AFL--Minutes of Meetings of AFL Executive Council., 1946

January 21-31, 1946. 200 pp.: Acceptance of UMWA application for reaffiliation with AFL; election of John L. Lewis to the AFL executive council; UMWA-PMWA competition; AFL factionalism and internal politics; International Association of Machinists' refusal to pay per capita to the AFL; AFL state and local organizations; legislative programs; jurisdictional disputes; international labor relations; International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU); AFL Metal Trades Department; AFL Building and Construction Trades Department; postwar conversion plans; Hollywood, California, motion picture studios controversy; AFL-CIO competition; financial matters; membership of and payment of per capita by AFL affiliates; AFL general and district organizers; statistics regarding NLRB elections, 1941-1945; Olin Industries v. Joseph Barnett, et al. (US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, opinion by Charles G. Briggle regarding reemployment of World War II veterans); William Green; Frank P. Fenton; John A. Owens; Walter Schevenels; William J. Kromelbein; Joseph N. Weber; A. Persion; William E. Maloney; Felix H. Knight; W.C. Birthright; William C. Doherty; Percy R. Bengough; George Meany.