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Correspondence, 1937

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 2

Scope and Contents

8/2/37-8/12/37; Fahy's discussion of increased workload and staff, the Vandenburg amendments, A.F.of L.-C.I.O. conflict, injunction suits, etc.; from Elinore Herrick to the Board about the International Merchantile Marine Co. case R-24; correspondence relating to A.F.of L.-C.I.O. conflict, and more specifically, Senator G.P. Nye's charge that the NLRB favors the C.I.O., includes discussion of the Combustion Engineering Co. case XIV-C-42, XIV-R-28, XIV-R-23 and the Gulf Oil Corporation, Port Arthur, Texas, case no.XVI-R-23 and no.XVI-C-78, from the Pittsburg Post Gazette, "Labor Board Convicts Self of Partisanship", H.E. Dozer (National Electric Products Corp., National "Firestop" Wires and Cables) to Hon. Robert L. Bulkley (U.S. Senator) claiming the NLRB is C.I.O. controlled, A. Howard Myers (Director, Region 1) to Madden alerting him to the possibility of an investigation of the New England Regional Office; from Madden to Wolf about the Tennessee Coal and Iron case; from Edwin S. Smith to Marvin H. McIntyre informing him that the telegram sent to the President from Joseph P. Ryan on 7/30/37 about Edwin S. Smith is untrue; from Clifford D. O'Brien to Wolf concerning "partisan language" in an intermediate report on the National Motor Bearing case, no.XX-C-126; correspondence relating to the Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc. cases XXI-C-183 and XXI-C-220 includes Nylander's discussion of trial examiner Rollin C. McNitt's handling of the cases with attached Los Angeles Times, "Douglas Case Has Flurry", and David Persinger's (attorney, Region 21) urgent recommendation that case XXI-C183 become a Board Case; from James C. Batten to Wolf finding the G. Sommers & Co. case no.XVIII-C-83 to be weak; from the Board (unsigned) to Hon. Richard B. Russel Jr. (U.S. Senator) concerning trouble with Mr. Curtis (former Atlanta Regional Board member) and Judge Feidelson and the Independent Union of Packing House Employees; correspondence concerning the Tupelo, Mississippi situation (Tupelo Cotton Mills Co. case and the Garment Co. case) includes Madden to Charles Logan disciplining him, and a reply from Gerhard Van Arkel (attorney) defending Logan, taking responsibility for Board action in Tupelo, includes a report of Ida Sledge's (ILGWU) efforts to organize, and the formation of armed vigilante bands; memo from Wolf to trial examiners on the conduct of hearings, stating trial examiners will not question witness; memo from Philip Levy to Charles Fahy about conflicting State and Federal Labor Relations Acts (33pp).

Dates

  • 1937

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

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Extent

15 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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