Detroit's Cold War: The Origins of Postwar Conservatism

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Index Addes, George, 33, 51–52 affirmative action programs, 2–3 AFL (American Federation of Labor): Cold War–era antilabor laws and anti-Communist stance, 35–36; Detroit Building Trades Unions, 26; garbage workers strike position, 43; loyalty oath position, 41–42; postwar attacks on CIO, 26, 131n34; postwar liberal agenda, 132n44; pre-war anti-Communism overview, 16–18; UAW-AFL, 14 African Americans: Communist Party support for civil rights struggles of 1930s and 1940s, 11–12; Detroit racial issues overview, 120; liberal opposition to Communism , 56–59, 139–40n36; postwar fair employment struggle, 68–74; race riots of 1943, 52–53; racial violence of 1952, 47; racist reaction to black population explosion, 48–49; United Public Workers of America (UPWA-CIO), 32–33; World War II migration into Detroit, 20–23, 48, 53. See also black liberals; civil rights movement Ahrens, Don, 115 Allis Chalmers strike, 17 American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSC&MEAFL ), 42 Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 35 American Slav Congress, 81–82 anti-Communism: American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1930s, 16–18; as anachronism, 123; anti-Semitism connection , 78, 79; black liberals, 47, 54, 64–65, 72–73, 137n3, 147n78; business elite capitalist authority context, 12, 13; business overview, 121; Catholic devotions , 1, 83–91, 146–47n31, 147n34, 147–48n36, 148n37, 149n48; Catholicism connection, 76–77, 91–92, 121–22; Catholic media, 146n28; Catholic traditionalism, 83–89; city governmentCommunism perception, 40; civil rights organizations alliance, 54; Communist Party demonstrations of 1930s, 13; conservatism relationship, 44–45; Detroit Citizens Committee for Equal Employment Opportunities, 70–71; Eastern European ethnic groups, 80–83; election of 1946, 30–31; Korean War, 42–43; liberal New Deal themes opposition, 126n15; Nazi-Soviet pact, 17; 1930s roots, 12–16; overviews, 5–6, 7, 121–23; postwar legislation, 34; pre-war and postwar demographics, 9–10; red-baiting of 1945 mayoral election, 24–25; red scare of 1949, 38–42; subversive investigation of 1930, 12–13; UAW strikes against military production, 17–18; as unifying element of popular conservatism, 2 anti-government politics, 125–26n12 anti-secularism, 86–89 anti-Semitism, 78, 79 Arnesen, Eric, 57 Arnold, Wat, 103 170 index Arsenal of Democracy, 10 Association of Catholic Trade Unionists (ACTU), 79 auto industry. See business; Chrysler Corporation ; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Corporation Baker, Foss, 32–33, 133n64 Barbour, Alex, 43 Bell, Daniel, 109 Belle Isle, 52 Berg, Manfred, 57 Big Three. See business; Chrysler Corporation ; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Corporation Black Legion, 12 black liberals: anti-Communism, 47, 54, 64–65, 72–73, 137n3, 147n78; civil rights organizations alliance, 54, 339n24; election of 1945, 56, 140n34; New Deal coalition decline, 48, 137–38n5. See also African Americans; civil rights movement ; NAACP Boulware, Lemuel, 20 Boyle, Kevin, 69 Breech, Ernest, 103, 115 Brinkley, Alan, 53 Brown, Donaldson, 93, 95, 110 Buckley, William F. Jr., 4 Bulletin of the Small Business Men’s Association , 101 business: advocacy groups, 99–102, 153n22; anti-Communism overview, 121; antilabor drive of late 1950s, 112–17; foreign competition, 112, 158n76; lobbyists , 99–102, 153n22; opposition to corporate welfare, 109–12; opposition to government industrial planning, 103; postwar anti-Communist diatribes, 94; postwar battle with Truman administration , 102–5; postwar goals, 93–96; postwar wage and price control issue, 96–98. See also Chrysler Corporation; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Corporation; small business Business Advisory Council (BAC), 99 Cahn, Chester A., 39 Callahan Act, 34 Campbell, Harvey, 111–12 car industry. See business; Chrysler Corporation ; Ford Motor Company; General Motors Corporation Carnochan, Gordon, 42 Carter, Dan, 2–3 Catholics: anti-Communism of World War II and aftermath, 80–83, 146n28; antiCommunism overviews, 76–77, 91–92, 121–22; anti-Communist devotions, 1, 83–89, 83–91, 146–47n31, 147n34, 147–48n36, 148n37, 149n38; Association of Catholic Trade Unionists (ACTU), 79; community formation of 1940s and 1950s, 89–91, 150n60; conservatism overview, 76–77; Eastern Europeans and anti-Communism, 80–83; liberalism to conservatism transition, 6–7, 76–77; organizational connections, 83–91, 87; parish labor schools, 79–80; pre–World War II anti-Communism, 77–80; traditionalism , 149–50n58, 149n57. See also secularism v. anti-secularism Cavanaugh, Jerome, 68, 73, 74 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 102 Chamber of Commerce of the United States (CCUS), 99 Chrysler Corporation, 1, 10, 47, 103 CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations): anti-Communism development within, 13, 14, 18; Communist activity tolerance in 1930s, 11; garbage workers strike position, 43; mayoral election of 1945 focus, 23–24; postwar...