By Russ McQuaid When Leon Bates’ grandfather would travel Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky as an International Representative of the United Auto Workers union in the forties, fifties and sixties, he always carried extra white shirts so he could look fresh coming off the road and a satchel with a pair of important books at his reach. “He had a large leatherbound Road Atlas and a Green Book,” said Bates. ”When he got to a town, one he hadn’t been to before, he knew where he could possibly find what he needed…meals or somewhere to rest. ”He never traveled
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