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CIO--Oregon., 1940

 File — Reel: 13
Identifier: 4

Scope and Contents

113 pp.: CIO regional directors; factionalism and internal politics among ladies auxiliaries of the IWA; National Coordinating Committee for Women's Auxiliaries; 1940 CIO convention; CIO factionalism and internal politics; IWA factionalism and internal politics; Inland Boatman's Union; 1940 Washington state CIO convention@United Furniture Workers of America; AFL-CIO competition; NLRB elections; Communist influence and anti- Communist activities in CIO; criticism of ILWU presidency and West Coast CIO directorship of Harry Bridges; radio broadcasts; national defense mobilization efforts; Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense; jurisdictional disputes between ILWU and Textile Workers Union of America; anti-war sentiments; AFL-CIO unity negotiations; IWA organizing campaigns; IWA organizers; proposed amendments to the Wagner Act; political activities; US Department of Labor; 1940 US presidential campaigns of FDR and Wendell Willkie@United Federal Workers of America; 1940 state CIO convention; support for UMWA and CIO presidencies of John L. Lewis; William Dalrymple; Kathryn Lewis; Allan S. Haywood; Morris Muster; Adolph Germer; John M. Brost; Sidney Hillman; Lee Pressman; Ralph W. Peoples; Thomas Kennedy.

Dates

  • 1940

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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