October, 1938, 1938

During the September strike, five STFU members distributing strike leaflets in Mississippi County, Arkansas were arrested for "Night-Riding"; on this case, see Butler to the ACLU (6) and the correspondence from two of the members arrested, Martha Williams (11,31) and Louis Johnson (28, 30, n.d. [Oct.]). In a related case, a union meeting in Coy, Arkansas was disrupted by violence; see the report from local secretary Martha Hayes (10). A major dispute developed with UCAPAWA when Donald Henderson sent a circular letter to all STFU locals, informing them that the STFU would not receive any representation at the UCAPAWA annual convention because of arrears in dues payments (5). For further information on this matter, see Butler's letters to Henderson negotiated an agreement, the substance of which appears in Mitchell's letter to STFU locals (26). There is also a descriptive index of all correspondence between the STFU and UCAPAWA from Jan. 1 to Oct. 20, 1938, prepared to aid Mitchell in his negotiations (20). Lastly, the papers include considerable correspondence with the WDL about legal cases and plans for NSW, as well as a letter from Butler to Mitchell detailing the problems with Odis Sweeden and the Oklahoma STFU (17)