Title	Steelworker Training Program
Owning Institution	Indiana Historical Society
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Item ID	P0303_BOX17_FOLDER10_012
Description	Dr. Cleo Blackburn (seated, center), executive director of the national Board for Fundamental Education, represented his organization at the contract signing in Washington as the BFE was employed to give academic training to 1,600 steel workers in plants in Gary and Baltimore. Seated with Dr. Blackburn are R. Conrad Cooper, vice-president of U. S. Steel, and T. W. Abel, president of the United Steelworkers of America. Standing are (left to right) Dr. R. Lee Henney, director of Adult Education for BFE; Wilbur J. Cohen, Undersecretary of Labor; Charles A. Meyer, vice-president of Sears Roebuck and Company and president of BFE; W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor; John J. O'Connell, assistant vice-president of Bethlehem Steel Company; and Congressman Ray J. Madden (Indiana First District).
Subject	Flanner House (Indianapolis, Ind.) Blackburn, Cleo W. (Cleo Walter), 1909-1978 Board for Fundamental Education Vocational education Steel industry Labor unions Press conferences Suits (Clothing) Neckties Eyeglasses
Location Depicted	Indianapolis Indiana
Date	1967-06-03
Format of Original	Photographic print, b&w
Size of Original	7 x 9 inches
Photographer/Studio	Reni Photos
Digital Collection Name	Indianapolis Flanner House: Helping People Help Themselves
Digital Collection Number	DC 018
Digital Date	2007
Source Collection	Indianapolis Recorder Collection
Source Collection Number	P 0303
Digital Format and Resolution	Full View: 600 dpi jpg 2000; Archived View: 600 dpi tif
Copyright	Digital image 2007 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
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