Housing, 1936-1954

Letter from AFL President Green to Congressman Steagall in support of low-income housing legislation, May 4, 1938, 3 pages; memoranda from AFL National Legislative representative W. C. Cushing re various housing bills, 1937-40; "Rom Report of the Executive Council to the Boston, 1943, Convention, AFL," re need for a post-war housing program, 2 pages; "Statement by William Green, President, AFL, on the General Housing Bill, S 1592, before Senate Banking... and Currency Committee, December 4, 1945," 5 pages; typescript, "Housing Legislation" with handwritten note: "This was written for meeting before 1945 convention which was not held and this was not used. WCH 8/13/46," 5 pages; "Amendment to 1592: Extending Prevailing Wage Requirement to ALL FHA-insured Housing," 4 page manuscript by Housing Committee, AFL, April 13, 1946; statements by AFL Building and Construction Trades Department Chairman Richard Gray before Senate Banking and Currency Committee: (February 18, 1949, 9 pages plus 5 pages of attachments; January 17, 1950 re middle-income housing, 12 pages); "AFL Statement on Housing Legislation," January 31, 1949, 3 pages; "Statement of Defense Housing Policy," January 29, 1951, 4 pages; press releases; form letters; notes