Box 1

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Continued correspondence on resolutions.

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Includes correspondence on appointment of Solomon Polakoff as organizer, Dec. 1923-Jan. 1924.

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Includes Sigman letters on merger of Locals 1, 11 and 17 into Operators Union, Oct.-Nov.

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Includes minutes of meeting of Conference Committee of Trade Union Legislative Representatives, Jan.; correspondence on Samuel Gompers bust donated by Union.

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Includes correspondence on drive to organize workers in Philadelphia; conditions in Puerto Rico.

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Includes correspondence on situation in China and relief for striking textile workers in China? German delegation to study American industrial living conditions.

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Includes correspondence on striking coal miners; AFL releases

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Continued correspondence on striking coal miners, organizational drives; proposed convict-labor bill.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Significant individual correspondents include: Luigi Antonini; David Dubinsky; William Z. Foster; Morris Hillquit; Julius Hochman; Samuel Gompers; William Green; Herbert H. Lehman; John L. Lewis; Salvatore Ninfo; Meyer Perlstein; Elias Reisberg; Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York; and Norman Thomas. Notable organizations in represented in the collection include: the American Federation of Labor; the British Trades Union Congress; Brookwood Labor College; the Chicago Federation...

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Correspondence on Union organizing Mexican women in Los Angeles; Union request for financial aid from national and international unions due to N.Y. Cloakmakers' strike; Union resolution at AFL convention requesting aid.