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CIO--Michigan., 1939-1942

 File — Reel: 11
Identifier: 16

Scope and Contents

365 pp.: CIO regional directors; anti-Communist activities; Labor's Non- Partisan League; radio broadcasts; UAW factionalism and internal politics; NLRB elections; AFL proposal of amendments to the Wagner Act; press relations; CIO and UAW organizers; 1939 state CIO convention; 1940 US presidential campaigns of FDR and Wendell Willkie; UAW campaign to organize employees at the Ford Motor Company; national defense mobilization efforts; anti-war sentiments; support for CIO presidency of John L. Lewis; 1940 state CIO convention; Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists and Technicians; proceedings of the 1941 state CIO convention; support for UMWA in captive mines dispute; 1941 state CIO constitution; 1942 state CIO convention; war mobilization activities; political activities; August Scholle; Adolph Germer; Allan S. Haywood; Kathryn Lewis; Ray Thomason; Ora E. Gasaway; Tracy M. Doll; George F. Addes; John W. Gibson; Leo Krzycki; R.J. Thomas; Sherman H. Dalrymple; Michael F. Widman.

Dates

  • 1939-1942

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

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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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