TWUA'S Internal Fights Thinned Its Leadership Ranks
Scope and Content Note: Although Bill DuChessi appeared to have had narrower experience than previous top officers, the choice of possible top leaders had been thinned by the two internal fights. DuChessi also had a good deal of support from the rank and file. More potential leadership was lost in the 1950-52 fight than in the 1962-64 fight. Some of those who left the Union after the 1964 fight “weren't all that top-notch; there (were) a few who were; some of them were getting older, too.” Also as a result of the 1952 fight, some people were put on the Council “who didn't have the ability.” There are still some people on the Council who are not “necessarily top-notch, top-caliber people.”