Legislative Activity, 1936-1955

Letter to Speaker of the House from AFL President Green, opposing Frazier- Lemke Act as inflationary, May 13, 1936; meeting of the Legislative Conference of the AFL, minutes, 4 pages, November 17, 1937, and 3 pages, February 17, 1938; minutes of meeting on Wages and Hours Conference, November 20, 1937, 4 pages; "Memo for Mr. Green: Republican Assignments for House Committee on Rules," 2 pages, January 19, 1939, re laws passed of interest to labor, 2 pages, June 28, 1939; minutes of the meeting of National Joint Legislative Conference, AFL and the Railroad Brotherhoods, 8 pages, January 19, 1945, 3 pages, May 27, 1946, and 3 pages, January 14, 1948; "Statement by the Executive Council, AFL," denouncing 79th Congress, 2 pages, August 12, 1946; memo to President Green listing 136 subjects referred to AFL Legislative Committee, 3 pages, January 21, 1948; "Statement by William Green, President, AFL" re collective bargaining legislation, 5 pages, n.d.; "Tentative list of Record Notes for Basis of Judging Congressional Candidates," 2 pages, May 26, 1948; AFL Press release re Taft-Hartley watchdog committee, March 15, 1948; resolution establishing AFL National Legislative Council, adopted at 1948 Convention, 2 pages; statement by AFL executive Matthew Woll, denouncing 80th Congress, 2 pages, July 19, 1948; memo to President Green from chairman of Legislative Committee, recommending improvements for Committee, 3 pages, March 10, 1949; list of bills supported by AFL in 80th Congress, September 9, 1949, 3 pages; "Analysis of `Your Congressional Scorecard, First Session, 81st Congress, 1949,'" unsigned, 4 pages; "Minutes of the Meeting of the National Legislative Council, AFL," March 21, 1950, 6 pages; booklet "Legislative Achievements of the AFL," January 1, 1953, 42 pages; copies of the American Federationist; form letters; notes.