0387. Industrial Workers of the World - By State. Case File 186701. Section 14, Part 1. Illinois. 170 pages., 1917-1920

People: William D. Haywood; George F. Vanderveer; William C. Fitts; Robert Lansing; Thomas W. Gregory; Frank K. Nebeker; Claude R. Porter; John L. Metzen; Kenesaw M. Landis; Adolph Germer. Subjects: Department of Justice investigation of Industrial Workers of the World activities; General Defense Committee of the Industrial Workers of the World; Industrial Workers of the World publications; Railroad Workers Industrial Union; Agricultural Workers Industrial Union; requests for access to Industrial Workers of the World documents held by Judge Kenesaw M. Landis seized in Department of Justice raids; Department of Justice position regarding bail for Industrial Workers of the World defendants; Department of Justice prosecution of Industrial Workers of the World defendants in Illinois; bomb explosion in the United States Post Office Building, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Justice cooperation with United States Department of State; request from the Bulgarian Minister for special privileges for an immigrant Industrial Workers of the World defendant; press coverage of Industrial Workers of the World leadership trial; draft indictment against Adolph Germer, et al., Socialist Party of America, for pro-German matters.