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unusual facts about Max S. Hayes High School


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The station's original studios were located in Cleveland's Max Hayes Trade School.


Max S. Hayes

In 1912 Hayes became the first candidate to challenge Samuel Gompers for the presidency of the American Federation of Labor in nearly a decade, drawing about 30% of the vote in his losing effort.

AF of L President Samuel Gompers temporarily passed on the gavel at the convention so that he could himself speak on the floor during the debate which followed.

He was a frequent representative of the ITU to the annual conventions of the American Federation of Labor.


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