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=="Clear Everything with Sidney"==
=="Clear Everything with Sidney"==
Hillman organized in 1943 the CIO Political Action Committee to mobilize voters in upcoming elections.
Hillman organized in 1943 the CIO Political Action Committee to mobilize voters in the 1944 elections.<ref> See
At the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, DNC Chairman Bob Hannegan went for instructions to President [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s private railway car just before the July convention officially began. Roosevelt had decided to dump incumbent Vice-President [[Henry Wallace]]. Worried over dissension on the choice of a successor, the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported Roosevelt told Hannegan: "Go on down there and nominate [[Truman]] before there's any more trouble. And clear everything with Sidney." <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791619,00.html "Clear everything with Sidney"], ''Time magazine''], Sep. 25, 1944.</ref> That is, the President could not make the selection of Truman until Hillman. approved it.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,791539-1,00.html The New Force], [[Time magazine]], Jul. 24, 1944.</ref>
At the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Roosevelt told the Democratic Chairman Bob Hannegan, "Go on down there and nominate Truman before there's any more trouble. And clear 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>
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 strongholds of the CIO, which had 5 million memebers. 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>