Original sentence: " [Lichtenstein, Most Dangerous Man p 44] Unhappy with the lack of political freedom in the country, Reuther returned to the United States where he found employment at General Motors and became an active member of the United Automobile Workers (UAW).He later claimed that he disapproved of the repressive Stalinist regime, but his reports from Russia and his lectures after returning home were enthusiastically supportive.He worked with the left-wing Unity Caucus (which included the powerful Communist groups) to defeat the conservative president Homer Martin.These labor contracts made automobiles more expensive, but since there was very little competition from foreign brands in his lifetime, the consumer paid high prices, the workers took home high wages, and the companies made high profits
Edited sentence: " [Lichtenstein, Most Dangerous Man p 44] Of course, this quote does not show that he approved of repressive communism, only that he enjoyed the voice given the workers in the shops in which he worked.He later claimed that he disapproved of the repressive Stalinist regime, and letters he wrote corraborated this fact, even though unscrupulous politicians in the Republican part doctored letters he sent home to try and prove otherwise.Ruether consistently tried to force the Big Three into lowering auto prices with each contract he negotiated, with varying degrees of success.Unhappy with the lack of political freedom in the country, Reuther returned to the United States where he found employment at General Motors and became an active member of the United Automobile Workers (UAW)