Guide to the Philip Taft Records,
1840-1976

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1949-1976.

Routine.

American Arbitration Association -1969

Routine.

American Association of University Professors - 1958-1968

Re activities as member of AAUP Council and routine.

American Philosophical Society 1954-1962

Re Penrose Foundation Grant resulting in research for the books "The Structure and Government of Labor Unions" by Taft and "The American Federation of Labor from the Death of Gompers to the Merger" by Taft. Abstract and galleys for manuscript "Labor History and the Labor Issues of Today," 1 page, and routine.

American Society of Real Estate Counselors - 1966

Re conference of American Society of Real Estate Counselors and routine

An-Ar - 1965-1975

Re abstract of manuscript entitled "Violence in American Labor Disputes" by Taft, 2 pages. Re research done for Arno Press, Inc. and routine

Ba-Bel - 1961-1975

Routine.

Bernstein Project

Re activities of Board of Directors.

Bl-Bo - 1965-1976

Routine

Brazier, Richard. Letters to and from Theresa Taft -1960-1969

Includes personal letters from Brazier (1967-1969) to and Theresa Taft of Providence, Rhode Island and Amherst, New York, which express his thoughts on the following: rebellion in Nigeria, wobblies, Montreal, death of Edith Chaplin, Ben Fletcher (black organizer), Medicare and Medicaid, Mao/Maoism, Gurley Flynn, Spokane Free Speech Fight, Scottish history, Joe Hill, Little Red Songbook (wobbly songbook), students, blacks and Puerto Ricans, Bill Haywood, John Panzner (charter member of the I.W.W.), the "Twelve Apostles", Communism, Louis Moreau and others. Includes typed manuscripts of poems by Brazier, some written while a prisoner at Leavenworth. Some subjects reflected in the poems are prisons, the Spokane Free Speech Fight, doom, wobblies, Joe Hill, the Centralia case (Armistice Day tragedy at Centralia, Washington, 1919), and Bill Haywood. Includes an article reprinted from Labor History, Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 1966, entitled "The Mass I.W.W. Trial of 1918: A Retrospect" by Brazier, only surviving member of the General Executive Board of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) who served with William D. Haywood at the time of the whole-sale arrests of World War I. The following figures and topics appear in the article: charge of conspiracy, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, prosecuting attorneys Frank K. Nebeker and Claude R. Porter, I.W.W. chief counsel George Vanderveer, "The Report of the Industrial Relations Commission", prison conditions, and I.W.W. members Jim Thompson, Ralph Chaplin, John Foss, and Bill Haywood.

Bri-Bru - 1957-1966

Routine.

Buffalo-Bur - 1968-1971

Re Taft's time spent at the University of Buffalo, and routine.

Cai-California - 1955-1972

Re time spent at University of California in both Berkeley and Davis; pages 20-155 plus of untitled manuscript by Taft, and routine.

Carm-Deane Carson - 1961-1973

Re essay contribution to volume compiled by U.S. Small Business Administration entitled The Vital Majority: Small Business in the American Economy. Manuscript for essay "Labor Management Problems and Relations in Small Business" by Taft, 28 pages. Draft of essay, "The Social Responsibility of Banks: A Minority Report" by Deane Carson, 36 pages; and routine.

Ce-Ch - 1958-1971

Routine.

Cog-Con - 1948-1976

Review of book, Jewish Labor in the USA (by Melech Epstein) by Taft; letter from Committee for Democratic Unionism (Charles Rodegues); correspondence with Charles Cogen, President AFT re Taft manuscript; and routine

Cook, Alice - 1971-1972

Includes some student term papers and routine.

Cornell University-Cors - 1962-1975

Routine.

Cr-Cu - 1957-1970

Routine.

Da-Department of Employment Security 1965-1975

Includes State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Purchase Orders for Taft re Solvency Study of Employment Security Fund, and routine.

Der-Dictionary of American Biography - 1960-1975

Includes untitled manuscript about James Hudson Maurer by Taft, 2 copies, 3 pages each; untitled manuscript about Philip Murray by Taft, 8 pages; list of Philip Murray records with CIO in Washington, D.C.

Do-Du - 1963-1975

Routine.

E - 1963-1973

Routine

Fa-Fe - 1956-1975

Routine

Finch, Herbert, LMDC, Cornell University - 1972-1976

Re donation of various papers to the Cornell University Library System and routine.

Ford Foundation Grant - 1965-1969

Including 2 grant proposals re the effect of federal labor legislation upon union administration and collective bargaining, 13 pages and 18 pages, by Taft and Philip Ross; a grant proposal re the effect of the National Labor Relations and the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Acts upon the administration and management of labor unions and of collective bargaining, 6 pages, by Taft and Philip Ross; and routine

Ford Foundation - Older Worker Project - 1952-1962

Routine.

Fr - 1963-1968

Includes brief biography entitled "Labor History's Phil Taft" by Nelson Frank, 7 pages, and routine.

Fund for the Republic Trade Union Project - 1958-1960

Routine.

Ga-Gr - 1961-1975

Includes research proposal by Stanley B. Greenberg entitled "Race and Modernization," 15 pages and routine.

Greenwood Press - 1969-1978

Manuscript - Introduction for reprint of Party Organizer, 1968, by Taft, 8 pages; index from Right of Union Members and the Government by Taft, 20 pages, and routine.

Guggenheim Foundation - 1957-1976

Includes Taft's application for a Guggenheim Grant with related correspondence and routine.

Gugm-Ha - 1963-1974

Routine.

Harper and Row (Publishers) - 1965-1972

Includes royalty statements and routine.

Harper and Row - Contracts and Statements - 1956-64.

Harper and Row - General Correspondence - 1956-1966

Includes preface and dedication to The AFL in the Time of Gompers by Taft, 6 pages; various commentary on Taft's books; introduction to Organized Labor in American History by Taft, 13 pages, 2 copies; abstract of The American Federation of Labor in the Time of Gompers by Taft, 2 pages; and routine.

Harvard University - 1949

Routine.

Harvard University Press 1949-1968

Re research for study on appellate procedure in union organizations; jacket, front and back flap copy for Labor Politics American Style by Philip Taft; readers report on Studies in the Structure and Government of Labor Union by Philip Taft, and routine.

Hawaii, University of - 1962

Re summer 1962 Guest Faculty Position and routine.

He-Hu - 1961-1974

Includes reprint of a summary of a doctoral dissertation, John Siney: The Pioneer in American Industrial Unionism and Industrial Government by Charles Edward Killeen, 4 pages, and routine.

Il-In - 1965-1973

Untitled essay about union mergers by Taft, 12 pages, done for the 25th Anniversary of the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA) (1973), entitled "The Next 25 Years of Industrial Relations" and routine.

International Encyclopedia of Social Services - 1963-1967

Preliminary "Table of Contents and Directory of Contributors" for the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, published by the Macmillan Company, 36 pages, and an untitled booklet describing the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 40 pages.

Ir-Iv 1962-1976

Routine.

J - 1961-1975

Routine.

K - 1957-1973

Personal and routine.

La - 1964-1975

Routine.

Labor History - Milton Cantor - 1965-1976.

Landrum-Griffin Law - People to Thank A-F - 1965-1968

Re data collection for study of Landrum-Griffin by Taft, and routine.

Landrum Griffin Law - People to Thank G-R - 1962-1967 -con't

Landrum Griffin Law - People to Thank S-W - 1965-1969 -con't

Le - 1964-1965

Routine.

Library Press and Nash Publications - 1972-1976

Correspondence re publication of Defending Freedom: American Labor and Foreign Affairs by Taft; November 1, 1973 letter from George Meany, 1 page; copy of the AIFLD Report, December 1973, 6 pages; introduction to Defending Freedom ... by Robert Murphy, 3 pages; brief untitled essay about George Meany's impact on foreign affairs, no author given, 4 pages; and routine.

Li-Lo - 1965-1970

Letter to Taft from Frank Licht, former Governor of Rhode Island, and routine.

Lovestone, Jay-Lu - 1965-1975

Letter from George Meany, dated November 1, 1971, 1 page, and routine.

Ma-Me - 1940-1972

Routine.

Michigan University - Jack Stuber 1973-1974

Routine.

Michigan University - Project 1974

Re studies of various unions and routine.

Mi-Mo - 1964-1966

Routine.

Na-Nat - 1961-1964

Routine.

Nash Publishing - German Translation - 1973-1976

Includes description of Defending Freedom by Taft in German, 3 pages; some correspondence in German; and routine.

Nea-New - 1949-1971

Essay on political situation in Rhode Island by Taft, untitled, 4 pages; letter submitted by Taft to the editor of the New York Times, dated December 17, 1964 and routine.

New York University Law Review-No - 1966-1967

Routine.

Old Age Project 1960-1964

Re study of employment of older workers, includes index of films by location that gives name, address, U.P. and number of employees, 72 pages.

O-Oz - 1960-1972

Letter to Christopher Evans from Terence Powderly re Order of Knights of Labor, dated February 3, 1892, and routine.

Pa-Pe 1963-1974

Letter to Taft from U.S. Senator John O. Pastore (R.I.) dated March 18, 1974; letters to Taft from U.S. Senator Clariborne Pell (R.I.) dated September 29, 1965 and July 21, 1965 and routine.

Perlman Article - 1975

Essay entitled "Professor Selig Perlman, An Appreciation" by William Haber, 8 pages, and routine.

Pi-Pra - 1962-1973

Routine.

Prentice Hall, Inc. - 1951

Routine.

Pre-Pu - 1962-1970

Routine.

Publisher's Receipt Statements - 1948-1965

Routine.

Publishers - 1971

Table of contents from Defending Freedom by Taft, 1 page; introduction to Defending Freedom, 8 pages, 4 copies and routine.

Quarterly Journal of Economics - 1947-1960

Routine.

Ra-Re - 1961-1972

Letter to Taft from Walter H. Reynolds, then Mayor of Providence, dated October 10, 1962.

Rhode Island - 1947-1971

Letters to Taft from John O. Pasture, former Governor of Rhode Island, dated January 27, 1947 and May 9. 1949; letters to Taft from Dennis J. Roberts, former Governor of Rhode Island, dated 1/9/52, 1/15/82, and 1/9/57; letter from John A. Notte, Jr., former Governor of Rhode Island dated February 9.1961; copy of statement made by Taft before the Rhode Island Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Manpower, March 3 (no year), 5 pages; letters to Taft from John H. Chafee, former Governor of Rhode Island, dated February 11, 1964 and May 16, 1964; report and recommendations by Taft re the R.F. State Employees Association prepared May 10, 1971, 29 pages.

Rinehart and Company - 1948-1960

Includes reports and comments on manuscript by Taft, "Movements for Economic Reform"; requests for permission to quote, and routine.

Ri - 1964-76

Routine correspondence.

Ro-Ru - 1946-73

Routine correspondence.

Sa-Sm - 1952-76

Includes letters of recommendation by Taft; correspondence from George P. Schultz, U.S. Secretary of Labor; correspondence with Professor Sumner H. Slichter re "Seventy Years of Life and Labor"; and routine.

Social Science Research Council - 1948-65

Correspondence with Paul Webbink, President SSRC re conference, publication; with Elbridge Sibley, Executive Association SSRC re grant application.

Sp - 1965-75

Correspondence with Lawrence N. Spitz re article on Phil Murray, includes "Outline for an Institute for Continuing Education of Local and Other Leaders of the United Steelworkers of America," 3 pages, and routine.

Stackpole Co. - 1942-65

Includes publication agreement, and correspondence re "Economics and Problems of Labor."

St-Sw - 1956-75

Correspondence with Leon Stein, editor of ILGWU Justice re recommendation for a Guggenheim Fellowship for Stein; includes statement of purpose of "American Labor II," 8 pages; correspondence with Emanuel Stein re publications; correspondence with David Sullivan, President, Building Service Employees International Union, and routine.

Ta-Te - 1950-1976

Correspondence with Tamiment Institute re donating Taft's pamphlet collection; correspondence with Teamsters Local 251, Providence, Rhode Island, re Taft supervising election; correspondence with International Brotherhood of Teamsters Fred Englert and Frank Tobin re new structure of the Teamsters Union, and routine.

Texas, University of - 1972-73

Correspondence re Taft's appointment as Visiting Professor and routine.

Th-Tw - 1954-68

Correspondence with Penelope H. Thunberg, President's Council of Economic Advisers; correspondence with Twentieth Century Fund re conference and a copy of "Memorandum" on collective Bargaining issues, 1961, 9 pages; correspondence with Gus Tyler, Assistant President, ILGWU.

United Federation of Teachers - 1969-74

Correspondence, bills, notes re study and publication of "United They Teach"; includes a letter, 1/28/74, to Ms. Sylvia Cross, Vice-President, Nash Publications re unauthorized censoring of chapter 9.

United States Department of Labor - 1951-71

Correspondence with Lawrence R. Klein and Henry Lowenstern, Editor, Monthly Labor Review re articles for publication; includes "The Past and Present in the Labor Movement," 14 pages; correspondence with Herbert J. Lahne and Leonard J. Lurie, Office of Labor-Management Policy Development re Taft's manuscript on the evaluation of LMRDA, and routine.

U.S. Department of Labor - Project - 1975

Correspondence re Taft writing a chapter for the Labor Department's Bicentennial illustrated history of the American Worker.

U.S. Government - Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board - 1961-70

Correspondence with Arthur J. Goldberg, Secretary of Labor; correspondence re "Voice of America" lecture on "American Labor"; re invitations to speak; correspondence with Ivan Sinclair, Assistant to President Johnson; correspondence with Frank W. McCulloch, Chairman, NLRB; correspondence with W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor; manuscript (untitled), 11 pages re philosophy of American Labor movement.

U.S. Maritime Commission - 1940

Letter and attachments re Labor costs in maritime industry.

U.S. Senate - 1952-53

Correspondence with Senator Hubert Humphrey asking Taft to testify on Communist domination of certain unions; correspondence with Senator Winston L. Prouty re labor laws; routine correspondence with Representative John E. Fogarty, Senator Claiborne Pell, Senator John O. Pastore.

U.S. Steel Corporation and Miscellaneous - 1964-1970

Correspondence re proposed study on U.S. Steel labor policies by Taft; correspondence and comments on Taft's "Regulating Union Affairs".

University of ... 1966-71

Correspondence with various University Presses re publication of Taft's works; includes reader's reports, and publisher's critiques.

V - 1969-73

Routine correspondence.

Wa - 1959-71

Correspondence with Hedwig Wachenheim and Taft's review of B. J. Widick's "Detroit: City of Violence" manuscript for Wayne State University Press.

Wayne State University - Dr. Philip P. Mason - 1971-74

Correspondence re TAft's depositing material in the Archives.

We - 1950-75

Routine correspondence.

WGBH Project - Elsa Rassbach - 1974-76

Correspondence re series of television programs on American labor history for which Taft served as an historical consultant; includes the agreement between WGBH and Taft, "Draft Report on the Planning Conferences of the American Labor History Series," 26 pages; 30 page untitled manuscript.

Wh-Wr - 1960-76

Routine correspondence.

Y - 1971-73

Correspondence with Irwin Yellowitz re Yellowitz's promotion and fellowship application.

Actors - 1896-1940

Routine.

Agricultural Workers - 1933-46

Routine.

Air - Transportation, Freedom of the - c. 1931-1945

Six page statement by Edward F. McGrady, representing the American Federation of Labor (AFL), before Congressional committee, opposing award of mail carrier contract to Century Air Line. Includes table comparing pilots' hours and wages among air mail carriers (c. 1931). "Freedom of Air," 4 page statement, adopted May 4, 1945, by AFL Executive Council and sent to Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opposing executive agreements re foreign airlines.

Air Line Pilots - 1955

Routine.

Aluminum Workers - 1934-42

Includes vituperative correspondence between officials of Aluminum Workers Union and AFL.

American Alliance for Labor and Democracy - 1917-19

List of Officers and Executive Council, including Samuel Gompers, President; 4 page manuscript re formation of Alliance (C. 1917); "Outline of Plans of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy," 6 page document, pages 3 and 4 missing; 3 page minutes of conference, July 27, 1917; 7 page account of a meeting with unemployed cloakmakers, December 12, 1917; form letter; miscellaneous notes re the Alliance.

American Federation of Labor (AFL) - Assessments - 1880-1937

Notes; form letters.

American Federation of Labor - Beginnings - Early Organizations - 1891-1925

An Introduction and Over All View, n.d., 16 pages; "Journal of Proceedings," 1901, 14 pages; letter to Central Federated Union (from Gompers?), December 31, 1902, 2 pages.

American Federation of Labor - Building Trades Department Documents - 1911-c. 1957

Manuscript "Labor in the Construction Industry," n.d., 26 pages; defense agreement between Building and Construction Trades Department and U.S. government, July 22, 1941, 4 pages.

American Federation of Labor - Building Trades Department - Notes - 1900-41

Building Trades, fragmented rough draft of manuscript, probably by Taft.

American Federation of Labor-CIO - 1956-63

AFL-CIO Platform Statement, in Daily Labor Report, August 10, 1956, 10 pages; "Fact Sheet for AFL-CIO Fifth Constitutional Convention," November 11, 1963, 4 pages; AFL-CIO press releases re Convention statements, November 12, 13 and 14, 1963.

American Federation of Labor - Conventions: Actions of Delegates - 1872-1937

Copious typed and handwritten notes, mostly from 1881-1891, on meetings and correspondence re Knights of Labor, Gompers.

American Federation of Labor - Conventions: Actions of Delegates - Notes -

American Federation of Labor - Departments - See also under department name.

American Federation of Labor - Executive Council - 1909-49

Eight page Policy Statement, 7/15/49; correspondence and miscellaneous notes.

American Federation of Labor - Federal Labor Unions - 1919-1948

Federal Labor Union Brief As Approved by the Federal Labor Union Conference of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, May 1, 1948, 7 pages; notes.

American Federation of Labor - Financial - 1955-1959

Taft's cancelled checks and receipts.

American Federation of Labor - Income and Per Capita, 1879-1961

Form letter, May 4, 1937, 2 pages; miscellaneous notes.

American Federation of Labor - Industrial/Dual Unionism - 1903-1923

Routine. American Federation of Labor - Industrial/Dual Unionism - See also: Committee for Industrial Organization, Box 4.

American Federation of Labor - Maritime Trades Department - 1919-57

A Brief History of the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, 1957, 16 pages; statement by AFL representative to House Committee of Merchant Marine and Fisheries, opposing the creation of a Merchant Marine Service for training in war, June 23, 1949, 2 pages. American Federation of Labor - Maritime Trades Department - See also: Maritime folders, Box 8.

American Federation of Labor - May Day, Labor Day - 1882-1902

Routine.

American Federation of Labor - Membership - 1885-1942

Routine.

American Federation of Labor - Metal Trades Department - 1900-50

Routine.

American Federation of Labor - No-Raiding Agreements - 1942-54

Correspondence, notes.

American Federation of Labor - Organizers - 1884-1953

The Organization Plan of the AFL, 9 page address by Frank P. Fenton, Director of Organization, AFL, to the National Broadcasting Company, February 5, 1940; form letter, January 2, 1936, 4 pages; miscellaneous notes.

American Federation of Labor - Public Relations Programs - 1937-1948

A Public Relations and Advertising Program for the AFL: Tentative Suggestions and Recommendations, by Owen and Chappell, Inc., n.d. 13 pages; public relations budget, n.d.; form letter; notes.

American Federation of Labor - Railway Employees Department - 1892-1958

Statement by George M. Harrison, Grand President of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, and also representing 20 other railway unions, before a Senate Committee hearing, opposing a proposed amendment to the Railway Labor Act which would outlaw strikes, June 5, 1950, 24 pages; statement by Michael Fox, President of the Railway Employees' Department, AFL-CIO, and also Vice-Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Association, before a Senate sub-committee, urging that any federal financial relief to rail carriers be tied to the curtailment of contracting-out for equipment maintenance, April 2, 1958, 16 pages; correspondence; notes.

American Federation of Labor - Reconstruction Program -1918-19

AFL Reconstruction Program, 1918, 16 pages; "Report of the Committee on Reconstruction of the AFL," January 1, 1919, 6 pages; notes.

American Federation of Labor - State Federations of Labor - 1864-1924

Reprint, incomplete "History of the NYS Federation of Labor," n.d., 8 pages; reprint re Illinois State Federation of Labor, n.d., 6 pages; note chiefly re Illinois State Federation of Labor; reprint, Digest of Labor Laws re New York State Federation of Labor, n.d., 9 pages.

American Federation of Labor - Vote Books

Vote books 3-28, January 1, 1898-October 14, 1924; report of AFL Executive Council votes, August 20, 1919-December 28, 1920, 41 pages; reprint (incomplete) re early history of AFL-Knights of Labor resolutions.

Annexation, Hawaii and the Philippines - 1898

Routine.

Anti-Labor Court Cases - 1840-1921

Routine.

Anti-Labor Legislation (except Taft-Hartley) - 1933-52

Statements before Congress, form letters, correspondence, press releases, and notes re various bills, especially "Case", "Hobbs", and "Smith".

Anti-Labor Organization and Movements - 1901-15

Routine.

Anti-Labor Practices - 1865-1947

Routine.

Arbitration (Compulsory) - 1882-1941

Statement on Compulsory Arbitration by President Gompers, December 13, 1921, 6 pages; "Compulsory Arbitration," by Samuel Gompers, 5 pages, n.d.; form letter to U.S. Representatives opposing compulsory arbitration, from AFL President Green and Secretary-Treasurer George Meany, June 20, 1941; notes.

Armaments - Conference of Limitation of - 1921

Letter from State Department to Samuel Gompers appointing him to Advisory Committee of U.S. representatives to the conference; Cablegram; notes.

Automation - 1887-1963

The Impact of Technological Change, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, September 1963; Letter to AFL President Green from AFL legislative representative re providing for workers displaced by machinery; notes.

Automobile Workers (UAW) - Letters, Notes, etc. - 1911-64

The United Automobile Workers: Past, Present and Future, by Walter Reuther, President, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Virginia Law Review, 1964, 45 pages; "The United Auto Workers Union," n.d., 9 pages; "Organization of the Automobile Workers," n.d., 2 pages; "Wage Rates Prevailing as of January 1934, on Various Operations in the Automobile Industry," showing difference between rates for men and women, 5 pages; "Wage Chronology #5: Chrysler Corp., 1939048," 3 pages; correspondence between President Roosevelt and AFL President Green, re industrial code of fair practice for the auto industry, November 1934; correspondence and form letters re strikes and disputes with CIO.

Automobile Workers - Mansfield Strike, 1967

General Motors National Conference, emergency session re wildcat strike at Mansfield Fisher Body plant, March 9, 1967, 134 pages; "Proceedings of Special Session, International Executive Board, UAW: Show Cause Hearing," February 22, 1967, 69 pages; press releases; clippings.

Automobile Workers - Newspaper Clippings - 1938-39

Routine.

Automobile Workers - Notes - 1920-55

The United Automobile Workers of America, n.d., 2 pages; "Confidential" internal memo of United Mine Workers (Vice-President Philip Murray to John L. Lewis) re dissention within the Auto Workers' Union, December 13, 1938, 3 pages.

Automobile Workers - Report of the Labor Board - 1935

Strictly Confidential Final Report of the Automobile Labor Board, 45 pages.

Bakery and Confectionery Workers - 1880-1959

Routine.

Bakery and Confectionery Workers - Corruption - 1957-59

Report of the Ethical Practices Committee to the AFL-CIO Executive Council re charges of corruption within the Bakery union, September 16, 1957, 53 pages; form letters from the Committee to Preserve Integrity in the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union, and from the General Executive Board of the union; resolutions by the AFL-CIO Executive Council re the Bakery union; copy of legal injunction, n.d. 12 pages.

Banks, Labor - 1922-32

Routine.

Barbers - 1887-1938

Correspondence between Barbers' union President and AFL President re revocation of charter arising from jurisdictional dispute with CIO and United Mine Workers.

Baseball Players' Fraternity - Application for Charter (1917) - 1900-1918

Notes include comment by Gompers, opposing placement of baseball as non-essential industry in wartime.

Bill - Labor's Bill of Grievances (1906) - 1906-1920

Routine.

Blacksmiths - 1889-1894

Routine.

Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders of America - 1881-1936

Letter from AFL President re CIO, December 3, 1936, 2 pages; notes.

Boot Makers - 1887-c. 1952

9 page manuscript re history of bootmakers, n.d.; letter from AFL President re CIO raiding, November 1, 1941, 1 page; notes.

Boycotts - 1887-1937

Form letter form AFL President, January 18, 1937, 2 pages; notes.

Brewery Workers - 1888-1941

9 page manuscript re history of brewery workers, n.d.; reprint,"National Union of the United Brewery Workmen of the U.S.," n.d., 2 pages; notes.

Bricklayers - 1871-1953

11 page manuscript re history of bricklayers, 1953; notes.

Broadcasters, National Association - 1946

Three booklets by National Association of Broadcasters ("Confidential: For Use of Station Management Only"): "When You First Face Unionization," 22 pages; "Working With Unions," 8 pages; "Labor Relations in Small Stations," 11 pages.

Brookwood Labor College - 1928-1929

Several letters from various affiliated union officials, protesting AFL Executive Council's directive, made without a hearing, to withhold financial support of Brookwood following charges of Communist and anti-AFL leanings; printed reply by AFL President Green, 6 pages; notes.

Canadian Labor Organization - "One Big Union" - 1919-1949

Correspondence; financial statement, 1920-21; notes.

Car Builders Union - 1888

Routine.

Carpenters - 1888-1953

Eight page manuscript re history of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, c. 1951; notes; correspondence. Carpenters - See also: Landis Award, Box 7, File Folder 44-46. Carpenters - See also: Landis Award, Box 7, File Folder 44-46.

Carriage and Wagon Workers - 1891-1912

Routine.

Cement Workers - 1904-1942

Routine.

Child Labor - 1889-1951

Status report of state-by-state ratification of Child Labor Amendment, January 29, 1934; correspondence; press releases; notes.

Christian Unions - 1872-1951

Issues of The Labor Leader, October 31, 1941 and September 15, 1951; Information Service of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, November 23, 1946; notes.

Cigarmakers - 1864-1884

Routine.

Civil Service Commission, U.S. - 1937-1962

AFL resolution, sent to Senators and Congressmen, supporting Civil Service Commission, November 15, 1937; Executive Order by President John F. Kennedy authorizing an appeals procedure within the CivilService System.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) - 1933-1942

Original bill, plus attached amendments, setting up CCC, March 21, 1933; notes and correspondence re AFL opposition to CCC; statement by AFL representative before Senate subcommittee supporting continuation of CCC, 1942.

Cleaners (Retail), Dryers and Pressers - n.d.

Routine.

Closed Shop (Union Shop) - 1907

Routine.

Clothing Workers - 1887-c. 1951

Fourteen page manuscript re "Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America," c. 1951; notes.

Committee for Industrial Organization - 1933-1935

The Origin and Program of the Committee for Industrial Organization, 6 page manuscript, n.d.; "National and International Unions Voting for the Minority Report on Industrial Unionism at the 1935 AF of L Convention," 2 page list; "Minutes of Meeting of Committee for Industrial Organization," November 9, 1935, 3 pages; correspondence between AFL President William Green and CIO Chairman John L. Lewis; other routine correspondence; notes. Committee for Industrial Organization - See also: AFL -Industrial/Dual Unionism, Box 3, File Folder 19.

Committee for Industrial Organization - 1936

Declaration and Resolution on Committee for Industrial Organization, 10 page statement by the United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers Calling for representation of CIO-affiliated unions at AFL convention and for unity, October 8, 1936; "Resolution" by AFL Executive Council, ordering CIO-affiliated unions to choose between the CIO and the AFL, August 5, 1936; notes.

Committee for Industrial Organization - 1936

Extract From Minutes of Executive Council Meeting, January 15-29, 1936, 3 pages, AFL calls for dissolution of CIO (also sent as press release and form letter); "Summary of Meeting Between CIO and Sub-Committee of the AFL Executive Council," May 19, 1936, 2 pages; "Study of Recently-Organized Locals" from CIO (pencil notation: June 1936 CIO under signature of Brojchy sentthis questionnaire to Federal and recently organized unions), 2 pages; fifteen page legal opinion re AFL suspension of CIO-affiliated unions, addressed to AFL President Green, May 1, 1936; notes.

Committee for Industrial Organization - 1936

Letters between AFL and CIO-affiliated unions.

Communications Association, America

Communications Workers, 7 page manuscript, n.d.; letter to Gompers from Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, 3 pages, July 28, 1917; notes.

Communist Party Minutes - 1936-1937

Also includes membership list with "C.I.O. Connection," n.d., 4 pages.

Communists - CIO infiltration - 1933-53

Six reports by CIO Executive Board Committee recommending that the CIO Executive Board revoke the certificate of affiliation with the following unions whose policies and activities were judged to be "directed toward the achievement of the program ... of the Communist Party rather than ... the CIO Constitution" [c. 1950]: the International Fur and Leather Workers Union; The National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards; the United Office and Professional Workers of America; the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers of America; the International Union of Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers; and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU).

Communists - Documents - 1925-50

Confidential Report on Communists and Communist Activities Within the Trade Union Movement, submitted to President Green, February 11, 1935, 24 pages; statement by AFL representative before Senate Judiciary Committee, opposing Mundt-Nixon Bill, May 28, 1948, 14 pages; statement by AFL President Green before the House Committee on Un-American Activities opposing Sheppard and Raskin bills, outlawing Communist Party, March 25, 1947, 5 pages; correspondence, resolution re Bookkeepers and Stenographers Union, May 1937; statement by AFL representative before House Committee on Un-American Activities, opposing Mundt-Nixon Bill, March 24, 1950, 5 pages; "Special Report: Communists in Labor Unions," prepared for members of the Research Institute of America, April 4, 1946, 16 pages; form letters.

Communists - Notes - 1928-51

Routine.

Confederated Unions of America - 1946-56

Routine.

Congress of Industrial Organizations - Formation of - 1936-42

Report of Director to CIO meeting, January 9, 1936, 4 pages and March 9, 1937, 5 pages; notes.

Congress of Industrial Organizations - General - 1917-1955

Several letters from AFL President to CIO President re CIO raiding on AFL unions, 1942-45; press release and form letter stating CIO position on various anti-labor bills, 1940; press release stating CIO opposition to third party in U.S. Presidential election of 1948; telegram reporting decision by United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jointers to remain affiliated with AFL, September 8, 1955; notes. Congress of Industrial Organizations - General - See also: Machinists, Box 8; Newspaper Guild, Box 9, File Folder 26; Steel, Box 10; and Teamsters, Box 13.

Congress of Industrial Organizations - AFL Controversy with Lewis and the Miners' Union, 1936-49

Correspondence; notes; press release announcing AFL President Green's resignation from United Mine Workers, 1938.

Congress of Industrial Organizations - 1937

Memorandum on Essential Conditions for Unity, unsigned, probably by AFL, with hand notation "1937", 6 pages; form letters; correspondence; notes.

Congress of Industrial Organizations - 1937

Form letters, correspondence, notes.

Congress of Industrial Organizations - 1938-39

Correspondence from AFL President Green to various union officials; correspondence between AFL President Green and various officials re CIO participation and AFL's refusal to participate in the National Labor Congress in Cuba, January 1939; notes.

Congress of Industrial Organizations - Peace Negotiations with AFL - 1936-43

Press clippings; correspondence; form letters; notes.

Congress of Industrial Organizations - Peace Negotiations with AFL - 1938-1955

Memorandum on the Basis for Peace Negotiations between the AFL and the CIO, March 1939, 23 pages; letter to AFL President Green from AFL Vice-President David Dubinsky, advising that unity overture from CIO was a Communist plot, December 10, 1946; telegram (copy) to President Roosevelt from AFL President Green, expressing willingness to negotiate with CIO, n.d., 2 pages; "Statement by the Executive Council of the AFL," calling on President Roosevelt to publicly blame CIO President John L. Lewis as solely responsible for holding up the peace negotiations, February 8, 1940; correspondence between AFL President Green and CIO President Murray, 1942; "Report and Recommendations of the Joint AFL-CIO Unity Committee," February 9, 1955, 8 pages; miscellaneous correspondence, press releases, form letters, and notes.

Conscription - Military, Civilian Manpower - 1925-50

AFL Supports Voluntary Manpower Control, 4 page excerpt from Executive Council minutes, February 5, 1945; statement by AFL representative before Senate committee, opposing peacetime military conscription, June 5, 1950, 4 pages; form letters; notes.

Convict Labor - 1885-1946

Convict Labor, by AFL President Green, n.d., 3 pages; "Convict Labor," December 31, 1930, 4 pages; "Convict Labor Legislation in the States," n.d. 3 pages; "Labelling Prison-Made Goods," August 5, 1927, 2 pages; "Action Taken by AFL on Paying of Compensation to Inmates of Penal Institutions," covering AFL positions on convict labor 1893-1922, 2 pages; "Annual Report, Board of Directors, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., Fiscal Year 1946," 10 pages; ten page manuscript re convict labor, November 7, 1929; form letters; correspondence; notes.

Coopers' Union - 1872-1899

Routine.

Core Makers - 1893

Routine.

Curriers - 1863-1864

Routine.

Defense Production Act - 1951

Routine.

Demobilization - 1946

Routine.

Depression's Effect on AFL Income - 1894-1895

Routine.

Directors Guild of America - 1961

Routine.

Economy - 1962-71

Statement on the President's Economic Report ... by Walter P. Reuther, Vice-President, AFL-CIO; Chairman of the AFL-CIO Economic Policy Committee, and President, UAW, February 7, 1962, re technological change, 3 pages (incomplete); "Report of the Economic Policy Committee to the AFL-CIO on The National Economy ... on The Wage Guideline," February 27, 1966, 3 pages; transcript of address by AFL-CIO President George Meany at the International Longshoremen's Association, re state of the national economy, July 19, 1971; brochure, "Labor Looks at Capitalism," by George Meany, December 1966, address to the National Industrial Conference Board.

Education - 1888-1952

Vocational Education, 5 page manuscript, c. 1943; "Labor's Emergency Educational Program," 2 page statement by AFL President Green, January 5, 1933; "Resolution #47, Adopted by the American Federation of Teachers at their Annual Convention ... June 26-30, 1933," opposing federal cuts in aid to vocational education, 3 pages; report by the AFL Committee on Education, January 26, 1939, 3 pages; statements by AFL representative before House Committee supporting bill to authorize federal grants and loans to states for school construction, April 5, 1950, 6 pages and again on April 24, 1952, 4 pages; notes; correspondence; form letters.

Elections - Notes - 1907-55

Elections - See also: Landrum Griffin Material, Box 8,File Folder 2.

Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America, International Union of (IUE) - 1893-1965

Interim Report on Election of National President of International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE), by U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension Reports re violations in election of national President, April 1965, 13 pages; ballot count of IUE Presidential election, 1964; affidavit by Office of Labor-Management and Welfare-Pension official re witnessing counting of ballots in IUE election, March 29, 1965; cover letter re above, from U.S. Secretary of Labor to AFL-CIO President George Meany and IUE President Carey.

Electrical Workers and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers - 1894-1952

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of America, 7 pages, January 19, 1952.

Embezzlement - 1962-70

Manuscript, probably by Taft, beginning with p. 8, "Number of Individuals Indicted, Convicted, Acquitted or Whose Indictments Were Dismissed, by years," through p. 25, c. 1969.

Employers' Associations - n.d.

Three page manuscript by Taft.

Employment Act of 1946.

Employment, Cases Not Examined - Notes - 1948-73.

Employment Service - 1894-1946

Routine.

Engineers, Amalgamated Society of Steam - 1899-1911.

Fair Labor Standards Act - 1939

Two page memo to AFL President Green re Fair Labor Standards Act amendments and other labor legislation, April 14, 1939; "Fair Labor Standards Act As Amended Act of June 25, 1938 As Amended 1949," text.

Farmers - AFL Cooperation with - 1907-53

AFL Executive Council minutes, authorizing creation of a committee to study farm-labor relations, particularly with respect to farm-bloc support of anti-labor legislation, August 8, 1951, 2 pages; notes.

Fascism - AFL Stand on - 1925-50

AFL form letter opposing fascism, December 21, 1925, 3 pages; letter from AFL President from National Chairman of the Spanish Refugee Appeal, stating AFL opposition to the Franco government, February 15, 1950; notes.

Federal Employees - 1885-1963

A Chronological History of the Reclassification of Federal Employees, including resolutions adopted at AFL annual conventions 1925 and 1927, 8 pages; correspondence between AFL President Green and President of the National Federation of Federal Employees re withdrawal of the Federal Employees from the AFL, November 1931; memo from White House re new Civil Service regulations, May 21, 1963, 13 pages; "Report of Committee on Law of Government Employee Relations of the Section of Labor Relations Law of the American Bar Association," August 17, 1964, 6 pages.

Federal Employees - Davis-Bacon Act - 1930-1935

Reports of proceedings of conferences held in the Executive Council chamber of the AFL building re reduction in wages of federal employees, March 24, 1931, 3 pages, and April 11, 1932, 3 pages; letters from AFL President Green opposing reduction in wages of federal employees, sent to Congressmen March 22 and April 12, 1932, sent to Senators June 7, 1932, and sent to U.S. President March 10, 1933, sent to affiliated unions, urging members to write Congress, January 12 and March 22, 1932; "Chronology of Wage Restoration Activities in the 74th Congress," October 8, 1934-February 13, 1935.

Federal Employees - AFL Legislative Testimony - 1946-53

Ten statements by AFL representative before Congressional committees re legislation affecting federal employees.

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service - 1947

Routine.

Federation of Arts Unions - n.d.

Routine.

Financial Irregularities - Notes - 1897-1960

Routine.

Fire Fighters - 1945-69

Correspondence and clippings re strike of Gary, Indiana firefighters, August 1969.

Flight Engineers - 1948.

Foreign - Africa - [1914] 1966-71

Executive Council Report re African-American Labor Center Projects, May 17, 1971, 8 pages; "African-American Labor Center Summary of Impact Projects," May 12, 1966 - March 15, 1970, 130 pages; minutes of AALC Board of Directors, December 13, 1967 and September 16, 1968; notes.

Foreign - Africa - 1958-69

Photocopies of clippings from the International Free Trade Union News.

Foreign - American Institute for Free Labor Development - 1969-73

AIFLD Report, monthly newsletter, April 1969-December 1970; June, 1973; "AIFLD Annual Progress Report," 1969, 4 pages; "The American Institute for Free Labor Development," unsigned, n.d., 5 pages.

Foreign - American Institute for Free Labor Development - 1966-c.1970

Report on AIFLD [? "An Appraisal of Program Effectiveness and Management of the American Institute of Free Labor Development" by the American Technical Assistance Corp., July 1970], 31 pages; Auditor's report on AIFLD reimbursements for AID contracts for 1966-1967, completed 1969, 5 pages; "Statement by Mr. Joseph Beirne, Vice-President, AFL-CIO," before the Second Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, May 1966, 6 pages, and photocopy of article from The New York Times, reporting statement was altered; photocopy of article "Survey of the Alliance For Progress," n.d. 62 pages, probably the "Dockery Report" re AIFLd, by the General Accounting Office for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 1968; notes.

Foreign - American Institute for Free Labor Development - 1965-70

Photocopy of article "American Labor's Own Alliance for Progress," by AIFLD Director of Social Projects William C. Dougherty, from the International Tree Trade Union News, March 1965, 1 page; photocopy of article "AIFLD and Latin Labor Building in a Modern Society," by Dougherty, July 1966, 2 pages; Statement by AIFLD Executive Director Dougherty before House Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs: "AIFLD Strengthens Free Labor In Latin America," May 6, 1969, 2 pages; statement by AFL-CIO President George Meany before Senate Foreign Relations Committee, defending AIFLD, August 1, 1969, 10 pages (plus 2 page insert); "Statement by the Executive Council of the AFL," in support of U.S. assistance to Vietnam, May 19, 1954, plus insert 3 pages, "AIFLD Corporate, Foundation and Individual Contributions - 1962-1968"; statement by Senator J. W. Fulbright, Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "Concerning a Report by the GAO on AIFLD," May 3, 1970, 3 pages; correspondence between Senator Fulbright and AIFLD Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Beirne, June-July 1970; Correspondence re Philip Taft's chapter on AIFLD, 1970-71.

Foreign - Asia - General - 1934-71

Far Eastern Social Information, published by Naigai Shakai Mondai Chosasho (Research Institute for Social Problems), Tokyo, re "Asiatic Labor Congress", "Food Question in China", and "Prevention of Floods - Famine in China", September 11, 1934, 12 pages; "Unite for Freedom and Peace: Declaration on the International Crisis by the Executive Council of the AFL," May 11, 1950, 2 pages; letter from AFL foreign representative Irving Brown re Asian Regional Conference, June 13, 1951, 2 pages; "Asian-American Free Labor Institute (AAFLI)," 1971 AFL-CIO Report, 5 pages; issues of AAFLI News: Volume 1, Number 1-3, October-December 1970; Volume 2, Number 1-2, January-February 1971.

Foreign - Australia and New Zealand - 1943-57

Regulation of Union Elections In Australia, by Leroy S. Merrifield (signed "With kind regards, L.S.M.") reprinted from Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Volume 10, Number 2, January 1957, 18 pages; "Social Progress in New Zealand," by the Hon. Walter Nash, M.P., Minister of Finance (Labor Party), 1944, 19 pages; "Labor in Australia," by Lloyd Ross, State Secretary, NSW Branch, Australia Railways Union, 1943, 48 pages.

Foreign - Austria - 1945-55

Post-War Trade Unionism In Austria, n.d., 32 pages, (stamped U.S. Forces in Austria - U.S. Army); "Austria Under the Occupation", and "Defense of a Fortress: Austria's Resistance to Communist Infiltration", 3 pages each, 1951, sent to unions affiliated with the International Federation of Building and Woodworkers; "Statement by the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor," May 4, 1955, re peace treaty with Austria; correspondence; notes.

Foreign - Bulgaria - 1946-49

Booklets published by the Bulgarian government: "Georgi Dimitrov", 1946, 24 pages; "Bulgaria Before the General Assembly of the U.N.," 1948, 18 pages; "Results of 1947 Plan and Targets For 1948," 1948, 15 pages; "Bulgarian Roses," 1948, 15 pages; "La Culture de Roses en Bulgarie," 1948, 16 pages; miscellaneous booklets and pamphlets: "The Bulgarian Professional Movement Under the Government of the Fatherland Front," by President of the Central Committee of the General Workers' Professional Union, 1946, 24 pages; "The Jews In Bulgaria Before and After the 9th of September, 1944," by N. Mevorah, Assistant Professor, University of Sofia, 1946, 16 pages; "The Republic of Bulgaria," published by Diplomatic Publicity Service, Washington, D.C., n.d., 3 pages; Free Bulgaria, A Fortnightly Review, May 1, 1949 and June 1, 1949 (Volume IV, Numbers 9 and 11), 16 pages each, apparently published by the Bulgarian government; "Bugarian Cooperatives Today and Their Part in the Economic Reconstruction of the Country," n.d., 3 pages; "Le Mouvement Des Brigades de Travail et de Culture en Bulgarie," n.d., 3 pages; "Bulgarian Wines," n.d., 2 pages; "Bulgarian National Economy," n.d., by Professor Ivan Georgiev, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, 4 pages; "The Bulgarian Workers After Nationalization of Industry," n.d., 2 pages.

Foreign - Canada - 1945-63

Two page manuscript "Copy of Clipping From the London, Ontario `Advertiser' - Quebec's Labor Movement," n.d.; "Canada's New Labor College," from June 1963, AFL-CIO Federationist, 2 pages; notes.

Foreign - China - 1927-c. 1970

Two "Memo[s] for Mr. Green: China," re nationalist factions: one, March 12, 1927, 3 pages; n.d. 2 pages; photocopies of articles, August 1949 and n.d.; booklet "Mao Tse-Tung: Liberator or Destroyer of Chinese Peasants?" published by AFL, 1955, 22 pages; notes.

Foreign - Contract Labor - 1882-c. 1954

Two page manuscript re employment of foreign workers in Europe, n.d.; notes.

Foreign - Czechoslovakia - 1968-69

Photocopies of articles.

Foreign - England - 1910-51

Interview with Ernest Bevan - Transport and General Workers' Union, June 30, 1938, 8 pages; "Private and Confidential, For the Use of the Lodges Only," Annual Report of the Durham County Mining Federation Board, February 1, 1947, 19 pages; "Declaration by Free Trade Union Committee, AFL: Strengthen the Economic and Political Foundation of Anglo-American Cooperation; Preserve and Protect World Reconstruction, Freedom and Peace," September 9, 1949, 4 pages; "The British Experiment: The First Two Years of the National Health Insurance (NHI)," paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, December 29, 1950, 20 pages; "Confidential - Report From England," for AFL Free Trade Union Committee, July 15, 1951, 2 pages; booklets published by Labour Party, British Information Service; notes.

Foreign - England - Labour Press - 1948-53

Copies of Labour Press Service, newspaper of Labour Party.

Foreign - European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan) - 1947-49

Letter to President Truman from AFL President Green offering 10 recommendations re administration of Marshall Plan, November 17, 1947, 4 pages; press release with statement by AFL President Green supporting the Marshall Plan, in address over the American Broadcasting Company, November 19, 1947, 3 pages; "The Marshall Plan and American Labor," address of George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL, over the Mutual Broadcasting System, December 5, 1947, with 1 page press release summary, 3 pages; "U.S. Labor Backs the E.R.P.," excerpts of official labor documents on the Marshall Plan, 22 p. booklet, Office of the Special Representative, Paris [1948]; "Statement by the Executive Council of AFL," recommending appointment of advisory council to help administer ERP, January 26, 1948, 2 pages; "Statement of William Green, President of the AFL, on the European Recovery Program, Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 17, 1948," 8 pages; press statement of AFL President Green supporting the Marshall Plan, February 28, 1948, 4 pages; notes.

Foreign - European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan) - International Trade Union Conference - 1948-49

Substantial correspondence between AFL President Green and officials of Trades Union Congress, London, re date of Conference, February 1948; "Personal and Confidential" letter from Trades Union Congress to AFL Vice-President David Dubinsky re Conference European trade union activity, February 22, 1948, 4 pages; "European Recovery Programme," report of the International Trade Union Conference, London, March 9 and 10, 1948, 48 pages; "European Recovery Program - International Trade Union Conference: Declaration," March 10, 1948, 9 pages; "International Trade Union Conference on the ERP," report by AFL representatives, 9 pages; "London Labor Conference, March 9-10, 1948," unsigned, 9 pages; "Report by Jay Lovestone, Secretary, on Behalf of AFL Delegation to ERP Conference," London, July 19-30, 1948, 6 pages plus 12 pages of appendices; "ERP Trade Union Advisory Committee Meeting," minutes, by AFL representative Irving Brown, Berne, Switzerland, January 22, 1949, 4 pages; "Private and Confidential - Summarized Report of Fifth Meeting of ERP Trade Union Advisory Committee held on 22 January 1949, at Berne," 4 pages; "Statement by International Labor Relations Committee, AFL," opposing appointment of WFTU official to ERP advisory committee, February 2, 1949, 2 pages (second copy, "Declaration on the Sheverels Case by the International Committee of the AF of L"); notes.

Foreign - Foreign Affairs - 1887-1922

Letter from AFL President Gompers to the delegates to the International Labor Congress, Brussels, Belgium, August 4th [pencil notation "1891"]; "From Report of Executive Council to Baltimore Convention, AFL, November 13, 1916," re proposed World Labor Congress, 2 pages; letters from European labor leaders, 1916-19; letters from AFL President Gompers to AFL Executive Council re labor missions to and from Europe, 1916-19; letter (copy) from President Woodrow Wilson to AFL President Gompers, congratulating him on his work on Stockholm conference and indicating willingness to meet with European labor representatives, January 19, 1918; "The Position of American Labor" re European labor conferences, n.d., 6 pages; "Report of Proceedings of Labor Conference and Socialists of the Inter-allied Countries, September 17-18, 1918, London, England," published by the AFL, 2 pages; "Resolution on Socialization of the Land and the Means of Production Adopted by the Special Congress of the International Federation of Trade Unions Held in London, England, on November 22, 1920," 3 pages; notes.

Foreign - Foreign Affairs - 1944-c. 1956

Report No. 2 from Irving Brown, Paris, France, to AFL re activities of World Federation of Trade Unions (W.F.T.U.) and general labor conditions in France, Germany and England, December 23, 1946, 2 pages; "Report to the Executive Council by International Labor Relations Department," two reports, one May 1948, 7 pages, the other n.d., 3 pages; confidential form letters (2) to all International Presidents of the AFL, May and June 1948, 3 and 4 pages, re Soviet Communist-controlled union activity in various countries; "Manpower Personnel, Staff Sections," including "Labor Division, Economic and Scientific Section, SCAP (Japan)", "Manpower Division - OMGUS (Germany)", and "Social Administration Division, USACA Section, HQ, USFA (Austria), list of personnel, n.d., 2 pages; memo from Chairman, Citizens Committee on Displaced Persons, critically analyzing Senate legislation, June 2, 1948; memorandum to the Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, by the International Labor Relations Committee, AFL, supporting military aid to friendly nations, urging opposition to all forms of totalitarian governments, and urging the appointment of an international labor advisor to the Department of State, March 9, 1949, 3 pages; "Ratify the Atlantic Pact," declaration by Matthew Woll, Chairman, International Labor Relations Committee, AFL, 1949, 2 pages; statement by the Executive Council of the AFL urging Senate ratification of the Genocide Convention, denouncing Soviet oppression of Jews, February 1950; letter to Averill Harriman, Director, Mutual Security Agency, from George Meany, Secretary Treasurer, AFL re U.S. off-shore procurement contracts in Europe, December 27, 1951, 4 pages; "Speech by George Meany, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL," to the Catholic Labor Alliance, Chicago re AFL vs. international Communism, March 13, 1951, 8 pages; press release, "Statement by the Executive Council of the AFL," recommending a 10-point program for U.S. foreign policy to combat international Communism, January 26, 1951, 2 pages; reports to AFL Free Trade Union Committee, February 1953: from AFL representative Irving Brown re conditions in Germany, Italy, Greece and Turkey, 5 pages; from Secretary of Italian Federation of Labor, 4 pages; form Italy (2), 4 pages each; from England; six from Japan; "American Labor and the World Crisis," by Jay Lovestone, Executive Secretary, Free Trade Union Committee, AFL-CIO, [1956], 17 pages, letter to Trygve Lye, U.N. Secretary-General, from AFL Free Trade Union Committee President Matthew Woll, opposing admission of Red China to the U.N., March 24, 1950, 3 pages; press release, "Statement by the International Labor Relations Committee of the AFL," calling for establishment of an international labor federation of non-Communist trade union, April 7, 1949, 2 pages; resolutions from the 65th and 66th conventions of the AFL, 1946 and 1947 ("Labor Attachés", calling for the creation of an Under-Secretariat of Labor within State Department, and "The U.N. and Slave Labor", calling for a U.N. investigation of forced labor in member nations); "Report on the Work of the Commission of Human Rights," n.d., 2 pages; "Minutes of the International Relations Committee of the AFL," January 31, 1949, 5 pages; "The Stockholm Congress Press Conference," translation from "Il Globo" of speech by AFL President George Meany, July 17, 1953, 1 page; "Report on England and France," by AFL representative Irving Brown, with "Report on Germany," by Henry Rutz, 4 pages, [c. 1945]; "The AFL and World Labor Unity" by William Green, President, AFL, August 1945 re impossibility of working with Soviet "labor unions", 6 pages; letter to Secretary of State Marshall from Matthew Woll, Chairman, International Labor Relations Department, and Free Trade Union Committee, AFL, re various grievances, June 22, 1948, 3 pages; "Confidential Report on Greece, France and England" by AFL representative Irving Brown, July 7, 1947, 4 pages; five statements by the AFL Executive Council re Summit Conference, U.S. foreign policy recommendations to check Soviet expansion, 1954-55; 9 page speech re AFL and world affairs, May 17, 1954 by Matthew Woll.

Foreign - Foreign Affairs - 1947-1973

Stop Piracy in the Air, statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council, February 24, 1969; "Policy Resolutions on International Affairs," adopted by AFL-CIO Third Constitutional Convention, September 1959, 22 pages; by Fifth Constitution Convention, November 1963, 15 pages; "AFL-CIO Convention and Executive Council International Resolutions, December 1955-August 1966," 13 pages; "Statement by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on U.S. Strength and World Responsibility--Best Guarantee for World Peace," February 19, 1971, 4 pages; "Soviet Comment on AFL-CIO: But Where is the Logic?" from the September 1970 issue of Soviet Profsiousy, 3 pages; "Labor and U.S. Foreign Policy: A House Divided," reprint from War/Peace Report, Oceana Publications, February 1970, 4 pages; resolutions adopted at the AFL-CIO Tenth Constitutional Convention, October 18-23, 1973 ("Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights," 2 pages; "For Detente With Freedom," 2 pages; "War in the Middle East," 2 pages; "No Free Trade Union Exchanges With Totalitarian Labor Fronts", 2 pages; "Restore Democracy in Chile," 2 pages; "Strong America and NATO - Pillars of World Peace," 2 pages); articles 1947-68; copies of the French, Italian, and German editions of the February 1974 issue of the AFL-CIO Free Trade Union News.

Foreign - Foreign Pamphlets - 1949-c. 1959

Booklet "Military Cooperation with Western Europe: A Report on the Views of Leading Citizens in 22 Cities" by the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, 1949, 49 pages; Booklet "EFTA: European Free Trade Association," published by the governments of Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, [1959], 32 pages.

Foreign - France - 1948-67

Confidential Report Received from Irving Brown, February 18, 1948, 1 page; " Correspondence with AFL President Green re AFL financial and material assistance to free trade union movement in France, 1948-49; letter from Leo Werts, Director, Manpower Division; Office of Military Government for Germany, to CIO Secretary-Treasurer James Carey, re "Trizonal Trade Unions - French Position," February 9, 1949; related correspondence from French High Command in Germany; unsigned report (possibly from AFL representative Irving Brown) re labor conditions in France (some Spain), April 18, 1951, 9 pages; "Report on French Morocco," unsigned, possibly from Irving Brown, JUly 1, 1952, 8 pages; attached report, in French re salary discrepancy based on race at American bases in Morocco; "Economic Conditions in France," n.d. [1953], 12 pages; French booklets, 1948-50; articles.

Foreign - Free Trade Union News, AFL-CIO, 1970-73

Copies of the AFL-CIO Free Trade Union News.

Foreign - Germany - 1933-60

Letter from Leo Werts, Director, Manpower Division, Office of Military Government for Germany, to CIO Director of Department for International Affairs re political maneuvering with Soviet delegate over foreign trade union contacts in Germany, September 19, 1947, 3 pages; "The Crisis in Europe: Program For Germany - Declaration of the Executive Council, AFL, May11, 1950," a 10-point plan, 2 pages; "Report on Germany" by Jay Lovestone, Secretary AFL Delegation in behalf of George Harrison and David Dubinsky, AFL Delegates to London E.R.P. Trade Union Conference re conditions in Berlin under Soviet authority, conference with General Clay, 5 pages, n.d.; confidential letter from Secretary of Labor to Secretary of National Defense re "Recommendations for Immediate Action to Strengthen Democratic Elements in German Trade Unions," by Trade Union Advisory Committee on International Affairs, with comments by General Clay, March 3, 1948, 7 pages; booklets: 6 German-language publications, 5 English; notes.

Foreign - Germany - Dismantling of Industry

Letters to President Truman opposing dismantling of industry in Germany: from AFL President Green, November 24, 1947, 3 pages; from UAW President Walter Reuther, May 10, 1949, 2 pages, with attached 5 page analysis, "Dismantlement Program in Western Germany"; similar letter to Secretary of State Dean Acheson from Matthew Woll, Chairman, International Labor Relations Committee and Free Trade Union Committee, AFL, April 29, 1949, 3 pages; letters from AFL Special European representative Henry Rutz to various AFL officials and to U.S. Military Governor for Germany, 1947-48; two page "Memorandum ueber einen Plan eines Kongresses in Berlin," July 27, 1949; pamphlet "Institute of Industrial Relations - Collective Bargaining in Postwar Germany, University of California, 1952, 20 pages; notes.

Foreign - Germany and Austria - 1923-48

Correspondence between AFL International Labor Relations Committee and Free Trade Union Committee Chairman Matthew Woll and Secretary of the Army re paper supply to Germany, April 1948; letter to AFL President Green from German Social Democratic Party official thanking AFL for support of Marshall Plan, January 2, 1948; numerous reports form AFL representative Henry Rutz; notes.

Foreign - Germany and Austria - 1949-50

Letter to General Clay, Commander-in-chief, European Command, from AFL executive Matthew Woll, re American policy in Germany, February 14, 1949, 9 pages; letter to High Commissioner McCloy from Matthew Woll, urging administration of German coal industry by representatives of German labor, July 25, 1949, 3 pages; numerous reports from AFL representative Henry Rutz, 1949-1950; "Declaration of German Trade Union Federation on Radical Elements Threatening Democracy," March 6, 1950, 2 pages; notes.

Foreign - Germany and Austria - 1950-54

executive Matthew Woll and Department of State officials re American policy in Germany, October-November 1951 (3 letters, 25 pages total); "Policy Governing Relations between HQ, U.S. Army, Europe and German Trade Unions," by command of Lieutenant General Eddy, October 16, 1952, 3 pages; notes.

Foreign - Greece - 1947-67

Report on Greece, by AFL representative Irving Brown, n.d., 8 pages; articles, 1948 and 1967; notes.

Foreign - Hungary - 1948-56

Five booklets; notes.

Foreign - India - 1949

Report on India, by AFL representative Irving Brown, April 1949, 8 pages.

Foreign - Indonesia - 1949-70

Articles; notes.

Foreign - International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) - 1949

Free Trade Unions Form the I.C.F.T.U., [c. December 1949], 22 pages; "Private and Confidential," ICFTU Executive Board minutes, first meeting, December 8-10, 1949, 14 pages; papers of Preparatory International Trade Union Committee; correspondence; notes.

Foreign - International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - 1950-68

Correspondence between AFL executives George Meany and Matthew Woll re seeking intercession of the Pope on behalf of ICFTU, January 1950; "ICFTU Report of Meeting of Interim Finance Committee," January 17 and 18, 1950, 5 pages; "Report on Emergency Committee Meeting, March 16 to 18, 1950," by AFL representative Irving Brown, 5 pages; "ICFTU Emergency Committee, February 20-23, 1951," report by Irving Brown, 9 pages; AFL Executive Council minutes describing ICFTU meeting, January 26, 1951; "Statement by the Executive Council of the AFL," re Second World Congress of the ICFTU, May 18, 1951; report re SEcond World Congress of the ICFTU, by Irving Brown, August 2, 1951, 5 pages; "The Aims of Free Trade Unionism in the Struggle Against the Totalitarian Menace," report submitted by AFL Secretary-Treasurer George Meany to ICFTU Second World Congress, July 4-12, 1951, 6 pages; other statements by Congress delegates; correspondence re resignation of AFL officials Matthew Woll and David Dubinsky as U.N. consultants for ICFTU, April 1951); letter from AFL President Green to ICFTU General Secretary Oldenbroek, protesting ICFTU appointment of representative for Singapore office, February 10, 1951; summary report by Irving Brown re ICFTU Executive Board session, December 2, 1951, 4 pages; "Notes on International Committee Meeting of the AFL," re difficulties with ICFTU, June 18, 1952, 16 pages; "From Irving Brown to George Meany," October 21, 1952, re upcoming ICFTU Executive Board Meeting, 4 pages; "Report by Irving Brown: Emergency Committee Meeting ICFTU," March 1-3, [1940s], 15 pages plus 2 page resolution on Latin America; "ICFTU European Regional Organization Conference," November 3-5, 1954, 5 pages plus 16 pages of appendices of resolutions and delegate lists; several ICFTU press releases, 1959; reprint from June 12, 1965 issue of AFL-CIO News: "The ICFTU: Estimate and Perspective," by George Meany; form letter "Relations between free trade union and Communist-controlled trade union organizations," from General Secretary of ICFTU, October 24, 1967, 2 pages plus 2 page appendix of Executive Board decisions; photocopies of articles from Free Trade Union News, 1965-68.

Foreign - International Federation of Free Trade Unions (IFTU) - 1888-1945

Letter from AFL Executive Council to Federational Trade Union Congress in London re working conditions, October 27, 1888, 3 pages; correspondence, proceedings, proposals re Inter-Allied Labor Conference, London, September 17-19, 1918; letter to President Roosevelt from AFL President Green re World Economic Conference, May 1, 1933, 3 pages; "Interview with H. V. Tewson and Sir Walter Citrine," July 1, 1938, 8 pages; cablegrams and correspondence between Green, Citrine and AFL Executive Council re Anglo-Soviet Trade Union Committee, February-March 1942; "Anglo-Soviet Committee," 5 page manuscript, n.d., c. 1942; AFL Executive Council minutes re British Trades Union Congress, 1942-43; minutes of the IFTU, February 1 and 2, 1945, 17 pages; three page manuscript (possibly speech), unsigned, by AFL spokesperson re AFL refusal to participate in World Trade Union Conference, March 16, 1945; address by AFL representative Robert J. Watt to IFTU, January-February 1945, 15 pages; "What Happened at the London World Labor Conference," unsigned typescript with hand notation: "Statement issued by AFL on December 10, 1945," 9 pages; correspondence; notes.

Foreign - International Federation of Free Trade Unions - 1925-53

Five unsigned typescripts: four entitled "International Federation of Trade Unions," 3, 4, 5, and 6 pages, n.d., n.d., n.d., and 1942; one entitled "Effects of the War on Free Trade Unions in Europe," 1940, 6 pages; six issues of "Trade Union World", monthly journal of the IFTU, 1943-44; June-July 1939 issue of "The International Trade Union Movement", official organ of IFTU reporting on Eighth International Trade Union Congress; bulletins of the IFTU (August 12, 1941, 12 pages; July 1, 1942, 8 pages; December 1, 1944, 8 pages); "IFTU Report on Activities, 1943-1944," 13 pages, with unsigned typescript, n.d., based on the report, 7 pages; "IFTU Report on Activities 1944," 12 pages.

Foreign - International Labor Organization (ILO) - 1914-71

Five unsigned typescripts, "International Labor Organization", 1942, 1943, c. 1944, c. 1971, c. 1971; addresses by Rudolph Faupl, U.S. Worker Delegate to ILO conventions, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971; statement by AFL-CIO Executive Council on 50th Anniversary of the ILO, February 23, 1968; address by AFL-CIO President George Meany "at an International Conference in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the ILO," May 8, 1969, 5 pages; address by Meany to ILO Conference "on the Occasion of Its 50th Anniversary," June 12, 1969, 3 pages; transcripts of press conferences by Meany, 1971, 16 pages; notes.

Foreign - ILO/World Health Organization - 1944-49

Letter to President Roosevelt from AFL President Green refusing to share ILO representation with the CIO, March 13, 1944, 3 pages; "Our Expanding International Relations," address by Assistant Secretary of Labor over CBS radio, August 3, 1946 re U.S. in ILO, 5 pages; articles; correspondence; notes.

Foreign - International Labor Relations Department - 1935-49

Press release, AFL President Green protests purchase of German steel for construction of New York Triborough Bridge, November 1, 1935, 2 pages, with 2 page letter to WPA administrator attached; form letters (1938, calling for labor boycott of German goods and services; 1940, supporting German Labor Delegation to U.S.); letter from AFL official Matthew Woll announcing appointments to International Labor Relations Committee, February 18, 1944; letter from Woll re activities and finances of Free Trade Union Committee, March 24, 1949; "Report on Free Trade Union Committee," n.d., 4 page overview of the committee's history and ongoing activities; "Meeting for the Organization of the Trade Union Advisory Committee on International Affairs of the U.S. Department of Labor Confidential," 4 pages of minutes, December 12, 1946; audit of books of AFL Labor League for Human Rights, May 31, 1949, 5 pages plus cover letters; "Labor League Extends AFL Help Throughout the World," March 1949, 2 pages; notes.

Foreign - Ireland - 1921

Routine

Foreign - Italy - 1944-56

Correspondence between AFL President William Green and Italian labor leaders, 1948-50; manuscripts containing: ("Members of the U.I.L. Governing Committee," 3 pages; translation of article from "Il Popolo", official organ of the Christian Democratic Party, July 4, 1950; "Results of the Election of Shop Committees in the Past Few Months," 7 pages; "The Trade Unions Situation in Italy," signed by Italian labor leaders, May 1951, 7 pages; "Unione Italiana Lavoro - Memorandum," c. 1950, 3 pages); "Draft Statement on the Italian Trade Union Situation," unsigned, April 15, 1952, 3 pages; "Report from Italy," from AFL representative Harry Goldberg, February 14, 1953, 7 pages; "Appendix to the Statement by Giulio Pastore, General Secretary, Italian Confederation of Labor Unions (CISL) - Submitted to the Executive Council of the AFL, February 4, 1954," 6 pages; photocopies of articles; notes; Italian booklets (3).

Foreign - Japan - 1937-52

Telegram from AFL International Labor Relations Department Chairman Matthew Woll to U.S. Secretary of War Robert Patterson and Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson and General Douglas MacArthur, protesting affiliation of Japanese trade unions with World Federation of Trade Unions, March 1947; confidential letter "to all International Presidents of the AFL" from AFL Free Trade Union Committee re "Growing Threat to Free Labor in Japan," July 1948, 2 pages; letter to Meany recommending strategy for countering WFTU activity in Japan, March 29, 1947, 3 pages; photocopies of articles; notes; AFL booklet, "Japan's Soviet-held Prisoners of War," 1951, 33 pages.

Foreign - Korea - 1948-50

Letter from Labor Advisor to Seoul City Labor Bureau to AFL President Green re "get me out of here," July 1, 1948, 2 pages; statement by the Executive Council AFL re Soviet invasion of South Korea, recommending five-point program, August 10, 1950, 2 pages; AFL press release re military preparedness, July 17, 1950, 3 pages; clippings, notes.

Foreign - Latin America - 1915-63

Letters from AFL President Samuel Gompers, 1916 and 1919; "Report on Mexican Labor Relations and Affairs," by Matthew Woll, n.d. 6 pages; correspondence re "The Mexican Federation of Labor and Communist Propaganda," 1926-27, 5 pages; "Confidential Memorandum" to AFL President Green from AFL representative Robert Watt re Meeting with South American labor representatives in Santiago, Chile, September 11, 1942, 4 pages; "The Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs," unsigned, 1943, 5 pages; letter to U.S. Secretary of State from AFL representative Watt re improving conditions in Bolivian tin mines under U.S. contract, August 17, 1945, 2 pages; press release re AFL endorsement of Inter-American Conference, Mexico City, March 11, 1947; "Report on the International Labor Committee Meeting," January 6, 1948, re Lima Conference, 1 page; "Report of the U.S. Delegation" to Lima Conference, January 10-13, 1948, 9 pages; "Hemispherica", bulletin of the U.S. Committee of the Inter-American Association for Democracy and Freedom, February 1963; "Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuala: A Tribute On His Visit to the United States, February 19-23, 1963," by the Inter-American Association for Democracy and Freedom, 62 pages; clippings; notes.

Foreign - Latin America - 1948-70

"U.S. Labor Policy in Peru - Past and Future", by William A. Douglas, official (on leave) with AIFLD, c. 1970, 33 pages; "U.S. Labor Policy and Peru," prepared by William J. McIntire for the Adlai Stevenson Institute Conference on U.S.-Peruvian Relations, May 24-26, 1970, 36 pages; clippings.

Foreign - Middle East - 1955-70

" International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions: An Informational Note", translated from Sovietskie Prfsoyovsy, June 1970, 2 pages; clippings; notes.

Foreign - NATO - 1953-70

Clippings; booklet, "NATO: Its Development and Significance," by U.S. State Department, 1953, 50 pages.

Foreign - Netherlands - 1947

Routine.

Foreign - Poland - 1942-48

Several booklets published by Soviet government; notes.

Foreign - Russia/Soviet Union - 1893-1955

Form letter to "trade and labor unions of America" from Samuel Gompers, opposing U.S.-Russian Extradition Treaty and supporting Russian patriots, March 15, 1893, 3 pages; cablegrams from Gompers and AFL Executive Council congratulating Russian patriots on victory over the Czar, opposing socialist, anti-democratic forces, April-September 1917; correspondence between Gompers and Secretary of State re U.S. recognition of Soviet government, July 1923, 7 pages; press release by Chicago Trade Union Committee for a Delegation to Soviet Russia, December 8, 1925, 2 pages; statement by AFL Executive Council opposing unauthorized labor delegation to Soviet Union, June 1926, 3 pages; "Memorandum for Mr. Green" re meeting with House steering committee on restriction of imports of Soviet commodities produced by forced labor, February 2, 1931; "The American Trade Union Delegation to Russia," [c. 1942], 3 pages; reports to "all International Presidents of the AFL," from the AFL Free Trade Union Committee, including "Confidential: What Moscow Thinks of Us," text of Soviet Overseas Service broadcast re AFL convention, December 1948, 3 pages; "Statement by the Executive Council of the AFL" opposing Stockholm peace appeal, August 1950, 2 pages; similar statement re Soviet peace proposal, August 7, 1951, 2 pages; "Sklavenarbeit in Russland," 8 page typescript in German: letters commenting on AFL pamphlet re slave labor in Russia, n.d.; "Statement by the Executive Council of the AFL" rejecting Soviet bid for U.S. labor delegation visit, August 10, 1955, 3 pages; notes; clippings.

Foreign - Russia/Soviet Union - 1943-52

Russian-language booklets, some English-language, published by Soviet government.

Foreign - Scandinavia - 1909-53

Booklets and contract agreements published in Denmark, Sweden, Finland; notes.

Foreign - Spain - 1946-70

Press release: statement by AFL-CIO President Meany condemning the Franco regime, December 18, 1970; clippings, notes, booklet published in France re the Second Congress of Spanish Workers in exile (1946).

Foreign - Turkey - 1951

A Trade Union Mission to Turkey by AFL representative Irving Brown, April 17, 1951, 21 pages.

Foreign - Vietnam - 1954-70

Reprint of study for House Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Government Information by Dr. Paul Taylor (signed: "For Phil Taft/Sincerely, Paul Taylor"): "Communist Strategy and Tactics of Employing Peasant Dissatisfaction Over Conditions of Land Tenure for Revolutionary Ends in Vietnam," 1970, 28 pages; two pages of tables hand-marked: "AFL-CIO Tet Relief," 1968; clippings; notes.

Foreign - World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) - 1945-48

Unsigned 3 page manuscript, probably speech, by CIO-associated author, March 1, 1945; "Trade Unions and Communism," issued by the Trades Union Congress Publicity Department, October 27, 1948, 3 pages; "World Federation of Trade Unions: Brief History," by Trades Union Congress, October 27, 1948, 3 pages; "TUC Expects No New Federation for Months" prepared by the American Embassy in London, February 9. 1949. 5 pages, ("secret"); press release by Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, countering protest by AFL re affiliation of German trade unions with WFTU, January 20, 1947, 5 pages; "Resolution on the Situation in Germany" adopted by the Executive Council of the WFTU on June &, 1947, 4 pages; "Report of the Commission of the WFTU to Investigate Conditions in Germany, c. 1946, 9 pages; "The WFTU Should and Will Live!" by D. Monin and M. Lazarev, from Trud, November 4, 1948, 4 pages; correspondence; notes; clippings.

Foreign - World Federation of Trade Unions - 1944-54

Emergency International Trade Union Council - Summary of the Meeting held in London ... 14 September 1944, 12 pages; press release, AFL President Green criticizes World Trade Union Conference, the CIO, "and their Russian friends," February 19, 1945, 2 pages; statement adopted by the Executive Council of the AFL opposing World Trade Union Congress as Soviet-controlled, May 4, 1945, 7 pages; AFL Executive Council minutes re International Federation of Trade Unions, World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-46; press release, "Declaration by Matthew Woll, Chairman, International Labor Relations Committee, AFL, on the breakup of the WFTU," January 21, 1949, 1 page; similar press statement, "Addenda," February 6, 1949, 2 pages; "Developments Since the WFTU Executive Bureau Meeting January 1949," Executive Board, May 17, 18, 1949, unsigned, possibly by CIO representative, 3 pages; "Report on WFTU, 1945-1949," Executive Board, May 17, 18, 1949, unsigned, possibly by CIO representative, 20 pages; three page manuscript "Copied From ... World Trade Union Movement July 1949 / The Fight Between Trade Union Imperialisms: T.U.C. Versus A.F.L."; "The WFTU's Third World Congress," by USRO representatives Diana Josselson and Morris Weisz, 1953, 10 pages; "The WFTU and the ILO," 2 page memo by Diana Josselson, with cover letter to State and Labor Departments, January 14, 1954; notes; clippings; publications.

Foreign - Yugoslavia - 1947-50

Several booklets published by Yugoslav government, including two re Greece, 1947-50; "The Tito Regime: Declaration by the Executive Council of the AFL, May 11, 1950," 1 page.

Fur and Leather Workers - 1901-43

Routine.

Furniture Workers - 1876-1937

Membership of Furniture Workers' Local Industrial Unions Chartered by CIO, October 9, 1937, 2 pages; notes.

Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers - 1935-42

Form letter from AFL President Green; notes.

Glass Workers - 1887-1942

"The Bottle Maker", official journal of the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association, Volume 4, Number 2, August 1924; notes.

Government Employees - 1888-1968

Government Employees, unsigned manuscript, n.d., 42 pages; "Speech Before Convention of Teachers' Union, Chicago, August 22, 1957," unsigned, 14 pages; excerpts from reports of the Committee on Law of Government Employee Relations, American Bar Association, 1955, 1959, 1961 and 1963; "Agreement Between the City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia District Council 33, AFSCME," 1968, 18 pages; notes; photocopies of articles. Government Employees - See also: Strikes - Government Employees, Box 11, File Folder 5.

Government Employees - New York City - 1954-c. 1967

Unsigned typescript re history of municipal employee relations in New York City, [1967], 3 pages; "Interim Order on the Conduct of Relations Between the City of New York and Its Employees," by New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner, July 21, 1954, 8 pages; Executive Order #49, "on the Conduct of Labor Relations Between the City of New York and its Employees," [the Little Wagner Act] by New York City Mayor Wagner, [March 31, 1958], 5 pages; "Announcement of Procedures for Handling Requests for Certificates Under Executive Order on City Employee Relations," by New York City Department of Labor, June 23, 1958, 7 pages; "The City's Labor Relations Policies," by the Citizens Budget Commission, Inc. February 23, 1961, 8 pages.

Government Ownership - 1883-1952

Form letter; notes.

Hair Spinners - 1888

Routine.

Hatters, Millinery, Etc. - 1907-52

"The United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers", unsigned typescript, c. 1952, 11 pages; correspondence between officials of AFL and Hatters re CIO affiliation, May-October 1936; U.S. Supreme Court opinion against Hatters, 1907, 21 pages.

Haymarket Riot - 1886-90

Routine.

Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers' Union - 1902

Routine.

Horse Collar Union - 1889

Routine.

Horse Shoes' Union - 1874-1921

Routine.

Hosiery Workers - 1933-1961

Routine.

Hotel and Restaurant Workers, Bartenders and Waiters - 1896-1943

Letter from President Green re jurisdictional dispute with CIO, 1943; notes.

Hours of Labor - 1882-1963

Letter from International Association of Machinists President A. J. Hayes to arbitrator Theodore Kheel criticizing report prepared at Cornell, "The Shorter Work Week," February 18, 1963; "Memorandum for Mr. Green" from AFL representative re efforts to obtain support for 30 hour week legislation in Congress, January 15, 1935; form letter to all labor representatives in Washington from AFL President Green, announcing meeting re 30 hour week legislation in Congress, April 3, 1935; notes. Hours of Labor - See also: Wages and Hours, Box 13, File Folder 27-28.

House Un-American Affairs Committee - 1947-1963

Oral Statement of William Green, President AFL, Before the Committee on Un-American Activities of the House of Representatives on HR 1884 and HR 2122, against outlawing the Communist Party, March 25, 1947, 5 pages; booklet "House Un-American Activities Committee: Bulwark of Segregation," by National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee, c. 1963, 49 pages.

Housing - 1936-54

Letter from AFL President Green to Congressman Steagall in support of low-income housing legislation, May 4, 1938, 3 pages; memoranda from AFL National Legislative representative W. C. Cushing re various housing bills, 1937-40; "Report of the Executive Council to the Boston, 1943, Convention, AFL," re need for a post-war housing program, 2 pages; "Statement by William Green, President, AFL, on the General Housing Bill, S 1592, before Senate Banking and Currency Committee, December 4, 1945," 5 pages; typescript, "Housing Legislation" with handwritten note: "This was written for meeting before 1945 convention which was not held and this was not used. WCH 8/13/46," 5 pages; "Amendment to 1592: Extending Prevailing Wage Requirement to ALL FHA-insured Housing," 4 page manuscript by Housing Committee, AFL, April 13, 1946; statements by AFL Building and Construction Trades Department Chairman Richard Gray before Senate Banking and Currency Committee: (February 18, 1949, 9 pages plus 5 pages of attachments; January 17, 1950 re middle-income housing, 12 pages); "AFL Statement on Housing Legislation," January 31, 1949, 3 pages; "Statement of Defense Housing Policy," January 29, 1951, 4 pages; press releases; form letters; notes.

Immigration - [1780's] 1840-1953

supporting Special Migration Act of 1952 (basically as above) June 3, 1952, 6 pages, before Senate subcommittee, May 28, 1953, 8 pages; "Statement of Boris Shishkin on behalf of the AFL Before the President's Commission on Immigration and Naturalization," October 28, 1952, 8 pages; "Summary of Contents of Emergency Migration Act of 1953," unsigned 5 page typescript, May 14, 1953; many notes re AFL's early position against immigration.

Incorporation of Trade Unions - 1922-46

Why Trade Unions Should Not Incorporate, by Samuel Gompers, January 16, 1922, 3 pages; "Incorporation of Trade Unions," unsigned typescript, October 12, 1936, 4 pages; "Memorandum of Effect of Incorporation by a Union," by Joseph A. Padway, General Counsel, AFL, November 15, 1946.

Industrial Relations Board - 1921-34

Confidential: Industrial Relations Boards, unsigned typescript, May 9, 1934, 3 pages; notes.

Industrial Safety - 1910

Resolutions adopted at a conference, January 17-19, 1910, calling for "Uniform Laws to Protect Human Life" in industrial jobs.

Inflation - 1942

Routine.

Injunction and Anti-Injunction - 1891-1942

Unsigned typescript "The Use of Injunctions in Labor Disputes," marked "Confidential" possibly scholarly paper, [1928], 42 pages; "The Clayton Anti-Trust Law" report of the Executive Council, AFL, to the AFL Annual Convention, November 1914, 12 pages; letter from Gompers to AFL Executive Council re growing use of court injunctions, February 8, 1922, 7 pages; memos from AFL legislative representatives, 1930 and 1939; "Text of the Anti-Injunction Bill," approved by the AFL Executive Council, August 14, 1931, 4 printed pages; "The Inequity of Injunctions," an address by Illinois State Federation of Labor Secretary-Treasurer OLander at the Institute of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, August 4, 1930, 17 pages; statement adopted by AFL Executive Council, "Analysis of Thurman Arnold's Statement Made Before T.N.E.C. on February 13, 1941," 7 pages; form letters; notes.

International Labor Union - 1878

Routine.

Iron Workers Local Union - 1951-54

Unsigned typescript, "The International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers," 1953, 11 pages; booklets (re Group Insurance and Annual Report, 1954) of Structural Iron Workers Local Number 1.

Jobs For All Program - 1943

Routine.

Jurisdictional Disputes 1887-c. 1965

Recent Jurisdictional Developments in Organized Labor, 31 page manuscript from reprint series 8, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan - Wayne State University, prepared by Mark L. Kahn, Professor of Economics, n.d., c. 1957; "Appeals Board Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes," August 25, 1965, 17 pages; legal documents re Carpenters' dispute in Maine, 1968; mediation cases, 1962-65; copious handwritten notes.

Jurisdictional - Trusteeship - Notes - 1916-50

Routine. Jurisdictional Disputes - See also: CIO folders, Box 4.

Korean War Defense Mobilization - 1950-53

Statement by the Executive Council, AFL re defense mobilization, August 10, 1950, 2 pages, sent to Senators; Executive Council minutes, adopting press statement re housing policy during Korean mobilization, August 8, 1950, 3 pages; notes.

Labor Banks and Insurance Company - 1925

Form letter to AFL affiliates announcing conference on insurance, with attached letter from the AFL Insurance Committee and results of conference endorsing report, June 1925; minutes of insurance conference, with list of delegates attending, July 21, 1925, 3 pages; letter from Union Cooperative Insurance Association to AFL official, July 24, 1925; "Did You Hear About Jones? A True Story" pamphlet by the Union Cooperative Insurance Association, urging union

Labor Department - 1913-1962

A Bill, An Act - Proposed by Secretary Doak-Draft, n.d., to provide for the establishment of a national employment system, 2 pages; "Oral Statement of William Green, President AFL, Before the Senate Appropriations Committee ... re Labor Department Budget," April 14, 1947, 11 pages; "The Labor Secretary and Labor Questions," printed 7 page booklet by William Barr, President, National Founders' Association, criticizing the new Labor Secretary Wilson as a partisan of organized labor, 1913; "Proclamation by the President of the United States Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Department of Labor, May 2, 1962."

Labor-Management Conference - 1919-1945

Letter from President Gompers to AFL Executive Council asking for advice re Presidential Industrial Conference, September 26, 1919, 3 pages; form letter to AFL affiliates, urging participation in Labor-Management Committees in war production plants, with "Outline for Labor-Management Committees," attached, 4 pages, June 21, 1943; Executive Committee minutes re Labor-Management Conference, August 9, 1945, 7 pages, and October 23, 1945, 3 pages; notes.

Labor Newspapers and Periodicals - 1836-1940

Routine.

Labor Parties - 1886-1936

"The Failure of an American Labor Party. The Politics of the CIO in the New Deal", n.d., outline for lecture or article, possibly by Taft, 5 pages; notes; form letters.

Labor's League for Political Education - 1947

Fact sheet and chronological summary re formation of LLPE with list of officers; "Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Executive Council, AFL," December 4, 1947, to discuss formation of LLPE, 6 pages; "Conference of Officers of National and International Unions," to set up LLPE, December 5, 1947, 22 pages; "Recommendations of the Executive Council, AFL, to the Conference of International Presidents," December 5, 1947, 10 pages; press release announcing formation of LLPE, December 10, 1947, 3 pages; LLPE Directory of State Affiliates, 7 pages; notes; form letters.

Labor's League for Political Education - 1948

Minutes of Meeting of Administrative Committee of LLPE, January 6, 1948, 4 pages and February 4 and 5, 1948, 21 pages; reports (Department of Political Direction, July 22, 12 pages, September 21, 3 pages, November 15, 4 pages, and December 14, 3 pages; Department of Public Relations, July 22, 9 pages, August 25, 6 pages, and September 21, 1 page; Department of Finance, August 25, 6 pages, September 21, 7 pages, November 12, 9 pages, and December 14, 20 pages; Department of Organization, August 25, 2 pages and September 21, 1 page); recommendations of the Administrative Committee to the National Committee of LLPE, November 17, 1948, 1 page; letter from AFL President Green to LLPE Director Keenan, presenting $20,583.40 check from AFL to LLPE, December 4, 1948; press releases, many form letters.

Labor's League for Political Education - 1949-1954

Memo to all U.S. Senators and Representatives from LLPE: "Peoria Manufacturers' Propaganda Backfires!" re repeal of Taft-Hartley law, June 9, 1949, 3 pages; LLPE Department of Finance Report on the Educational Fund, July 29, 1949, 8 pages, January 1950, 7 pages, and August 11, 1954, 5 pages; on the Political Fund, May 13, 1949, 12 pages; LLPE Department of Public Relations Report, May 7, 1949, 1 page; LLPE Department of Political Direction Report, May 7, 1949, 2 pages; LLPE Radio Department Report, May 7, 1949, 2 pages; Report on LLPE Newspaper, May 7, 1949, 2 pages; partial minutes, LLPE Tri-Cities Chapter, October 22, 1949, 2 pages; numerous newsletters and publications, including "Minutes of the National Committee of LLPE," October 5, 1949 and September 24, 1951 and LLPE Senate Voting Record - 1947-52," 5 pages.

Labor's Non-Partisan Political League - 1938-40 [1944]

Letters and form letters from AFL President Green to AFL affiliated unions, etc., condemning Labor's Non-Partisan League as CIO agency, 1938-39; form letter from Labor's Non-Partisan League to members of the House of Representatives, opposing further funding of the Dies Committee, January 31, 1939, 3 pages; letter to green from AFL Vice-President George Harrison re non-involvement with Labor's Non-Partisan Political League, March 22, 1944; miscellaneous correspondence.

Ladies Garment Workers Union - 1925-63

"The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union," unsigned typescript, November 25, 1952, 13 pages; numerous clippings, notes and brochures.

Landis Award - 1921-26

Notes; photocopies of articles; brochures.

Landrum-Griffin Act - 1958-70

"Government Regulation of Internal Union Affairs Affecting the Rights of Members," 102 page manuscript prepared by the Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service, May 1, 1958; brochures.

Landrum-Griffin Material - 1965-70

Court cases, correspondence, notes, esp. re elections.

Legal Defense (National Labor Defense Council) - 1923-38

Correspondence; notes.

Legislative Activity - 1882-1935

Legislative Committee, 7 page manuscript by W. C. Roberts, December 1922; "Memo: for President Green," 7 page outline of pending Congressional legislation, February 18, 1926; "Instructions as to Legislation," 5 page summary of resolutions passed at AFL convention re pending Congressional legislation forwarded to AFL Legislative Committee for action, 1926; "Bills in Which Labor Was Interested that Became Law During 70th Congress," 1 page, c. 1927; letter to Chicago Tribune reporter from AFL Legislative Committee Chairman, objecting to representation of AFL legislative expenditure in news article, 3 pages, September 2, 1927; report re "Legislative Situation" to Executive Council meeting, 9 pages, January 17, 1928 and 9 pages, January 13, 1931; "List of Bills in Which Labor is Vitally Interested," 2 pages, April 10, 1928; "Memo for Mr. Green" re state legislation on Small and Chattel Loans, 4 pages, January 29, 1934; report of legislative Committee to AFL convention detailing 101 actions of the Committee, 38 pages, with cover letter to John L. Lewis, November 8, 1935; numerous telegrams from AFL President Green to state labor leaders urging them to wire their legislators in support of Walsh government contract bill, August 21, 1935; notes.

Legislative Activity - 1936-55

Letter to Speaker of the House from AFL President Green, opposing Frazier-Lemke Act as inflationary, May 13, 1936; meeting of the Legislative Conference of the AFL, minutes, 4 pages, November 17, 1937, and 3 pages, February 17, 1938; minutes of meeting on Wages and Hours Conference, November 20, 1937, 4 pages; "Memo for Mr. Green: Republican Assignments for House Committee on Rules," 2 pages, January 19, 1939, re laws passed of interest to labor, 2 pages, June 28, 1939; minutes of the meeting of National Joint Legislative Conference, AFL and the Railroad Brotherhoods, 8 pages, January 19, 1945, 3 pages, May 27, 1946, and 3 pages, January 14, 1948; "Statement by the Executive Council, AFL," denouncing 79th Congress, 2 pages, August 12, 1946; memo to President Green listing 136 subjects referred to AFL Legislative Committee, 3 pages, January 21, 1948; "Statement by William Green, President, AFL" re collective bargaining legislation, 5 pages, n.d.; "Tentative list of Record Notes for Basis of Judging Congressional Candidates," 2 pages, May 26, 1948; AFL Press release re Taft-Hartley watchdog committee, March 15, 1948; resolution establishing AFL National Legislative Council, adopted at 1948 Convention, 2 pages; statement by AFL executive Matthew Woll, denouncing 80th Congress, 2 pages, July 19, 1948; memo to President Green from chairman of Legislative Committee, recommending improvements for Committee, 3 pages, March 10, 1949; list of bills supported by AFL in 80th Congress, September 9, 1949, 3 pages; "Analysis of `Your Congressional Scorecard, First Session, 81st Congress, 1949,'" unsigned, 4 pages; "Minutes of the Meeting of the National Legislative Council, AFL," March 21, 1950, 6 pages; booklet "Legislative Achievements of the AFL," January 1, 1953, 42 pages; copies of the American Federationist; form letters; notes.

Life Insurance Agents - 1961

Routine.

Loggers and Lumbermen - 1917-c. 1950

" Loggers and Lumbermen", unsigned typescript, c. 1950, 13 pages.

Machinists - 1917-1951

The Machinists, 8 page typescript with hand notation "Paid 12/29/51 Taft"; letter from AFL President Gompers to U.S. Secretary of War re manufacturers' use of military exemption status to force workers to accept lower wages, November 16, 1917; correspondence between AFL President Green and Hamilton (Canada) Trades and Labor Council re refusal to recognize IAM delegates, March and July 1938; correspondence re various jurisdictional disputes, especially with CIO Maritime Federation of the Pacific, 1938-50; non-raiding agreement between IAM (AFL) and UAW (CIO), January 7, 1944 for duration of World War II; minutes of the AFL Executive Council, August 9, 1950 re re-affiliation of IAM with AFL, 8 pages, May 19, 1952 re jurisdictional dispute with Carpenters.

Machinists - Publications and Notes - 1898-1968

IAM publications: Speed Facts, April 3, 15, 22 and 29, 1968; Aero Facts, March 22, April 12 and 26, 1968; Machinists Monthly Journal, "Machinists on the March, 1888-1950," May 1950; many notes.

Maritime - Clippings - 1939-61

Mostly from 1939.

Maritime - General - 1863-1963

Seamen vs. Longshoremen - Arbitrator's Decision and Award, 3 strips of galley proofs, October 21, 1907; advisory opinion by Taft re appropriate bargaining unit for the Boston Naval Shipyard, July 13, 1963, 24 pages; notes. Maritime - General - See also: Waterfront Employers, Box 13, File Folder 29-31. Maritime - General - See also: Subsidies - Ship, Box 11, File Folder 11.

Maritime - Longshoremen - General - c. 1945-66

" The Longshoremen", unsigned typescript, hand dated: "Paid 11/10/51," 7 pages; "[Overtime] In the Longshore Industry," 74 pages, [1945]; "The Response of Waterfront Union to Technological Change - the Experience with Containerization," with hand notation "P. Ross 1966," 139 pages; "Cry Baby Dewey," broadside by ILA (Independent), n.d.; "Report and Recommendations of AFL-CIO Executive Council Committee Respecting Application of International Longshoremen's Association (Independent) For Affiliation with the AFL-CIO," 15 pages, August 17, 1959; notes.

Maritime - Longshoremen, ILA - 1919-52

Clippings and notes.

Maritime - Longshoremen, KA - Court Case - c. 1949

New York Southern District Court civil action between ILA members and Huron Stevedoring Corporation, Bay Ridge Operating Co., Inc., "Finding of Fact and Conclusions of Law Suggested by Defendants", "Defendants' Comments of Plaintiffs' `Summary of Evidence and Proposed Findings'", "Defendants' Reply Brief", c. 1949.

Maritime - Longshoremen, ILWU and Pacific - 1889-1948

The Longshore Slow-Down, by F. P. Fosie, before Association of Pacific Coast Port Authorities re International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU) as vicious spoilers who "crucified" Pacific industry, September 9. 1940, 22 pages; "Seven Years - Foresight vs. Hindsight," by F. P. Fosie, before mixed labor-management audience at Industrial Relations Conference re working together in a spirit of trust as one big family, March 27, 1941, 21 pages; "Longshore Contract Proposal," adopted by Caucus of ILWU, August 31, 1945, 7 pages; notes re 1934 strike; miscellaneous notes. Maritime - Longshoremen, ILWU and Pacific - See also: Communists - CIO Infiltration, Box 4, File Folder 20.

Maritime - Longshoremen - New York City/New York State Reports - c. 1950-1954

Reports of the Mayor's Joint Committee on Port Industry: (by Subcommittee on Pier Rentals and Insurance, January 18, 1951, 7 pages; by Subcommittee on the Perishable Foods Industry, n.d., 8 pages; by Subcommittee on Availability of Waterfront Facilities For Stevedores or Terminal Operations, August 6, 1951, 9 pages; by Subcommittee #5 on Labor Conditions Affecting Waterfront Commerce, August 9, 1951, 39 pages; by one member of Subcommittee #5, on New York Shipping Association letterhead, September 10, 1951, 8 pages); Report by Chairman of New York State Board of Mediation to New York Governor Dewey re dispute between ILA (AFL), ILA (Independent) and New York Shipping Association, December 28, 1953, 15 pages plus 4 page appendix; "Interim Report on Current Work Stoppage," by Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, March 25, 1954, 12 pages plus 4 page appendix. Maritime - Longshoremen - New York City/New York State Reports - See also: Racketeering - International Longshoremen's Association, Box 10, File Folder 9.

Maritime - Longshoremen - New York City/New York State Reports - 1952

Final Report to the Industrial Commissioner, State of New York, from Board of Inquiry on Longshore Industry Work Stoppage, October-November 1951, Port of New York, January 22, 1952, 97 pages; "Statement of the ILA (AFL) on the Report, dated January 22, 1952, of Industrial Commissioner Corsi's Board of Inquiry," n.d., 114 pages.

Maritime - Maritime Commission, U.S. - 1937-38

Letter from AFL President Green to Chairman of U.S. Maritime Commission re AFL as upholder of agreements, opponent of sit-down strikes, urging Commission to abandon its neutral stance, August 19, 1937; memorandum for President Green re legislation sponsored by the Maritime Commission, April 19, 1938, 3 pages.

Maritime - Maritime Federation of the Pacific - 1935-c. 1941

Reprint "The Rise and Fall of the Maritime Federation of the Pacific, 1935-1941" by R. J. Lampman, University of Washington, n.d., 4 pages; copy "The Voice of the Federation - Federation Moves to Secure Labor Rights for Pacific," mostly copies of letters to Secretary of Labor from Maritime Federation of Pacific, December 5, 1935, 7 pages.

Maritime - Merchant Marine - Annual Reports - 1938-40.

Maritime - Merchant Marine - Publications - 1941-60

" American Seaman", by the American Seamen's Friend Society, Volume 1, Number 1, Winter-Spring 1941 and Volume IV, Number 1, Winter 1944; "American Merchant Marine Policy After the War," confidential, for limited circulation, by the Council on Foreign Relations, June 1944, 26 pages; "Unionism and Democracy in the Merchant Marine," book review reprinted from "Labor History", July 1960.

Maritime - National Maritime Union (NMU) - 1940-66

"We Accuse (from the record)", printed book by leaders of non-Communist faction of NMU, n.d. 192 pages; agreement between NMU and unnamed company, January 20, 1940 with Addenda 1-4, 5/1/1940, 2/10/1941, 5/3 and 16/1941; "Hiring Halls In the Maritime Industry - A Summary Including Excerpts From Decision by an N.L.R.B. Trial Examiner In a Case Involving Great Lakes Carriers and the NMU, CIO," c. 1948, 18 pages; letter to NMU President Joseph Curran from Harry Bridges, President, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, inviting NMU to a preliminary Conference of Maritime Union, December 29, 1945; letter from Committee for Democratic Unionism (CDU) re NMU expulsions, President Curran's conduct, July 21, 1950; publications: (CDU Bulletin, March, May, July, August 1950; Pilot, January 24, 1941; NMU Rank and File Pilot, July 1, 1950; NMU Independent Caucus Newsletter, December 23, 1949; booklets "Hold That Meeting!" September 1943, "Pork Chops and Politics" by Joseph Curran, 1952); form letters: (outlining NMU revised National Shipping rules, May 28, 1940, 6 pages; outlining NMU activities, pending legislation, apparently sent to non-union prominent citizens, March 28, 1949, 3 pages; "NMU Independent Caucus - What is the NMU Independent Caucus?" n.d., 6 pages; "A Statement to NMU Members by the Committee for Democratic Unionism," n.d. 4 pages; "Call for an Emergency Rank and File Conference of the NMU in New York on Sunday, February 19, 1950," with Spanish translation on verso; flyer by Maritime May Day Committee calling for May Day March, n.d.); "Statement on NMU Situation from Norman Thomas," on behalf of anti-Curran anti-Communists, January 20, 1950, 14 pages; NMU sample ballot, 1949; notes.

Maritime - Sailor's Union of the Pacific/Seafarers International Union - 1891-1961

Proposed General Shipping Rules for the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic District, n.d. 2 pages; booklet "Sailors Union of the Pacific, 1885-1950," souvenir booklet of dedication of new Union Hall in San Francisco, June 16, 1950, 14 pages; correspondence between AFL President Green, the San Francisco Office of the AFL and the President of the International Association of Machinists re union rivalry on the West Coast, intransigence among AFL-affiliated Inter-nations, lack of AFL financial support, October 1940; notes.

Maritime - Seamen - General - 1896-1952

The East and West Coast Seamen's Unions, 9 page typescript with hand notation "Paid 5/17/52 Taft"; "The Unlicensed Seafaring Unions," by Philip Taft, reprinted from the ILR Review, Volume 3, Number 2, January 1950, 25 pages; "A Sick Industry" by an anonymous shipmaster re deleterious effects of union slow up aboard his ship, November 27, 1939, 5 pages; "Additional Data on the Maritime Labor Market," January 18, 1940, 29 pages with "Supplement to `The Maritime Industry and Employment Compensation,'" 7 pages; confidential report, "Sea-Going Personnel" prepared for Chairman of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries," August 5, 1940, 13 pages; Shipping Survey, newsletter of Association of American Ship Owners: ("Wage Trends in the Maritime Industry," November 1951, Volume 7, Number 4; "Relative Earning Power of American Seamen," March 1952, Volume 8, Number 2, comparing earnings of licensed seamen with those of production workers such as textile mill laborers, to support claim that seamen are "virtually the top wage earners in America"); notes.

Massachusetts State Federation of Labor - 1836-1955

Copious notes.

Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen - 1887-1959

Letter from AFL President to Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America supporting classification of undulant fever as an occupational disease in the meat packing industry, November 7, 1952; letter from Matthew Woll to AFL President Meany re procedural problems of proposed merger of Meat Cutters with Fur and Leather Workers, March 29, 1955; form letter; notes.

Miners - 1887-93

Bituminous Coal Mining, rough draft of manuscript, probably by Taft.

Minority Groups (Organization of) - 1890

Routine. Minority Groups (Organization of) - See also: Negroes

Molders - 1863-1962

Routine.

Mooney Case - 1917-1935

Routine.

Motion Picture Unions - 1933-46

Memorandum for Mr. Green from AFL legislative representative re block booking and blind selling bill, July 13, 1939; "Report on Status of Work Jurisdiction in Hollywood Motion Picture Industry, by AFL Western Director, August 15, 1946, 7 pages; correspondence re jurisdictional dispute with CIO, 1941; notes re job discrimination between "junior" and "senior" members; clippings.

Musicians - 1887-1950

Special Edition, The Musical and Theatrical News, October 15, 1928, headline: "Demand Human Music!"; "Eventful Decade - Cartoonists' Versions of James C. Petrillo and the AFM over the last 10 years," n.d., c. 1950; notes.

National Civic Federation - 1894-1935

Letter to AFL President Samuel Gompers from Secretary, National Civic Federation re averted coal strike, attitude of J. Pierepont Morgan toward organized labor in steel and railroad industries, significance for industrial welfare in the U.S. as a whole, April 1, 1901.

National Industrial Recovery Act - 1933-36

NRA press releases: (clarification of Section 7(a) of NIRA by President Roosevelt, October 19, 1933; statement by Roosevelt that industry must continue to comply with NIRA, March 25, 1935); opinion by Attorney General that non-union veterans are not "qualified", even if "technically qualified" for a job in a unionized workplace, since their presence would have an obstructive effect, and so must be given second preference in hiring to union non-veterans, October 30, 1933, 4 pages; memo from NRA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy to NRA Assistant Administrator for Policy, requesting that a definitive statement be obtained from the NRA Administrator re "the agreement which he is alleged to have reached with the Labor Advisory Board with respect to the appointment of employee representatives on Industrial Labor Boards," July 7, 1934; announcement by NRA of public hearing to revise NIRA codes to benefit labor, January 4, 1935; letter from AFL President Green to all members of Congress up for re-election, polling them on NRA, 1934; letters from President Green to President Roosevelt: (favoring extension of NRA, December 13, 1934; opposing extension of NRA as amended, May 3, 1935); letter from President Green to all U.S. Senators, opposing extension of NRA (Senate Finance Committee version), supporting Roosevelt version, May 6, 1935; form letters from President Green: (to affiliated unions, urging them to conduct organizing campaigns, with separate flyer of AFL letterhead quoting NIRA section 7(a), directed at unorganized workers, June 17, 1933; to aggiliated union, requesting representatives to special hearing by NRA re revising codes, January 14, 1935; to affiliated unions, enclosing statement of AFL Executive Council decrying Supreme Court invalidation of NRA, June 10, 1935, 7 pages; to all Special Organizers, asking to report specific cases of employer interference with workers' right to organize, to be brought before Senate hearing, September 15, 1936); minutes of special meeting of AFL Executive Council re wages, hours and unemployment since decision with lengthy opinion by AFL attorney, June 6, 1935, 20 pages; issues of AFL Weekly News Service, September 12, 1933 and July 6, 1935; "Confidential" draft of bill prepared for AFL, apparently revision of NRA, January 30, 1935, 22 pages; analysis by President Green of proposed Interstate Licensing Act, July 3, 1935, 13 pages; photocopy of journal article; notes.

National Industrial Recovery Act - Codes - 1933-35

Statement by William Green, President AFL, at the Hearing on the Code of the Iron and Steel Industry Before the National Recovery Administration, July 31, 1933, 22 pages; "Negotiating the Construction Code - History of Participation by Building Trades Organizations in Code Making Under NRA," AFL booklet, n.d., 26 pages; "Statement on Behalf of the Workers in the Manufactured Gas Industry Affiliated with the AFL, Presented at the Public Hearing on the Code of Fair Competition ... Before the NRA, April 11, 1934," 11 pages; "Hours, Wages and Code Administration Under the NRA," prepared by AFL research division for Executive Council, May 15, 1934, 19 pages plus 3 pages of charts; "Codification of Labor Policy" from NRA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy to the chairman of the Advisory Council, August 28, 1934, 5 pages; form letter "to be sent to every trade union local in America" advising workers of employers' obligation to post codes, urging workers to report violations, October 12, 1934, 2 pages; "Memorandum for Mr. Green," form AFL legislative representative re proceedings of House Labor Committee hearing on establishment of boards under NRA, enforcement of codes, February 19, 1935, 3 pages; notes.

National Industrial Recovery Act - Codes - Auto Industry - 1933-1935

Labor Proposals for Revision of Code for Auto Manufacturing Industry, submitted by William Green as President of AFL and as Acting Chairman, Labor Advisory Board, January 24, 1935, 39 pages; "The Code Proposed by Labor," n.d., 41 pages; "Final Report of the Auto Labor Board," October 22, 1935 ("strictly confidential"), 45 pages; note.

National Labor Board (under NIRA) - 1933-35

Photocopy of journal article "The Rise and Decline of the NLB," n.d.; "The Cleveland Worsted Mills Case," 1934, 3 pages; notes.

National Labor Relations Act - 1934-1940

Statement of William Green, President AFL, on the Connery Labor Disputes Bill, Before the Committee on Labor, House of Representatives march 20, 1935 re need for law to guarantee right of labor to organize, 10 pages; four memoranda from AFL legislative representative re status of various amendments to Wagner-Connery Labor Disputes Bill, 1935; letter to AFL Vice-President Daniel Tobin from Senator Wagner re provision of bill, assuring him that Board will protect craft unions (i.e., AFL), June 14, 1935; form letters from AFL President Green, supporting Wagner Act, later amendments, 1934-40; letter from AFL Metal Trades Department President John Frey to NLRB Chairman, urging that skilled (craft) workers be allowed to express their preferences for union representation separately from semi-skilled/production workers, March 25, 1937, and the reply, giving no answer, April 1, 1937; "Labor Board Upholds Majority Representation As the Only Basis for Collective Bargaining," photocopy of article, United Mine Workers Journal, n.d., Volume XLV, Number 18; "Memorandum for Mr. Frey," from AFL legislative representatives re amendments to NLRA, February 7, 1938; AFL press releases hailing Supreme Court decision upholding NLRA, April 12, 1937; supporting amendments, April 4, 1940; "Analysis of Bill to Establish a Court of Labor Appeals Being Considered for Introduction by Hon. Usher L. Burdick," unsigned, n.d., 3 pages; "General Comments on Present Bill," amendment to NLRA, unsigned, n.d. 2 pages; notes.

National Labor Relations Act - 1939-48

The Wagner Act, July 5, 1935, photocopy of text of NLRA, with statement by Senator Wagner, 46 pages; three memoranda for President Green from AFL legislative representatives re amendments to NRLA, hearing on NLRA, 1940; "Analysis Prepared by William Green, President, AFL, of Amendments to NLRA, Proposed by the Smith Committee," 1940, 8 pages; lengthy correspondence between CIO President John L. Lewis and President Roosevelt re possible legal means of requiring compliance with draft of proposed Executive Order by Lewis, internal CIO memos, January 18, 1939-July21, 1940, 21 pages.

National Labor Relations Board - 1934-67

Report of the NLRB on an Inquiry Into Industrial Relations Boards, Herman K. Brunk, February 26, 1935, 84 pages; resolution adopted at AFL annual convention "Protesting Re-Appointment of Donald Wakefield Smith as Member of the National Labor Relations Board," sent to all U.S. Senate candidates, October 25, 1938; "Statement of William Green, President, AFL, Testifying Before the Committee on Labor of the House of Representatives, June 13, 1939," criticizing the NLRB for favoring the CIO, 50 pages; "AFL Charges Against NLRB Clearly Set Forth," AFL Weekly News Service, excerpts of address by AFL President Green to National Republican Club, condemning NLRB personnel as biased, inefficient, March 2, 1940, 7 pages; letter to NLRB Chairman from AFL Metal Trades Department President Frey and Building and Construction Trades Department President Gray, re situation at Las Vegas magnesium plant, urging that existing collective bargaining arrangements be maintained for duration of war, February 26, 1943; memo from Frey opposing re-appropriation of funds to NLRB, calling for limitation on Board's discretionary authority, March 15, 1944, 2 pages; memo to President Green from AFL legislative representative re "Frey Rider," disagreeing with position of Executive Council, May 5, 1944, 4 pages; press release, text of President Green's letter to Senate Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, calling for investigation of NLRB actions against International Typographers Union, n.d.; NLRB press release, "NLRB Rules on Compliance with Registration and Affidavit Requirements," October 7, 1947, 5 pages; issue of Pacific Coast Maritime Report re NLRB action on hiring halls, August 2, 1948, Volume II, Number 13; "The Role of Government in Industrial Relations, Address to the Personnel Association of Pittsburgh" by Edwin E. Witte, Department of Economy, University of Wisconsin, March 13, 1952, 10 pages; "Statement by the [AFL] Executive Council - NLRB," decrying NLRB action, calling for appointment of unbiased member, February 21, 1955; "Organization and Procedure of the NLRB - Report to the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare," by the Advisory Panel on Labor-Management Relations Law, February 2, 1960, 26 pages; "Guide on Force vs. Law in Labor Disputes," July 27, 1960, 72 pages, "This Guide is Issued By, and Remains the Property of, the Office of General Counsel, NLRB. It shall not be publicly release or made available outside the agency"; "Legal Handsprings for Labor," editorial, Wall Street Journal, March 30, 1967, re GM dispute; form letters; notes.

National Labor Relations Board - Cases, Jurisdictional - 1960-65

Legal brief re election dispute before NLRB between ILA-AFL, ILA-Independent, and the New York Shipping Association, n.d., 16 pages; several "Charges Against Labor Organization or Its Agents," 1965; reports; decisions; many notes.

National Labor Relations Board - Cases, Jurisdictional - Don Cartage - 1964-66

Briefs, motions, responses, decisions, minority opinions and other legal documents and correspondence re dispute between Millwrights, Teamsters and the Don Cartage Company, including petitions with Circuit Court of Appeals to force NLRB to act expeditiously, 1964-66.

National Labor Relations Board - Cases, Miscellaneous -1966-67

Charging Party's Brief to the Board, UAW vs. Ex-Cell-o Corporation, June 27, 1967, 61 pages; U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, decision on Retail Clerks International Association petition to set aside decision of NLRB, August 16, 1966, 13 pages; correspondence.

National Labor Relations Board - Clippings - 1939

Routine.

National Security Board - 1950

Routine.

Natural Resources (Development of) - 1922-52

Letter from AFL President Gompers to San Francisco Labor Council, quoting resolution adopted at AFL Convention urging strict government regulation of private development of natural resources, halting of further transfer of public to private ownership, March 14, 1922; "Declaration Made by the AFL Convention," opposing government subsidy to private power systems, 1923; "The Employee Relationship Policy of the Tennessee Valley Authority As of August 28, 1935," 11 pages, with cover letter to AFL President Green; Press release, President Green urges Senate to appoint TVA Director Lilienthal as Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission, March 19, 1947; resolution by consolidated building trades, Metal Trades, Central Labor Council of Solano County, endorsing the Monticello Reservoir Dam Site, Solano County, California, July 11, 1947; "Statement from Solano County Trades and Labor Council, AFL, In Favor of Construction of Monticello Dam," c. 1947, 4 pages, with related correspondence; statement of AFL legislative representative opposing Senate Bill 912, c. 1947, 4 pages; statement of AFL legislative representative supporting creation of Columbia Valley Administration, c. 1949, 8 pages; "Background Information on the St. Lawrence Seaway Project" with hand notation: "Hushing [AFL legislative representative], January 21, 1948," 6 pages; statement by Secretary of California State Federation of Labor to the Senate Subcommittee on appropriations to the Department of the Interior, opposing riders, with cover letter to AFL legislative representative, 4 pages; statement of AFL legislative representative before the Senate Public Works Committee, opposing legislation to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, March 23, 1948, 3 pages; Statement of AFL legislative representative before the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs supporting bill enabling the Supreme Court settlement of Colorado River system dispute, March 21, 1949, 2 pages; statement of AFL legislative representative before Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Deficiencies and Army Civil Functions, supporting Ice Harbor Lock and Dam Project, April 14, 1949, 3 pages; letter from President Green to George Harrison, President, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks re position of Executive Council on St. Lawrence Seaway project, January 3, 1951; memo for President Green from AFL legislative representative re Executive Council position on establishment of Missouri Valley Authority, January 14, 1952.

Negroes - 1944-70

Memos to President Green re AFL position on anti-poll tax and anti-lynching legislation, September 11, 1940, 3 pages, and re status of anti-poll tax legislation, January 29, 1941, 2 pages; letter from AFL National Legislative Committee Chairman Hushing to Senator Chavez, Senate Subcommittee on Education and Labor Chairman, re AFL stand on President's Committee on Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), September 7, 1944, 4 pages; memo re three bills patterned after FEPC, February 28, 1944; form letters to affiliated union from President Green supporting FEPC legislation, November 14, 1945, and outlining resolutions passed at AFL convention condemning racial discrimination in trade unions and calling for outlawing of KKK, November 19, 1946; statement by President Green before the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, in support of S 984, the Ives-Chavez Anti-Discrimination Bill, June 20, 1947, 3 pages; letter from Hushing to AFL Secretary-Treasurer Meany re President Green's erroneous statement in support of S 984, with analysis of the bill attached, January 23, 1948, 5 pages; statement by AFL national legislative representative before House subcommittees on Labor and Public Welfare, supporting anti-employment discrimination bill, May 19, 1949, 4 pages; memo "Draft of State FEPC Model Bill," November 14, 1950; three letters from Alabama: (from Selma, Brotherhood of Railway Carmen local financial secretary, to Deputy Treasurer of Railway Labor's Political League, deploring CIO contribution to NAACP, "dedicated to the destruction of our civilization," February 25, 1956; from Mobile, Brotherhood of Railway Clerks President, to AFL President Meany, supporting segregation and denouncing AFL-CIO News as a "propaganda sheet for the Communist conceived, inspired and dominated NAACP," October 10, 1957; from Birmingham, "the wife of a good union member," supporting AFL-CIO organizing in the South, and describing activities of the White Citizens' Council, February 24, 1956); "United States Government Memorandum," from the General Counsel to the Director of some unnamed government commission, summarizing testimony at hearing re "Federal Contract Compliance in the Building and Construction Industry in the San Franciso Bay Area," September 1, 1967, 31 pages; "Meeting of Sub-Committee on Compliance - EEOC Cases Recommended for Closing as of April 30, 1969," 6 page list of complaints filed against AFL-CIO affiliates; photocopy of article by Booker T. Washington, "The Negro and the Labor Unions," n.d., 12 pages;AFL-CIO brochure re civil rights, 1970; clippings; notes.

Newspaper Guild - 1900-42

Material relating to strike of [CIO] Newspaper Guild against Chicago Herald-American: "Statement by Frank Morrison, Secretary, AFL" re strike as CIO/Communist attack on AFL, December 5, 1938, 3 pages; several press releases by the Chicago Newspaper Guild Hearst Strike Committee, claiming AFL support, describing violence by Hearst "hoodlums" against women and elderly Catholic strikers, n.d.; form letter to Chicago-area businesses from AFL representative, urging advertising support for Herald-American against strikers of Newspaper Guild, December 4, 1939; resolution by American Federation of Reporters, Writers and Editorial Workers (AFL), Federal Local 21432, urging AFL President Green to initiate legal action to enjoin Newspaper Guild from using the name or initials of the AFL in its strike literature against Hearst newspapers, n.d.; "An Open Letter to William Green, President, AFL, and John Fitzpatrick, President, Chicago Federation of Labor, from the AFL Committee to Aid the Guild Strikers," [1939]; resolution by Allied Printing Trades at Port Huron, calling upon Hearst management to negotiate in good faith with Chicago Newspaper Guild, [1940]; correspondence; and notes.

No-Strike Pledge - 1941-43

Routine.

Norris-La Guardia Act - 1910-32

Routine.

Office of Production Management (OPM) - 1940-41

Routine.

Office Workers - 1937-39

Routine.

Oil Workers - 1937-55

Letter from AFL President Green informing Oil Field, Gas Well and Refinery Workers of America that charter has been revoked, due to affiliation of union with CIO, May 16, 1938; notes.

Older Workers - 1929-61

Survey sent to all AFL Central Bodies re situation of older workers; March 8, 1929; summary of retirement/alternative assignment policies of several industrial plants, April 5, 1961.

Open Shop - 1920

Letter from AFL President Gompers to Executive Council with resolution of special conference re formation of publicity bureau in support of open shop, December 30, 1920.

Operating Engineers - 1913-52

Operating Engineers, unsigned typescript, c. 1950, n.d., 8 pages; letter from President, International Union of Operating Engineers to all affiliated local unions, exhorting them to stand firm in support of AFL against CIO, April 6, 1936; affirmative replies; notes.

Painters and Paperhangers - 1886-1953

Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers, unsigned typescript with hand notation "paid 4/28/53," 10 pages; notes.

Papermakers - 1902-39

Letter from International Brotherhood of Papermakers President to AFL President Green, affirming loyalty of union to AFL, December 5, 1939; notes.

Pattern Makers League - 1887-1942

Two page panegyric to AFL President William Green from President, Pattern Makers League of North America, apparently released as a press statement, with oblique reference to CIO, January 20, 1942; notes.

Peace, treaties, plans, etc. - 1915-46

Routine.

Pinkerton Detective Agency - 1906-1950

Routine.

Plasterers' Union - 1888

Routine.

Plumb Plan - 1919-21

Minutes of AFL Executive Council re Plumb Plan with lengthy analysis by Vice-President Matthew Woll, 46 pages, and statement by Vice-President Morrison, 8 pages, August 30, 1919; form letter; notes.

Plumbers and Steamfitters - 1888-1912

Routine.

Policemen - 1902-45

Minutes of Executive Council, August 9, 1945; notes.

Political Appointments, Attempts to Influence - 1898-1952

Copy of telegram to President-elect Harding from AFL President Gompers re appointment of Secretary of Labor, February 7, 1921, 2 pages; miscellaneous correspondence; notes.

Political Campaigns (non-partisan) - 1920-46

Letter from AFL President Gompers to Executive Council re establishment of non-partisan political action committee, January 15, 1920; "Supplemental Report of the Executive Council - Non-Partisan Political Policy" with hand notation "1937", 4 pages; "Report of the National Non-Partisan Political Campaign Committee of the AFL," [1937], 3 pages; form letters; correspondence.

Political Campaigns - Notes - 1886-1952

Routine.

Political Candidates, Endorsement of - 1894-1948

Several "Memoranda for Mr. Green" from AFL legislative representatives Roberts and Hushing re AFL support of various legislators, 1936-40; letter from AFL President Green to Secretary-Treasurer, Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, exhorting that support for a CIO-backed candidate was treason against the AFL, September 28, 1938; memorandum re Minnesota legislative and congressional campaigns, outlining strategy, budget, 4 pages, October 24, 1947; form letters; notes.

Political Conventions, Democratic and Republican - 1897-1948

Excerpts from the Declarations of AFL Conventions on Political Action, 1897-1935, 6 pages; numerous AFL recommendations submitted to the platform committees of national Democratic and Republican conventions, 1928-48; form letters; correspondence; notes.

Price Controls - 1941-52

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 subcommittee on Consumer Price Index, May 21, 1951, 4 pages; form letter; notes.

Printers - 1950-56

Printing Industry of America, reprint from American Printer, May, June, July 1951, 11 pages; notes.

Prohibition (The Volstead Act) - 1917-34

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; statements by AFL legislative representative W. C. Roberts before legislative committees, describing Volstead Act as cause of crime, blindness and insanity, likening it to Soviet program of institutionalizing atheism by thought-control of the young, urging sale of beer and wine, 1926, 8 pages and c. 1929, 9 pages; correspondence.

Public Works - 1888-1938

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 prevailing wages on construction, August 25, 1933; notes.

Puerto Rico - 1901-49

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.

Quarry Workers - 1937

Routine.

Racketeering - 1898-1959

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 Workers official re anti-racketeering bill as threat to bona fide labor, April 21, 1934; "Report on Certain Aspects of Labor Union Responsibility and Control," prepared by a subcommittee of the Committee on Legislation of the City Club of New York City, June 8, 1937, 23 pages; "Analysis of ... Hobbs Bill" amending Anti-Racketeering Act of 1934, by AFL General Council, recommending opposition, May 20, 1942, 4 pages; "Report on Trade Union Courier," 10 page report by AFL Executive Council re unethical practices of Trade Union Courier, c. 1948; letter from Editor of Trade Union Courier to AFL Vice-President Matthew Woll, praising and defending the paper, June 22, 1948, 8 pages; "In the Matter of ..." finding of New York State Labor Relations Board against sham labor union, outlines criteria for determining legitimacy of labor unions under law, July 16, 1959; "AFL-CIO Codes of Ethical Practices," printed booklet, February 1957; "Building Service Employees' International Union In the Bronx: A History of Corruption," 29 page report covering period from 1912-64 re Mafia control of local 32E; letter to AFL President Green, printed in Chicago Daily News, 1940 re corruption in local, with attached letter from CIO President John L. Lewis' secretary; three page manuscript, numbered 3-5, probably by Taft re extortion case Postma vs. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 1964; several from letters re AFL position on racketeering; notes. Racketeering - See also: Bakery and Confectionery Workers - Corruption, Box 3, File Folder 45. Racketeering - See also: Teamsters - Publications, Box 13, File Folder 3-5.

Racketeering - Clippings - c.1941-54.

Racketeering - International Longshoremen's Association - 1952-53

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 AFL Executive Council, with communication delivered to ILA, February 3, 1953, 3 pages, reply, May 15, 1953, 13 pages, reply to reply, stating that it was inadequate, May 26, 1953, 5 pages; "Excerpts from the Record of the Public Hearings Held by Governor Thomas E. Dewey on the Recommendations of the New York State Crime Commission For Remedying Condition on the Waterfront of the Port of New York," June 8 and 9, 1953; testimony of AFL President Meany, 12 pages; letter from AFL President Meany to ILA Executive Council notifying of intent to suspend affiliation until ILA implements reforms, August 11, 1953; notes. Racketeering - International Longshoremen's Association - See also: Maritime - Longshoremen - New York City/New York State Reports, Box 8, File Folder 17-17a.

Radio Workers - 1933-36

Routine.

Railroads - Legislation - 1917-1950

Labor Relations in the Railroad Industry in the United States, unsigned manuscript, 3/27/53, 12 pages; minutes of meeting with AFL legislative committee and Congressman re repeal of Esch-Cummings Law, February 27, 1924, 6 pages; "Extract from Minutes of Executive Council Meeting ... January 8-17, 1930"; "Preliminary Analysis and Statement Respecting S 3463 - the Donnell Bill Prohibiting Strikes and Providing For Compulsory Arbitration in the Railroad Industry," AFL statement, n.d., 4 pages; statement of AFL President Green before Senate Committee on Education and Labor, against Donnell Bill, June 10, 1950, 3 pages; notes.

Railroads - Unions - General

" The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen", unsigned typescript ("paid 10-7-53"), 5 pages; two page description by black employee of the Panama Canal / Panama Railroad Co. re efforts of "two white organizers" from the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way and Railway Shop Laborers to organize black workers; includes description of resistance by white labor unions, response of AFL, and successful result, unsigned, May 22, 1919; much correspondence between AFL President Gompers and officials of various rail unions, 1918-21; "Remarks of Samuel Gompers Before Conference of the Executives of the Railroad Organizations Affiliated with the AFL and the Four Brotherhoods," February 10, 1920, 17 pages; notes.

Railroads - Unions, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks - 1924-52

The Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, unsigned typescript ("paid, 4-5-52"), 9 pages; correspondence re reaffiliation/jurisdictional dispute between Teamsters and Railway and Steamship Clerks, May 1928; Notes.

Railway Pamphlets - 1887-1946

Routine.

Receivership - Notes - 1932-40

Routine.

Reciprocal Trade - 1943

Routine.

Reconversion - 1944-46

Memos from AFL legislative representative re various bills July 1944; summary of bill for national reconversion, August 24, 1944, 6 pages; "Joint Letter from AFL, CIO and Railway Labor Executives Association," supporting Kilgore Bill, sent to all Senators, May 1, 1944, 2 pages; statements by AFL Vice-President Matthew Woll: ("Machinery For Reconversion," before Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Military Affairs Committee, April 4, 1944, 16 pages; "Remobilizing For Peace," before U.S. Senate Post-War Economic Policy and Planning Committee, May 15, 1944, 21 pages); statement by AFL President Green in support of bill re disposal of government surplus with proposed amendments, August 9, 1944, 5 pages; "Statement re George Bill ... as Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means," August 17, 1944, by unnamed AFL representative; AFL Weekly News Service, excerpted articles, February 1945, and whole issue, April 3, 1945; minutes of AFL Executive Council with letter from FDR commanding formation of committee of industry and labor, March 28, 1945; "Statement by Lewis G. Hines, National Legislative Representative, AFL, Presented to the Committee on Post-War Military Policy," June 13, 1945, against compulsory military training, 8 pages; excerpts of address by AFL President Green at annual dinner of Carbondale Central Labor Union, against government regulation of the economy, March 14, 1946, 3 pages; statement by AFL President Green before the Special Subcommittee of the House Labor Committee, July 1, 1946 re strikes July 1, 1946, 9 pages; notes.

Religion - 1902-21

Letter from the American Federation of Catholic Societies, calling for closer, formal relations with AFL, January 12, 1915, 3 pages; notes.

Rent Control - 1949-50

Letter "to all Central Labor Unions" with "Major Provisions in the 1949 Rent Control Law" attached, April 14, 1949; press release, statement by AFL President Green opposing increase in "fair net operating income" standard for landlords, May 4, 1949; "Statement by William Green, President, AFL, Before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency on the Extension of Rent Control," April 26, 1950.

Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Employees - 1942-68

Routine.

Right-to-Work Laws - 1946

Routine.

Rubber Workers - 1935-42

Routine.

Sacco-Vanzetti Case - 1926-27

Routine.

Scottsboro Case - 1936

Routine.

Seniority - Notes - 1916-55

Routine.

Shipbuilding Stabilization Board - 1940

Routine.

Social Insurance - Old Age Pensions, Health, Unemployment Insurance, etc.) - 1907-55

Three "memos for Mr. Green" from AFL legislative representatives re status of old age pension legislation in various states, January 29, 1933, status of workmen's compensation legislation in various states, January 29, 1934, and analysis of unemployment insurance bill, December 6, 1935; statement by AFL President Green before the Senate Committee on Finance, in support of supplementary unemployment compensation, August 29, 1945, 14 pages; statement by AFL representative before House Ways and Means Committee in support of expanded unemployment compensation, June 5, 1946, 7 pages; summary of National Health Insurance and Public Health Act, May 31, 1949, 6 pages; "The Need for a Federal Unemployment Compensation Standards Bill," with summary of Act, 13 pages, [1954]; many form letter and notes.

Social Security - 1935-57

Letter from AFL President Green to Senator LaFollette, opposing amendment to Social Security bill exempting contribution by employers offering private retirement plans; letter from AFL President Green to U.S. Civil Service Commission, urging that labor representatives be allowed to serve on Social Security Board, January 16, 1937, reply clarifying regulations, January 29, 1937, 4 pages; report of the AFL Committee on Social Security, January 26, 1939, 3 pages; testimony by AFL Vice-President Matthew Woll before the House Ways and Means Committee re revisions in social security, March 7, 1939, 8 pages, and by AFL legislative representative, March 9, 1939, 3 pages (both sent as package with cover letter from AFL President Green to all State Federations and Central Labor Unions); letter from AFL President Green to Chairman House Ways and Means Committee re need for federally-administrated unemployment compensation, January 26, 1942; letter from AFL legislative representative to Congressman re federalization of unemployment compensation, February 6, 1942; letter to AFL President Green from AFL legislative representative re payroll deduction increase for social security, November 27, 1944; letter from AFL President Green to member of Senate finance Committee opposing freeze on payroll deductions for social security, December 6, 1944; statement adopted by the AFL Executive Council protesting reorganization plan of Federal Security Agency, May 22, 1946; statement by AFL to House Ways and Means Committee re public assistance aspects of social security, March 18, 1949, 7 pages; statement by AFL representative before House Ways and Means Committee in support of revisions in social security system, April 20, 1949, 7 pages; report of AFL Committee on Social Security, February 7, 1950; statement by AFL representative before Senate Finance Committee in support of revisions in social security system, March 1, 1950, 6 pages; letter from AFL Vice-President Matthew Woll to Senator Herbert H. Lehman clarifying position of AFL re coverage of state and local government employees under social security, March 20, 1950; statement of AFL position re revisions in social security, May 26, 1950, 5 pages; report of Committee on Social Security to AFL Executive Council, February 1953; "The Conception, Gestation and Birth of the Social Security Department [AFL]," July 12, 1957, 7 pages, (frank discussion by AFL Director, Department of Social Security, prepared for P. Taft, re personalities involved in AFL activities).

Socialists - 1881-1920

Routine.

Sound Money - 1896-1933

Routine.

Southern Labor - 1928-48

Letter to AFL President Green from AFL organizer George L. Googe, describing extensive activities in organizing textile mills in Georgia, May 27, 1929, 7 pages; report of AFL Southern Organizing Campaign Committee meeting of November 16, 1930; report on the Southern Campaign by Chairman George L. Googe, May 11-12, 1946, 7 pages; "Memorandum for the Press - Re: CIO Organizing Campaign in the South," May 3, 1946, 3 pages; "Report of CIO Southern Campaign Staff," prepared by AFL Southern representative George L. Googe, n.d.; "Report to the AFL Executive Council on the Southern Campaign - George L. Googe, Chairman," July 31, 1947, 13 pages; "Confidential to Members of the Executive Council: Expenditures Since Report to April 1947 Meeting of the Executive Council" and "Financial Report of To