Sherman Harrison Dalrymple (1889 – March 16, 1962) was an American labor unionist. Born in Roane County, West Virginia, Dalrymple moved to Akron, Ohio in 1903 to pay off debts on his family's farm, finding work in the rubber industry. He served in the United States Marines during World War I, becoming a second lieutenant. In the 1920s, he worked making tires for the Goodrich Corporation, and organized a union local in the plant. In 1935, the

United Rubber Workers of America The United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America (URW) was a labor union representing workers involved in manufacturing using specific materials, in the United States and Canada. The union was founded in 1935 as the United Rubber Wo ...

was founded, and Dalrymple was elected as its first president. The union was affiliated to the

Congress of Industrial Organizations The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. Originally created in 1935 as a committee within the American Federation of ...

(CIO), and Dalrymple was elected as one of the federation's vice-presidents. He also served as head of the CIO's social security committee. Dalrymple opposed communism, and in 1939, he was a leading figure in efforts to remove communists from the leadership of CIO unions. During World War II, he served on the Labor Policy Advisory Committee of the National Defense Advisory Committee. In 1944, he visited battle zones in Europe with Dwight D. Eisenhower and his logistics chief,

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. During the war, he opposed industrial action, including the 1945 strikes at Goodyear and Firestone. However, the union locals in Akron backed the strikes, and the conflict led Dalrymple to resign as union president.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalrymple, Sherman 1889 births 1962 deaths American trade union leaders People from Roane County, West Virginia Trade unionists from West Virginia Vice presidents of the Congress of Industrial Organizations United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America