November and December, 1955, 1955

Following the Cox incident, Mitchell began an investigation of the activities of White Citizens Councils in the South, with a special view toward their anti-labor animus. The papers include two versions of his report (Nov. 21; Dec 1), a letter from the Southern Education Reporting Service listing various groups opposed to integration (Nov. 14) a similar list compiled by Mitchell (Dec 28), and an especially interesting letter from Mitchell to NSF Secretary Fay Bennett on the role of Southern liberals in the crisis (Nov. 14). There is a 14-page booklet published jointly by NSF and the League for Industrial Democracy entitled "Down on the Farm: The Plight of Agricultural Labor" (Dec. 1), and a letter from Mitchell to all NAWU members on the first AFL-CIO convention and the union's prospects in the new organization (Dec. 12)