Tyler, Gus, 1984-1987

File — Box: 21, Folder: 28

Scope and Contents

Assistant president of ILGWU and director of union’s Education Department. Letter from the executive director of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities to the executive director of the New York Council for the Humanities, urging him to make Gus Tyler’s acquaintance, December 20, 1987; report to the Education Committee of the General Executive Board, October 7-12, 1987; note from Tyler to Mazur re positive impression of African trade union leaders, September 22, 1987; nine-page analysis by Tyler to Mazur of Dick Morris report re public attitude on imports, September 22, 1987; letters from Tyler to publishers re ILGWU Immigration Project, September 3, 1987; four-page letter from Tyler re free trade as outmoded doctrine, need for presidential candidates to address issue, with attached articles by Tyler, September 14, 1987; memo from Tyler to Mazur re major current projects of the Political/Educational Department, May 15, 1987; letter from the Harry Hopkins Public Service Institute asking Mazur to write to the Postmaster General in support of a stamp honoring Hopkins, with cover note from Mazur to Tyler asking him to draft a letter, April 4, 1987; text of talk by Tyler, “Our Economy Is a Leaky Bucket,” which he delivered to the Congressional Labor Roundtable and which was requested by Rep. Major Owens to be included in the Congressional Record, with note from Tyler to Mazur, March 22, 1984; article by Tyler, “A Tale of Two Depressions,” based on talk he gave to National Council of Senior Citizens, with cover note to Mazur suggesting publication and wide distribution, July 14, 1986; memo to Mazur re meeting for Black Economic Prpoject, with attached article by Tyler, October 27, 1986; letter from Gus Tyler to RCA Corp. re global economy, October 8, 1986; memo to Mazur from Gus Tyler re Liberal Party, National Planning Association, December 22, 1986; article by Tyler, “Homework: Big Treasury Loss,” December 19, 1984; memo from Tyler to Mazur re several pending projects, December 1986; articles by Tyler forwarded to vp Evy Dubrow re why decline of the dollar has not helped trade balance, October 27, 1986; article in Mother Jones by Jeff Faux, head of the Economic Policy Council, with cover memo from Tyler to vp Susan Cowell and Mazur, January 16, 1986

Dates

1984-1987

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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