Foreign - Japan, 1937-1952
Scope and Contents
Telegram from AFL International Labor Relations Department Chairman Matthew Woll to U.S. Secretary of War Robert Patterson and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson and General Douglas MacArthur, protesting affiliation of Japanese trade unions with World Federation of Trade Unions, March 1947; confidential letter "to all International Presidents of the AFL" from AFL Free Trade Union Committee re "Growing Threat to Free Labor in Japan," July 1948, 2 pages; letter to Meany recommending strategy for countering WFTU activity in Japan, March 29, 1947, 3 pages; photocopies of articles; notes; AFL booklet,, "Japan's Soviet-held Prisoners of War," 1951, 33 pages
Dates
- 1937-1952
Language of Materials
Collection material in English, French, German, Italian, Russian
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
16.67 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853