April to June, 1950, 1950

The operation of the US Employment Service in California is the main topic in the papers for this Spring. See especially the long reports on NFLU organization in California is the main topic in the papers for this Spring. See especially the long reports on NFLU organization in California from staff members Galarza, Hasiwar, and Becker (April 6, 7, 10, n.d.), and an exchange between Mitchell and both Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin and USES Director Robert C. Goodwin on the bracero problem in California (April 21; May 26,29; June 6). There is much detailed information on the California organizational set-up in the papers for June, including a report on the new membership drive in each local (June 1,2,15). The libel suit filed by the Di Giorgio Corporation against the union was settled in return for agreement to end the strike; see the copies of the legal agreement (May 8, 23) and a letter from Alexander Schullman to Mitchell on this subject (April 21). Throughout the year, the NFLU was involved in a dispute with the National Farmers' Union over the organization of dairy farmers in New York, Louisiana, and other states. For information on the dispute see Mitchell to NSF Executive Secretary Beth Biderman (April 6)