October, 1939, 1939

Most of the correspondence this month deals with fund-raising, especially NSW, and with the attempt to reactivate locals. Items of special interest include: "An Open Letter to Friends of the STFU", an 8-page mimeographed statement on the split with UCAPAWA (1); F.R. Betton to the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburg Courier, asking for help in fund-raising and publicity (11, 12); a letter from Butler to inactive locals (20); Butler to J.B. Nathan on the NEC's decision concerning the Farm Workers' Allied Union (23); STFU lawyer Claude Cooper to Butler, on the trial of Louis Johnson (24); affidavit of Henry Johnson, a 77-year old black man forced to leave his town at gunpoint by a Deputy Sheriff (28); and reports on the convention of the National Federation of Colored Farmers from F.R. Betton and D.A. Griffin (31 and Nov. 3)