Correspondence, 1935

3/1/35-3/30/35; Memo from Edwin S. Smith to Biddle about the Procter and Gamble Manufacturing opinion, with attention to the issue of an exclusive bargaining agent; Biddle's and regional board members' discussion of support for and oppostion to the Wagner Bill among employers; from Edwin S. Smith to Paul Herzog (Assistant to the General Counsel) opposing the Houde Engineering Corp. decision, and discussing discriminatory discharge and restitution; from William Leiserson (Chairman, National Mediation Board) to Biddle with attached chart of procedures under the Railway Labor Act for handling collective bargaining cases; Biddle's summary of his meeting with the Pittsburgh Regional Labor Board including his request for Jewett's resignation, and his description of board members Ladd and Blackmore as "reactionary"; outline from Biddle to Regional Labor Boards on the procedure to be followed in handling election petitions; Edwin S. Smith's and Ralph Lind's discussion of the Houde Engineering Corp. cases and "immediate reinstatement of the complainant"; from Wolf to the Board regarding the New York Regional Board, suggesting changes in procedure and discussing personnel (he mentions Herrick "has no particular respect for the NLRB"); from the White House about Millis' resignation; from Thomas I. Emerson (Attorney) to Biddle on cases pending in the Dept. of Justice, and testimony before the Senate Committee on the breakdown in enforcement of Sec.7a (8pp); from Francis Biddle to the President discussing the report on industrial boards; Biddle to the President with attached report on the Newspaper Industrial Board (8pp); from Biddle to Perkins discussing the ineffectiveness of regional boards; from Towne Nylander to R.C. Jacobson (Director, Region 15) on rules of conduct for hearings; from Biddle to Herrick and Golden on reorganization of their regional boards; report on the "Substance of John L. Lewis' Remarks", contains the notion that men of labor can not understand labor; from Millis to Jacobson saying he was "trapped into remaining on the Board"; from Philip Levy to Calvert Magruder in regard to the Wagner Bill, the issue of majority-rule, and a reference to the cross-examination of Magruder by Walsh; from Emerson to Edwin S. Smith on the Appeal by Union from Decisions of Textile Labor Relations Board in the Ninety-Six Cotton Mill and Alexander Manufacturing Company; to the Editor of the "New York Herald Tribune" refuting in detail, point by point Walter Lippman's editorial of 3/28/35.