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Blithe Spirit 1 Minute

From political action to working conditions.

My namesake grandfather, then head of the pressmen (later CFL president for an 18-month term, taking his turn), argued the very point. Working conditions and compensation yes, political maneuvering no.

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Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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