Reconversion, 1944-1946

Memos from AFL legislative representative re various bills July 1944; summary of bill for national reconversion, August 24, 1944, 6 pages; "Joint Letter from AFL, CIO and Railway Labor Executives Association," supporting Kilgore Bill, sent to all Senators, May 1, 1944, 2 pages; statements by AFL Vice-President Matthew Woll: ("Machinery For Reconversion," before Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Military Affairs Committee, April 4, 1944, 16 pages; "Remobilizing For Peace," before U.S. Senate Post-War Economic Policy and Planning Committee, May 15, 1944, 21 pages); statement by AFL President Green in support of bill re disposal of government surplus with proposed amendments, August 9, 1944, 5 pages; "Statement re George Bill ... as Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means," August 17, 1944, by unnamed AFL representative; AFL Weekly News Service, excerpted articles, February 1945, and whole issue, April 3, 1945; minutes of AFL Executive Council with letter from FDR commanding formation of committee of industry and labor, March 28, 1945; "Statement by Lewis G. Hines, National Legislative Representative, AFL, Presented to the Committee on Post-War Military Policy," June 13, 1945, against compulsory military training, 8 pages; excerpts of address by AFL President Green at annual dinner of Carbondale Central Labor Union, against government regulation of the economy, March 14, 1946, 3 pages; statement by AFL President Green before the Special Subcommittee of the House Labor Committee, July 1, 1946 re strikes July 1, 1946, 9 pages; notes