February, 1943, 1943

Correspondence from workers in Florida and Arizona poured in throughout the month. Two long letters from B.V. Zachary, who reported that hundreds of workers in Eloy, Arizona, received special attention. F.R. Betton reported on his inspection trip to Florida (9) and Mitchell sent special instructions to all STFU representatives in Florida on how to organize and how to handle workers' problems (19). There are also two letters from organizer George Mayberry in Reform, Alabama, informing the union that two black workers had been forcibly prevented from boarding a train to go to Florida (4, 13)