Memorandum in Behalf of the Union

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 6036/106m

Abstract

Legal memorandum filed by attorney Morris Hillquit in front of the New York State Governor's Advisory Commission in the Cloak, Suit, and Skirt Industry of New York City. The related filings and records of this commission may be found in collection 6036/009.

Dates

undated

Creator

New York (State). Governor's Advisory Commission, Cloak, Suit and Skirt Industry, New York City (creator, Organization)

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Biographical / Historical

Beginning in March 1924, the ILGWU and the Joint Board of Cloak and Dressmakers' Union began negotiations with the Merchants' Ladies' Garment Association (jobbers), the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' Protective Association (manufacturers), and the American Cloak and Suit Manufacturers' Association (sub-manufacturers). When no agreement could be reached by June 1924, New York Governor Alfred E. Smith appointed a Special Advisory Commission consisting of George Gordon Battle (Chairman), Herbert Lehman, Arthur Wolf, Lindsay Rogers, and Bernard Schientag (State Industrial Commissioner). Representing the union and associations were Morris Hillquit (ILGWU), Samuel Blumberg (Merchants' Ladies' Garment Association) and William Klein (Cloak and Suit Manufacturers' Protective Association). Public hearings took place between June 17 and June 25, and on June 27, recommendations were submitted. Accepted by the union, sub-manufacturers, and manufacturers, the jobbers refused until July 7, 1924 when the Merchants' Association agreed to the terms of the Governors' Commission.