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Reel 36

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Contains 13 Results:

November and December, 1952, 1952

 File — Reel: 36
Identifier: 10
Scope and Contents The October meeting of the National Executive Board decided on several drastic changes in the union's operations, among them the closing down of the NAWU office in Fresno, California and the firing of Fresno organizer William Swearingen, who had allegedly permitted Communists to join his local. The papers for November and December are full of long, philosophical letters between Mitchell and his key organizers (Galarza, Hasiwar, and Becker) on the shake-up and on the NAWU's future strategy....
Dates: 1952

No date, 1952, 1952

 File — Reel: 36
Identifier: 11
Scope and Contents Notes on Farm Workers -- 1952, a sketch by Mitchell sent to the NSF; an outline by Galarza for his Spring, 1952 campaign in the Imperial Valley; a 12-page report by Hank Hasiwar on "Wages and Working Conditions of Sugar Cane workers on Louisiana Plantations"; Supplemental Statement by the NFLU submitted to the Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Labor-Management Relations; a 27-page statement by Galarza on "The Operation and Effects of the International Executive Agreement of 1951 For the...
Dates: 1952