Guide to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, David Dubinsky, President's Records,
1932-1966

Collection Number: 5780/002

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

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Compiled by:
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Date completed:
January, 1976
EAD encoding:
Casey S. Westerman, July 10, 2003

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. David Dubinsky. President's Records, 1932-1966.
Collection Number:
5780/002
Creator:
Dubinsky, David.
Quantity:
229 linear feet.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, subject files, speeches, and statements.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
Professional correspondence, speeches, statements, greetings, and subject files of David Dubinsky, President (1932-1966) and Secretary-Treasurer (1929-1959) of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

CHRONOLOGY

1892
Born February 22nd in Brest-Litovsk, then in Russia, son of Bezalel and Shaina (Malka) Dobnievsky.
Moved to Lodz, where the family operated a bakery.
1903 Began to work in father's bakery after attending three terms in Hebrew Zionist school.
1907
Qualified as master baker and joined bakers' union, organized by the General Jewish Workers Union, the Bund.
Served as secretary of the bakers' union.
Arrested, together with 60 other members of the union, in the course of a strike; released after payment of 25 rubles by father.
Left Lodz to live with an uncle in Brest-Litovsk; after three months returned to Lodz and rejoined the bakers' union.
1908
Arrested while attending an illegal meeting of the bakers and, as a second offender, exiled to a small Siberian village.
Escaped and made his way to Chelyabinsk and from there to Lodz, working as a baker under an assumed name.
1910 Sailed, with an older brother, Chaira, to New York City.
1911
Arrived in NYC on January 1st.
Lived on Lower East Side and became apprenticed to learn the cutter's craft.
Accepted as a member of Local 10, Cutters' Union of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, on July 13th.
1914 Married Emma Goldberg, an undergarment operator and member of the ILGWU. (The couple had one child, a daughter, Jean.)
1918 Elected to executive board of Local 10.
1919 Elected vice-president of Local 10.
1920 Elected chairman of Local 10.
1921
Elected president of Local 10.
Elected general manager (a new office combining duties of manager and secretary) of Local 10 in December.
1922 Elected vice president of ILGWU and member of General Executive Board.
1929
Elected General Secretary-Treasurer of ILGWU.
Served as Acting President of ILGWU.
1932 Elected by GEB in June as President, following death of President Benjamin Schlesinger.
1934 Elected vice president of American Federation of Labor in October.
1935
Joined with John L. Lewis of Mine Workers and Sidney Hillman of Amalgamated Clothing Workers to form a Committee for Industrial Organization.
First U.S. labor representative to the International Labor Organization.
1936.
Joined in founding the American Labor Party in New York State.
Served as Democratic Party elector for the ticket of Franklin D. Roosevelt and John N. Garner.
1944 Joined in founding Liberal Party.
1945 Elected vice president of American Federation of Labor.
1966
Offered resignation as President to GEB at meeting of March 14th, to take effect April 12th.
Resignation effective June 15th, anniversary of date on which he was first elected President.
1982
Died in New York City on September 17, 1982..
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Professional correspondence, speeches, statements, greetings, and subject files of David Dubinsky, President (1932-1966) and Secretary-Treasurer (1929-1959) of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
PROVENANCE

The David Dubinsky correspondence consists of five series arranged as indicated in the Scope and Content section. The original order of the collection, except for misfilings, has been maintained as it was found. The records were originally filed in the President's office at ILGWU headquarters building, 1710 Broadway, New York City. Upon Mr. Dubinsky's retirement as President in 1966, they were transferred into a storage area of that building until February of 1974, when they were removed to the newly established Archives. With the exception of David Dubinsky Personal Correspondence Series, those qualified to gain access to the Archives may freely consult the entire D.D. Collection. No documents have been removed except letters of potential autograph value and disintegrating newspaper clippings. In all cases, removed materials have been replaced by facsimile copies.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982.
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.

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Cite As:
International Ladies Garment Workers Union. David Dubinsky. President's Records, 1932-1966. #5780/002. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
RELATED MATERIAL

5780. International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
5780/099. Retiree Service Department. David Dubinsky records, 1968-1982.
5780/104. David Dubinsky Foundation. Records.
5780/136. David Dubinsky. Scrapbooks, 1940, 1955.
5780/179. David Dubinsky. Memorabilia.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Professional correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent or subject and in reverse chronological order thereunder. Speeches and statements are arranged chronologically. Greetings are arranged alphabetically by recipient. Personal correspondence is arranged chronologically.
SERIES LIST

I. Subject files, 1932-1951. Boxes 1-180
II. Subject files, 1952-1966. Boxes 200-398
III. Speeches and statements, 1932-1968. Boxes 399-400
IV. Greetings, 1932-1966. Boxes 401-403
V. Personal correspondence. Boxes 404-405

CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
I. Subject files, 1932-1951.
Sub-series that are covered within this subject file are: American Federation of Labor; Committee for Industrial Organization; Complaints; Joint Boards and District Councils; Locals; National Recover Administration; national and municipal elections.
A: 1947-51.
Box 1 Folder 1
A: 1942-46.
Box 1 Folder 2
A: 1938-41.
Box 1 Folder 3
A: 1933-37.
Box 1 Folder 4
Includes correspondence with American Civil Liberties Union on labor matters.
Advertisements, 1932-43.
Box 1 Folder 5
Amalgamated Bank of N.Y., 1933-39.
Box 1 Folder 6
Includes correspondence with Adolph Held re Union loans (collection of money and payment of debts owed by Union).
AFL: 1940-51.
Box 1 Folder 7a-7c
Includes correspondence with Wm. Green, George Meany and Union officers on jurisdictional disputes between Union and AFL federal locals.
AFL: Charters, 1940-43.
Box 1 Folder 8
Includes correspondence with John S. Martin re AFL Federal Local 22809, Doll and Toy Workers Union's desire to transfer to Union.
AFL: 1941-44.
Box 1 Folder 9
Includes correspondence with John Martin re organizing activities of Union in Southeast area and re P.H.Hanes Knitting Co., Winston-Salem, N.C.
AFL: Conventions, 1946-50.
Box 2 Folder 1a--1b
AFL: Conventions, 1943-44.
Box 2 Folder 2
AFL: Conventions, 1941-42.
Box 2 Folder 3
Includes adopted resolutions, report of Exec. Council, congratulatory messages to D.D. re his speech on anti-racketeering. (Includes text)
AFL: Convention, 1940.
Box 2 Folder 4a-4b
AFL: Conventions, 1937-39.
Box 2 Folder 5
AFL: Executive Council, 1945-50.
Box 2 Folder 6a-6c
Includes correspondence with D.D. as V.P. of AFL; NLRB decisions, 1950; Washington Emergency Memorandum, 1949; Exec. Council report, 1945; Report and Resolutions referred to Exec. Council 1947; Correspondence with Richard Walsh, re jurisdictional disputes in Hollywood, 1946.
AFL: Green, Wm., 1950-52.
Box 3 Folder 1
Correspondence , AFL releases and memos, misc. items in connection with death of Green, 1952.
AFL: Green, Wm., 1947-49.
Box 3 Folder 2a-2b
Includes copies of letters to Green from John L. Lewis re steel strike, 1949.
AFL: Green, Wm., 1945-46.
Box 3 Folder 3a-3b
Correspondence re steel strike, 1949.
AFL: Green, Wm., 1940-44.
Box 3 Folder 4a-4c
Includes total benefits paid by Union to members 1941-44; Correspondence pertaining to anti-labor legislation 1943; war effort by unions 1941 and Correspondence re Union reaffili-ationi with the AFL, 1940.
AFL: Green, Wm., 1937-39.
Box 3 Folder 5
Includes jurisdictional dispute bet. Union and AFL re knitgoods workers in Cleveland, 1937.
AFL: Green, Wm., 1936.
Box 3 Folder 6a-6b
Includes communication bet. D.D. and Green re decision of the Exec. Council of AFL that the Union must withdraw from CIO, or face AFL suspension; decision of GEB re matter; Correspondence re AFL convention, Tampa, Fla., Nov. 1936; Union resolutions and communication bet. L. Hendin and D.D.; Correspondence re amount of benefits paid by Union to members, 1930-36.
AFL: Green, Wm. , Aug. 1935-Dec. 1935.
Box 4 Folder 1a-1b
Includes Correspondence on activities of American Legion during Union strike in So. Norwalk, Conn.; with Green re Union organizers in Canada; Union resolutions to AFL con­vention.
AFL: Green, Wm., 1933-July 1935.
Box 4 Folder 2a-2e
Reports of AFL Exec. Council; Union reso­lutions to AFL Convention 1934; Correspondence re jurisdictional dispute bet. Union and United Textile Workers, 1934.
AFL: Lewis, Meyer L. (Western Dir. of AFL), 1937-41.
Box 4 Folder 3
AFL: Meany, George (Secretary-Treas.), 1947-52.
Box 4 Folder 4
AFL: Meany, George, 1939-46.
Box 4 Folder 5
AFL: Misc., 1948-50.
Box 4 Folder 6
AFL: Misc., 1945-49.
Box 5 Folder 1a-1b
Includes, Correspondence re AFL women's delegation to England to study women's role in industry under war conditions; participation of Maida Springer of Local 132.
AFL: Misc., 1938-44.
Box 5 Folder 2
AFL: Morrison, Frank (Secretary), 1939.
Box 5 Folder 3
AFL: Morrison, Frank (Secretary), 1933-36.
Box 5 Folder 4a-4d
Includes Correspondence re jurisdictional dispute, bet. Union and ACWA in Lansford, Pa., 1935; Correspondence re charter to Cloak and Suit Sales­men of NYC, 1934.
AFL: Releases, 1935-36.
Box 5 Folder 5a-5c
AFL. Telegrams to D.D. from members protesting Union proposal made to AFL Convention recommending that charters be withdrawn from unions in which Communists are in leadership (Red Amendment), 1935.
Box 5 Folder 6
AFL: Union Label Trades Dept., 1938-50.
Box 6 Folder 1a-1c
American Federation of Teachers; 1935-39.
Box 6 Folder 2
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Domestic, 1938.
Box 6 Folder 3a-3b
Correspondence with committees and organizations on assistance to refugees; ltr. from Albert Einstein.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Domestic, 1937.
Box 6 Folder 4
Includes correspondence with organizations on boycott of German goods.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Domestic, 1936.
Box 6 Folder 5
Includes responses from individual to D.D.'s invitation to attend World Labor Athletic Carnival, Aug. 1936.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Domestic, 1939-47.
Box 6 Folder 6a-6c
Correspondence with organizations and individuals, filed alphabetically - A-C. Includes American Friends of German Freedom, Anti-Nazi League, American Guild for German Cultural Freedom, Coat and Suit Industry Relief Fund.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Domestic, D-M.
Box 7 Folder 1a-1c
Includes Dominican Republic Settlement Assoc., Friends of German Freedom, German-Jewish Children's Aid, Inc., Int'l. Relief Assoc., League Against Fascism and Dictatorship; publications from organizations and committees and newspaper clippings on Charles Coughlin and D.D.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Domestic, N-Z.
Box 7 Folder 2a-2b
Nat'l. Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc., Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League, Sephardic Refugee Committee.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Domestic. ILGWU Non-Sectarian Refugee Fund, 1939-41.
Box 7 Folder 3a-3c
Includes contributions and Correspondence with officers and staff, arranged by locals.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Domestic, ILGWU Non-Sectarian Refugee Fund.
Box 7 Folder 4
Includes lists of members, contributions, newspaper clippings.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Domestic.
Box 7 Folder 5
ILGWU and Non-Sectarian Fund.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Foreign, 1936-42.
Box 8 Folder 1a-1c
Includes correspondence with organizations and individuals in France, Italy and Germany. Letters from "illegal German trade union groups."
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Foreign, 1934-35.
Box 8 Folder 2a-2b
Reports on conditions in Europe; report by Sir Walter Citrine on visit to Russia.
Anti-Nazi, Anti-Fascist: Foreign.
Box 8 Folder 2c-2d
Printed material,Includes publications of Labor Chest for Relief and Liberation of Workers of Europe, 1934-36; misc. reports, releases and broadsides.
Applications, 1936-37. Applications for positions in Union, A-D.
Box 8 Folder 3
Applications, E-J.
Box 8 Folder 4
Applications, K-R.
Box 9 Folder 1a-1b
Applications, S-Z.
Box 9 Folder 2a-2b
Applications for position as organizer, A-O.
Box 9 Folder 3a-3c
Applications for position as organizer, P-Z.
Box 9 Folder 4a
Applications, misc.
Box 9 Folder 4a-4c
Assessments, Dues.
Box 9 Folder 5a-5c
Includes assessments for American Labor Party; Union conventions 1932, 1934, 1940; Death Benefit Fund; institutions and labor causes; initiation tax, 10 cents Old Age Assessment; per capita tax; T.W.O.C. (Textile Workers Organizing Committee).
Assessments, Dues.
Box 10 Folder 1a-1b
Includes assessments for American Labor Party; Union conventions 1932, 1934, 1940; Death Benefit Fund; institutions and labor causes; initiation tax, 10 cents Old Age Assessment; per capita tax; T.W.O.C. (Textile Workers Organizing Committee).
Associations, 1933-34.
Box 10 Folder 2
Embroidery Mfrs. Protective Assoc., Inc., of N.J.
Associations, 1933.
Box 10 Folder 3
Infants and Children's Coat Assoc., Inc.Includes collective agreements; NRA Code for Industry; and Correspondence with George Alger (Impartial Chairman), Cloak, Suit and Skirt Industries.
Associations, 1936.
Box 10 Folder 4
Low Price Dress Assoc. Inc.
Associations, 1933-36.
Box 10 Folder 5
Metropolitan Knitted Textile Assoc. Inc. Collective Agreement.
Associations.
Box 10 Folder 6
Nat'l. Knitted Outerwear Assoc., Oct. 1933; Wholesale Dress Mfrs.' Assoc., 1932.
B-BE: 1947-50.
Box 10 Folder 7
B-BE: 1938-46.
Box 10 Folder 8
BI: 1938-50.
Box 10 Folder 9a-9b
Includes two letters from Louis Brandeis.
B: 1936-37.
Box 10 Folder 10
B-BI: 1934-38.
Box 10 Folder 11a-11b
Includes testimony by Louis Brandeis before Commission on Industrial Relations, April 1914.
Bank of the United States: 1927-33.
Box 11 Folder 1
Includes lists of Union deposits; record of settlement of claims.
Billikopf, Jacob (Director), Labor Standards Assoc., 1939-47; (Impartial Chairman) Ladies' Garment Industry of Phila., 1943.
Box 11 Folder 2
Billings, Warren, 1939-40.
Box 11 Folder 3
Includes correspondence with Warren Billings and with the "Billings Defense Movement for His Pardon;" newsletters.
British War Relief. (See: W. World War II.)
Box 11 Folder 4
Brookwood Labor College, 1930-38.
Box 11 Folder 5a-5c
Includes Correspondence on finances.
C-CL: 1947-51.
Box 11 Folder 6
C-CL: 1933-46.
Box 11 Folder 7a-7b
Includes correspondence with Marx Lewis (Secretary), Continental Congress for Economic Reconstruction.
CO: 1947-51.
Box 11 Folder 8
CO: 1939-46.
Box 11 Folder 9
C: 1933-48.
Box 12 Folder 1
Census Reports, 1930-39.
Box 12 Folder 2a-2b
Includes census of local unions.
Census Reports, 1924-29.
Box 12 Folder 3a-3b
Central High School of Needle Trades, 1935-45.
Box 12 Folder 4a-4c
Includes correspondence with Mortimer C. Ritter (Principal) and Max Meyer (Chairman), Needlecraft Edu­cational Commission.
Central Organization Dept., 1941, 1945, 1946.
Box 12 Folder 5
Includes Louis Stulberg's report on Pacific Coast visit, 1946.
City Center of Music and Drama, Inc., 1943-52.
Box 13 Folder 1
Includes financial reports.
Clubs and Groups, Union (C and G), Locals 9, 10, 20, 22, 1938-42.
Box 13 Folder 2
Includes broadsides, news releases, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, arranged by local.
C and G: Local 60, Dress Pressers Club, 1940.
Box 13 Folder 3
C and G: Prolet Social Club, Inc.
Box 13 Folder 4
Includes minutes, 1937 and constitution of Club.
C and G: Local 117 and Local 155 Knitgoods Workers. Union Vanguard Journal and related corres; Correspondence on reinstatement of Jacob Katz; minutes of conference to create Progressive Trade Center, 1939.
Box 13 Folder 5a-5b
C and G: Out-of-Town.
Box 13 Folder 6a-6b
Includes GEB Comm. hearing of appeal by expelled Montreal members and its decision.
Cohen, Max, Local 60, Dress and Waistpressers Union. Correspondence re death of M. Cohen.
Box 13 Folder 7
Cohen, Thomas (Engineer). Report on Canadian cloak markets, 1939; also schedule of piece work prices for blouses, cotton dresses and other studies, 1937-38.
Box 13 Folder 8a-8b
CIO: 1942.
Box 14 Folder 1
Address by D.D. to Local 22, Jan. 1942; part of speech deals with peace in the labor movement.
CIO: 1939.
Box 14 Folder 2a-2c
Correspondence on "Memorandum on the Basis for Peace Negotiations bet. the AFL and the CIO," by S.D.Bercrer; Union pamphlet, ILGWU in relation to CIO and AFL 1934-38.
CIO: Conferences, Meetings and Conventions, Apr. -Dec. 1938.
Box 14 Folder 3a-3b
Includes telegrams pro and con GEB decision not to participate in CIO Pittsburgh convention, Nov. 14; text of resolution 11-11-38; Correspondence Includes John L. Lewis.
CIO: Conferences, Meetings and Conventions, Jan.-Apr. 1938.
Box 14 Folder 4a-4b
Includes Correspondence on newspaper and magazine articles on AFL-CIO split.
CIO: Conferences, Meetings and Conventions, July-Dec. 1937.
Box 14 Folder 5a-5c
Correspondence CIO Atlantic City Convention, Oct. 11-16, 1937.
CIO: June-Dec. 1937.
Box 14 Folder 6a-6b
CIO: Jan.-May 1937.
Box 15 Folder 1a-1b
CIO: Aug.-Dec. 1936.
Box 15 Folder 2a-2e
Correspondence on AFL-CIO controversy; Includes telegram (copy) sent to CIO affiliates re decision of GEB not to participate in AFL convention, Nov. 11, 1936; John Brophy report on CIO activities for 1936; exchange of telegrams bet. Wm. Green and CIO (CIO Pittsburgh meeting, Nov. 1939); AFL decision suspending CIO unions, Aug. 6, 1936; D.D. resignation as AFL V.P., September 1, 1936.
CIO: Jan.-July 1936.
Box 15 Folder 3a-3c
Correspondence re controversy; Includes AFL letters requesting CIO unions to appear before Executive Council; Correspondence re decision of AFL to CIO unions to withdraw from CIO; letters from Wm. Green urging CIO dissolution; Correspondence with CIO, publi­cations.
CIO: Nov.-Dec. 1935.
Box 15 Folder 4a-4b
Includes Correspondence relating to formation of CIO, and Wm. Green's letters dealing with it; minutes of CIO meeting, Nov. 1935; summary of meetings bet. sub-comm. of AFL and CIO: 1. of resignation from John L. Lewis as AFL V.P.: Correspondence Includes John L. Lewis, Wm. Green, Sidney Hillman and Charles Howard.
CIO. Comments on D.D.'s speech, "The CIO, AFL and Peace" before joint meeting of exec. bd. of N.Y. locals; text of speech.
Box 16 Folder 1a-1c
CIO: Industrial Union Councils, April 1937-Aug. 1939.
Box 16 Folder 2a-2c
Includes correspondence with Union officers re affiliation with CIO Industrial Union Councils, 1938-39; prior to 1938 Correspondence with regional directors of CIO.
CIO: Misc. 1937-46.
Box 16 Folder 3
Includes D.D. notes on CIO-AFL conference Oct. -Nov. (?)
CIO: New York, 1937-40.
Box 16 Folder 4a-4b
Includes correspondence with Allen Haywood (Regional Director); newspaper clippings on Communist elements in CIO.
CIO: Printed material.
Box 16 Folder 5
Includes Organizers Bulletin, 1937.
CIO: Printed material, 1936-42.
Box 16 Folder 6a-6d
Includes AFL publication: AFL vs CIO, The Record, Nov. 1939; CIO and Labor Unity, issued by the CIO: D.D. statement on unions suspended by AFL, 1936.
Complaints, 1948.
Box 17 Folder 1a-1b
Complaints, 1947.
Box 17 Folder 2a-2c
Complaints, 1946.
Box 17 Folder 3a-3b
Complaints, 1945.
Box 17 Folder 4
Complaints, 1944.
Box 17 Folder 5a-5b
Complaints, July-Dec. 1943.
Box 17 Folder 6
Complaints, Jan-June, 1943.
Box 18 Folder 1a-1b
Complaints, 1942.
Box 18 Folder 2a-2e
Complaints, Aug-Dec. 1941.
Box 18 Folder 3a-3b
Complaints, Mar. -July 1941.
Box 19 Folder 1a-1c
Complaints, Jan. -Feb. 1941.
Box 19 Folder 2a-2c
Complaints, June-Dec. 1940.
Box 19 Folder 3a-3c
Complaints, Jan-May, 1940.
Box 20 Folder 1a-1c
Complaints, April-May 1939.
Box 20 Folder 3a-3b
Complaints, Mar. 1939.
Box 20 Folder 4
Complaints, Jan-Feb. 1939.
Box 21 Folder 1a-1c
Complaints, Dec. 1938.
Box 21 Folder 2a-2b
Complaints, Oct-Nov. 1938.
Box 21 Folder 3a-3b
Complaints, Sept. 1938.
Box 21 Folder 4a-4b
Complaints, Aug. 1938.
Box 21 Folder 5
Complaints, June-July 1938.
Box 22 Folder 1a-1b
Complaints, April-May 1938.
Box 22 Folder 2a-2b
Complaints, Feb. -Mar. 1938.
Box 22 Folder 3a-3c
Complaints, Jan. 1938.
Box 22 Folder 4
Complaints, Dec. 1937.
Box 22 Folder 5
Complaints, Sept. -Nov. 1937.
Box 23 Folder 1a-1b
Complaints, Apr. -June 1937.
Box 23 Folder 3a-3b
Complaints, Jan-Mar. 1937.
Box 23 Folder 4a-4b
Complaints, Oct. -Dec. 1936.
Box 23 Folder 5
Complaints, May-Sept. 1936.
Box 24 Folder 1
Complaints, Jan. -Apr. 1936.
Box 24 Folder 2a-2b
Complaints, 1935.
Box 24 Folder 3a-3b
Complaints.
Box 24 Folder 4
Congress of Industrial Organizations (See Committee for Industrial Organizations.)
Box 24 Folder 5
Conventions: 27th, 1950.
Box 24 Folder 6a-6f
Conventions: 27th, 1950.
Box 25 Folder 1a-Id
Includes two Harry Truman letters.
Conventions: 26th, 1947.
Box 25 Folder 2a-2e
Includes Harry S Truman letter
Conventions: 25th, 1944. Includes Franklin D. Roosevelt letter.
Box 26 Folder 1a-Id
Includes Franklin D. Roosevelt letter.
Conventions: 24th, 1940.
Box 26 Folder 2a-2d
Includes Franklin D. Roosevelt letter.
Coventions: 23rd, 1937? 22nd, 1934.
Box 27 Folder 1a-1b
Includes Franklin D. Roosevelt letter.
Cottone, Anthony, 1939.
Box 27 Folder 2
Cotton Garment Conferences, 1937, 1940, 1943 and 1944.
Box 27 Folder 3a-3b
Includes minutes of Conference on Dress Situation, 1-26-40; reports; press releases.
Credentials.
Box 27 Folder 4
D: 1947-51.
Box 27 Folder 5
D: 1940-46.
Box 27 Folder 6
D: 1933-39.
Box 27 Folder 7
Desti, Basilio.
Box 27 Folder 8
Dewey, Thomas E. (Governor), State of N.Y., 1943-51.
Box 27 Folder 9
Donnelly Garment Co. (See Kansas City Jt. Bd.)
Box 27 Folder 10
D.D.: 1941-44.
Box 28 Folder 1
Includes affidavits for individuals.
D.D.: V.P., AFL, 1936.
Box 28 Folder 2
D.D.: V.P., AFL, Jan. 1935-Mar. 1936.
Box 28 Folder 3
Includes draft of subjects to be considered at Exec. Council meeting of AFL.
D.D.: V.P., AFL, Oct. 1934-June 1936.
Box 28 Folder 4a-4c
D.D.: V.P., AFL, 1945.
Box 28 Folder 5
Congratulatory messages to D.D. upon his election to Exec. Council of AFL.
D.D.: 1948-49.
Box 28 Folder 6
D.D.: 1945-47.
Box 29 Folder 1a-1c
D.D.: 1942-44.
Box 29 Folder 2a-2b
D.D.: 1940-41.
Box 29 Folder 3a-3b
Includes messages bet. D.D. and Hannah Haskel (Secretary.), when D.D. was away from office, on Union matters.
D.D.: Misc. 1939.
Box 29 Folder 4a-4b
Same as ff 3a-3b; also Correspondence with Frederick F. Umhey.
D.D.: Misc. Correspondence , 1937-38.
Box 29 Folder 5a-5b
D.D.: 1936.
Box 29 Folder 6
Includes telegrams to D.D. when he was in Europe, from Union officers about CIO controversy and Union's position.
D.D.: 1935.
Box 30 Folder 1a-1b
D.D.: 1934.
Box 30 Folder 2a-2b
Includes Correspondence bet. D.D. and Hannah Haskel informing him of Union matters.
D.D.: 1933.
Box 30 Folder 3
Same as ff 2a-2b.
D.D.: 1932.
Box 30 Folder 4a-4b
Same as ff 2a-2b. Includes congratulatory messages to D.D. upon being elected President.
D.D.: 1931. General Secretary-Treasurer.
Box 30 Folder 5a-5b
Correspondents Includes Abraham Baroff and Benjamin Schlesinger.
D.D.: 1930.
Box 30 Folder 6a-6b
Correspondents Includes Hannah Haskel, Ben­jamin Schlesinger, Morris Sigman, and Abraham Baroff.
D.D.: 1929.
Box 30 Folder 7a-7b
Same as ff 6a-6b. Includes congratulatory messages on Cloakmakers' strike of 1929.
D.D.: 1923-28. Manager of Local 10.
Box 31 Folder 1
D.D.: Reception.
Box 31 Folder 2a-2c
Election to Exec. Council of AFL, 1934.
D.D. : S and S, 1932-36.
Box 31 Folder 3a-3b
D.D.: S and S, April 1936.
Box 31 Folder 4
Includes newspaper clippings re resignation from Socialist Party; United Hebrew Trades and N.Y. Cloak Jt. Bd.
D.D.: S and S, 1937.
Box 31 Folder 5
D.D.: S and S, 1938.
Box 31 Folder 6
D.D.: S and S, 1939.
Box 31