Correspondence, 1935

1/2/35-1/28/35; Letter from Edwin S. Smith to Louis Howe (says '34) on the relationship between the NLRB and the Newspaper Industrial Board; from Harry Millis to Biddle on the Item-Tribune Publishing Co. case and labor's handling of it; from Robert Watts to Alice Rossiter on the Pacific Gas and Electric case; from Beatrice Stern to Gordon Wagenet on the mediation of strikes; 5 point memo from Nathan Witt (Assistant General Counsel, NLRB) to Biddle on the Wagner Bill, points include: closed shop, arbitration, representation before the Board, judicial enforcement and review, unfair labor practices, and the removal or modification of Sec.12; 10 point memo from Biddle on the Wagner Bill; detailed memo from Edwin S. Smith to Biddle and Millis on suggested discussion of industrial boards for inclusion in the Sixth Monthly Report to the President, specific subjects include Board handling of Sec. 7a cases, and policy and procedure; from Edwin S. Smith to Biddle and Millis about his meeting with Louis Howe, particularly a proposed policy on Sec.7a cases originally heard by industrial boards; from Edwin S. Smith to Louis Howe, with attached statement of NLRB policy on jurisdiction in Sec 7a cases with respect to industrial boards; from Edwin S. Smith to Biddle with revisions in the Sixth Monthly Report to the President; from Biddle to Perkins and Howe forwarding correspondence between Biddle and Harvey J. Kelly (Chairman, Newspaper Industrial Board) regarding the Newspaper Industrial Boards' ineffectiveness in handling Sec.7a cases; proposed statement by NLRB defining its jurisdiction; from Biddle to Richberg about the Boards' proposed statement of jurisdiction; from the President to Biddle setting down rules to guide the Board in situations affecting special codes, rule 3 addresses the problem of interpreting Sec.7a; from Biddle to the President about the limitations imposed on him by Executive Order of 11/15/34, concerns the issues of strick budgetary control, and sole control of hiring and discharging employees; from Francis Biddle to Perkins on the proposed statement of jurisdiction; report from Mr. Crawford of the "Philadelphia Record" to Biddle relating to the Jennings case; significant memo from Biddle to the Board on his talk with the President, about the Executive Order of 11/15/34; letter of resignation from Edwin S. Smith to the President; from Biddle (?) to the Board summarizing his meeting with the President, topics discussed include the handling of Sec.7a cases, the Jennings case and the resignations of Harry Millis and Edwin S. Smith; from Biddle to Edwin S. Smith asking him to prepare a report on the Newspaper situation; from Millis to Gordon Wagenet assuring him the Board will continue to operate; from the President to Biddle requesting information on the Newspaper Industrial Board, particularly cases involving violations of Sec.7a; memo from Herber Blankenhorn to the Board explaining why joint boards are inherently unfitted to handle Sec.7a cases.