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=="Clear It with Sidney"==
=="Clear It with Sidney"==
Hillman in 1943 set up 1943 the CIO Political Action Committee ('''PAC''') to mobilize voters in the 1944 elections. At the 1944 Democratic National Convention, Hillman and the CIO supported leftist [[Henry A. Wallace]] for renomination as Vice President; Senator [[Harry Truman]] was their second choice. Roosevelt, however, had given up on Wallace, who had failed in his wartime roles, and told the Democratic Chairman Bob Hannegan, "Go on down there and nominate Truman before there's any more trouble. And clear it everything with Sidney." <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791619,00.html "Clear everything with Sidney"], ''Time'', Sep. 25, 1944.</ref> Republicans used the slogan "Clear it with Sidney" to hammer away at the allegation that the president was a pawn in union control.
Hillman in 1943 set up 1943 the CIO Political Action Committee ('''PAC''') to mobilize voters in the 1944 elections. At the 1944 Democratic National Convention, Hillman and the CIO supported leftist [[Henry A. Wallace]] for renomination as Vice President; Senator [[Harry Truman]] was their second choice. Roosevelt, however, had given up on Wallace, who had failed in his wartime roles, and told the Democratic Chairman Bob Hannegan, "Go on down there and nominate Truman before there's any more trouble. And clear it everything with Sidney." <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081215001007/https://time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791619,00.html "Clear everything with Sidney"], ''Time'', Sep. 25, 1944.</ref> Republicans used the slogan "Clear it with Sidney" to hammer away at the allegation that the president was a pawn in union control.
The Democrats could win the [[Presidential election of 1944]] if they could carry the Southern states and in addition New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan and New Jersey. These states were strongholds of the CIO, which had 5 million members. Hillman's Political Action Committee (PAC) put the manpower on the sidewalks of industrial America and turned out the voters, as Roosevelt narrowly won a fourth term<ref>See [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791539,00.html "The New Force"], ''Time'', Jul. 24, 1944.</ref>
The Democrats could win the [[Presidential election of 1944]] if they could carry the Southern states and in addition New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan and New Jersey. These states were strongholds of the CIO, which had 5 million members. Hillman's Political Action Committee (PAC) put the manpower on the sidewalks of industrial America and turned out the voters, as Roosevelt narrowly won a fourth term<ref>See [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791539,00.html "The New Force"], ''Time'', Jul. 24, 1944.</ref>