Reel 8

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March 9 - November 17, 1941. 44pp. Subjects: DOJ investigation of subversive elements and slowdown of production in defense industries; UAW efforts to organize Boeing workers and competition with AFL International Association of Machinists; J. Edgar Hoover FBI memoranda concerning Communist activities, proposed surveillance of Wyndham Mortimer, and employment of special agent. Begins 0023.

Scope and Contents October 10, 1917-Octobe 21, 1918. 29pp. Subjects: DIJ policy concerning the appearance of U.S. Attorneys in labor litigations; contempt of court proceedings against local officials of the IUMMSW for violation of injunction protecting operations of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company; Illinois State Federation of Labor protests against alleged anti-union bias of U.S. Attorney; DOJ deferral of authority to the Council of National Defense and the U.S. Department of Labor; company use of...

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March 13-June 28, 1941. 98pp. Subjects: J. Edgar Hoover FBI memoranda concerning investigation of UAW and CIO union organization, strike plans, and Communist influence; investigation of fraud in NLB elections; alleged Communist activities of Harold Christoffel. Emil Costello, and others; American Peace Mobilization. Begins at 0096

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October 27, 1917 - April 3, 1918. 44pp. Subjects: Use of federal troops guarding oil fields; IWW Oil Workers Industrial Union organization and strikes; DOJ investigation of IWW activities; U.S. Department of Labor efforts to avert wartime strikes.

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January 5-16, 1918. 10pp. Subjects: UMWA strike; Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators Association contract negotiations with Alexander Howatt; efforts to avert wartime strikes. Begins 0238.

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March 15-20, 1918. 5pp. Subjects: DOJ deferral of authority in strike of machinists in plants with government contracts; mediation of labor disputes. Begins 0248.

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May 6-13, 1918. 11pp. Subjects: AFL Cigarmakers strike; Samuel Gompers' request for DOJ investigation of manufacturers' association. Begins 0253.

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June 4 - October 7, 1918. 41pp. Subjects: International Association of Machinist strike in St. Louis, Missouri; DOJ policy concerning the use of injunctions in labor disputes; U.S. Marshal deployment of deputies enforcing temporary injunction against strikes; wartime efforts to avert labor disputes. Begins 0264.

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June 20-29, 1918. 5pp. Subjects: UMWA efforts to avert local wartime strikes. Begins 0305.

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July 2-22, 1918. 10pp. Subjects: DOJ intervention in strike against railway serving San Pedro, California, submarine base; use of injunctions in wartime labor disputes. Begins 0310.