Box 10
Container
Contains 45 Results:
Price Controls, 1941-1952
File — Box: 10, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Memorandum to AFL Labor Defense Committee, recommending support of Emergency Price Control Act of 1941; press release, AFL, opposing lifting of price ceilings on restaurant prices, June 17, 1946; statement by AFL Executive Council opposing lifting of price controls generally, June 22, 1946; statements by AFL President Green before Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, March 8, 1945 and April 29, 1946, 4 pages each; statement by AFL legislative representative George D. Riley before House...
Dates:
1941-1952
Printers, 1950-1956
File — Box: 10, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
"Printing Industry of America," reprint from American Printer, May, June, July 1951, 11 pages; notes
Dates:
1950-1956
Prohibition (The Volstead Act), 1917-1934
File — Box: 10, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Letters from AFL President Gompers to President Wilson opposing the Prohibition Act and Volstead Act, December 14, 1917 and October 20, 1919; AFL press release calling for modification of the Volstead Act to allow beer and wine, February 25, 1922, 3 pages; letter to New York Governor Al Smith from AFL President Gompers, urging repeal of state law enforcing Volstead Act, May 29, 1923; letter from AFL President Green to President urging manufacture and sale of beer, December 22, 1925;...
Dates:
1917-1934
Public Works, 1888-1938
File — Box: 10, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Memoranda to AFL President Green from AFL legislative committee or legislative representative re public works projects, 1926 and 1938; minutes of AFL Executive Council re proposed legislation requiring payment of prevailing wages on government construction projects, with letter from President, Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers' International Union and copy of bill attached, January 9, 1930, 5 pages; form letter from AFL Building Trades Department re agreement by federal government to pay...
Dates:
1888-1938
Puerto Rico, 1901-1949
File — Box: 10, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
"Legislation Demanded by the Workers of Puerto Rico," 3 page unsigned report, probably by AFL legislative committee or representative, n.d., c. 1910; Resolution by Puerto Rican Free Federation of Workingmen delegate re minimum wages in Puerto Rico, especially in textile industry, recommending extension of mainland U.S. wage-hour law to Puerto Rico, 1949; notes
Dates:
1901-1949
Racketeering, 1898-1959
File — Box: 10, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between AFL President Green and various officials of the Iron Workers' Local, Newark, New Jersey, and with President, International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, re charges of racketeering, July-August 1932, 20 pages; memorandum from AFL legislative representative re anti-racketeering bill, November 12, 1934, 5 pages; letter to AFL President Green re anti-racketeer bill and suggested amendments, May 15, 1934; letter to AFL President Green from United Mine...
Dates:
1898-1959
Racketeering - Clippings, 1941-1954
File — Box: 10, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Philip Taft Papers span the years 1840-1976 and occupy 16 linear feet. The collection consists mainly of subject files and research notes, which Philip Taft gathered in preparation of his book manuscripts. Of note are the numerous original documents, which are interspersed throughout the research notes. Among the particularly well documented subjects are: organized labor abroad; the AFL-CIO's position on foreign affairs; maritime unions; labor and the National Industrial Recovery Act;...
Dates:
1941-1954
Racketeering - International Longshoremen's Association, 1952-1953
File — Box: 10, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Report to President Green by AFL committee appointed to evaluate report of New York State Board of Inquiry re labor troubles in the Port of New York, August 7, 1952, 9 pages; letter to President Meany from AFL Vice-President David Dubinsky calling for more action on part of Executive Council in dealing with troubles in International unions, December 20, 1952, and reply, January 15, 1953; four long, detailed press statements by ILA Executive Council, January 7, 8, 9, and 11, 1953; minutes of...
Dates:
1952-1953