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Associated Employers of Indianapolis/ Open-Shop/American Plan/Anti-Picketing and Anti-banner carrying ordiances
3800 block of Graceland (Residence of Andrew J. Allen, 40-year secretary for Association)
 

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Virulently anti-union organization of Indianapolis business leaders. The organization led local efforts in the first half of the 1900s to establish business on an anti-union basis and claimed to have originated the phrase "The American Plan" to refer to their union-busting efforts. Andrew J. Allen was the long-time secretary for the organization. Allen kept meticulous notes and meeting minutes, leaving a disgraceful - though useful to historians - record of the organization’s tactics, both legal and otherwise.

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Associated Employers of Indianapolis Collection, Minutes: 1919-1966. Indiana Historical Society.
Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, page 270-71.