAM work in virtually every industry in every state of the USA, 10 Canadian Provinces, the Canal Zone and Guam. Although their skills and jobs may differ, they are united in their union goals of fairer wages, better benefits, safer working conditions, justice on the job and service to their communities."

RONALD REAGAN, 40th President: " A free labor movement is essential to the preservation and expansion of free enterprise. Since its passage in 1935, the National Labor Relations Act has been a bulwark of support for this vital American heritage. A half century ago, this law established the right of workers to organize and bargain collectively, should they choose to do so."

GEORGE BUSH, 41st President: "I plan to discuss with him (Gorbachev) the importance of free trade unions in building a free country. 
Everywhere you look in the world, members of the AFL-CIO are fighting to keep the door for freedom open for all." (In an address to the 1989 AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention)

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