Standard, William Papers, 1934-1950
Collection Number: 5258
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
William Standard Papers, 1934-1950
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5258
Abstract:
This collection consists of William L. Standard's files as General Counsel for the
National Maritime Union [NMU]. It documents public policy toward the NMU during World
War II; the status of the Merchant Marine under the U.S. War Shipping Administration;
the politics of Joseph E. Curran (president, NMU); collective negotiations between
the NMU and various railroads and shipping companies; and work stoppages conducted
by the NMU. This collection also documents Standard's duties as the union's representative
in lobbying for legislation and in litigation before the National Labor Relations
Board, federal and state civil courts, the War Shipping Administration and the Bureau
of Marine Inspection and Navigation.
Creator:
Standard, William
Quanitities:
9.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
William L. Standard was a lawyer who specialized in admiralty law, specifically in
the welfare of merchant seamen. He served as the General Counsel for the National
Maritime Union [NMU] from 1937 to 1948. Prior to the founding of the NMU in 1937,
he was legal counsel to the Marine Workers Industrial Union and the International
Seaman's Union, AFL. In 1948, Standard's contract was terminated as part of a broader
movement in the NMU to rid itself of Communists and perceived far-left members. Mr.
Standard went on to be a senior partner at the firm of Standard, Wiesberg, Heckerling
and Rossow. He also published books opposing America's involvement in the Vietnam
War and on the history of merchant seamen. He passed away in 1978.
The National Maritime Union [NMU] was an American labor union representing merchant
seamen. It was founded in May 1937 by Joseph Curran, Ferdinand Smith, and M. Hedley
Stone after a split from the International Seafarer's Union, AFL. It affiliated with
the Congress of Industrial Organizations [CIO] at its first convention in July 1937.
It was at this same convention that approximately 30,000 seamen left the ISU to join
the NMU. By the end of the year, the NMU had over 50,000 members and contracts with
most American shipping concerns.
Joseph Curran was elected president of the NMU and served as such until 1981. Ferdinand
Smith, a Jamaican-born man of Afro-Caribbean descent, was its first vice-president;
M. Hedley Stone was its first secretary-treasurer. The leadership of the NMU had strong
Communist ties. Among the notable reforms achieved by the union's Communist-dominated
leadership was "checkerboarding," the side-by-side racial integration of sailors'
sleeping quarters. Another innovation of the new union was the formation of hiring
halls in each port. The hiring halls ensured a steady supply of experienced seamen
for passenger and cargo ships, and reduced the corruption which plagued the hiring
of able seamen. The hiring halls also worked to combat racial discrimination and promote
racial harmony among maritime workers. By the end of World War II, the NMU had nearly
100,000 members.
During World War II, the alliance of Communists and non-Communists in the union was
weakened. The Cold War exacerbated the ideological divide, and in 1948, the NMU's
Communist leadership and its allies were defeated in union elections and expelled.
Joseph Curran had distanced himself from the communist elements and in fact helped
purge the NMU of any Communist-affiliated members.
The NMU merged with the Seafarers International Union of North America in 2001.
Inclusive date range: 1934-1950
Bulk dates: 1939- 1948
This collection consists of the files of NMU's General Counsel William Standard.
The records in this collection document the activities of the NMU in its early years.
This includes records on legislation affecting the NMU and its members; hearings in
front of the National War Labor Board, the National Labor Relations Board, and the
War Shipping Administration; negotiations and arbitrations conducted by the NMU on
behalf of its members with various corporations and in front of a Presidential Emergency
Board; legal files including case notes, filings, and briefs filed in U.S. District
and Supreme Courts on a variety of issues including defending NMU members from accusations
of seditious activities and in court-martial proceedings, as well as defending the
NMU from libelous news stories printed by newspapers owned by the Hearst publishing
empire; files on strikes, including the National Maritime Strike of 1946; and general
files on the NMU itself and its organizational structure.
Legislative files include drafts of bills, memoranda, letters and reports regarding
the National Maritime Union's lobbying activities and its position on federal legislation
of interest to its members. The bulk of these records concerns maritime legislation
enacted during or immediately after World War II and includes documentation on proposed
amendments to War Shipping Administration regulations; on the Merchant Seamen's War
Service Act; on suspension of provisions of the Public Vessels Act of 1925; on seamen's
rehabilitation legislation; on proposed amendments to the Merchant Marine Act; on
amendments to the National Service Life Insurance Act; and on amendments to the Railway
Labor Act. This legislation and other bills documented in these files sought to expedite
the activities of merchant seamen during the war, to minimize work stoppages, to compensate
families of deceased seamen, to provide vocational rehabilitation for those disabled
as a result of war-related injuries, to provide for the naturalization of foreign
seamen who served on American owned vessels, and to protect the merchant marine from
wartime sabotage. The union was also interested in such legislation as the Taft-Hartley
amendments to the National Labor Relations Act and anti-organized labor legislation
that began appearing in some states after the war.
National War Labor Board case files include statements, letters, decisions, and proposals
for cases brought before the Board. The issues brought before the Board include working
conditions, wages, hours of work, dispute settlement, jurisdiction, union security,
union activity, and collective negotiations.
The National Labor Relations Board case files on NMU representation elections include
correspondence, petitions for certification, authorization cards and supporting documentation
on certification elections brought before the Board.
The War Shipping Administration case files consist of agreements, letters and petitions
regarding cases of the NMU before the War Shipping Administration on the issues of
wages and the allocation of personnel on the steamships Copley and Wheeler.
Arbitration case files include awards, decisions, memoranda, and statements pertaining
to cases involving various arbitrators. The issues include overtime pay, impasses
in collective negotiations, hiring, seniority, discrimination, grievance procedure,
and holidays.
Files on collective negotiations include materials pertaining to bargaining conducted
between the NMU and various railroads and shipping companies. The documents consist
of copies of collective agreements, letters, and statements of proposals of the parties.
These files also include materials pertaining to the mediation proceedings held by
the National Mediation Board to resolve an impasse in collective negotiations between
the NMU and the Reading Railroad tugboat operators.
Files on legal cases argued on behalf of the NMU before the U.S. District and Supreme
Courts and various military courts include correspondence, notes and various legal
documents. These files include a libel case between the NMU and various newspapers
because of a published report alleging NMU members refused to unload military supplies
on Guadalcanal Island. Also found is the case file regarding the court martial of
an NMU member, in which Standard seeks to determine what level of jurisdiction the
Articles of War have over merchant seamen on non-military vessels. Finally, there
is documentation of the settlement of strikes against various Great Lakes transportation
companies by the NMU.
Standard maintained general files on NMU activities and issues, largely during the
war years. These include data on the national reorganization of the union in 1939;
on pension and benefit claims and regulations; on the relationship of the NMU to the
Women's Auxiliary of the American Merchant Marine Institute, Inc.; and on sedition
trials of NMU members. Of particular interest in these files are documents relating
to alleged racial discrimination in employment on the Atlantic Coast Line Company;
the position of Joseph E. Curran (president, NMU) regarding a Supreme Court case concerning
Communist affidavits in 1948; and documents relating to FBI investigations of the
NMU and the CIO.
Also in the collection are two scrapbooks of news clippings and articles regarding
various strikes and elections, non-union workers, salaries, collective agreements,
court decisions, safety, hazards, accidents, disasters, factional disputes in maritime
unions, communism in unions, and copies of NMU news bulletins dating from 1943 to
1947.
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archivist for access to these materials.
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Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
William Standard Papers #5258. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and
Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990
Curran, Joseph Edwin, 1906-1981
Murray, Philip, 1886-1952
Smith, Ferdinand C.
Standard, William L.
Stone, M. Hedley (Murray Hedley).
American Merchant Marine Institute
American Merchant Marine Institute. Women's Auxiliary
Ann Arbor Railroad Company
Associated Press
Atlantic Coast Line Company
Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Co.
Atlantic Steamship Company
Automotive Steamship Lines
Bethlehem Transportation Company
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Ford Motor Company
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
Great Lakes Shipping Company
Gulf Steamship Company
Hearst Consolidated Publications
Isthmian Steamship Company
National Maritime Union of America
New York Joint Maritime Strike Committee
Nicholson Transit Company
Pan American Refining Corporation
Panama Railroad Company
Pere Marquette Railway
Pittsburgh Supply Company
Polarus Steamship Company
Reading Company
Richfield Oil Corporation
Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
Standard Oil Company
United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947
United States. Public Vessels Act (Liability)
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States. National Labor Relations Board
United States. National Mediation Board
United States. National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940
United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)
United States. Railway Labor Act
United States. War Shipping Administration
Wabash Railroad
Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial -- Merchant marine -- United States
Collective bargaining -- Merchant marine -- United States
Communism -- United States
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- United States
Disability insurance -- United States
Discrimination in employment -- Arbitration, Industrial -- United States
Emigration and immigration law--United States.
Employee fringe benefits -- Merchant marine -- United States
Foreign workers -- United States
Labor laws and legislation -- United States
Labor rest homes -- United States
Labor unions -- United States -- Political activity
Lobbyists
Merchant marine -- United States -- Manning of vessels
Merchant mariners
Merchant mariners -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Naturalization--United States.
Political crimes and offenses -- United States
Seniority, Employee -- Law and legislation -- United States
Social security -- Law and legislation -- United States
Strikes and lockouts -- Merchant marine -- United States
Subversive activities -- United States
Merchant mariners -- Labor unions -- United States
Government vessels -- United States
Wages -- Merchant marine -- United States
War and emergency powers -- United States
War risk insurance -- United States
Workers' compensation -- Merchant marine -- United States
Working conditions -- Arbitration, Industrial -- United States
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
American Merchant Marine Institute Negotiations
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1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Car Ferries. Ann Arbor Railroad Co.
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1946 |
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Scope and Contents
In re representation for Car Ferry workers by NMU; case before the National Mediation
Board, case A-2420. Also negotiations for 40-Hour Work Week.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Car Ferries. Pere Marquette Co.
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Agreement
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Car Ferries. Correspondence
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains specific files regarding Ann Arbor Railroad Company, Detroit River and Lake
Michigan, general mediation notes, Grand Trunk and Western Railroad Company, Great
Lakes Car Ferry, Pere Marquette Railroad Company, Reading Railroad Car Ferry and Wabash
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Car Ferries. National Mediation Board. Correspondence and notes.
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains specific files regarding Ann Arbor Railroad Company, Detroit River and Lake
Michigan, general mediation notes, Grand Trunk and Western Railroad Company, Great
Lakes Car Ferry, Pere Marquette Railroad Company, Reading Railroad Car Ferry and Wabash
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Car Ferries. Grand Trunk and Western Railroad Co.
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1946-1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Car Ferries. Wabash Railroad
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Agreement
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Car Ferries. Pere Marquette Railroad
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1946-1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Car Ferries. Reading Railroad
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1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains annotated copy of 1936 Washington Jobs Agreement and receipt for a petty
cash withdrawal.
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 |
Great Lakes. General
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Organizing
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Great Lakes. Bulk freighter and tanker companies.
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1947-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between the NMU and Ford Motor Company, Inland Steel and International
Harvester regarding the opening of contract negotiations; Great Lakes Bulk Freight
Agreement negotiations with Bethlehem Transportation Corporation, Brown and C
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Great Lakes. Tanker Agreement
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clipping from The NMU Pilot
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Great Lakes. Inland Waterways Corporation (owned by the U.S. Government)
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1945-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence regarding challenging the right to apply Civil Service laws
to Federal Barge Line employees; Government Corporation Control Act; Federal Employee
Pay Act; general correspondence from the committee for Rivers Unity regarding a strik
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Municipal and Government Employees. Collective Bargaining.
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1944-1946 |
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Scope and Contents
With regard to the New York City Mayor's Advisory Transit Committee hearings.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Panama Railroad Company
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1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence regarding employee coverage under the Unemployment Insurance
Law.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Pan American Refining Corporation
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
In re tugs and barges.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17a |
Car Ferries. Emergency Board No. 63. Transcript. [folder 1 of 2]
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1948 |
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Scope and Contents
In re Pere Marquette (C&O subsidiary railroad), Ann Arbor Railroad Co., Wabash Railroad,
and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Arbitration with NMU.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17b |
Emergency Board No. 63. Exhibits. [folder 2 of 2]
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1948 |
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Scope and Contents
In re Pere Marquette (C&O subsidiary railroad), Ann Arbor Railroad Co., Wabash Railroad,
and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Arbitration with NMU.
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Great Lakes. Polaris Steamship Company
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1943 |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Car Ferries. Reading Railroad Tugboats
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1940-1948 |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Texas Company
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains agreements on behalf of the personnel of the SS Maine and SS Michigan and
an agreement with Standard Oil.
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Union Exhibits in Arbitration, Wage Review Under Standard Passenger - Freighter Contract
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1947 |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Car Ferries. Wabash Railroad Company
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1946-1948 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Wabash Railroad Company
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1946-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Herman Rosenfeld's file
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Austin, Kenneth
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1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence regarding alleged subversive activities by Mr. Austin.
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| Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Berue, Jacob M., Court Martial [Folder 1 of 9]
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Initial conflict between Seaman Berue and his Captain was a result of the captain's
anti-Semitic abuse of Seaman Berue. Correspondence from the accused, his wife, U.S.
State Department officials, U.S. Navy leadership, and Mr. Standard.
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Berue, Jacob M., Court Martial [Folder 2 of 9]
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Found in this folder is the Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Mr. Standard. Also contains
case note in re whether a merchant seaman may be subject to the Articles of War and
as such may be court-martialed under them.
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| Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Berue, Jacob M., Court Martial [Folder 3 of 9]
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Berue, Jacob M., Court Martial [Folder 4 of 9]
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Berue, Jacob M., Court Martial [Folder 5 of 9]
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Berue, Jacob M., Court Martial [Folder 6 of 9]
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Berue, Jacob M., Court Martial [Folder 7 of 9]
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Berue, Jacob M., Court Martial [Folder 8 of 9]
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Berue, Jacob M., Court Martial [Folder 9 of 9]
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Callwood, Leopold v. Curran, Joseph (president, NMU)
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1944-1945 |
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Scope and Contents
Janitor in NMU's Manhattan headquarters, claim for wages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 35 |
De Zon vs. American President Lines
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1942-1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Liability under the Jones Act. Correspondence and filing before the Supreme Court
(not W. Standard's case).
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Donnellan, Joseph vs. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company [Folder 1 of 7]
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1947-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Donnellan, Joseph vs. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company [Folder 2 of 7]
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1947-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Donnellan, Joseph vs. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company [Folder 3 of 7]
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1947-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Donnellan, Joseph vs. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company [Folder 4 of 7]
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1947-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Donnellan, Joseph vs. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company [Folder 5 of 7]
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1947-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Donnellan, Joseph vs. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company [Folder 6 of 7]
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1947-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Donnellan, Joseph vs. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company [Folder 7 of 7]
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1947-1950 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Empire Personal Loan vs. Louis Orfe
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1946-1947 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Free Trade Enterprises Inc.
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1946 |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Great Lakes Wage and Overtime Dispute
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1943-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Great Lakes Wage and Overtime Dispute
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1943-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Great Lakes Wage and Overtime Dispute
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1943-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Great Lakes Wage and Overtime Dispute
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1943-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Great Lakes Wage and Overtime Dispute
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1943-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Great Lakes Wage and Overtime Dispute
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1943-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Libel Cases. NMU v. Akron Beacon Journal, Associated Press (re Guadalcanal story)
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Also NMU adv. Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Libel Cases. NMU v. Akron Beacon Journal, Associated Press (re Guadalcanal story)
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Also NMU adv. Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Libel Cases. NMU v. Akron Beacon Journal, Associated Press (re Guadalcanal story)
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Also NMU adv. Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press (Los Angeles newspapers)
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1943-1948 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press (Philadelphia newspapers)
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1943-1948 |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence from union members looking for clippings in local papers drawing from
the allegedly libelous wire story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press, Hearst Consolidated Publications
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
In re the Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press, Hearst Consolidated Publications
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
In re Guadalcanal story. Newspaper clippings of printed retractions.
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press, Hearst Consolidated Publications
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence in re Guadalcanal story, letters of support for NMU.
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press (Baltimore newspapers)
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
In re Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press (Chicago newspapers)
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
In re Guadalcanal story. Contain filing against The Chicago Tribune.
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| Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press
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1943-1948 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press (Milwaukee newspapers)
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
In re Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press (Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch)
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
In re Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. The Associated Press (New Orleans newspapers)
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1943-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
In re Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Libel Cases. Finnish newspaper
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1942 |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Libel Cases. NMU adv. Philadelphia Daily News
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1942 |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 |
Libel Cases. Libelous West Coast Attack.
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1942 |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 |
McCune. Court Martial. Newport News, VA
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1943-1944 |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 |
Great Lakes. Nicholson Transit Company
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1946-1947 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
NMU v. Westbrook Pegler (Collier's Weekly columnist)
|
1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes several broadsides denouncing slander of the National Maritime Union (NMU).
Not a libel case, but response of union to attack columns in weekly magazine.
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| Box 2 | Folder 29 |
NMU v. Edward Rickenbacker (Life magazine columnist)
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains Life magazine article slandering the NMU.
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| Box 2 | Folder 30 |
Rusin's Case. Warner Co. v. Augustus Norton
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1943-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
William Standard filed Amicus brief with the Supreme Court to argue for the protection
of bargemen working alongside longshoremen.
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| Box 2 | Folder 31 |
Shipmen's dismissal for alleged Subversive Activities
|
1942 |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 |
Strikes. Arrest of NMU Members for Posting Stickers in NYC Subway
|
1946 |
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Scope and Contents
Stickers in support of Nationwide Maritime Strike.
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| Box 2 | Folder 33 |
Strikes. Nationwide Maritime Strike. Car Ferries.
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1946 |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 |
Strikes. Nationwide Maritime Strike. General.
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1946 |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 |
Strikes. Nationwide Maritime Strike. General.
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1946 |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 |
Strikes. Nationwide Maritime Strike. Great Lakes.
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1946 |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 |
Strikes. Nationwide Maritime Strike. Great Lakes.
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1946-1947 |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 |
Strikes. Nationwide Maritime Strike. General.
|
1946 |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 |
Strikes. Nationwide Maritime Strike. Legal Committee.
|
1946 |
| Box 2 | Folder 40 |
Strikes. National Maritime Strike. Pere Marquette Railroad Company
|
1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 |
Strikes. Standard Oil.
|
1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains daily reports of progress being made in the strike against Standard Oil.
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 |
NWLB. NMU adv. American Merchant Marine Institute
|
1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 |
NWLB. NMU adv. American Merchant Marine Institute
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1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 |
NWLB. NMU adv. American Merchant Marine Institute
|
1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 |
NWLB. NMU adv. American Merchant Marine Institute
|
1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 |
NWLB. NMU adv. American Merchant Marine Institute
|
1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 |
NWLB. NMU adv. American Merchant Marine Institute
|
1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Army Transport Service
|
1943-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains pamphlet Opportunities in the United States Merchant Marine. Oversize exhibit
materials separated and house in flat files (box10).
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Army Transport Service
|
1943-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains pamphlet Opportunities in the United States Merchant Marine.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 10 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Atlantic Gulf and Steamship Company
|
1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains newspaper clippings.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 11 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Atlantic Gulf and Steamship Company
|
1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains newspaper clippings.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Atlantic Gulf and Steamship Company
|
1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains newspaper clippings.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Atlantic Gulf and Steamship Company
|
1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains newspaper clippings and pamphlet "Substandard Wages," by the Textile Workers
Union of America.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Cities Service Oil Company
|
1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with U.S. Conciliation Service.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Ford Motor Company
|
1942-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains Ford Agreement.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Ford Motor Company
|
1942-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains Ford Agreement.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 17 |
National War Labor Board. Transcript.
|
1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
NMU adv. Atlantic Gulf and Steamship Company, pp. 1-332.
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Pittsburgh Supply
|
1943-1945 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
|
1943-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes verbatim transcript of May 14, 1944 hearing before the Board
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 20 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
|
1943-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes verbatim transcript of May 14, 1944 hearing before the Board
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
|
1943-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes verbatim transcript of May 14, 1944 hearing before the Board
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Broadsides in support of Merchant Seamen
|
1942-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
For letter writing campaign to NWLB in support of raising seamen's wages.
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
NLRB. Agwilines. Purser Election.
|
1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
NLRB. American Trading and Production Corp.
|
1942-1946 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
NLRB. Benson, Albert vs. Boland and Cornelius
|
1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Petition in re allowing NMU onto ballot.
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
NLRB. Bethlehem Transportation Company. Correspondence.
|
1944-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
In re overtime wages.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
NLRB. Bethlehem Transportation Company. Case notes and filings.
|
1941-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
In re overtime wages. File contains Agreement between NMU and Great Lakes' Tanker
Companies, 1941.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 6 |
NLRB. Bethlehem Transportation Company. Agreement and consent election.
|
1944-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
In re overtime wages.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 7 |
NLRB. Brown Steamship Company.
|
1944-1948 |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 |
NLRB. Cities Service Oil Company. Ballot cards and correspondence.
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
In re overtime wages.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
NLRB. Cities Service Oil Company. Unfair labor charge.
|
1946-1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
NLRB. Cities Service Oil Company. Affidavit on collusion.
|
1946-1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
NLRB. Cities Service Oil Company. Violation of Wagner Act.
|
1946-1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
NLRB. Cities Service Oil Company. Unlawful labor practices.
|
1946-1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
NLRB. Cities Service Oil Company. Report from NMU organizer.
|
1946-1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
NLRB. Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company.
|
1944-1945 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
NLRB. General Petroleum Corp. of California.
|
1942 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlet "Pursers Sum it Up! It's NMU for You!"
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
NLRB. Grace Lines.
|
1946-1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
NLRB. Great Lakes Conference.
|
1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 |
NLRB. Hanna Company.
|
1946-1948 |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 |
NLRB. Honest Ballot Association.
|
1938-1946 |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 |
NLRB. Isthmian Steamship Company.
|
1944-1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 21 |
NLRB. Maritime Elections.
|
1942-1944 |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 |
NLRB. Mathiason Tanker Corporation.
|
1946-1947 |
| Box 4 | Folder 23 |
NLRB. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA)
|
1942-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several
broadsides and a membership list of Local No. 1.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 24 |
NLRB. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA)
|
1942-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several
broadsides and a membership list of Local No. 1.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 25 |
NLRB. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA)
|
1942-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several
broadsides and a membership list of Local No. 1.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 26 |
NLRB. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA)
|
1942-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several
broadsides and a membership list of Local No. 1.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
NLRB. Marine Engineers Beneficial Association (MEBA)
|
1942-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several
broadsides and a membership list of Local No. 1.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 28 |
NLRB. Midland Steamship Company.
|
1943-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten research notes.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 29 |
NLRB. Midland Steamship Company.
|
1943-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten research notes.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 30 |
NLRB. Newtex Steamship Corp.
|
1947-1948 |
| Box 4 | Folder 31 |
NLRB. Nicholson Steamship Company
|
1943 |
| Box 4 | Folder 32 |
NLRB. Pittsburgh Pamphlet
|
1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and a typescript of a pamphlet regarding Pittsburgh Steamship
Company vs. NMU trial report by the NLRB.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 33 |
NLRB. Ponchelet Marine Steamship Company
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains collective bargaining petitions with signatures.
|
|||
| Box 4 | Folder 34 |
NLRB. Pursers.
|
1945-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains pamphlet "Pursers Sum it Up! It's NMU for You!" and broadsides.
|
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 |
NLRB. Richfield Steamship Company.
|
1942 |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 |
NLRB. Standard Oil Company.
|
1942-1945 |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 |
NLRB. Sun Oil Company
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes completed membership application cards, membership list and several pages
of handwritten notes.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 4 |
NLRB. Texas Company
|
1943-1948 |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 |
NLRB. War Emergency Tankers
|
1945-1946 |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 |
War Shipping Administration. Amorin, Joseph
|
1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
War risk insurance claim. He was on a merchant ship that was torpedoed in Black Sea
and wounded.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 7 |
War Shipping Administration. Recruitment and Manning Organization
|
1942-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes excerpt from Federal Register dated March 20, 1943.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 8 |
War Shipping Administration. Steinberg, Ethel.
|
1942 |
|
Scope and Contents
Widow trying to collect insurance after death of her husband.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 9 |
War Shipping Administration. Allocation of Ships.
|
1941-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Proposed agreements and policies.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 10 |
War Shipping Administration. Allocation of Ships.
|
1941-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Service agreement.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 11 |
War Shipping Administration. Allocation of Ships.
|
1941-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Agreement with appendices.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 12 |
War Shipping Administration. Allocation of Ships.
|
1941-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Final Agreement and bulletin to NMU members.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 13 |
War Shipping Administration. Allocation of Ships.
|
1941-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence file.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 14 |
War Shipping Administration. Allocation of Ships.
|
1941-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, research notes, drafts of agreement, and lists of ships.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Car Ferries. Presidential Emergency Board. Transcript
|
1948 |
|
Scope and Contents
NMU adv. Pere Marquette (C&O), Ann Arbor Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railway, and
Wabash Railroad.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 16 |
Car Ferries. Presidential Emergency Board. Transcript
|
1948 |
|
Scope and Contents
NMU adv. Pere Marquette (C&O), Ann Arbor Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railway, and
Wabash Railroad.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 17 |
Car Ferries. Presidential Emergency Board. Transcript
|
1948 |
|
Scope and Contents
NMU adv. Pere Marquette (C&O), Ann Arbor Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railway, and
Wabash Railroad.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 18 |
Aliens-Deportation to U.S. Allies
|
1942-1943 |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 |
Allied Powers (Maritime Courts) Act
|
1941 |
|
Scope and Contents
Contains The Inter Allied Review magazine.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 20 |
Anti-Labor Laws, State level
|
1947-1948 |
|
Scope and Contents
CIO bulletins.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 21 |
Anti-Labor Laws, Delaware
|
1947 |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 |
Anti-Labor Legislation
|
1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Opposing testimony delivered to the Senate Committee on Labor by Phillip Murray (president,
CIO)
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 23 |
Anti-Labor Legislation
|
1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Opposing testimony and submissions to the Senate Committee on Labor.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 24 |
Anti-Poll Tax Legislation
|
1942-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Lobbying efforts by the CIO and the NMU.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 25 |
Anti-Poll Tax Legislation
|
1942-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Clippings file. Includes pamphlets "NMU Fights Jim Crow" and "Voting Restrictions
in the 13 Southern States."
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 26 |
CIO Maritime Committee
|
1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports on CIO lobbying against anti-Union legislation
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 27 |
Memoranda on anti-Labor Legislation
|
1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Address by Senator James E. Murray
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 28 |
Civil Aviation and Civil Aeronautics Bills
|
1943 |
| Box 5 | Folder 29 |
Omnibus Bill HR 133 and SR 62. War Shipping Administration.
|
1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
To provide benefits to members of the Merchant Marine who serve(d) during the war
equivalent to those received by members of the armed forces.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 30 |
Benefits for Seamen, Omnibus Bill. Correspondence.
|
1942-1943 |
| Box 5 | Folder 31 |
Benefits for Seamen-Omnibus Bill. CIO Maritime Committee Reports.
|
1942-1943 |
| Box 5 | Folder 32 |
Benefits for Seamen-Omnibus Bill. Statement submitted by William Standard.
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes broadside.
|
|||
| Box 5 | Folder 33 |
HR 6292: Certificates of Service to applicants for engine room ratings
|
1941-1942 |
| Box 5 | Folder 34 |
Civilian War Benefits Act of 1942
|
1942 |
| Box 5 | Folder 35 |
Disability-Seamen's Disability Insurance (Public Law 17)
|
1943-1948 |
| Box 5 | Folder 36 |
Disability-Seamen's Disability Insurance (Public Law 17)
|
1943-1948 |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Education-Servicemen's Education and Training Act of 1944
|
1943-1944 |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Education-War Service Education and Training Act
|
1943-1944 |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Employees of the U.S, Its Territories or Possessions
|
1941-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
Guaranteed a return to previous employment following service in the Merchant Marine
and includes similar legislation introduced in New York State.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Labor Disputes-War Labor Disputes Act (Smith/ Connelly)
|
1943-1945 |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Labor Fact Finding Boards
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
In re Case Bill (Anti-Union legislation) and NLRB.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Labor Fact Finding Boards
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
In re Case Bill (Anti-Union legislation) and NLRB.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Life Insurance
|
1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
Amendment to the National Life Insurance Act of 1940 in order to make insurance available
to Merchant Marines.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Lobbying, Federal Regulation of
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes various statement and report forms required to be filed by lobbyists with
the clerk of the House.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Lobbying, Federal Regulation of
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes various statement and report forms required to be filed by lobbyists with
the clerk of the House.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Logging of Seamen
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
Giving funds to dependents of merchant marines killed in action.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Manford Act (Texas State Law)
|
1948 |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Merchant Seamen's War Service Act
|
1944-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes broadsides and handwritten notes. Referred to as "Seamen's Bill of Rights."
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Merchant Seamen's War Service Act
|
1944-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes broadsides and handwritten notes. Referred to as "Seamen's Bill of Rights."
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Merchant Seamen's War Service Act
|
1944-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes broadsides and handwritten notes. Referred to as "Seamen's Bill of Rights."
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Merchant Ship Sales Act
|
1944-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Sale of government owned merchant vessels.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Movement of property and information into and out of the U.S. and movement of persons
out of the U.S.
|
1942 |
|
Scope and Contents
Suspension of tariff and immigration law for the duration of the war.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Muster Out Pay Bill
|
1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
For merchant marines.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Naturalization of Merchant Seamen during the War
|
1943-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
For the naturalization of seamen who serve on an American vessel for at least three
years.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Extension of Navy Court Martial Jurisdiction During the War
|
1942 |
| Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Public Health Service Code
|
1943-1944 |
| Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Public Health Service Code, Proposed Amendment to
|
1943-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Written by William Standard.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Public Vessels Act of 1925 (amended)
|
1943-1944 |
| Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Red Sea Charters repayment to Treasury of $28 million in excessive profits
|
1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 24 |
Relief fund for seamen made available to dependents of deceased seamen
|
1942 |
| Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Sabotage/Espionage protection of war industries and the Merchant Marines
|
1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter from NMU condemning bill because of its targeting of immigrants and foreign
national merchant seamen.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 26 |
Sabotage-New York State legislation proposed to prevent sabotage
|
1942 |
|
Scope and Contents
Letter from NMU condemning bill because of its targeting of immigrants and foreign
national merchant seamen.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 27 |
Safety at Sea Investigation
|
1942-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Affidavits from merchant seamen, who were on boats that were attacked and/or sank,
describing lack of safety features on the cargo ships.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 28 |
Safety at Sea Investigation
|
1942-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Reports on sinkings, firing on torpedoes sailors in the water, request for war crimes
commission, and reports from ships carrying Lend-Lease cargo. Includes newspaper clippings,
magazine article and pamphlet Who's Guilty?
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 29 |
Security (Post War) for Merchant Marines and the armed forces
|
1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 30 |
Ship Construction Reserve Fund
|
1943-1944 |
| Box 6 | Folder 31 |
Ship Construction Reserve Fund-Tax Exemption
|
1941-1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 32 |
Staff Officers Bill
|
1939 |
| Box 6 | Folder 33 |
Statute revision suspending the 50% duty on equipment purchase or ship repair in a
foreign city
|
1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 34 |
Stowaways on Vessels
|
1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 35 |
Social Security Bill (Murray-Wagner-Dingell Bill)
|
1943-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes reprints from the Lawyers Guild Review V. III, No.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 36 |
Social Security Bill (Murray-Wagner-Dingell Bill)
|
1943-1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes reprints from the Lawyers Guild Review V. III, No.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 37 |
Special Committee to Investigate Conditions in the Merchant Marine, Hearings
|
1939 |
| Box 6 | Folder 38 |
Suspending Operating-Differential Subsidy Agreements During the War
|
1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 39 |
Taft-Hartley Bill
|
1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 40 |
Taft-Hartley Bill
|
1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes analysis by National Lawyers' Guild.
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 41 |
Taft-Hartley Bill
|
1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes CIO pamphlet "The Drive Against Labor."
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 42 |
Training of Merchant Marine personnel
|
1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 43 |
U.S. Arbitration Act
|
1942 |
| Box 6 | Folder 44 |
Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments
|
1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 45 |
Voting in Federal Elections by Merchant Seamen
|
1942 |
| Box 6 | Folder 46 |
Voting. Soldier's Vote Bill
|
1943-1944 |
| Box 6 | Folder 47 |
War Contract Renegotiation
|
1943-1944 |
| Box 6 | Folder 48 |
War Shipping Field Service, Creation of
|
1943 |
| Box 6 | Folder 49 |
NMU's Position on Misc. Legislation
|
1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
In re HR 664, 684, and 498
|
|||
| Box 6 | Folder 50 |
78th Congress Legislation
|
1943-1944 |
| Box 6 | Folder 51 |
80th Congress Legislation
|
1947 |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 |
General NMU. American Merchant Marine Institute, question re insurance for representatives
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes two boarding passes and agreement.
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 2 |
General NMU. Bonus Dispute
|
1942-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
For merchant seamen injured in the line of duty
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 3 |
General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
ICC proceedings regarding discrimination against African- American merchant seamen.
Includes article by W. Standard, "Maritime Workers and the War: Railroad Discrimination
Against Negro Seamen." Also includes Standard's research, case notes, and drafts of
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 4 |
General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
ICC filings including affidavits and brief. Also newspaper clipping from NY Post "ICC
Upholds Jim Crow."
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 5 |
General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
ICC filing of complaint.
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 6 |
General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
ICC filing of reply.
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 7 |
General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
ICC filing of reply.
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 8 |
General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
ICC filing of Exceptions and supporting points.
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 9 |
General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence file.
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 10 |
General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence file.
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 11 |
General NMU. Brown, et al. vs. Atlantic Coast Lines
|
1942-1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, draft of Standard's article on discrimination for The Pilot (NMU newspaper),
decision by ICC to support Jim Crow segregation, NY Post article "Big Railroads Accused
of Encouraging Race Bias," and depositions of Clarence Brown and Thomas Jo
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 12 |
General NMU. Camp Kittiwake Merchant Marine Rest Center
|
1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
Facility located in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The town passed Jim Crow segregation
ordinances to prohibit African-American merchant seamen from being treated there.
The NMU appealed to the War Shipping Administration to stop the ordinance; it declined
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 13 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 1 of 11]
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 14 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 2 of 11]
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 15 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 3 of 11]
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
|
|||
| Box 7 | Folder 16 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 4 of 11]
|
1946-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
|
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| Box 7 | Folder 17 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 5 of 11]
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 18 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 6 of 11]
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 19 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 7 of 11]
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 20 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 8 of 11]
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 21 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 9 of 11]
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 22 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 10 of 11]
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 23 |
General NMU. Collateral Issues (Fly Arbitration Award) [Folder 11 of 11]
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1946-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and
press releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 24 |
General NMU. United States adv. Couchoir, Daniel
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Sedition trial for former NMU member; not represented by NMU. Includes newspaper clipping
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| Box 7 | Folder 25 |
General file. Daily Peoples World, vol. 6, no. 43.
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
February 20, 1943.
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| Box 7 | Folder 26 |
General NMU. Louisiana Act 106
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Discrimination. Segregated housing in Louisiana
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| Box 7 | Folder 27 |
General NMU. Elections of 1944, Union and National.
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1943-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes broadsides and pamphlets "It's Your Union" in re NMU elections. Also includes
pamphlet "People's Rights and the 1944 Elections: A comparative record of Franklin
D. Roosevelt vs. Thomas E. Dewey."
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| Box 7 | Folder 28 |
General NMU. Election of 1945
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1943-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes broadsides and a sample ballot for the NMU elections.
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| Box 7 | Folder 29 |
General NMU. Emblem Registration
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes patent application with schematic drawings of three pins, two honoring NMU
veterans of foreign wars and one celebrating merchant marines, and correspondence
with the Library of Congress in re trademarking the NMU emblems.
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| Box 7 | Folder 30 |
General NMU. Emblem Registration
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1942-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes booklet "General Information Concerning Patents" and a magazine "The American
Pilot" that the NMU felt was infringing upon their copyright.
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| Box 7 | Folder 31 |
General NMU. Report of William Standard on the Status of Claims Against the NMU for
Funeral and Death Benefits
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1939-1941 |
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Scope and Contents
List of 43 NMU members who's dependents filed claims.
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| Box 7 | Folder 32 |
General NMU. Grimes vs. Merrill Stevens Dry Dock (Closed Shop)
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1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes motions, statements, and bills of complaint.
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| Box 7 | Folder 33 |
General NMU. High vs. NMU
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1940 |
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Scope and Contents
In re petty suit against The Pilot (NMU's newsletter)
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| Box 7 | Folder 34 |
General NMU. Immigration, Expediting the naturalization of alien seamen
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1943-1946 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlet "The Challenge of Our Immigration Laws" by the American Committee
for the Protection of Foreign Born, a guide for port agents that lists acceptable
immigration quotas.
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| Box 7 | Folder 35 |
General NMU. Immigration, Silva Case
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1942 |
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Scope and Contents
Case of merchant seaman who was born in Portugal, but who lived in the U.S. from 9
months of age.
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| Box 7 | Folder 36 |
General NMU. Li, Hin vs. U.S. Navigation
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1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes witness statements and a copy of the legal retainer.
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| Box 7 | Folder 37 |
Liquor, Food and Entertainment License for Union Hall
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1944-1945 |
| Box 7 | Folder 38 |
General NMU. Ludor, Otto vs. American Foreign Steamship Company
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Recovery of owed wages
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| Box 7 | Folder 39 |
General NMU. Mrs. Maskey
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1942 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence from widow of merchant seaman
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| Box 7 | Folder 40 |
General NMU. Merchant Marine Council
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1942 |
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Scope and Contents
Contains meeting minutes
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| Box 7 | Folder 41 |
General NMU. Metts, James
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1943-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Arrested by Coast Guard for 'seditious acts,' cleared of all charges.
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| Box 7 | Folder 42 |
General NMU. National Maritime Day
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1943-1946 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes broadsides and programs celebrating National Maritime Day.
|
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| Box 7 | Folder 43 |
General NMU. National Maritime Day
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1943-1946 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes Wood Ad Mats (relief images) and broadside which uses Wood Ad Mats to print
images. Also includes program for celebration, press releases, and invitations to
the opening of the NMU War Memorial.
|
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| Box 7 | Folder 44 |
General NMU. National Seamen's Anchor Club
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1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Checking to see if this is a social club or something else.
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| Box 7 | Folder 45 |
General file. Council on African Affairs
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1942-1945 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes pamphlet "What of Africa's Place in Tomorrow's World?" and several issues
of the monthly bulletin New Africa. Includes signed, personal correspondence from
Paul Robeson.
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 |
General NMU. Jose Pastor y Martin, application for citizenship
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1942 |
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Scope and Contents
Merchant seaman who violated Volstead Act (Prohibition) and had to prove he served
his sentence.
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| Box 8 | Folder 2 |
General NMU. Pension Fund
|
1943 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 |
General NMU. The Pilot
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1944-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes issue of 5/16/47
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| Box 8 | Folder 4 |
General NMU. The Pilot
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1944-1948 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes issue of 5/16/48
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 5 |
General NMU. CIO Political Action Committee
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1944-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence
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| Box 8 | Folder 6 |
General NMU. Port Committee
|
1944 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 |
General NMU. Raskin, Joseph
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Obtain visa fro Raskin's wife
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| Box 8 | Folder 8 |
General NMU. Real Estate Holdings of NMU
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1943 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 |
General NMU. Reorganization of NMU
|
1939 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes the guide "An Outline - With Methods of Work for all Officials, Agents, Organizers
and Patrolmen of the National Maritime Union."
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| Box 8 | Folder 10 |
General NMU. Resolutions
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 11 |
General NMU. Riviera vs. U.S. Linea (Workplace injury)
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1942 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten notes
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 12 |
General NMU. Rose, Joseph (New Orleans Agent)
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1944-1946 |
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Scope and Contents
NMU Trial, includes copy of indictment (for theft).
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| Box 8 | Folder 13 |
General NMU. S.S. Lake Traverse, Discrimination
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1942-1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Investigation into workplace discrimination again seamen of color.
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| Box 8 | Folder 14 |
General NMU. New York City Sales Tax
|
1942 |
| Box 8 | Folder 15 |
General NMU. Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee, discrimination again Mexican-Americans.
|
1943-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes briefs, magazine Sleepy Lagoon Mystery, broadsides, petitions, newsletter,
booklet The Sleepy Lagoon Case. William Standard filed an Amicus Brief in the successful
Appellate proceedings. The case involved 17 young men of Mexican descent being wro
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| Box 8 | Folder 16 |
General NMU. Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee
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1943-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes briefs, magazine Sleepy Lagoon Mystery, broadsides, petitions, newsletter,
booklet The Sleepy Lagoon Case. William Standard filed an Amicus Brief in the successful
Appellate proceedings. The case involved 17 young men of Mexican descent being wro
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| Box 8 | Folder 17 |
General NMU. Social Security
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1942 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes booklets How to Calculate Benefits Under Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance
and Old Age and Survivors Insurance for Workers and their Families
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 18 |
General NMU. Subsidies Studies
|
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Scope and Contents
For merchant marines in post-war America.
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 19 |
General files. Taxation Material
|
1941-1943 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes booklets Inflation: What Can We Do About It?; A Democratic Tax Program for
America at War; An Equitable Pay-As-You-Go Tax Plan; and copies of the newsletter
The Guild Lawyer dated April and September 1942
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 20 |
General NMU. United Seamen's Services
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1942-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes booklet Men Against Torpedoes, articles of incorporation, and handwritten
notes
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 21 |
General NMU. United Seamen's Services
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1942-1947 |
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Scope and Contents
Includes booklet Men Against Torpedoes, articles of incorporation, and handwritten
notes
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 22 |
General NMU. Washington Newsletter, Issued by the CIO Maritime Committee
|
1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
January 1947 - May 1947
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 23 |
General NMU. Washington Newsletter, Issued by the CIO Maritime Committee
|
1944-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
November 1944 - March 1945
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 24 |
General NMU. Washington Newsletter, Issued by the CIO Maritime Committee
|
1945-1946 |
|
Scope and Contents
August 1945 - December 1946
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 25 |
General NMU. Washington Newsletter, Issued by the CIO Maritime Committee
|
1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
March 1945 - July 1945
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 26 |
General NMU. Washington Newsletter, Issued by the CIO Maritime Committee
|
1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
June 1944 - November 1944
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 27 |
General NMU. Washington Newsletter, Issued by the CIO Maritime Committee
|
1944 |
|
Scope and Contents
March 1944 - June 1944
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 28 |
General NMU. Washington Newsletter, Issued by the CIO Maritime Committee
|
1943-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
October 1943 - March 1944
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 29 |
General NMU. Women's Auxiliary
|
1943-1945 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clipping, constitution, and tax exemption certificate.
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 30 |
General NMU. Workmen's Compensation
|
1944 |
| Box 8 | Folder 31 |
General NMU. Worthen, Eugene v. Joseph Curran
|
1943-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes motions, depositions, memorandum and a report of charges. Member expelled
from NMU
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 32 |
General NMU. Worthen, Eugene v. Joseph Curran
|
1943-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes motions, depositions, memorandum and a report of charges. Member expelled
from NMU
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 33 |
General NMU. Worthen, Eugene v. Joseph Curran
|
1943-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Includes motions, depositions, memorandum and a report of charges. Member expelled
from NMU
|
|||
| Box 8 | Folder 34 |
General NMU. NMU Regular Membership Meeting
|
1943 |
|
Scope and Contents
February 11, 1943
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 35 |
General files. Publications
|
1939-1947 |
| Box 8 | Folder 36 |
General files. Railway Labor Act, amendments to.
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 37 |
General NMU. Agreements
|
1939-1947 |
| Box 8 | Folder 38 |
General NMU. Inflation Law re Collective Bargaining
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 39 |
General NMU. Pamphlets
|
1939-1947 |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 |
Scrapbooks
|
1934-1947 |
|
Scope and Contents
Two scrap books of newspaper clippings.
|
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| Box 10 | Folder 1 |
NWLB. NMU adv. Army Transport Service. Exhibits.
|
1943-1944 |