Correspondence, 1934

3/2/34-5/21/34; Memo from Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor) to the President recommemding Leon Marshall and Clay Williams to serve as vice-chairmen of the Board; especially significant memo from Leo Wolman (National Recovery Administration - NRA) to Handler about Hall Baking Company; from Charles R. Hook (President, Rolling Mill Company) to General Hugh S. Johnson (Administrator, NRA) calling for Wagner's resignation; Wolf's discussion of elections and management's refusal to recognize the union (Houde Engineering Corporation); from Frank E. Coffee (Secretary, Atlanta Labor Board) to Jessie I. Miller (Executive Director, NLB) regarding Republic Steel and a representation election, contains a reference to Mr. Borden Burr's letter to Youngstown; detailed statement by the President to the press on employment in the automobile industry, and a discussion of Section 7a of the NIRA as well as principles of settlement; from Coffee to J.A. Lipscomb in regard to Republic Steel and the selection of members to an arbitration board (Judge Grubb); significant memo from Handler to Miller about E.G. Budd Co.; personal letter of encouragement from Edwin S. Smith (Commissioner of Labor and Industries, Commonwealth of Massachusetts) to the President; from Miller's discussion of alleged violations of Section 7a; the President's reply to Smith; from E. (?) Curtis to Coffee regarding Republic Steel and its treatment of black workers; memo turning the Houde case over to the NLB (includes election results from 3/8/34); telephone message from Draper to unknown party providing conditions under which Houde will make a settlement; report from P.A. Donoghue (Chicago Regional Labor Board) to possibly the Chicago Regional Labor Board or the NLB in regard to Guide Lamp Co., Anderson, Indiana, and an account of Ray Kelsay's (Vice-President, Metal Polishers International Union) efforts to meet with management.