Machinists, 1917-1951

"The Machinists," 8 page typescript with hand notation "Paid 12/29/51 Taft"; letter from AFL President Gompers to U.S. Secretary of War re manufacturers' use of military exemption status to force workers to accept lower wages, November 16, 1917; correspondence between AFL President Green and Hamilton (Canada) Trades and Labor Council re refusal to recognize IAM delegates, March and July 1938; correspondence re various jurisdictional disputes, especially with CIO Maritime Federation of the Pacific, 1938-50; non-raiding agreement between IAM (AFL) and UAW (CIO), January 7, 1944 for duration of World War II; minutes of the AFL Executive Council, August 9, 1950 re re-affiliation of IAM with AFL, 8 pages, May 19, 1952 re jurisdictional dispute with Carpenters