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Foreign - Foreign Affairs, 1944-1956

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 17

Scope and Contents

"Report No. 2 from Irving Brown," Paris, France, to AFL re activities of World Federation of Trade Unions (W.F.T.U.) and general labor conditions in France, Germany and England, December 23, 1946, 2 pages; "Report to the Executive Council by International Labor Relations Department," two reports, one May 1948, 7 pages, the other n.d., 3 pages; confidential form letters (2) to all International Presidents of the AFL, May and June 1948, 3 and 4 pages, re Soviet Communist-controlled union activity in various countries; "Manpower Personnel, Staff Sections," including "Labor Division, Economic and Scientific Section, SCAP (Japan)", "Manpower Division - OMGUS (Germany)", and "Social Administration Division, USACA Section, HQ, USFA (Austria), list of personnel, n.d., 2 pages; memo from Chairman, Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons, critically analyzing Senate legislation, June 2, 1948; memorandum to the Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, by the International Labor Relations Committee, AFL, supporting military aid to friendly nations, urging opposition to all forms of totalitarian governments, and urging the appointment of an international labor advisor to the Department of State, March 9, 1949, 3 pages; "Ratify the Atlantic Pact," declaration by Matthew Woll, Chairman, International Labor Relations Committee, AFL, 1949, 2 pages; statement by the Executive Council of the AFL urging Senate ratification of the Genocide Convention, denouncing Soviet oppression of Jews, February 1950; letter to Averill Harriman, Director, Mutual Security Agency, from George Meany, Secretary Treasurer, AFL re U.S. off-shore procurement contracts in Europe, December 27, 1951, 4 pages; "Speech by George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL," to the Catholic Labor Alliance, Chicago re AFL vs. international Communism, March 13, 1951, 8 pages; press release, "Statement by the Executive Council of the AFL," recommending a 10-point program for U.S. foreign policy to combat international Communism, January 26, 1951, 2 pages; reports to AFL Free Trade Union Committee, February 1953:

Dates

  • 1944-1956

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Russian

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

16.67 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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