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The Democratic party could win the [[Presidential election of 1944]] if it could carry the Southern states and in addition New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan and New Jersey. These states were carried with the support of the CIO.
The Democratic party could win the [[Presidential election of 1944]] if it could carry the Southern states and in addition New York, Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan and New Jersey. These states were carried with the support of the CIO.
==Further reading==
*Bernstein, Irving. ''Turbulent Years: A History of the American Worker, 1933-1941'' (1970), the best overview of the era
* Fraser, Steve. ''Labor Will Rule: Sidney Hillman and the Rise of American Labor'' (1993). [http://www.amazon.com/Labor-Will-Rule-Hillman-American/dp/0801481260/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194865661&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search], the standard scholarly biography
* Fraser, Steve. "From The 'New Unionism' To The New Deal." ''Labor History'' 1984 25(3): 405-430. 0023-656x [http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/ftinterface?content=a794723465&rt=0&format=pdf online]
*Galenson, Walter. ''The CIO Challenge to the AFL: A History of the American Labor Movement, 1935-1941'' (1960) [http://www.questia.com/read/57135935 online edition][http://www.questia.com/read/57135935 online edition]
* Josephson, Matthew. ''Sidney Hillman'' (1952), good older biography
*Lichtenstein, Nelson. ''Labor's War at Home: The CIO in World War II'' (2003)
* Zieger, Robert H. ''The CIO, 1935-1955'' (1995) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=30498029 online edition], the standard scholarly history
==See also==
* [[CIO]]
* [[New Deal]]
==References==
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