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Did you know... that George L. P. Weaver chaired the U.S. delegation to International Labour Organization conferences under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon?

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:01, 10 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

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George L. P. Weaver (1969)

... that George L. P. Weaver (pictured) chaired the U. S. Delegation to the International Labour Organization Conference under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon? Source: "Mr. George L-P Weaver was Chairman of the U. S. Delegation to the International Labor Conference from 1961 to 1969."(https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_United_States_the_International_Labo/HaMhqcS159AC)
- ALT1: ... that in 1968 US labor leader George L. P. Weaver (pictured) was unanimously voted chair of the governing board of the International Labour Organization? Source: George L-P Weaver, Assistant Secretary of Labor for International Affairs, was unanimously elected Chairman of the ILO Governing Body at its June meeting in Geneva (https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=4GTKmVyn2G4C&pg=GBS.RA3-PA12)
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King
- Comment: He's a really impressive figure, glad that his story is in Wikipedia now.

Created by HouseOfChange (talk). Self-nominated at 02:40, 21 December 2021 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: New enough and long enough. QPQ is done. Looks good to me. I've verified that both hooks are cited, and both are interesting. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 16:55, 23 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

Promoting slightly modified main hook to Prep 7 without the image, as it is bit less clear for the main page. – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 14:01, 10 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

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