November, 1941, 1941

The new Alabama District Council sent forth a series of resolutions, all aimed at changing the STFU Constitution (8,20,29, Dec. 3). In a long and detailed letter to James G. Patton, President of the National Farmer's Union (NFU), Mitchell explained the problems of organizing farm labor in the South and proposed that the STFU become the "Southern Division" of the NFU (Oct. 30); correspondence between Mitchell and Patton continued throughout November with no result (7,14,17,25). Other interesting items include: a three-page letter from Kester on his campaign to liberalize the South through its rural churches (7), a report from Frank McCallister on the UCAPAWA delegation to the CIO Annual Convention (22), and Mitchell to Jonathan Daniels, describing the union's activities in Alabama (24)