Reel 12

Scope and Contents 71 pp.: 1941 state CIO convention; CIO organizers and regional directors; CIO-UMWA cooperation; organizing drives; jurisdictional disputes between Aluminum Workers of America, UAW, and National Association of Die Casting Workers; 1940 constitution of state CIO; support for UMWA in captive mines dispute; National Defense Mediation Board; Ted F. Silvey; John Owens; Ora E. Gasaway; Kathryn Lewis; Percy Tetlow; Philip Murray; Edward T. Cheyfitz; N.A. Zonarich; Robert J. Davidson; Franklin D....

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9 pp.: Criticism of UMWA presidency of John L. Lewis; support for CIO presidency of Philip Murray; UMWA withdrawal from CIO; war mobilization efforts; Ted F. Silvey

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12 pp.: CIO organizers and regional directors; factionalism and internal politics; UMWA district presidents; AFL-CIO competition; John Wilkinson; David Fowler.

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41 pp.: CIO regional directors; union organization; AFL-CIO competition; IUMMSW contract negotiations; AFL-CIO unity negotiations; UMWA support for CIO; "Arkansas-Oklahoma Industrial Union Council Bulletin"; Labor's Non-Partisan League; financial matters; radio broadcasts; David Fowler; J.D. Kimberling; John Brophy.

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52 pp.: UMWA support for CIO; financial matters; AFL-CIO unity negotiations; CIO regional directors; UMWA district presidents; proposed amendment of the Wagner Act; Workers Alliance of America; allegation of Communist influence; political activities; proceedings of the 1939 state CIO convention; David Fowler; Ralph Hetzel; Kathryn Lewis.

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10 pp.: CIO regional directors; UMWA district presidents; AFL-CIO competition; proposed organization of train porters; Oil Workers International Union; CIO organizers; factionalism and internal politics; David Fowler; Allan S. Haywood.

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5 pp.: CIO regional directors; UMWA district presidents; UMWA District 50; union organization; contract negotiations; David Fowler.

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3 pp.: Support for UMWA presidency of John L. Lewis.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The CIO general files (1935-1955) include correspondence, CIO personnel files, committee files, financial records, and convention files. Subjects covered include organizing drives in rubber, auto, steel, electronics, timbering and shipbuilding industries; the rift between the AFL and CIO; the development of the CIO national staff; national politics; communism in the CIO; competition between the CIO and the UMWA in organizing industrial unions; impact of Taft-Hartley Act; and AFL-CIO merger...