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Dubinsky was a master at getting along with people. Often called an accommodator and pragmatist, he was able to chart a middle course between feuding labor leaders William Green and John L. Lewis. He was also a man of extremes, sometimes rigidly dieting to lose twenty-five pounds in one month and then falling prey to fits of self-indulgence when he would eat marinated herring and goose pastrami washed down with ample quantities of scotch and rum. Dubinsky, like many other prominent labor leaders, was deeply committed to political and industrial democracy. He was against all forms of discrimination and, although he opposed communism, he allowed some former Communists into the ILGWU. Dubinsky set himself apart from other labor leaders by insisting on a modest salary, and he guarded his union's treasury like a hawk. He was content within the confines of the ILGWU and not as willing...
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