He was defeated for re-election in 1946 by Republican Charles J. Kersten , and went to work as director of political education for the Upholsterers Union . During this period Biemiller joined many other former Socialists and Progressives in helping to found Americans for Democratic Action . He cooperated with Hubert Humphrey in successfully calling for a strong civil rights plank at the 1948 Democratic National Convention , to which he was a delegate and chair of the platform committee which produced the plank
1948 Democratic National Convention
1948 Democratic National Convention
Andrew Biemiller