Mr. Speaker. on February 12. 1973. Mr. Michael J. Lyden. first president emeritus of the Ohio AFLCIO. died at the age of 93. With his passing. the city of Youngstown lost a good citizen. organized labor lost an outstanding leader. and I lost a cherished friend. Mike Lyden was an Irish immigrant. Shortly after he came to America. he began working as a streetcar operator. He immediately joined the Amalgamated Street. Railway. and Motor Coach Employees Union. During the 1920s and early 1930s. Mike Lyden was a leader in the United Labor Congress of Mahoning County. In 1935. he was elected President of the old Ohio State Federation of Labor. and was unanimously reelected to that office every 2 years for more than 20 years.
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