Correspondence, 1933

8/5/33-11/18/33; Letter of appointment from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Senator Robert F. Wagner as chairman of the National Labor Board (NLB); from Gerald Swope, (President, General Electric Co., NLB member) and Louis E. Kirstein, (General Manager, William Filene Sons Co. NLB member) to Wagner regarding the Brockton (?) Shoe Manufacturers' case, recommending representation elections; William Leiserson's discussion of the Board's role as a mediation and arbitration board (Philadelphia Bakers' case, the Tool and Die Makers' Strike in Detroit and Flint, Jameston Art Metal Co. case), recommending that the Board remain an arbitration tribunal (Berkeley Woolen Mills case); Leiserson's resignation as Secretary; from the NLB to the Brockton Central Labor Union, includes essay "Manufacturer Fighting to Keep Closed Shop"; James O'Connel's, (President, Brockton Central Labor Union) and Frank W. Gifford's (Secretary) demand that the ruling (Douglas Shoe Co.) be recinded; Campbell MacCulloch's, (Secretary, Los Angeles Regional Labor Board) inquiry about the power and authority of regional boards as well as organizational structure and procedures; from MacCulloch to Creel concerning the selection of members to the Regional Labor Board (Byron Campbell, A. Schleicher, Tibbetts, John C. Austin, W.L. Stevens), objecting to labor appointees.