Guide to the American Civil Liberties Union, Committee On Labor Injunctions, Member's Files,
1933-1934

Collection Number: 5237

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

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
American Civil Liberties Union, Committee on Labor Injunctions, member's files, 1933-1934.
Collection Number:
5237
Creator:
Wittenberg, Philip, 1895-1987.
Quantity:
1 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Memoranda, correspondence, press releases.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Consist chiefly of memoranda and letters pertaining to Philip Wittenberg's activities as a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU) Committee on Labor Injunctions.

ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY

The American Civil Liberties Union Committee on Labor Injunctions was organized to help secure the passage of federal and state legislation to end the abuse of injunctions in restricting labor's rights to organize, strike and picket.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Consist chiefly of memoranda and letters pertaining to Philip Wittenberg's activities as a member of the American Civil Liberties Union, (ACLU) Committee on Labor Injunctions.
Documents consist of memoranda and press releases of the ACLU on anti-injunction and yellow dog contract laws in New York State, and reports on the lobbying activities of the ACLU Committee on Labor Injunctions. Also, letters of Alexander Fleisher (secretary), Roger N. Baldwin (member, ACLU Committee on Labor Injunctions); Robert F. Wagner (senator, New York State) and Louis Waldman (attorney) to Wittenberg regarding the Norris-La Guardia Act, passage of anti-injunction laws in New York State, and meetings and lobbying activities of the ACLU Committee on Labor Injunctions.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Wittenberg, Philip.
Baldwin, Roger Nash, 1884-
Fleisher, Alexander.
Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953.
Waldman, Louis, 1892-
American Civil Liberties Union. Committee on Labor Injunctions.
United States.

Subjects:
Labor injunctions--New York (State)
Labor laws and legislation--New York (State)
Yellow dog contract.
Lobbyists.

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