National Recovery, Joint Committee on -, 1934-1936

"Two Years with the Joint Committee on National Recovery, 1933-35." A publicity pamphlet which states goals and accomplishments of the Committee and includes their progress on behalf of Blacks in the New Deal. Information on Black industrial workers, farm hands and farmers, dayworkers, emergency relief recipients and the Tennessee Valley Authority. States relationship between the federal government and the Committee; correspondence, memorandums, meeting minutes concerning the progress of Blacks under the New Deal including the National Youth Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps, Works Project Administration, Public Works Administration and Resettlement Administration. Protest against discrimination against Blacks within these administrations and in the AFL trade unions. Discussion of the fair competition industry codes of the NRA, specifically including the cotton, laundry, tobacco and mining industries. Information and statistics on the conditions Black day workers encounter; Memorandum to all member organizations of the Joint Committee February 23, 1935 discusses the discriminatory effects against Blacks by the implementation of the Farm Tenant Homes Act of 1935. Provisions render discrimination against Black tenant farmers, sharecroppers and marginal land owners; Memorandum to Isador Lubin, October 24, 1934, re observations of an annual dinner for the Joint Committee. Presents administrative viewpoints on how Black unemployment problems are viewed and solved.