Box 9

Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to the Industrial Analysis Section; proposal for the establishment of a division of research; correspondence between James Gross and George Wheeler.

Scope and Contents

concerning the use of economic data to support the constitutional basis of the Wagner Labor Relations Act (14pp); civil service exam for industrial economist.

Scope and Contents

relating to the conference of field and departmental staff (50pp+).

Scope and Contents

concerning organization of the Division; suggested plan of activities; Commonwealth Steel Co.; Saposs' testimony in the Griswold Mfg. Co. case; essential elements for successful collective bargaining.

Scope and Contents

pertaining to employer labor policies and activities (11pp); exhibits concerning: the Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc. sit-down strikes, the Liberty League, a decline in the importance of sit down strikes and other related issues; "Summary of Files of the Division of Economic Research" (44pp).

Scope and Contents

regarding determination of appropriate bargaining unit (9pp); renewed efforts to promote company unions under the guise of "independents" (39pp); functional analysis of the Division's work; interstate commerce (24pp); transcript of hearings.

Scope and Contents

concerning proposed amendment on determination of appropriate bargaining unit; refutation of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Statement (8pp); cases involving largest companies and subsidiaries; employees engaged in marketing farm products; functions of the Division (15pp); use of non-legal expert personnel; retention of the Division.

Scope and Contents

regarding the proposal for a division of research and statistics; placement of Industrial Analysis Branch (IAB) in the agency (10pp); organization of welders; midwest piping doctrine (20pp).

Scope and Contents

Undated; concerning preliminary survey of the cotton textile industry (9pp); H.R. 9007 elimination of the Division (9pp); legality of the appointment of Daivd Saposs as Chief Economist of the Board.

Scope and Contents Correspondence relating to hearings on the LaFollette Resolution; the LaFollette Subcommittee for the Investigation of Violations of Free Speech and Assembly and the Rights of Labor to Organize and Bargain Collectively; the Senate Sub-Committee of the Committee on Education and Labor, Under S.R. 266; Blakenhorn memos on the LaFollette Investigation; the Citizen's Alliance; B.A. Green's (Green, Tanner and Boesen Lawyers) discussion of the political situation in Oregon; substantial...