For one thing, Rogin resembled Baldanzi a great deal, and at the 1950 convention, drunk delegates would come up to Rogin and, mistaking him for Baldanzi, would tell him that they backed him, no matter what their s.o.b. joint board manager said. Another advantage was being in education; Union members attending institutes would talk about their problems with the Union and their dissatisfactions. Rieve was not close to the situation because he relied on his industry directors.
