CIO-AFL Controversy--Releases and Correspondence, 1936

155 pp.: 1936 AFL convention; AFL reorganization and executive council dominance of crafts unions; UMWA trial of AFL president William Green@CIO organization of steelworkers and radio workers; jurisdictional disputes of CIO affiliates with AFL crafts unions; growth in membership of CIO; AFL-CIO unity negotiations; AFL suspension of CIO affiliates; Alabama State Federation of Labor support for CIO; Wisconsin State Federation of Labor proposal for labor unity; AFL Metal Trades Department charges against CIO; John Brophy; William Green; Charles P. Howard; Van A. Bittner; Vincent Sweeney; Max Zaritsky; David Dubinsky; Sidney Hillman; George M. Harrison; William Mitch; Henry Ohl; John P. Frey; G.M. Bugniazel; Joseph N. Weber; Frank Morrison.