Guide to the International Fur and Leather Workers' Union. Records,
1913-1955

Collection Number: 5676

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
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Date completed:
July 1986
EAD encoding:
Casey Westerman, May 2002

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Fur and Leather Workers' Union. Records, 1913-1955.
Collection Number:
5676
Creator:
International Fur and Leather Workers' Union.
Quantity:
32 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Constitutions, correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, subject files and publications.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
Founded in 1913, the International Fur and Leather Workers Union was a craft-based organization with a long history of radicalism. The records, 1913-1955, comprise General Executive Board minutes, administrative records, local union correspondence, and papers of union officers. Well documented are the union's organizing efforts, the internal struggles against corruption, and the radical activities of its members. Much material pertains to the effects of conservative pressures on its leaders - particularly Ben Gold - to renounce their radical persuasion.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The International Fur Workers Union was founded on June 16, 1913, by the delegates of eight American Federation of Labor unions representing 14,000 workers in all branches of the fur trade.
During the 1920's the union was characterized by internal corruption, factional fighting, and heavy-handed leadership. Oranized crime gained a foothold in the New York fur district. Led by Ben Gold, chairman of the New York Joint Board, the radical element began a determined campaign to drive the gangsters out. This effort culminated in a strike which began on February 11, 1926.
The four month strike was largely successful. Nevertheless, the leadership of the International Fur Workers Union sought to expel Ben Gold. A January 27, 1927 decision by the American Federation of Labor's Executive Council authorized President William Green to appoint a special committee "to rid the [New York City Joint Board] of its Communist leadership."
During the next seven years Ben Gold and his followers waged a determined battle to regain their positions within the union. Finally, in May of 1935, with the union's right wing discredited by its connection with organized crime, Gold was named president. Three years later he once again led the fur workers out on strike. This time, the manufacturers were forced to sign an industry-wide collective agreement.
In 1937, the International Fur Workers Union left the American Federation of Labor and joined the C.I.O., lending support to the campaign for industrial unionism. In 1940, the International Fur Workers Union merged with the National Leather Workers' Association to form the Fur and Leather Workers Union; the new union began a campaign to organize the tanneries of Pennsylvania and the midwest.
During World War II, the union implemented the Fur Vest Project, producing 50,000 vests for America's merchant seamen. A no-strike pledge guaranteed labor-management peace.
In 1948, while most labor unions were supporting President Harry Truman and his cold war policies, the Fur and Leather Workers endorsed Henry Wallace's Progressive Party. Wallace, who had been Vice President in Roosevelt's third term, ran for President on a platform that stressed the need for peace, full employment and a continuation of the New Deal tradition. The Wallace campaign widened the breach within the C.I.O. and isolated the Fur and Leather Workers on the left.
McCarthyism and anti-Communist hysteria threw the labor movement on the defensive during the late 1940's and early 1950's. In 1950, the Fur and Leather Workers were expelled from the C.I.O. Ben Gold was forced to resign as President after he was accused of perjuring himself by signing a non-Communist Taft-Hartley affadavit.
In 1955, the union merged with the Amalgamated Butchers and Meat Cutters of North America. As part of this organization, the Joint Board Fur, Leather and Machine Workers' Union has continued in the progressive tradition. In the 1960's and 1970's it played active roles in both the civil rights and peace movements.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The collection spans the years 1913-1955 (bulk 1923-1955). It consists of official records, such as convention proceedings and General Executive Board meetings; office files (correspondence and financial records); local files (fur, leather, and Joint Board); subject files; and publications and miscellaneous. The records include union publications, broadsides, and photographs. The material documents particularly well the union's organizing efforts, the internal struggles against corruption, and the radical activities of its members. Also documented are the ethnic membership of the union, mostly Jewish and Greek, and its progressive and political bent. The records include documents pertaining to government prosecution of communist union members - prominently Ben Gold - but others as well. They give insights into the devastating effects of McCarthy-era anti-communist pressure on militant unions and their leaders.
SUBJECTS

Names:
International Fur & Leather Workers Union of the United States and Canada.
Gold, Ben.
Green, William, 1872-1952.
International Fur Workers Union of the United States and Canada.

Subjects:
Leather workers--Labor unions--United States.
Fur workers--Labor unions--United States.

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Cite As:
International Fur and Leather Workers' Union Records, 1913-1955, #5676. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
RELATED MATERIAL

5685. Joint Board of Fur, Leather and Machine Workers Union. Records.
5917 P. Joint Board of Fur and Leather Workers. Additional Photographs.
5922. Joint Board of Fur and Leather Workers. Additional Records.
5924. International Fur and Leather Workers. Additional Records.
6096. Fur and Leather Workers. Local 202 (Gloversville, NY). Scrapbook, "The Tanner's Dispute", 1947-1950.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Official records are arranged chronologically. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Financial records and publications are unarranged. Local, joint board, and district files are arranged numerically and chronologically thereunder. Subject files are arranged alphabetically.
SERIES LIST

Series I. Official Records. Boxes 1-6
Series II. Office Files.
A. Correspondence.
Boxes 7-16
B. Financial Records.
 Boxes 16-19
Series III. Local Files.
A. Fur Locals.
Boxes 21-27
B. Leather Locals.
 Box 27a
C. Joint Boards/District Councils.
1. Fur Division.
Boxes 28-29
2. Leather Division.
 Box 29
Series IV. Subject files. Boxes 30-31
Series V. Publications and miscellaneous materials. Box 32

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Official Records.
1913
Includes proposed drafts of original constitution; "Record of First Meeting (June 16, 1913) of the Furriers Convention," 8 p.
Box 1 Folder 1
1915
"Minutes and Report of the 2nd Biennial Convention," 6/7-11/15.
Box 1 Folder 2
1915
President's Report; General Secretary-Treasurer's Report, June 7, 1915.
Box 1 Folder 3
1915
Related convention documents - speech by Samuel Gompers, resolutions, telegrams, draft constitutional amendments, (many handwritten documents).
Box 1 Folder 4-5
1917
Minutes and reports of convention, June 4-9, 1917.
Box 1 Folder 6-7
1917
Related convention documents - telegrams, correspondence, original credentials.
Box 1 Folder 8
1917-19
"Minutes of the Sub-Committee and General Executive Board Meetings of the International Fur Workers Union, 1917-19," (1 bd. vol.), 128 p.
Box 1 Folder 9
1919-22
"Minutes of the Sub-Committee and General Executive Board Meetings, International Fur Workers Union, 1919-22," (1 bd. vol.).
Box 1 Folder 10
1919-22
"Minutes of the Sub-Committee and General Executive Board Meetings, International Fur Workers Union, 1919-22," (1 bd. vol.), (duplicate).
Box 1 Folder 11
1919
"Report of the Proceedings of the 4th Bi-Annual Convention of the International Fur Workers Union," (1 bd. vol.).
Box 1 Folder 12
1920
"Minutes of the Bi-Annual Meeting of the General Executive Board of the International Fur Workers Union, January 8-11, 1920."
Box 1 Folder 13
1921
"Minutes of the General Executive Board Meeting of the International Fur Workers Union, March 3-6, 1921," 37 p.
Box 1 Folder 14
1921
Minutes of the Meetings of the Sub-Committee of the General Executive Board, January-December 1921.
Box 1 Folder 15
1922
"Report of the Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Convention of the International Fur Workers Union, June 5-10, 1922," (1 bd. vol.), 543 p.
Box 1 Folder 16
1922
Minutes of the General Executive Board Meeting of the International Fur Workers, January 6-8, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 1
1922
Minutes of the General Executive Board Meetings held in Philadelphia, May 31-June 3, 1922; Report of the General President, Fifth Biennial Convention, June 1922.
Box 2 Folder 2
1922
Minutes of the General Executive Board and Sub-Committee Meetings, June 9-December 15, 1922.
Box 2 Folder 3
1923
Minutes of the Meeting of the General Executive Board held in Montreal, January 8-11, 1923, and related documents.
Box 2 Folder 4
1923
To the General Executive Board Meeting, January 8-10, 1923, Report of the President.
Box 2 Folder 5
1923
Minutes of the General Executive Board Meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts, July 26-28, 1923 and related documents.
Box 2 Folder 6-7
1923
Minutes of the Sub-Committee of the General Executive Board, January 22-December 4, 1923.
Box 2 Folder 8-9
1924
Report of proceedings of the 6th Biennial Convention, May 12-17, 1924, (1 vol.).
Box 2 Folder 10
1924
Report of the General Executive Board to the Convention, May 12-17, 1924 and related documents.
Box 2 Folder 11-12
1924
Minutes of the Meeting of the General Executive Board held in Toronto, January 3-5, 1924.
Box 2 Folder 13
1924
Minutes of the Meeting of the General Executive Board held in Chicago, May 5-7, 1924 and related documents.
Box 2 Folder 14-15
1925
Proceedings of the International Fur Workers Union, November 6-17, 1925.
Box 2 Folder 16-18
1925
Report of the General Executive Board to the 7th Convention of the International Fur Workers Union, November 4, 1925.
Box 2 Folder 19
1925
Report of the General President to the General Executive Board Meeting, 1/5/25; Report of the General Secretary-Treasurer to the General Executive Board Meeting, 1/5/25.
Box 2 Folder 20
1925
Minutes of the Meeting of the General Executive Board, Montreal, 1/5-10/1925.
Box 2 Folder 21
1925
Minutes of the Meeting of the General Executive Board, Atlantic City, August 6-9, 1925 and related documents.
Box 2 Folder 22-23
1925
Minutes of the Meeting of the General Executive Board held in Boston, November 2, 1925.
Box 3 Folder 1
1925
Minutes of a special General Executive Board Meeting held in Boston, November 17, 1925.
Box 3 Folder 2
1925
Miscellaneous correspondence and handwritten minutes, (some are Sub-Committee minutes).
Box 3 Folder 3
1927
Minutes of the Meeting of the General Executive Board held in Montreal, January 14-18, 1927.
Box 3 Folder 4
1927
Report of the General President to the General Executive Board, January 14, 1927.
Box 3 Folder 5
1927
Report of Organizer Pietro Lucchi to the General Executive Board and Report of the General Secretary-Treasurer, January 14, 1927.
Box 3 Folder 6
1927
Minutes of meetings of the Sub-Committee of the General Executive Board, January-December 1927.
Box 3 Folder 7-9
1927
Miscellaneous and delegates credentials.
Box 3 Folder 10
1928
Minutes of the General Executive Board held in Montreal, March 9-12, 1928.
Box 3 Folder 11
1928
Report of the General President and the General Secretary-Treasurer, March 1928.
Box 3 Folder 12
1928
Miscellaneous minutes, reports, etc.
Box 3 Folder 13-14
1931
Minutes of meetings of the Sub-Committee of the General Executive Board, February-December 1931.
Box 3 Folder 15
1932
Form letter re 10th Convention re situation and condition of union in New York City, 5 p., signed "New York Delegates," May 12, 1932; Telegrams of greetings etc. re convention; miscellaneous documents re membership.
Box 3 Folder 16
1932
Copies of completed credential certificates.
Box 3 Folder 17
1935
Minutes of the Canadian Conference held in Montreal, November 9-10, 1935, 15 p.; "Official Report by the International Convention Unity Committee," May 28, 1935, 8 p.
Box 3 Folder 18
1936
Correspondence (form letters) re announcement of meetings re problems with Local 70, etc, and miscellaneous documents.
Box 3 Folder 19-21
1937
Minutes of a meeting of the General Executive Board held in Asbury Park, New Jersey, January 25-28, 1937.
Box 3 Folder 22
1937
Minutes of a meeting of the General Executive Board held in St. Paul, Minnesota, May 11-14, 1937.
Box 3 Folder 23
1937
Minutes of a conference called to propose to aid situation in Winnipeg and unionization of shops of A. Hollander and Son, June 9, 1937; "Resolution on Unity in the Ranks of the Fur Workers."
Box 3 Folder 24
1937
Reports of Vice-Presidents and related documents.
Box 3 Folder 25
1937
Misc. convention correspondence and related documents.
Box 3 Folder 26-27
1938
Minutes of the General Executive Board Meeting held in Atlantic City, June 23-26, 1938.
Box 4 Folder 1
1938
Resolutions, correspondence and form letters re meetings of the General Executive Board.
Box 4 Folder 2-3
1939
Summary of proceedings of the 13th Biennial Convention, 1939; Minutes of a conference of representatives of locals of New York and Brooklyn re American Labor Party campaign and building reconstruction loan certificates.
Box 4 Folder 4
1939
Correspondence from locals giving their actions re the convention report.
Box 4 Folder 5
1939
Correspondence re convention and announcements of meetings.
Box 4 Folder 6-7
1940
Minutes of the Meeting of the General Executive Board held in Atlantic City, January 4-7, 1940 plus various reports.
Box 4 Folder 8-11
1940
Minutes of meeting of General Executive Board, June 12-15, 1940 plus various reports.
Box 4 Folder 12-14
1940
Misc. correspondence, resolutions, financial documents.
Box 4 Folder 15
1940
Executive Board Report to the Annual Convention of the Leather Division of the IFLWU, held in Boston, April 27-28, 1940; Summary of proceedings and decisions of same.
Box 4 Folder 16
1941
Minutes of the Meeting of the General Executive Board held in Atlantic City, Sic. 17-20, 1941.
Box 4 Folder 17-19
1941
Minutes of meetings of the Sub-Committee of the General Executive Board, August-October 1941.
Box 4 Folder 20
1941
Minutes of the Canadian Conference held in Saratoga Springs, June 21, 1941.
Box 4 Folder 21
1942
Summary of proceedings of the 14th Biennial Convention, May 10-16, 1942; Resolutions, etc.
Box 4 Folder 22
1942
Minutes of Sub-Committee, January-October 1942.
Box 4 Folder 23
1942
Misc. correspondence re meetings, etc.
Box 4 Folder 24
1943
Proceedings of the Meeting of the General Executive Board, December 8-11, 1943, 233 p.
Box 5 Folder 1
1943
Report of B. Gold to General Executive Board, December 7, 1943, 44 p.
Box 5 Folder 2
1943
Meeting of the General Executive Board, May 17-20, 1943.
Box 5 Folder 3-5
1943
Reports to General Executive Board by officers, districts, locals, committees, etc.
Box 5 Folder 6-8
1943
Minutes of meetings of the Sub-Committee of the General Executive Board, January-October 1943.
Box 5 Folder 9
1944
Proceedings of International Executive Board Meeting, May 8-14, 1944.
Box 5 Folder 10
1944
Proceedings of International Executive Board Meeting, May 21, 1944.
Box 5 Folder 11
1944
Minutes of meeting of the Sub-Committee of the General Executive Board, January 20 and 25, 1944.
Box 5 Folder 12
1945
Report to the International Executive Board by President Gold, September 24, 1945, 63 p.; misc. reports.
Box 5 Folder 13
1947
Reports to the International Executive Board by Gold, January 13, 1947 and November 21, 1947.
Box 5 Folder 14
1947
Reports of district directors including the "Endicott Report," November 17, 1947 by George Pershing, 7 p.
Box 5 Folder 15
1947
Misc. form letters re bases, statements, etc. of the Executive Board.
Box 5 Folder 16
1948
Proceedings of the International Executive Board, May 11-16 and 23, 1948, 60 p.
Box 5 Folder 17-18
1950
Proceedings of the International Executive Board, May 28, 1950, 66 p.
Box 5 Folder 19
1951
Proceedings of the International Executive Board, June 4-8, 1951, 462 p.
Box 5 Folder 20-21
1951
Proceedings of the International Executive Board, December 3-7, 1951, 112 p.
Box 5 Folder 22
1952
Proceedings of the International Executive Board, May 5-8, 1952; Report of Furriers Joint Council to the International Executive Board, December 1-5, 1952.
Box 6 Folder 1
1953
Report of Furriers Joint Council to International Executive Board, November 30-December 3, 1953 and misc.
Box 6 Folder 2
1954
Summary of proceedings of 20th Biennial Convention, May 2-8, 1954.
Box 6 Folder 3
1954
Proceedings of Special Executive Board Meeting, December 10-12, 1954.
Box 6 Folder 4-8
1954
20th Biennial Convention Reports: Report of International Executive Board; Committee on Officers; Introductions.
Box 6 Folder 9
1954
(Reports cont) Joint Council; Fur Division Joint Board; District 1.
Box 6 Folder 10
1954
(Reports cont) District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5.
Box 6 Folder 11
1954
(Reports cont) Locals 2, 3, 4 and 122; Locals 79-87-213; Locals 135, 140, 145.
Box 6 Folder 12
1954
20th Biennial Convention Reports (cont): Anti-Discrimination; Canada; Fisherman; Fur and Leather worker.
Box 6 Folder 13
1954
(Reports cont) Gold Case.
Box 6 Folder 14
1954
(Reports cont) Leibowitz, Sam; Potash; Schneider-Klig.
Box 6 Folder 15
1954
(Reports cont) Tasks of Our Union; Texas; Trade Union Veterans Committee; Conclusions.
Box 6 Folder 16
1954
Misc. convention form letters and related documents.
Box 6 Folder 17
1954
International Executive Board - Reports, minutes, form letters, list of members, financial data (Gold, Feinglass, Lucchi).
Box 6 Folder 18-19
1955
re Special convention called to consider proposed merger with Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. Includes correspondence, delegation lists, resolutions, statements, reports, agreement, telegrams re proposed merger.
Box 6 Folder 20-21
1955
Copies of form letters sent to locals announcing special convention and how they determine number of delegates able to attend.
Box 6 Folder 22-24
1960
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America - International Executive Board - Includes form letters, lists of locals, bulletins, minutes, photograph of International Executive Board.
Box 6 Folder 25-26
Series II. Office Files.
A. Correspondence.
1923-26
American Federation of Labor (AFL) - letter to New York City unions, 6/13/23 from a Special Committee of the AFL re dealing with Communists; release by same committee re Mineola cases; circular letter asking organized labor to ignore Fur Workers (Gold) pleas for funds to support strikers; lengthy report of the Special Committee re investigation of internal affairs of the International Fur Workers; correspondence between William Green, Gold and Schachtman re investigation.
Box 7 Folder 1
1927
AFL - letter from Schachtman to William Green asking for continued support in restoring "The International Fur Workers to its erstwhile normal condition of being a trade union organization and not a tail of any political party or clique"; re the reorganization attempts of the union by the AFL; re police protection assured by the Communist fur workers; includes release, letters, bulletin re fight between International and Joint Board.
Box 7 Folder 2
1928-April 6, 1936
AFL - includes releases, correspondence, form letters re rejection of pleas for reinstatement by Communist faction of fur workers; attendance of meetings called by Communists; letter, 3/19/36, from Green to Lucchi re collective bargaining and employer's organizations; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 3
April 7-December 1936
AFL - letter from Greek Local 70 to President Green re terrorist tactics of Ben Gold, Manager of Industrial Needle Trades Workers Union against Local 70; re financial per capita tax payments; correspondence between Lucchi and President Green re problems in organizing efforts in Manitoba, Canada; strike situation in Winnipeg; 6 p. "Report of the 56th Annual Convention of the AFL at Tampa, Florida by delegates Pietro Lucchi, Samuel Mindel, Harry Begoon" re suspension of the CIO; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 4
1937
AFL - April - between Green and Lucchi re two members arrested for union activity - Lucchi requests Green to write to the attorney; re union activities in California and Washington State; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 5
1936-39
Abelson, Paul - Impartial Chairman and Chairman of Conference Committee of the Fur Industry - correspondence re negotiation meetings and arrangements; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 6
1954-56
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen - correspondence and working papers re Fur Workers merger with Meat Cutters.
Box 7 Folder 7
1939-54
American Communications Association - between Ben Gold and Joseph P. Selly, President of the ACA re oppostion of Brownell-Butler union licensing bill - correspondence, statements; with Abe Feinglass re ACA resolutions adopted at their convention.
Box 7 Folder 8
1947
American Jewish Labor Council - routine form letter (Ben Gold, President of American Jewish Labor Council).
Box 7 Folder 9
1936-38
American Labor Party - Includes Declaration of Principles of the New York State American Labor Party; correspondence between Pietro Lucchi and Elinore Herrick re meetings of Executive Committee of which Lucchi is a member; broadsides; form letters.
Box 7 Folder 10
1938-40
American Labor Party - routine correspondence, form letters, statements.
Box 7 Folder 11
1960
American Trade Union Council of the National Committee for Labor Israel - routine, form letters.
Box 7 Folder 12
1937-40
American Youth Conference - routine.
Box 7 Folder 13
1936-37
America's Wage Earners' Protective Conference - form letters, releases and routine correspondence.
Box 7 Folder 14
1947
Anonymous - two letters from unsatisfied workers (unsigned).
Box 7 Folder 15
1937
Apostol, John (Vice-President) - correspondence with Pietro Lucchi re charges against Apostol.
Box 7 Folder 16
1945
Applications - general (applications for employment).
Box 7 Folder 17
1942
Axelrod, Sol (organizer: St. Louis), routine correspondence re payment of salary, etc.
Box 7 Folder 18
1927-36
A - General - form letter and leaflet by All Peoples Party; form letter from Alabama Federation of Labor re attack on the labor movement; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 19
1937
A - General - correspondence from members of the New York Joint Council asking Gold to conduct a recount in recent election; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 20
1938-39
A - General - routine.
Box 7 Folder 21
1940-41
A - General - routine.
Box 7 Folder 22
1942-45
A - General - routine.
Box 7 Folder 23
1947-54
A - General - includes agreement between Amalgamated Meat Cutters and International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), 1954, and routine.
Box 7 Folder 24
1937-39
Bartel, Philip - routine re printing office supplies.
Box 7 Folder 25
1941
Baxter, Charles (organizer: Ohio) - routine re salary payments.
Box 7 Folder 26
1936-39
Beckman, Isidore (organizer: Cleveland and Buffalo) - correspondence re the organizing drives; 8 p. report by Beckman to the General Executive Board Meeting, January 1937; 2 p. letter to Gold re activities and situation in Buffalo, 7/20/37; 3 p. letter, 8/4/37, re situation in Cleveland; includes broadsides entitled "All Tannery Workers of Buffalo"; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 27-28
1927-40
Begoon, Harry (General Secretary-Treasurer) - includes form letters to locals re new Communist move to organize an opposition union; misc. and rountine.
Box 7 Folder 29
1942
Berland, Samuel (organizer: Leather, Local 43) - routine re salary.
Box 7 Folder 30
1936-37
Berry, George L. (President International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union) - re testimonial dinner for Berry; telegram from Berry to Lucci re GM sit-down strikes and other misc.
Box 7 Folder 31
1942
Black, Walter (organizer) - routine.
Box 7 Folder 32
1942
Bobrowicz, Edmund (organizer) - routine.
Box 7 Folder 33
1936
Boerum, Mark (organizer) - routine.
Box 7 Folder 34
January-May 14, 1937
Boerum, Mark - 2 p. report of organizing in Pennsylvania; correspondence re organizing in Winnipeg, Local 91; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 35
May 16-June 3, 1937
Boerum, Mark - 3 p. report and other correspondence on strike situation in Winnipeg; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 36
June 4-December 1937
Boerum, Mark - correspondence on Winnipeg situation; 3 p. confidential letter to Boerum from Gold suggesting the strike must go on, tactics, instructions, etc. and Boerum's reply; much correspondence re Winnipeg situation; correspondence re strike situation in Seattle; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 37
1938-39
Boerum, Mark - routine correspondence.
Box 7 Folder 38
1936-37
Bookkeepers and Stenographers Union - routine.
Box 7 Folder 39
1937-40
Boudin, Louis B. (Fur Workers Attorney) - re routine legal matters and payment of same.
Box 7 Folder 40
1939-June 19, 1940
Boyle, Daniel (Secretary-Treasurer, Leather Workers Division) - routine correspondence - includes Vol. 1, No. 1 issue of U. S. Leather Worker published by U. S. Leather Co.; form letter and memo to all locals re the passing of the Smith Bill by the House of Representatives, an analysis of the bill, etc.
Box 7 Folder 41
June 20, 1940-October 8, 1940
Boyle, Daniel - routine financial correspondence
Box 7 Folder 42
October 9, 1940-1941
Boyle, Daniel - routine financial and routine.
Box 7 Folder 43
1942
Bradow, George (organizer) - 3/16/42 report of organizing activities in Milwaukee.
Box 7 Folder 44
1940
Brown, Edwin (organizer: Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey) - routine.
Box 7 Folder 45
1941
Brown, Edwin (organizer: Wilmington, Delaware).
Box 7 Folder 46
1942
Brown, Edwin (organizer: Wilmington, Delaware).
Box 7 Folder 47
1937-39
Brownstone, Frank (organizer: Detroit; Atlantic City; Providence; Danbury, Connecticut) - routine.
Box 7 Folder 48
1940-45
Brownstone, Frank (organizer: Philadelphia and Wilmington) - 3 p. statement of Fur Workers re its dispute with American Lace Co.; and routine.
Box 7 Folder 49
1936-37
Brownsville Labor Lyceum - routine.
Box 7 Folder 50
1942
Bruno, Joseph (organizer: Wilmington, Delaware) - routine.
Box 7 Folder 51
1939-41
Burns, Paul (organizer: Chicago, Local 43) - routine.
Box 7 Folder 52-53
1941
Burt, Sam (Manager, Joint Board of Fur and Leather) - 2 telegrams re problems between Local 64 and I. J. Fox, Inc.
Box 7 Folder 54
1936-37
Butkowitz, Samuel - routine correspondence and photograph.
Box 8 Folder 1
1924-1955
B - General - Includes minutes of a conference held 2/2/39, 2/11/39; form letters re Harry Bridges' deportation case, 1/29/45; letter to B. Gold From B. Baraz re removal of Baraz' name from the ballot, 6/27/45; letter of support to B. Gold re verdict in his court case from Harry Bridges, President of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, 4/9/54; and routine correspondence.
Box 8 Folder 2-6
1936
Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO) - form letters; pamphlet "To Democratic Nominees for National House of Representatives," 1936, 64 p.
Box 8 Folder 7
1937
CIO - Includes copy of "CIO Organizers Bulletin," Vol. 1, No. 2 and 3; letter to B. Gold from John L. Lewis re monthly per capita tax to CIO, 6/7/37; "The General Executive Board Endorsed the Demands of the New York Fur Workers," no date, 11 p.; "C. I. O. Executive Adopts Important Decisions - `All or None,'" no date, 4 p.
Box 8 Folder 8
1938
CIO - routine correspondence.
Box 8 Folder 9
1939
CIO - routine correspondence.
Box 8 Folder 10
1940
CIO - requests and invoices for pamphlets and routine correspondence.
Box 8 Folder 11-12
1941
CIO - routine correspondence.
Box 8 Folder 13
1942
CIO - routine correspondence.
Box 8 Folder 14
1943
CIO - routine correspondence.
Box 8 Folder 15
1945
CIO - Telegram and form letter from Philip Murray, President of the CIO, urging all affiliates to support confirmation of Henry A. Walker as Secretary of Commerce 1/24/45; letter from UAW to B. Gold re shortage of leather shoes for civilians 6/2/45; and routine.
Box 8 Folder 16
1945
CIO - form letters; President Philip Murray statement war production 1/12/45; statements and form letters re bills before Congress; resolutions; memo on handling of Jurisdictional disputes 7/1/45; and routine.
Box 8 Folder 17-19
1945
CIO - Greater New York CIO Council - includes digests of Council minutes, memos, form letters re CIO stand on legislation and routine.
Box 8 Folder 20-21
1945
CIO - War Chest - routine correspondence from Jacob S. Potofsky, Chairman, New York Labor War Chest, CIO section, to B. Gold form letter including financial report of CIO War Chest.
Box 8 Folder 22
1953-56
Cammer, Harold I. (attorney) - routine legal correspondence; letter to B. Gold re the International Union being a party to collective bargaining agreements 5/18/53; correspondence re Michigan Tanning Co., 11/4/53; letter including a copy of a proposed supplemental agreement between Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (MCBW) and International Fur and Leather Workers Union (IFLWU) 1/11/55; correspondence re IFLWU retirement fund being transferred to the MCBW 3/8/55.
Box 8 Folder 23-24
1953-54
Cammer, Harold (attorney) - legal documents and correspondence re legal activities - includes summary testimonies of Henrietta Schaffner and George Kleinman; legal documents re Ben Gold case; 12 p. newspaper "The Frame-up Trial of Ben Gold"; and misc.
Box 8 Folder 24a
1954
Cammer, Harold - additional legal documents re Cammer charged with allegedly making illegal attempts concerning the Grand Jury; additional documents re Ben Gold; and other misc. legal documents.
Box 8 Folder 24b
1954
Cammer, Harold - legal documents and correspondence re IFLWU vs. Guy Farmer, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB); 12 p. release "Remarks of Guy Farmer."
Box 8 Folder 24c
1954
Cammer, Harold - legal documents and correspondence; "Statement of Ben Gold on His Resignation as President of the International Fur and Leather Workers Union;" and other misc.
Box 8 Folder 24d
1941-1942
Canadian Congress of Labour - routine correspondence re receipt of per capita payments on Canadian membership.
Box 8 Folder 25-26
1939-1941
Chakrin, Sol - routine.
Box 8 Folder 27
1940-41
Chamouris, Charles - routine.
Box 8 Folder 28
1939-40
Churka, John - routine.
Box 8 Folder 29
1938-45
Cohen, J. L. - correspondence re legal case in Toronto, 1938; Winnipeg judgment, 1940; various other Canadian legal cases; and routine.
Box 8 Folder 30-31
1941-42
Colow, Maury - routine.
Box 8 Folder 32-33
1925
Conference Committee of the Fur Industry - letter from Paul Abelson, acting Chairman, calling a special meeting 7/8/25; minutes of a meeting 9/25/25.
Box 8 Folder 34
1942-55
Convention delegates - credentials; lists of per capita payments of locals and number of delegates.
Box 8 Folder 35
1936-39
Cook, Walter - audit of payroll, 1/20/36; financial reports; routine correspondence.
Box 8 Folder 36-38
1936-37
Corsi, Peter - includes a report on organizing effort in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and routine correspondence.
Box 8 Folder 39
1945-54
Council on African Affairs - form letters;