October to November, 1957, 1957

During the last week of October, the leaders of the United Sugar Workers, Local 1422, decided to disaffiliate with the NAWU and return to UPWA. From October 26 on, the papers are primarily concerned with Mitchell's attempt to stem the revolt by placing the local in receivership and by sending organizer George Stith to Louisiana to win the support of the rank-and-file membership. The key documents include Galarza's report on his trip to Louisiana to appraise the situation (Nov 10), Stith's reports (Nov 21 to 27), and Mitchell's memorandum on the role of UPWA in the revolt (Nov 14). There is a set of notes by Galarza on a meeting of the Regional Labor Operations Advisory Committee of the US Bureau of Employment Security held in San Francisco (Oct 31), a copy of the Proceedings of the NSF Conference on Migratory Labor and Low Income Farmers (Nov 13) and a letter from Mitchell to Walter P. Reuther, stating that the NAWU will not consider a merger with UPWA as Reuther had apparently suggested (Nov. 5) ;