0001. January-March 1941. 82 pages., 1941

Major Topics: instances of discrimination against Negroes; Illinois State Commission on the Condition of the Urban Colored Population; porters' working conditions and hours; agreement between the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company; dues collection; business meetings of the Chicago Division of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; seniority rosters; Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Ladies Auxiliary organizations; contract with the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad; Illinois unemployment compensation law; agreement between the Southeastern Carriers Conference Committee and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; overtime.