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CIO--Releases., 1942

 File — Reel: 7
Identifier: 10

Scope and Contents

429 pp.: National War Labor Board regional directors and advisory boards; war mobilization efforts; political activities; government-labor cooperation; Office of Civilian Defense; legislative programs; CIO-UMWA relations; criticism of UMWA presidency of John L. Lewis; CIO housing committee; Office of Price Administration; UMWA loans to CIO; Congress of Women's Auxiliaries of the CIO; public relations efforts and radio programs; legal memorandum prepared for the State, County, and Municipal Workers of America in support of the power of municipalities to enter into collective agreements; no-strike pledge; economic analysis of industrial production; anti-poll tax legislation and civil rights programs; AFL-CIO cooperation; Dies Committee; support for Farm Security Administration; unemployment programs; beating of CIO organizer in Port Arthur, Texas; Philip Murray; Len De Caux; Lee Pressman; Nathan E. Cowan; James B. Carey; John Brophy; R.J. Thomas; Reid Robinson; Joseph Curran; Sherman H. Dalrymple; Emil Rieve; Thomas Kennedy; Faye Stephenson; Abram Flaxer; August Scholle; Ralph Hetzel; Allan S. Haywood; Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Dates

  • 1942

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

2.22 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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