Newspaper Guild, 1900-1942

Material relating to strike of [CIO] Newspaper Guild against Chicago Herald- American: "Statement by Frank Morrison, Secretary, AFL" re strike as CIO/Communist attack on AFL, December 5, 1938, 3 pages; several press releases by the Chicago Newspaper Guild Hearst Strike Committee, claiming AFL support, describing violence by Hearst "hoodlums" against women and elderly Catholic strikers, n.d.; form letter to Chicago-area businesses from AFL representative, urging advertising support for Herald-American against strikers of Newspaper Guild, December 4, 1939; resolution by American Federation of Reporters, Writers and Editorial Workers (AFL), Federal Local 21432, urging AFL President Green to initiate legal action to enjoin Newspaper Guild from using the name or initials of the AFL in its strike literature against Hearst newspapers, n.d.; "An Open Letter to William Green, President, AFL, and John Fitzpatrick, President, Chicago Federation of Labor, from the AFL Committee to Aid the Guild Strikers," [1939]; resolution by Allied Printing Trades at Port Huron, calling upon Hearst management to negotiate in good faith with Chicago Newspaper Guild, [1940]; correspondence; and notes