CIO--New York., 1940
Scope and Contents
133 pp.: Political activities; factionalism and internal politics; national defense mobilization efforts; legislative programs; disputed 1940 state CIO convention; NLRB decisions of William E. Leiserson favoring crafts unions; AFL-CIO competition; CIO organizers and regional directors; press relations; 1940 US presidential campaigns of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie; allegations of Communist influence; support for CIO and UMWA presidencies of John L. Lewis; Saul Mills; Kathryn Lewis; Joseph Curran; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Michael Quill; Abram Flaxer; Frederick Myer; John F. Ryan; Arthur Osman; Samuel Wolchok; Allan S. Haywood; Vito Marcantonio; Sidney Hillman; Gustave A. Strebel; Lee Pressman; Hugh Thompson; Adolph Germer; William Green; Ralph Tillotson; Ralph Hetzel.
Dates
- 1940
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Conditions Governing Access
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.
Extent
2.22 cubic feet
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository