0741. Meeting Minutes of May 13-21, 1940. 162 pages., 1940

Major Topics: American Federation of Labor building; American Federationist business; British Trades Union Congress; Carpenters dispute with Machinists; Circus, Carnival, Fairs, and Rodeo International Union charter application and request for assistance; Immigration Service transfer from Labor to Justice Department; American Federation of Labor planks to political parties conventions; injunction relief legislation and antitrust relief legislation; housing; immigration; Ladies Garment Workers reaffiliation with American Federation of Labor; Longshoremen's dispute with Masters, Mates, and Pilots; Machinists jurisdiction disputes; war mobilization of industry; Tobacco Workers International Union internal controversy; Virginia State Federation of Labor; indictments of Minneapolis Works Progress Administration Strikers; finances and membership statistics.