James Gross NLRB Files, 1933-1977
Collection Number: /4057
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
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Series I. NATIONAL LABOR BOARD, 1933-1934 (JUNE)
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Sub-Series A. REGIONAL LABOR MEDIATION BOARD MINUTES
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Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Minutes
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
12/8/33; includes William Leiserson's, (Secretary, National Labor Board - NLB) discussion
of the purpose, functions, powers and jurisdiction of the Regional Labor Mediation
Board. Also includes rules for deciding cases and explanations of procedures
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Sub-Series B. NATIONAL LABOR BOARD RECORDS
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Sub-Series 1. CORRESPONDENCE. 8/5/33-6/16/34
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Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
8/5/33-11/18/33; Letter of appointment from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to
Senator Robert F. Wagner as chairman of the National Labor Board (NLB); from Gerald
Swope, (President, General Electric Co., NLB member) and Louis E. Kirstein, (General
Manager, William Filene Sons Co. NLB member) to Wagner regarding the Brockton (?)
Shoe Manufacturers' case, recommending representation elections; William Leiserson's
discussion of the Board's role as a mediation and arbitration board (Philadelphia
Bakers' case, the Tool and Die Makers' Strike in Detroit and Flint, Jameston Art Metal
Co. case), recommending that the Board remain an arbitration tribunal (Berkeley Woolen
Mills case); Leiserson's resignation as Secretary; from the NLB to the Brockton Central
Labor Union, includes essay "Manufacturer Fighting to Keep Closed Shop"; James O'Connel's,
(President, Brockton Central Labor Union) and Frank W. Gifford's (Secretary) demand
that the ruling (Douglas Shoe Co.) be recinded; Campbell MacCulloch's, (Secretary,
Los Angeles Regional Labor Board) inquiry about the power and authority of regional
boards as well as organizational structure and procedures; from MacCulloch to Creel
concerning the selection of members to the Regional Labor Board (Byron Campbell, A.
Schleicher, Tibbetts, John C. Austin, W.L. Stevens), objecting to labor appointees.
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Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
12/3/33-12/22/33; Letter from Elinore Herrick (Director, New York Regional Office)
in regard to action the regional board intends to take in case no. 104; from L.L.
Balleisen, (Secretary, Industrial Division, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce) to Edward
C. Blum, (President, Abraham & Straus, Inc. and Regional Board Member) about case
no.104; Milton Handler's (General Counsel, NLB) explanation of the functions of regional
labor boards; Daniel B. Shortal's (Buffalo Regional Labor Board) request for a copy
of the decision handed down in the Philadelphia Bakery Drivers case because of it's
possible affect on the Hall Baking Co. and the Bakery Drivers Union no. 264 dispute;
Benedict Wolf's (Executive Officer, NLB) recommendation to begin negotiations in the
Stone Knitting Co. (case no. 25-25A); from G.W. Ramaker, (Secretary, Atlanta Regional
Board) to Republic Steel Corp., Birmingham, Ala. in regard to a written complaint
filed by employees concerning working conditions.
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Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
1/2/34-2/20/34; Letter from MacCulloch to Creel in regard to the Greyhound and Wilson
Packing Co. cases and company unions; from Wolf to Charles W. Hope (Seattle Regional
Labor Board) affirming majority rule is law (Willopa Harbor Mills case); Wolf's confirmation
that a union is not required to submit membership lists to a company (Houde Engineering
Corporation); from the Chairman (Atlanta Regional Labor Board)(?) about Board's authority
to issue binding orders (Republic Steel Corporation); Executive Order no. 6550, regulating
the further allocation and obligation of emergency funds; from George L. Berry (Division
Administrator, NLB and President, International Pressmen's and Assistants' Union)
to Walter C. Teagle (Chairman, Industrial Advisory Board and President, Standard Oil
Company) in regard to Teagle's paper "Employee Representation and Collective Bargaining",
and the passage of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA); Wagner's demamd for
a written agreement in the Pierson Manufacturing Company case; Houde Engineering Corporation's
refusal to meet the United Automobile Workers Federal Labor Union (UAW) no. 18839
representatives; from the Chicago Regional Labor Board to the NLB concerning Communist
controlled unions and majority rule; from Wolf to the Chicago Regional Labor Board
on the representation election process, and majority rule; from Milton Handler to
the Chicago Regional Labor Board in regard to collective bargaining, written agreements
(Harriman Case), and union recognition; from Wagner to the Regional Labor Boards announcing
members of the State Directors of the National Emergency Council and their relation
to regional boards; from the Attorney General to the President about Executive Order
no. 6580; from Swope to Wagner in regard to state directors' report "Public Attitude
toward the NRA Program".
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Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
3/2/34-5/21/34; Memo from Frances Perkins (Secretary of Labor) to the President recommemding
Leon Marshall and Clay Williams to serve as vice-chairmen of the Board; especially
significant memo from Leo Wolman (National Recovery Administration - NRA) to Handler
about Hall Baking Company; from Charles R. Hook (President, Rolling Mill Company)
to General Hugh S. Johnson (Administrator, NRA) calling for Wagner's resignation;
Wolf's discussion of elections and management's refusal to recognize the union (Houde
Engineering Corporation); from Frank E. Coffee (Secretary, Atlanta Labor Board) to
Jessie I. Miller (Executive Director, NLB) regarding Republic Steel and a representation
election, contains a reference to Mr. Borden Burr's letter to Youngstown; detailed
statement by the President to the press on employment in the automobile industry,
and a discussion of Section 7a of the NIRA as well as principles of settlement; from
Coffee to J.A. Lipscomb in regard to Republic Steel and the selection of members to
an arbitration board (Judge Grubb); significant memo from Handler to Miller about
E.G. Budd Co.; personal letter of encouragement from Edwin S. Smith (Commissioner
of Labor and Industries, Commonwealth of Massachusetts) to the President; from Miller's
discussion of alleged violations of Section 7a; the President's reply to Smith; from
E. (?) Curtis to Coffee regarding Republic Steel and its treatment of black workers;
memo turning the Houde case over to the NLB (includes election results from 3/8/34);
telephone message from Draper to unknown party providing conditions under which Houde
will make a settlement; report from P.A. Donoghue (Chicago Regional Labor Board) to
possibly the Chicago Regional Labor Board or the NLB in regard to Guide Lamp Co.,
Anderson, Indiana, and an account of Ray Kelsay's (Vice-President, Metal Polishers
International Union) efforts to meet with management.
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Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
6/1/34-6/16/34; Autobiographical letter from Charles Hook to Marvin H. McIntyre (Secretary
to the President) in regard to Section 3 of the Wagner Bill (4pp); from Daniel C.
Roper (Secretary of Commerce) to McIntyre, and attached memo describing amendments
made to the Wagner Bill by businessmen; letter of legal advice and analysis from Harold
M. Stevens (Assistant Attorney General) to Wagner relating to the Great Lakes Steel
Corp., A. Roth & Co., and National Lock Co.; from Perkins to McIntyre about Hook's
letter of 6/1/34 and the idea of "economic coercion".
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Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
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Scope and Contents
Undated; Memo reviewing members of the NLB, and announcing new members; 5 point Procedure
appeal from Wagner to the NLB; (illegible) "Statement to be Read to the Employer"
by the NLB in regard to the S. Dresners & Son Co. case, and Local no.12, United
Leather Workers International Union, and a Board sponsored election
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Sub-Series 2. REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 1934-35
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Box 1 | Folder 8 |
Radio reports; General Instructions for Regional Labor Boards; summary of NLB activities
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1935 |
Box 1 | Folder 9 |
Reports
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1933-1934 |
Scope and Contents
National Recovery Administration (NRA) release no.2678, NLB transmits Budd case to
compliance director; 4th draft of the Wagner Act by Leon Keyserling; confidential
advice from William Leiserson to regional boards; 6th draft of the Wagner Act; 1st
draft of the procedural section of the Wagner Bill by Charles Wyzanski (Counsel for
the Dept. of Labor); NRA release no. 3414, NLB reports to the President; NRA release
no. 4118, NLB issues election regulations; statement of jurisdiction and powers of
the NLB and regional labor boards; preliminary report on Board's handling 7a cases;
4 part report by Emily C. Brown on elections conducted by the NLB and regional boards
8/5/33-7/9/34; NLB principles with applicable cases 8/5/33-7/9/34.
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Box 1 | Folder 10 |
The Labor Disputes Act no. S.2926
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Scope and Contents
undated
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Sub-Series 3. CLIPPINGS AND REPRINTS 1933-36
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Box 1 | Folder 11 |
Clippings
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
8/33-9/33
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Box 1 | Folder 12 |
Clippings
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
10/33-12/33
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Box 1 | Folder 13 |
Clippings
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
Feb-34
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Box 1 | Folder 14 |
Clippings
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
Mar-34
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Box 1 | Folder 15 |
Clippings
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
5/34-6/34
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Box 1 | Folder 16 |
Clippings
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1935 |
Box 1 | Folder 17 |
Reprints
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
1/33-6/33
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Box 1 | Folder 18 |
Reprints
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1933 |
Scope and Contents
7/33-12/33
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Box 1 | Folder 19 |
Reprints
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
1/34-3/34
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Box 1 | Folder 20 |
Reprints
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
Apr-34
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Box 1 | Folder 21 |
Reprints
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
5/34-11/34
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Box 1 | Folder 22 |
Reprints
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
Dec-34
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Box 1 | Folder 23 |
Reprints
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1935-1936 |
Scope and Contents
and undated
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Sub-Series 4. CASE FILES 10/33-5/34
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Box 1 | Folder 24 |
Case files
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1933-1934 |
Scope and Contents
National Lock Company; Denver Tramway Corporation (undated and illegible); NLB and
the International Union of Office Boys and Office Girls on behalf of Irving Hebling
(undated); Pierson Manufacturing Company (undated, partially illegible).
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Series II. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD (OLD) 1934-1935 (JULY)
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Sub-Series A. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD RECORDS
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Sub-Series 1. MINUTES 7/14/34-6/21/35
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Box 1 | Folder 25 |
Minutes
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
7/14/34-12/12/34; Roundtable discussion on regional labor board policy, discussants
include Lloyd K. Garrison (Chairman, NLRB) and Dean Spencer; Board requests survey
of industrial (race) relations in Southern Cotton Textile Mills and a report on problems
within the Kansas City Regional Board; a report on Kugler's Restaurant case (a violation
of Sec. 7a involving employee Sussman); references to the following subjects: the
Burgess case, the San Francisco Regional Board split, and the Eagle Rubber Co. case
(which involves "questions of discriminatory rehiring"); the Fifth Avenue Coach Co.
is turned over to New York State courts; report on reorganization of regional boards;
city of Detroit attorneys turn the Detroit Street Railway Case over to the NLRB; a
discussion of the A. Knabb & Son case (discrimination); Philadelphia Regional
Labor Board's discussion of limitations imposed by the NLB; referral of the Hughs
Tool Co. case to the New Orleans Regional Labor Board (black employees' association
was not represented); Board's decision to refer all cases section 7a violations to
the Department of Justice; Board's decision to notify the Governments Contracts Division,
N.R.A. of companies violating Section 7a; Board returns the Ft. Wayne Printing Co.
case to the Indianapolis Regional Labor Board; Board's decision to decline to exercise
jurisdiction over the Brewery Drivers case, and instead honor the A.F. of L.'s jurisdiction;
Board defers action on uncoded industries; Board affirms that intrastate commerce
cases will not be referred to the Department of Justice for enforcement.
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Box 1 | Folder 26 |
Minutes
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
5/14/35-6/21/35; NLRB corrects Stanley W.(Major) Root (Regional Director, Philadelphia
Regional Labor Board) in Motor Freight Express Co. case; detailed report on the conference
with regional directors by Paul M. Herzog (Assistant General Counsel, NLRB), topics
discussed include: the "Use of Panels under proposed Wagner Bill", office procedures,
practice, hearings , records, and interstate commerce and publicity; Presidential
message extending the life of the Board (7pp).
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Sub-Series 2. CORRESPONDENCE 6/5/34-7/6/35
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Box 1 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
6/5/34-7/16/34; Letter from A.P. Lamneck M.C. to the President on the proposed Wagner
Labor Disputes Bill; from Perkins, Wagner, Donald Richberg and Charles Wyzanski (Solicitor
General, Dept. of Labor) to the President regarding Public Resolution 44 (Executive
Order creating the NLRB); from Campbell MacCulloch to Beatrice M. Stern (Assistant
Executive Secretary, NLRB) about the status of regional labor boards; Mr. Eliot's
(Office of the Solictor, Dept. of Labor) description of the U.S. Conciliation Service;
from Donald Richberg (Executive Director, National Emergency Council) to the Chairman
in regard to the duplication of efforts by groups representing the Government in the
Baltimore trucking strike; 2 charts entitled "National Industrial Relations Boards
and Labor Boards and National Complaints Committees," and "Boards Known to be in the
Process of Organization;" Lloyd K. Garrison's (Chairman. NLRB) inquiry into personal
relations and operations of regional labor boards, with attention to boards' relationship
with the conciliation service; copy of "Suggested Bookeeping Arrangements Between
the Dept. of Labor and the NLRB".
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Box 1 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
7/17/34-7/31/34; MacCulloch's description of his regional board and discussion of
jurisdiction; William Leiserson's interview regarding the Petroleum Administration
and the Petroleum Board; memo on existing industrial boards; list of industrial relations
or labor boards and complaint committees; autobiographical letter from Nathan Witt
to Charles Wyzanski explaining his interest in law and American labor history; from
Max A. Egloff for the files on Republic and Apollo Steel, wage contracts; letter of
recommendation from Bethuel N (M.) Webster, Jr. to Garrison for Nathan Witt; Paul
Herzog's summary of the Houde Engineering case; from Garrison to the Executive Director
National Emergency Council regarding the handling of the Baltimore trucking strike;
Estelle Frankfurter's discussion of the Guide Lamp case and majority rule; Ralph A.
Lind's (Regional Director, Cleveland Regional Labor Board) discussion of a bi-partisan
board problems.
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Box 1 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
8/3/34-8/30/34; Letter from Garrison to Busfield concerning authority to order elections
and Section 7a violations; from Frank Coffee (Regional Director, Atlanta Regional
Labor Board) to Garrison on the textile labor situation in the South, includes a state
by state description focusing on Communism (6pp); from Millis to John M. Carmody (National
Mediation Board) discussing candidates for positions as regional directors; from Millis
and Edwin S. Smith (Executive Board Member. NLRB) to Frances Perkins discussing Garrison's
resignation; from Garrison to Hugh L. Kerwin (Director of Conciliation) outlining
a proposed working arrangement between the Dept. of Labor and the NLRB; from Benedict
Wolf to Alice M. Rossiter regarding regional boards, reorganization, standardization
of procedure and jurisdiction; from the Dept. of Justice to William G. Rice Jr. (General
Counsel, NLRB) about the A. Roth and Co. case; from William Rice Jr. to Professor
Wilber Katz regarding the S. Dresner and Son case; from the President to Glenn Frank
(President, University of Wisconsin) asking if Garrison can have leave from his University
obligations to continue work with the NLRB; from Harry Millis to Ralph Lind on organizational
structure; to Dr. Edwin A. Elliott (The Compliance Board, Houston) inviting him to
become Director of the Texas Oklahoma Board; Millis' discussion regional board problems;
from R. Gordon Wagenet (Director, Region 16) to Millis in regard to his trip to Pittsburgh,
contains synopsis of interviews with various people for different jobs; to Frank X.
Martel (President, Detroit Federation of Labor) requesting a reference for Father
Seidenberg for the position of Regional Director in Detroit; from Glenn Frank to the
President expressing the University's need for Garrison and stating that if he decides
to stay with the NLRB he will have to give up his deanship.
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Box 1 | Folder 30 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
9/1/34-9/18/34; Letters from Lloyd Garrison to the President relating to the textile
strike, and recommending the creation of a special board under Public Resolution 44;
from William Green (President, American Federation of Labor (A.F.of L.) to Garrison
congratulating the Board on their decision in the Houde Engineering case; Estelle
Frankfurter's summary of interviews with Code Authorities' Complaints Committees;
from Herber Blankenhorn (NLRB, Research) to the Board on the necessity for centralized
investigation and research; from Lind to Millis about the creation of a Northern-Ohio-Michigan
Labor Relations Board; from Millis to Kent S. Clow (James B. Clow & Sons) concerning
the selection of regional directors; letter from Hugh S. Johnson (Administrator, NRA)
to Houde Engineering Corp. informing them that they violated Sec. 7a of the NIRA;
significant memo from Dorothy A. Moncure (Assistant Counsel, Compliance Division)
to A.T. Martin (Associate Counsel, Compliance Division) about Houde Engineering Corp.,
and recommending the removal of the Blue Eagle, includes a 4 page fact finding record;
from George W. Taylor (NRA) to Garrison reporting low morale among Philadelphia members;
Millis'discussion of who should serve as chairman at hearings.
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Box 1 | Folder 31 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
9/19/34-9/29/34; From Edwin S. Smith to Blackwell Smith (Assistant Administrator for
Policy, NRA) concerning industrial boards; from Millis to Dr. Earl R. Beckner (Indianapolis
Regional Labor Board) concerning the discharge of Mr. Watson (Executive Secretary,
Indiana Regional Labor Board); from Garrison to the President on the impending Seamens'
Strike on the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf, and previewing Board action as well as
securing government support; from Major Root to Garrison concerning low morale among
the Philadelphia Regional Labor Board members; from the President to Garrison approving
the Boards' plan of action in the Seamen's strike; the file on the Houde Engineering
case providing background and compliance history (7pp); Towne J. Nylander's (Assistant
Secretary, Los Angeles Regional Labor Board) discussion of industrial board members'
resignations; from Millis to Garrison about George Pratt of Kansas City, MO, assessing
his education, political persuasion and experience in regard to working with the Kansas
City Regional Labor Board.
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Box 1 | Folder 32 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
10/2/34-10/30/34; Memo from Edwin S. Smith to Garrison and Millis, includes a questionaire
to be sent to industrial boards; from Robert E. Watts (General Counsel, NLRB) to the
Attorney General submitting the Houde Case for review; memo regarding the status of
strikers as employees, includes information relevant to Houde case; memo on public
reaction to the Houde decision (majority rule in collective bargaining); from T.F.E.
(?) to the Board about the Detroit Street Railway case; from Harry Millis to Roy C.
Jacobson (Director, Denver Regional Board) concerning pay of panel members; from Stephen
Early (Assistant Secretary to the President) to Garrison confirming the President's
acceptance of his resignation; from Millis to Garrison (Dean, The Law School, University
of Wisconsin) about offering Scrinshaw the Associate Directorship of the Milwaukee
office; from Elisha Hanson (Attorney for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin) to Edwin
S. Smith opposing NLRB jurisdiction in the Jennings controversy, and recommemding
the case be turned over to the Newspaper Industrial Board; from Harold M. Stephens
(Assistant Attorney General) to Robert Watts (Special Counsel, NLRB) on Houde Engineering
case,(enclosure no. 381814 unattached); from Stanley Mathewson (Director, Cincinnati
Regional Labor Board) to Benedict Wolf about the American Rolling Mill Co.
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Box 1 | Folder 33 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
11/4/34-11/30/34; Letter from Henry L. McCarthy (Region 10) to Millis in regard to
Dean Spencer and Sec.7a; Millis' reply; from Millis to Milton Handler (Professor,
The Law School, Columbia University) about his resignation; confidential memo from
Millis on the operating expenses of the NLRB; Handler's resignation; Executive Order
no.6905, appointment of a chairman to the NLRB, etc.; memo concerning Sec.2 of Executive
Order no. 6905, (limiting the power of the NLRB); from Blackwell Smith (Acting General
Counsel, NRA) to Edwin S. Smith about Board preview and approval of industrial relations
boards; from Millis and Smith to R. Gordon Wagenet concerning unanimous action; Edwin
S. Smith's and Franklin W. Wolf's (Assistant Deputy Administrator, Div.no.7, FWW,
NRA)discussion of a modification of Sec.7 of Article II; from Frances Perkins to Francis
Biddle (Chairman, NLRB) concerning problems with labor relations and compliance in
the textile industry; Millis' discussion of the Textile Board; letter from Frank E.
Coffee (Director, Region 6) to Benedict Wolf about the cotton textile strike, (Standard-Coosa-Thatcher
Mills); from W.H. Davis to Sol A. Rosenblatt on the Textile Labor Relations Board;
memo regarding the conference between Perkins, Millis, Walter P.(Judge) Stacy (Chairman
Textile Labor Relations Board), William H. David(s?) concerning the NLRB/Textile Labor
Relations Board Relationship; Sidney Hillman's (President, Amalgamated Clothing Workers
of America) discussion of Donald Richberg and Sec.7a; from W.J. Voss to Edwin S. Smith
on the NLRB's agreement with the NRA Compliance Div.; from Franklin Wolf to Edwin
S. Smith confirming a change in the Photo-Engraving Board; from Herber Blankenhorn
to Francis Biddle concerning the Newspaper Guild Cases (the Burgess case), and the
discharge of Guild Chapter officers; from Edwin S. Smith to Biddle on industrial boards,
includes results of 10/2/34 questionnaire; letter from Biddle to Walter (Judge) Stacy
providing assistance in the textile mill cases.
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Box 1 | Folder 34 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
12/3/34-12/14/34; Outline, "notes on proposed legislation"; significant correspondence
on San Francisco Call-Bulletin and Dean S. Jennings case (Newspaper Guild) among Francis
Biddle, Herber Blankenhorn, Donald Richberg (Executive Director, National Emergency
Council), Blackwell Smith and the President (subjects discussed include the code of
fair competition, "infiltration" of the labor movement, and government agencies working
at cross purposes); to Golden W. Bell (Dept. of Justice) from Thomas I. Emerson (Attorney,
NLRB) and Calvert Magruder on the Guide Lamp Corp. case; from Blankenhorn to Biddle
about elections, with attached notice of Los Angeles Regional Labor Board sponsored
election at Proctor and Gamble, includes a list of facts to be used by regional boards
to develop hearings dated 7/31/34, tables on the number of employees elgible to vote
dated 1/10/35-6/16/35, tables on the number of units won by type of organization dated
1/35-6/35; correspondence between the President, the Attorney General, and the Board
concerning uncoded industries, NLRB jurisdiction, and a conference on uncoded industries;
from A.J. Altmeyer (Second Assistant Secretary, Dept. of Labor) to Biddle, Millis,
and Edwin S. Smith in regard to furture legislation; Biddle's reply.
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Box 1 | Folder 35 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
12/15/34-12/31/34; Memo on the budget with reference to Executive Orders numbers 6548,
and 6550; Harold M. Stephen's and Francis Biddle's request that a bill of complaint
be filed in the Guide Lamp Corporation case; from Harry Millis to R. Gordon Wagenet
about redrafting Wagner's Industrial Disputes Bill; Benedict Wolf's meeting with the
St. Louis Regional Labor Board, includes analysis of Garvey (Regional Director), and
the need for improved enforcement; from Magruder to Biddle about back pay; from Beatrice
Stern to Wagenet concerning San Francisco Barge Strike - Jestlyn Mfg. Co.; from Louis
Howe (Secretary to the President) to Francis Biddle in regard to an Executive Order;
from C.M. Baker (First Vice President, International Typographical Union) to Biddle
in regard to the New Orleans Typographical Union no. 17 versus the New Orleans Item-Tribune,
asking the Board to direct the Newspaper Industrial Board (which has nearly established
a policy of deadlocking) (4pp); Baker's request for a Board supervised election, attached
is a 7 page memo outlining steps taken toward securing an election; from Bill Davy
(Cleveland Newspaper Guild) to Biddle congratulating him on the San Francisco Call-Bulletin
versus Dean Jennings decision; from Edwin S. Smith to Frances Perkins about missing
an important meeting; from Biddle to Perkins with unattached draft of Wagner Bill;
from Biddle suggesting the deadlock involving the Newspaper Industrial Board be broken
by the appointment of an impartial panel member; letter from P.G. (Philip G.?) Phillips
to Biddle about the Wagner Bill, includes a reference to Lloyd Garrison's telegram;
letter from Biddle to Perkins in regard to the Executive Order of 11/15/34, Sec.2
(budgetary control), includes mention of a fundamental difference of opinion about
the NLRB and its purpose; telegram from Lloyd Garrison to Biddle recommending the
Wagner Bill be read in its original form (remove the mediation clause); Biddle's reply,
includes a 7 point discussion of the Wagner Bill, and a reference to Perkins as "her
Ladyship"; from Francis Biddle to the President opposing tight budgetary control of
the Board by the Dept. of Labor; from Biddle to Edwin S. Smith concerning his future
meeting with Louis Howe; from Biddle to the Attorney General about filing the bill
of equity in the Guide Lamp Corp. case.
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Box 1 | Folder 36 |
Correspondence
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
Undated (1934); Memo of the proposed Wagner Bill; a Dept. of Labor list of Textile
Labor Relations Board members; 10 point position paper from an unknown author on Board
status and the proposed Wagner Bill, gives special attention to Sections 6b, 8 and
9 (6pp); from Benedict Wolf to the Board about his meeting with the Fort Worth Regional
Labor Board, includes a discussion of needed improvements in Sec.7a, the preparation
of complaints for unions, and praise for Dr. Elliott (Director).
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Box 1 | Folder 37 |
Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
1/2/35-1/28/35; Letter from Edwin S. Smith to Louis Howe (says '34) on the relationship
between the NLRB and the Newspaper Industrial Board; from Harry Millis to Biddle on
the Item-Tribune Publishing Co. case and labor's handling of it; from Robert Watts
to Alice Rossiter on the Pacific Gas and Electric case; from Beatrice Stern to Gordon
Wagenet on the mediation of strikes; 5 point memo from Nathan Witt (Assistant General
Counsel, NLRB) to Biddle on the Wagner Bill, points include: closed shop, arbitration,
representation before the Board, judicial enforcement and review, unfair labor practices,
and the removal or modification of Sec.12; 10 point memo from Biddle on the Wagner
Bill; detailed memo from Edwin S. Smith to Biddle and Millis on suggested discussion
of industrial boards for inclusion in the Sixth Monthly Report to the President, specific
subjects include Board handling of Sec. 7a cases, and policy and procedure; from Edwin
S. Smith to Biddle and Millis about his meeting with Louis Howe, particularly a proposed
policy on Sec.7a cases originally heard by industrial boards; from Edwin S. Smith
to Louis Howe, with attached statement of NLRB policy on jurisdiction in Sec 7a cases
with respect to industrial boards; from Edwin S. Smith to Biddle with revisions in
the Sixth Monthly Report to the President; from Biddle to Perkins and Howe forwarding
correspondence between Biddle and Harvey J. Kelly (Chairman, Newspaper Industrial
Board) regarding the Newspaper Industrial Boards' ineffectiveness in handling Sec.7a
cases; proposed statement by NLRB defining its jurisdiction; from Biddle to Richberg
about the Boards' proposed statement of jurisdiction; from the President to Biddle
setting down rules to guide the Board in situations affecting special codes, rule
3 addresses the problem of interpreting Sec.7a; from Biddle to the President about
the limitations imposed on him by Executive Order of 11/15/34, concerns the issues
of strick budgetary control, and sole control of hiring and discharging employees;
from Francis Biddle to Perkins on the proposed statement of jurisdiction; report from
Mr. Crawford of the "Philadelphia Record" to Biddle relating to the Jennings case;
significant memo from Biddle to the Board on his talk with the President, about the
Executive Order of 11/15/34; letter of resignation from Edwin S. Smith to the President;
from Biddle (?) to the Board summarizing his meeting with the President, topics discussed
include the handling of Sec.7a cases, the Jennings case and the resignations of Harry
Millis and Edwin S. Smith; from Biddle to Edwin S. Smith asking him to prepare a report
on the Newspaper situation; from Millis to Gordon Wagenet assuring him the Board will
continue to operate; from the President to Biddle requesting information on the Newspaper
Industrial Board, particularly cases involving violations of Sec.7a; memo from Herber
Blankenhorn to the Board explaining why joint boards are inherently unfitted to handle
Sec.7a cases.
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Box 1 | Folder 38 |
Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
2/1/35-2/28/35; Correspondence between the President and Francis Biddle concerning
the report on the Newspaper Industrial Board; 5 telegrams and letters on the possible
appointments of Malcolm Ross and Harold P. Voss to the Board; from Stanley Mathewson
to Biddle about problems with panel members (4pp); Harold M. Stephens' (Assistant
Attorney General) and Biddle's discussion of the Dresner and Son case, the Guide Lamp
Corp. case, and due process; from H.K. Brunck to Biddle on the meeting of the Newspaper
Board with attached summary; from Biddle to Elinore Herrick informing her that Benedict
Wolf is coming to New York to set-up a system that will improve the current one; Perkins'
and Biddle's discussion of staff investigators, and the lack of power to issue subpoenas;
from Biddle to John J. Kane (Pressmen's Union) concerning a change in the directorship
of the Pittsburgh Regional Board; from Philip G. Phillips and Philip Levy to the Board
on the final draft of the Wagner Bill; from Marion Smith (Chairwoman, Region 6) to
Biddle concerning Preston S. Arkwright, and the Board as a permanent organization;
4 memos from Wolf to Herrick on complaints, the reception room, mediation, and hearings;
from Stephen Early to McIntyre about expediting appointments to the Board; significant
letter from the Attorney General to Biddle in response to Biddle's letter to Assistant
Attorney General Stephens of 2/12/35, includes discussion of majority-rule cases,
cases of interference with self-organization, discriminatory cases, interstate commerce
cases, cases against regional boards, Blue Eagle cases, and election cases; from Charlton
Ogburn (attorney) to Stephen Early regarding Harry Millis' resignation.
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Box 1 | Folder 39 |
Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
3/1/35-3/30/35; Memo from Edwin S. Smith to Biddle about the Procter and Gamble Manufacturing
opinion, with attention to the issue of an exclusive bargaining agent; Biddle's and
regional board members' discussion of support for and oppostion to the Wagner Bill
among employers; from Edwin S. Smith to Paul Herzog (Assistant to the General Counsel)
opposing the Houde Engineering Corp. decision, and discussing discriminatory discharge
and restitution; from William Leiserson (Chairman, National Mediation Board) to Biddle
with attached chart of procedures under the Railway Labor Act for handling collective
bargaining cases; Biddle's summary of his meeting with the Pittsburgh Regional Labor
Board including his request for Jewett's resignation, and his description of board
members Ladd and Blackmore as "reactionary"; outline from Biddle to Regional Labor
Boards on the procedure to be followed in handling election petitions; Edwin S. Smith's
and Ralph Lind's discussion of the Houde Engineering Corp. cases and "immediate reinstatement
of the complainant"; from Wolf to the Board regarding the New York Regional Board,
suggesting changes in procedure and discussing personnel (he mentions Herrick "has
no particular respect for the NLRB"); from the White House about Millis' resignation;
from Thomas I. Emerson (Attorney) to Biddle on cases pending in the Dept. of Justice,
and testimony before the Senate Committee on the breakdown in enforcement of Sec.7a
(8pp); from Francis Biddle to the President discussing the report on industrial boards;
Biddle to the President with attached report on the Newspaper Industrial Board (8pp);
from Biddle to Perkins discussing the ineffectiveness of regional boards; from Towne
Nylander to R.C. Jacobson (Director, Region 15) on rules of conduct for hearings;
from Biddle to Herrick and Golden on reorganization of their regional boards; report
on the "Substance of John L. Lewis' Remarks", contains the notion that men of labor
can not understand labor; from Millis to Jacobson saying he was "trapped into remaining
on the Board"; from Philip Levy to Calvert Magruder in regard to the Wagner Bill,
the issue of majority-rule, and a reference to the cross-examination of Magruder by
Walsh; from Emerson to Edwin S. Smith on the Appeal by Union from Decisions of Textile
Labor Relations Board in the Ninety-Six Cotton Mill and Alexander Manufacturing Company;
to the Editor of the "New York Herald Tribune" refuting in detail, point by point
Walter Lippman's editorial of 3/28/35.
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Box 1 | Folder 40 |
Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
4/1/35-4/29/35; Letter from Calvert Magruder (General Counsel, NLRB) to T.J. McGreevy
about the Houde Engineering Corp. case; from Magruder to W.W. Britton (President,
Metal Polishers International Union) on the Guide Lamp case; Francis Biddle's and
Isador Lubin's (Commissioner of Labor Statistics) discussion of the report on activities
of industrial relations boards; correspondence relating to the Wagner Bill includes:
a letter from Leon H. Keyserling (Clerk, Committee on Public Lands and Surveys) to
Biddle, attached is Wagner's rebuttal to Walter Lippmann`s editorial, detailed memos
from Philip Levy to Magruder on the Davis Amendment and Walter Gordon Merritt's amendments,
a letter from Roger N. Baldwin (Director, American Civil Liberties Union) to Biddle
opposing government intervention in labor disputes, attached is a letter co-authored
by Baldwin and Arthur Garfield Hays to Wagner dated 3/30/35 spelling out defects in
the Bill; from Mathewson to Biddle on employer opposition, with an attached clipping
"The Labor Board Bill" from the Cincinnati Post, and 2 memos for Senator Walsh focusing
on miscellaneous amendments, and the civil service status of employees; from George
S. Wheeler to Edwin S. Smith on election results; from Millis to the Board on his
trip to the Middle West (6pp); from Biddle to the Board on the Indianapolis Regional
Board; from Levy to Magruder on the separation of the functions of judge and prosecutor;
from Biddle to Professor William H. Spenser (School of Business, University of Chicago)
discussing his pamphlet on collective bargaining and an employers' duty.
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Box 1 | Folder 41 |
Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
5/4/35-5/31/35; Letter from Francis Biddle to the Attorney General in regard to pending
cases (Trinity Portland Cement Co.,) Guide Lamp case, General Printing Co. case; from
Biddle to William P. Connery, Jr. (Congressman) discussing the following issues: H.R.7979,
and the National Labor Relations Bill, and the idea of the Board as an independent
agency; from Thomas I. Emerson to the Board about a report on litigation involving
Sec.7a; from Biddle to Benedict Wolf, Beatrice Stern and Paul Herzog asking them to
prepare an agenda for a meeting considering personnel, budget, and the function of
panels; from Levy to Magruder on the Labor Disputes Bill; annotated memo to the Board
on the organization of regional boards, includes 24 individual memos, one on each
board, evaluating its personnel and giving salary information (26pp); from the Administrative
Staff to the Board on procedure which might be followed under the Wagner Bill (8pp);
from the Administrative Staff to the Board sketching the organizational set-up of
the new National Labor Relations Board; from the Administrative Staff to the Board
on the organization of regional boards; from Biddle to regional boards with a table
showing 3629 cases handled by regional boards since 10/35; from Benedict Wolf to the
United Automobile Workers Federal Union, no.18839 concerning the Houde Engineering
Corp. case.
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Box 1 | Folder 42 |
Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
6/1/35-6/29/35; Memo from Philip Levy to Calvert Magruder listing independent establishments
under the Federal Budget for the fiscal year 1936; personal letter from Charlton Ogburn
to Francis Biddle giving a legal analysis of a substitute N.R.A. (prima facie evidence);
from Elias Lieberman (attorney) to Biddle with an outline, "Plan for Uniform Essential
Labor Standards Throughout the Nation," intended purpose of which is to salvage the
labor standards secured by the N.R.A.; from Benedict Wolf to Regional Board No.1 telling
it to close pending cases since all codes of fair competition have been declared invalid;
from Biddle to Harold M. (Judge) Stephens in regard to Blue Eagle cases, and "vacating"
decisions; telegram from the NLRB to Regional Board No.16 telling it to send all records;
from Edwin S. Smith to Gordon Wagenet about the status of the Wagner Bill, and an
arrangement with the Division of Conciliation; from Edwin S. Smith to Magruder assigning
projects to the legal staff; from Harry Millis (Professor, Dept. of Economics, University
of Chicago) to the President discussing the Wagner-Connery Industrial Disputes Bill,
and recommending Francis Biddle and Edwin S. Smith to the new NLRB, as well as a conservative;
from Herber Blankenhorn to the Board with advice on legal approaches and a discussion
of test cases (like Houde) and marginal cases; from Biddle discussing regional and
national board personnel with attention to Dorothea de Schweinitz and Elinore Herrick;
legal memo to the General Counsel presenting "a short resume of the extent to which
the judiciary has controlled administrative bodies as to form of complaints and findings
of fact".
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Box 1 | Folder 43 |
Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
7/1/35-7/6/35; Letter from A.J. Altmeyer (Second Assistant Secretary, Dept. of Labor)
to Marvin McIntyre, with attached statement defining the National Labor Relations
Act (NLRA), and the text of the President's statement on signing the NLRA dated 7/5/35;
from Francis Biddle to Lloyd Garrison requesting a recommendation for Harold A. Cranefield;
Garrison's recommendation, as well as advice on others to fill Board positions (Walter
Fisher and William H. Davis); from the NLRB to Regional Board No.16 announcing that
the NLRA became effective 7/5/35, and telling them to continue to mediate special
class disputes.
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Sub-Series 3. REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 6/34-8/35
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Box 1 | Folder 44 |
Statement issued by the President upon the signing of an executive order creating
the National Labor Relations Board.
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
Jun-34
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Box 1 | Folder 45 |
NLRB report of seventy-seven cases left unfinished by the NLB.
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
Jul-34
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Box 1 | Folder 46 |
Report to the President by the NLRB
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
8/34; for the period 7/9/34-8/9/34, inclusive. Submitted through the Secretary of
Labor pursuant to Sec.4, Sub-Sec.2d of Executive Order no.6763.
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Box 1 | Folder 47 |
NLRB release (143), the Guide Lamp Corporation decision .
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
Sep-34
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Box 1 | Folder 48 |
Reports
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
10/34; Report to the President by the NLRB for the Period 9/10/34-10/9/34, inclusive;
Regional Labor Board: comparative analysis of annual payrolls as of 6/30/34 and 10/31/34;
Functions of the National Labor Relations Board and the Regional Labor Boards and
Their Relations to Other Boards and Agencies of Government.
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Box 1 | Folder 49 |
Reports
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
11/34; Report to the President by the NLRB for the period 10/10/34-11/9/34, inclusive;
address by Edwin S. Smith, member NLRB, before New England Conference, Boston; address
by Dr. Billikoph, Philadelphia Boards First Anniversary luncheon.
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Box 1 | Folder 50 |
Reports
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
12/34; Report to the President by the NLRB for the period 11/10/34-12/9/34, inclusive;
NLRB's statement on the San Francisco Call-Bulletin case; the (Wagner) Labor Disputes
Act (S.2926); release for morinig papers, a letter from the New York office of the
American Newspaper Guild to Donald R. Richberg.
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Box 1 | Folder 51 |
Reports
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
1/35; Report to the President by the NLRB for the period 12/10/34-1/9/35, inclusive;
elections to determine employee representation conducted by the NLRB and the Regional
Labor Relations Boards, 7/10/34-1/9/35, by George Shaw Wheeler; conference called
by the Newspaper Industrial Board.
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Box 1 | Folder 52 |
Reports
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
2/35; Report to the President by the NLRB for the period 1/10/35-2/9/35, inclusive;
report of the special committee on the Government and Labor of the Twentieth Century
Fund, Inc.; report to the NLRB on an inquiry into industrial relations boards; press
release for date of Mr. Davis' appearance before Senate Hearing.
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Box 1 | Folder 53 |
Reports
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
3/35; Report to the President by the NLRB for the period 2/10/35-3/9/35, inclusive;
address of Francis Biddle before the community forum at Carnegie Lecture Hall Pittsburgh,
PA, and press release; "The Government and Collective Bargaining" by Sumner H. Slichter
(Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration).
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Box 1 | Folder 54 |
Reports
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
4/35; Report to the President by the NLRB for the period 3/10/35-4/9/35, inclusive;
St. Louis address by Biddle.
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Box 1 | Folder 55 |
Reports
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
5/35; Address by Vito Marcantonio before the Labor Committee; report on enforcement
and the expansion of the legal staff; NLRB press release on the addition of panels
to Regional Labor Board, Dist. 6 (Baltimore); NLRB press release, statement on stopping
arguments and hearings.
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Box 1 | Folder 56 |
Reports
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
6/35; Report to the Vice President for Region XIII to the Second Annual Convention
of the American Newspaper Guild; report (84pp) to the NLRB on an inquiry into industrial
labor relations boards with attached White House correspondence; elections to determine
employee representation conducted by the NLRB and the Regional Labor Boards(7/15/34-6/16/35);
elections conducted by the Regional Labor Boards during the period (1/10/35- 6/16/35);
House of Representatives, 74th Congress, 1st session, report no.1371, NLRB conference
report submitted by Mr. Connery (to accompany S.1958); Congressional Record, 10704,
10705, House, (S.1958); Congressional Record, 10668, Senate, settlement of labor disputes
- conference report; resume of the extent to which the judiciary has controlled administrative
bodies as to form of complaints and findings of facts by I.S. Dorfman.
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Box 1 | Folder 57 |
Reports
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1934-1935 |
Scope and Contents
7/35; Report to the President from the NLRB for the period; 7/9/34(5)-8/27/35, inclusive;
the National Labor Relations Act - Legislative History by P.L. (Philip Levy).
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Box 1 | Folder 58 |
Reports
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Scope and Contents
Undated; Memo on Industrial Labor Relations Board; memo on the Coercion amendment;
House Amendments to S.1958; bibliography of leading materials upon Sec.7a; statement
of the managers on the part of the House; memo on the Wagner-Connery Bill; the Wagner
Act (?); press release of Francis Biddle's comments on the report of the Special Committee
on "The Government and Labor" of the Twentieth Century Fund, Inc.(290); statement
before the Senate Finance Committee; the Federal Trade Commission; preliminary report
on Boards' handling of Sec.7a cases; Executive Order regulating the further allocation
and obligation of funds of the National Labor Relations Board, and prohibiting the
further obligation of such funds prior to approval of estimates and expenditures by
director of The Bureau of Budget; report to the NLRB on an Inquiry into Industrial
Relations Boards; memo concerning the Compliance Division of the N.R.A.; list of regional
personnel and salaries; reaction to the Wagner Bill; criticism of the panel system.
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Sub-Series 4. CLIPPINGS AND REPRINTS 1934-35
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Box 2 | Folder 1 |
Clippings
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
3/34-8/34
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Box 2 | Folder 2 |
Clippings
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1934 |
Scope and Contents
9/34-12/34
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Box 2 | Folder 3 |
Clippings
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
1/35-8/35
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Box 2 | Folder 4 |
Reprints
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1934 |
Box 2 | Folder 5 |
Reprints
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1935 |
Sub-Series 5. CASE FILES 12/34-6/35
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Box 2 | Folder 6 |
Case files
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1934-1935 |
Scope and Contents
Report submitted by Francis Biddle, Harry Millis and Edwin S. Smith summarizing and
affirming the Board's decision of 12/3/34 in the San Francisco Call-Bulletin and Dean
S. Jennings case (case no.195); final report on litigation involving Sec.7a - status
as of date of Schechter decision.
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Series III. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 7/35-11/47
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Sub-Series A. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD RECORDS
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Sub-Series 1. MINUTES 9/9/35-11/17/47
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Box 2 | Folder 7 |
Minutes
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
9/9/35-12/27/35; Members include: Francis Biddle, Charles Fahy, Estelle Frankfurter,
Herber Blankenhorn, George S. Wheeler, Benedict Wolf, Dirks, J. Warren Madden, Edwin
S. Smith and John Carmody. Summary minutes include discussion of the following topics:
administrative reorganization, the function and eventual appointment of industrial
economists (specifically David Saposs), Executive Board orders and instruction to
regional boards, and appointments and resignations among regional board members. Also
discussed are reports from lawyers in the field, cases involving discrimination suits
against union members, and a conference between the NLRB and Aldel and Roundtree of
the Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) on unfair labor practices in P.W.A. projects.
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Box 2 | Folder 8 |
Minutes
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
1/2/36-12/22/36; Summary minutes includes a discussion of the following subjects:
the revision of Rules and Regulations, the influence of the Guffy decision, the Federal
Register's refusal to print "cease and desist" orders, a memo concerning Nathan Shefferman,
the Boards' decision to discontinue use of the Mackay Radio Corp. because it violated
the NIRA, and a 28 page narrative account of the meeting of the Departmental and Field
Staffs of the NLRB. (This account gives an historical, ideological and legal interpretation
of the Wagner Act, as well as discussion of legal procedure.)
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Box 2 | Folder 9 |
Minutes
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
1/21/37-12/16/37; Summary minutes of the Executive Board and Lodge 301 (NLRB) include
discussion of the A.F.ofL.- C.I.O. conflict (Marathon Electric Co., Warsaw, WI, and
John Morrell & Co., Ottumwa, Iowa), and a resolution concerning racial prejudice.
Nearly 100 pages of narrative minutes concerning the Regional Directors Conference.
Subjects discussed include procedures, settlements, and A.F.ofL.- C.I.O. cases.
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Box 2 | Folder 10 |
Minutes
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
1/13/38-12/15/38; Summary minutes of the Executive Board and Lodge 301 (NLRB) include
a discussion of police brutality toward black citizens in Washington, D.C., Colonial
River Lines barring blacks, and authorized enforcement at Cowell Portland Cement Co.
(Cowell, CA). Also included are references to the following subjects: the La Follette
Sub-Committee, the O'Connell Peace Act, Washington Friends of Spanish Democracy, the
American League for Peace and Democracy, the National Anti-War Congress, and the Women's
Trade Union League (W.T.U.L.).
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Box 2 | Folder 11 |
Minutes
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
1/19/39-11/28/39; Members include: Condon, Karro, Kaufman, Killens, Koplow, Burnstein,
Eden, Landy, Prince, Freeling, J. Warren Madden, Edwin S. Smith, William Leiserson,
Charles Fahy, Emerson, Myers, Elliott, Patterson, Nathan Witt, Toland, Kay, Robinson,
and Nydorf. Minutes of the Executive Board and Lodge 301 (NLRB) include discussion
of the following subjects: amendments to Rules and Regulations, preparation for the
House Investigation, the Smith Committee's improper treatment of Lodge 301 (NLRB)
members, methods of handling decisions in representation cases, an account of Leiserson
calling for Witt's and Krivonos' resignations. Also included are over 30 pages of
narrative minutes on a conference on the supervision of regional boards, and discussion
of an authorization and appeals units. References made to the following subjects:
the Marian Anderson Committee, the Washington Youth Council, Max Steiner, the Wagner
Health Bill, and the 5-day week.
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Box 2 | Folder 12 |
Minutes
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
10/11/40-10/23/40; Minutes of the Executive Board include discussion of the use of
informal files, and letters from the civil Services Commission regarding Marie Prince
and Sara Steinberg Gordon.
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Box 2 | Folder 13 |
Minutes
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1944 |
Scope and Contents
10/12/44-20/26/44; Narrative minutes include over 30 pages of discussion by the legal
staff on the following subjects: majority-rule, jurisdiction, and "R" and "C" cases.
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Box 2 | Folder 14 |
Minutes
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1946 |
Scope and Contents
11/22/46-12/5/46; Members include: Gerhard Van Arkel, Consedine, and Lazarus. Summary
minutes include discussion of the following issues: strikes against Board certifications
or collective bargaining orders, unfair labor practices, employer petitions, closed
shop provisions, mediation and arbitration, prohibition of strikes and lockouts in
public utilities, and the transfer of prosecuting functions to the Dept. of Labor.
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Box 2 | Folder 15 |
Minutes
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1947 |
Scope and Contents
11/17/47; Narrative minutes of the NLRB Union and Robert N. Denham (General Counsel,
NLRB) include a discussion of the posting of job vacancies.
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Box 2 | Folder 16 |
Minutes
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Scope and Contents
Undated; Minutes are in summary and decision only form. Includes discussion of the
Pennsylvania Greyhound Co. case.
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Sub-Series 2. CORRESPONDENCE 7/19/35-3/19/70
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Box 2 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
7/19/35-10/15/35; Letter from William Green (President, American Federation of Labor
- A.F.ofL.) to the President suggesting individuals to serve on the NLRB; from Edwin
S. Smith to Herber Blankenhorn concerning appointees to the NLRB, and discussing Biddle's
reason for leaving; from Gerhard Van Arkle to Calvert Magruder on revisions to Sec.
I of Article IV; from Edwin S. Smith to Magruder and Benedict Wolf with regard to
mediation and settlement activities under the the "New Act"; from J. Warren Madden
(Chairman, NLRB) to Edwin S. Smith on the industrial economist; from L.A. Knapp to
Magruder recommending changes in the 8/29/35 draft of "Instructions to Staff Members";
from John A. Lapp (U.S. Dept. of Interior, Petroleum Labor Policy Board) suggesting
that the Petroleum Board be made an agency of the NLRB; personal letter from Lloyd
Garrison to J. Warren Madden congratulating him on his chairmanship, and discussing
Bob Watts (head of the litigation staff); Harold L. Ickes' (Administrator Petroleum
Industry) and Madden's discussion of the status of the Petroleum Labor Policy Board;
letter to (unattached) Rules and Regulations from the Board to Stanley Mathewson (Director,
Regional Labor Board, Region 9) informing him that Louis Jaffe will act as a legal
assistant; from Francis Biddle to Madden about the Philadelphia Regional Board; from
Robert Watts to the Board concerning the Jones and Laughlin Steel Co , and the Pennsylvania
Greyhound Lines cases; from G.L. Patterson (Regional Attorney, Detroit) to the Board
providing background on prospective cases including: the Fruehauf Trailer Co. (flagrant
discrimination), the Chrysler Motor Corp. (failure to bargain collectively, &
recognition), and the Packard Motor Car Co. (discrimination); from G.L. Patterson
to the Board regarding information on the Duplex Printing Co.'s unfair labor practices;
incomplete collection of legal memos from Charles Fahy (General Counsel, NLRB) to
All Regional Attorneys, including a lenghty (12pp) discussion of "The Bargaining Unit"
by G.L. Patterson, and suggested changes in Rules and Regulations made by William
Green; from Fahy to Madden on the criteria for choosing Regional Attorneys; from Madden
to Dr. Jacob Billikopf discussing the status of the Philadelphia Regional Board, and
suggesting its former members act as an Advisory Board to the Regional Director; from
Ross to Madden recommeding a response to an inquiry from Ralph M. Easley about violations
of Sec.9a; Madden's letter to Easley; from G. L. Patterson (Regional Attorney, Detroit)
to the Board requesting authority to issue a complaint in the Fruehauf Trailer Co.
case (5pp); from Herber Blankenhorn to Madden, John Carmody, and Edwin S. Smith concerning
the A.F.of L. convention, and the attitude of the NLRB; from Elinore Herrick to the
staff forbidding charges to be shown to employers; from Stanley S. Surrey to Charles
Fahy discussing the "Entent to which the Board Must Go in Showing the Effect Upon
Interstate Commerce in a Particular Case and Manner of Proof" (10pp); from Nathan
Witt (Assistant General Counsel) to Fahy containing draft of complaint of unfair labor
practices against the Sands Manufacturing Co.; from C.A. Wood (Chicago Regional Labor
Board, Region 13) to Charles Fahy suggesting the Bendix Product Corp. case serve as
a test case, and discussing the question of A.F.of L. representation.
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Box 2 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
10/16/35-12/31/35; Letter from J. Warren Madden to the Honorable Compton II White
(House of Representatives) requesting funds for Regional Boards; reply from Madden
to Clinton S. Golden (Director, Region 6), attached is Golden's letter of 10/10/35
and a memo (4pp) suggesting an arrangement between Regional Directors and Federal
and State Conciliation agencies be established; from Benedict Wolf to Elinore Herrick
on procedure involving interstate commerce cases; from Herber Blankenhorn to Madden,
Edwin S. Smith and John Carmody regarding the A.F.of L. Convention, including mention
of under-cover agencies investigation and the 1936 presidential election; a lenghty
(9pp) letter from Charles H. Logan to the NLRB in regard to the Gulf Longshoremen,
(includes a detailed, dramatic, narrative account of the New Orleans situation describing
factional leaders, organizations, and issues); significant correspondence concerning
the Fruehauf Trailer Co. case, specifically the issue of interstate commerce; correspondence
relating to the Greyhound Lines case ; correspondence regarding the selection of trial
examiners; from Estelle Frankfurter to Benedict Wolf on consent elections; from Charles
Fahy to all regional attorneys on allegations of interstate commerce; from L.W. Berman
(regional director) to Wolf about the International Filter Co., contains criticism
of the Old Board, and William Greens' list of "Don'ts;" from Blankenhorn to J. Warren
Madden, John Carmody and Edwin S. Smith on the status of employees discharged for
union activity; from Wolf to the Director of region 2 (New York), giving the director
and attorney authority to issue complaints without first reporting to the National
Board; from John A. Lapp to Madden offering the Petroleum Board's personnel and files;
from Philip Levy to Madden on the application of the NLRA in the District of Columbia;
discussion of the selection of employee representation; from A.L. Wirin to Charles
Fahy previewing economic data with regard to interstate commerce and the Friedman-Harry
Marks Clothing Co.; from Nathan Witt to Fahy concerning the Sands Manufacturing Co.,
and the position of the A.F.of L. in this case; from Daniel M. Lyons to Fahy on the
jurisdiction of the Bituminous Coal Labor Board, and a discussion of the application
of the Wagner Act with relation to the Constitution and the Guffey decision; from
Blankenhorn to Edwin S. Smith about the Brown Shoe Co. case, contains a reference
to "union-busting," and the undercover agency of A.A. Ahner; from Wolf to Major William
J. Mack ordering him to act as trial examiner in the Timkin Silent Automatic Co.;
from Fahy to the Board on the legal staff personnel; J. Warren Madden, Frances Perkins
and A.L. Wirin discussion of use of the Bureau of Labor Statistics files; from Robert
H. Cowdrill to Wolf concerning the Guide Lamp Corp. case and an attached "Report of
Investigation and Recommendation RE Complaints;" from Herber Blankenhorn to Fahy on
the interstate character of labor relation policy; from Wolf to Saul F. Danaceau appointing
him trial examiner in the Sands Manufacturing Co. case; from Wirin to Dr. Henry Moskowitz
in regard to the clothing industry, and suggesting a change in emphasis in his affidavit;
from Wolf to Regional Directors ordering an informal weekly report be submitted to
the National Board; from Blankenhorn to the Board regarding his meeting with William
Green, includes comments on "big fellows in steel"; from Blankenhorn to Robert M.
LaFollette (United States Senate) requesting advice about setting up a Senatorial
Committee to investigate espionage and the disruption of unions; from Paul H. Kilian
(President, O'Neal Industrial Service Co., Division of O'Neal Secret Service, Inc.)
to the President of Mastercraft Corp. soliciting his company's services; from Wirin
to Louis Waldman with regard to the Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing Co. case, particularly
discussing Weinberg (a lawyer who waived his right to cross-examine a witness, and
did not present testimony); a recommendation from Joseph Rosenfarb to amend Sec.8c;
from Edwin S. Smith to J. Warren Madden presenting a plan whereby each Board member
supervises one third of the regional offices; from Blankenhorn to the Board about
the field work on the undercover agencies investigation; report from Charles Hope
(Director, Region 19), including a record of the workers' concensus of opinion on
the Wagner Bill.
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Box 2 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
1/4/36-3/31/36; Excerpt from the monthly report by Edwin S. Smith calling for a new
text on labor economics; from Edwin S. Smith to Marvin McIntyre requesting a meeting
with the President to discuss emergency funding from Congress; from Edwin S. Smith
to Madden on materials for Supreme Court Briefs, and suggesting arguments have a "social
responsibility" orientation; from Charles N. Feidelson to the Board with regard to
the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) and the labor leader Wetmore; a report from
(N.?.) Schleifer to Nathan Witt on the Pioneer Pearl Button Co. recommending a complaint
be filed charging unfair labor practices; from Madden to William G. McAdoo (U.S.Senate)
dissuading him from taking Wirin before the Senate for endorsement of, or association
with, or defense of Communists (7pp); from Charles Hope to Edwin S. Smith confirming
permission to go to Alaska and investigate the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.; from
Lloyd Garrison to Madden alerting him to the possibility of a dispute between an industrial
union and a trade union; from Blankenhorn to Madden, Carmody and Edwin S. Smith on
the status of the Lewis Movement; from Wolf to the Staff on the organization of formal
and informal files; from the President to the Secretary of Labor informing her that
NLRB statements and reports will be forwarded; enthusiastic letter from Blankenhorn
to Senator Edward P. Costigan recommending a Senatorial Committee to investigate undercover
agencies; from Louis E. Jaffee to the Board about the Columbia Enameling and Stamping
Co.; from Thomas I. Emerson to Madden on the Ellenbogen Textile Bill; from A.N. Somers
to Charles Fahy on " the effect of courts' doubt as to constitutionality of the National
Labor Relations Act on an application for a preliminary injunction;" from Elinore
Herrick to the International Longshoremen's Association concerning the Banana Handlers
Association; from G.L. Patterson to Robert Watts about the Chrysler Corp. case, and
the General Motors Truck Corp. case (both representation cases); from Charles Fahy
to David Moscovits concerning the Mackay Radio & Telegraph Co.; correspondence
relating to the Jones and Laughlin case and the issue of manufacturing as interstate
commerce; correspondence between Watts and Clifford O'Brien welcoming him to the litigation
staff, and assigning him to the Carlisle Lumber Co. case, also included is a discussion
of the constitutionality of the Wagner Act; from Charles Fahy to all attorneys concerning
the preparation of defenses in injunction suits (27pp); from Blankenhorn to Madden
on the Federal Laboratories Inquiry; annual report 1936 from Blankenhorn to Madden
about SR266: senate investigation of interference with labor rights, etc.; from Wolf
to Leon M. Daspres appointing him trial examiner in the Pioneer Pearl Button Co. case
and reminding him that the Board "assumes its own constitutionality;" from Charles
Hope to Edwin S. Smith, Charles Fahy, Robert Watts and Benedict Wolf pertaining to
the Carlisle Lumber Co. case, relating an episode in which Judge Charles Paul and
Bruener disappeared minutes before they were to resume court; from Frank H. Bowen
to the Board praising G.L. Patterson's work in the Chrysler and General Motors cases;
from Fahy to all regional directors regarding the filing of affidavits refutting injunction;
from George S.Wheeler to J. Warren Madden on transit privileges; from Herber Blankenhorn
to Robert LaFollette about the investigation of undercover agencies and preliminary
hearings; from Nathan Witt to Fahy concerning office routine; correspondence between
the President, Stephen Early, and Edwin S. Smith about the President's speech which
is to be prepared by the Board; outline of a suggested new approach to state legislation
for mediation and arbitration in labor disputes (7pp); a plan for a bill providing
for mediation and arbitration; from Fahy to Thomas Emerson making him a liaison between
the administrative and litigation divisions; from Fahy to the Board explaining the
priority in which cases will be handled; from Madden to Dr. H.F. Hinrichs (Acting
Commissioner of Labor) requesting statistical assistance from the Dept. of Labor;
from Jerome N. Frank (Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission) to Madden discussing
the circumstances under which registrants are required to make disclosure of labor
disputes to which they are parties; correspondence concerning the appropriation of
$119,435; from Wolf to all regional directors concerning strike data as proof of interstate
commerce; from Madden to Congressman Robert Ramspeck refutting the notion that the
Board is suspending action after decisions are won (with respect to the Atlanta Woolen
Mills, and Standard Hat Co. cases); possible address on the NLRB prepared by Edwin
S. Smith for the President; urgent letter from Blankenhorn to LaFollette telling him
to set up a Federal investigation on undercover agencies; from Fahy to Madden on borderline
cases, contains references to the Pressed Metals of America, Inc. case, and the Gordon
Bakery case; from Blankenhorn to Edwin S. Smith stating that the War Dept. has withdrawn
from publication its field manual on domestic disturbances; from Blankenhorn to Madden,
Carmody and Edwin S. Smith in regard to Dan Tobin's (President, Teamsters Union) attack
on Lewis' industrial union movement; from Madden to Senator William G. McAdoo defending
Wirin in regard to Senator Walsh's endorsement; from Blankenhorn to Madden, Carmody
and Smith setting the date for the LaFollette Committee hearings.
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Box 2 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
4/1/36-6/29/36; Memos to the NLRB and regional attorneys on whether investigation
under Sec.9c should be authorized; correspondence relating to the Columbia Enameling
& Stamping Co. case; Elinore Herrick's and the Board's discussion of the International
Mercantile Marine Co. case R-24, focusing on employer repression, the Black significant
correspondence concerning the Guffey decision, includes a letter from Charlton Ogburn
(Attorney) to Madden with an attached memo on the effect of the Guffey Act Decision
on the National Labor Relations Act; letter from Sumner H. Slichter (Professor of
Business Economics, Harvard University) to Madden questioning the obligation of an
employer who has bargained in good faith toward employees on strike, and Nathan Witt's
reply; from Madden to Harold L. Ickes (Sec. of Interior) questioning the Dept. of
Interior's judgement in awarding a contract to the Jones and Laughlin Steel Co.; from
Charles Hope to Edwin S. Smith about the Auto Mechanics cases in Portland and Seattle,
includes references to the loggers lockout in the Columbia River Basin area, and the
Tillamook area; correspondence relating to the American Potash and Chemical Corp.
case includes a letter from Bertram Edises (Region 15) to Charles Fahy; from Herber
Blankenhorn to J.P Harris instructing him to "organize" steel, includes example of
telegrams to be sent to John Brophy and John L. Lewis; from Witt to the Board on review
of records by the Board; from Blankenhorn to Madden, Carmody and Edwin S. Smith on
tension between the A.F.of L. and the C.I.O.; reply from Charles West (Acting Sec.
of Interior) to Madden stating he has withdrawn the award from Jones and Laughlin
Steel Co.; several memos to Benedict Wolf from various regional officers in regard
to the Regional Directors and Attorneys Conference, and subjects for discussion; dramatic
memo from Herber Blankenhorn to Madden, Carmody and Edwin S. Smith on the curtailment
of Board hearings, especially in manufacture; from Charles Fahy to the Board regarding
the Associated Press election; from Edwin S. Smith to Claude A. Swanson (Sec. of the
Navy) questioning the Navy's judgement in awarding a contract to the Wheeling Steel
Corp. which has failed to comply with a Board decision; from Estelle Frankfurter to
all regional directors and attorneys, "a summary of remarks on the obtaining of material
available from government agencies."Diamond plan and the use of the secret ballot;
17 memos and 6 letters from Herber Blankenhorn to Robert LaFollette, J. Warren Madden,
John Carmody and Edwin S. Smith on the LaFollette Committee hearings and Resolution
266; from Madden to George H. Dern (Secretary of War) questioning the War Dept.'s
judgement in awarding United Aircraft Manufacturing Corp. a contract after the Board
found the corporation guilty of unfair labor practices; from Nathan Witt to Madden
presenting a memo from the legal staff to the Board on working conditions, included
are signatures and comments of the legal staff; from Fahy to the Board, "a synopsis
of our present and prospective situation in the circuit court of appeals;" detailed,
narrative memo from E.J. Eagen to Charles Fahy on the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.
case XIX-C-14, reporting the particular circumstances relating to the case (i.e. geography,
Russian and American workers), including a discussion of the communist faction of
union members, and public officials response to it; correspondence concerning the
LaFollette Committee, largely from Herber Blankenhorn to Robert LaFollette, or the
Executive Board; from Robert H. Cowdrill to Benedict Wolf on collective bargainig
and the rights of minority groups; reply from Harry H. Woodring (Acting Sec. of War)
to Madden contending that the War Dept. lacks the authority to withhold contracts
from United Aircraft Manufacturing Corp.; from Towne Nylander (Director, Region 21)
to the Board in regard to the Oregon Worsted case; correspondence relating to the
Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines Inc., case C-1 including particular attention to Lester
R. Moberly; correspondence concerning the Jones and Laughlin case, including an annotated
memo from George S. Wheeler to the Board critizing the Jones and Laughlin brief; from
the President to Harry L. Hopkins asking him to check the figures that appeared in
the New York Sun, "Who Keeps Them Out of Work, Industry or Roosevelt;" reply from
the Comptroller General of the United States to J. Warren Madden on expert witnesses;
correspondence between Herber Blankenhorn and John L. Lewis, subjects discussed include
the Porthsmouth Strike, the steel industry and Clinton Golden; from Dorothy Altachuler
to Blankenhorn on Wagner's speech to the National Women's Trade Union League of America;
from Charles Fahy to the Board recommemding Professor Willis W. Ritter for the position
of Principle Attorney, Litigation Division; from Elinore Herrick to Benedict Wolf
about Crucible Steel Co. case, no. 11-R-4; from Edwin S. Smith to Charles Hope in
regard to the automoblie dealers' situation, and the issues of interstate commerce
and jurisdiction; from Charles Fahy to Harold Cranefield on the International Filter
Co.;
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Box 2 | Folder 21 |
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
7/1/36-9/30/36; Correspondence from Herber Blankenhorn and J. Warren Madden to the
Board, Robert LaFollette, regional officers, and Harold Cranefield concerning the
LaFollette Investigation, includes a summary of the plan of investigation adopted
by the Senate sub-committee, and a list of subpoenas served, as well as reports from
investigators in cities; from John J. Babe (attorney) to Hon. John J. Parker (Chief
Judge, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) on the question of the separability of the National
Labor Relations Act; Edwin S. Smith's and Charles H. Logan's (Director, Region 15)
discussion of Mr. Ryan; from Charles Fahy to John J. Parker, Elliott Northcott, Morris
A. Soper (Judges, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals) concerning the NLRB versus Washington,
Virginia and Maryland Coach Co.; correspondence regarding Mercer Evans and Rev. Francis
J. Haas as successors to John Carmody; correspondence concerning the RCA and the Virginia
Railway case, specifically the enforcement of the Byrnes Act; from Madden to Harwood
L. Childs (Managing Editor, Public Opinion Quarterly) responding to a prospectus of
the publication; A. Howard Myers' (Director, Region 1) and Madden's discussion of
the Federal Shoe Co. case and the Clark & Reid case C-128; significant correspondence
concerning interstate commerce, includes memos from Nathan Witt to Madden, Carmody
and Fahy with attached drafts of "Employees Directly Engaged in Interstate Commerce
or Whose Activities Directly Affect Commerce" and the Standard Oil Co. of Indiana
Case; from Gerhard Van Arkel to Fahy about the Fruehauf Trailer Co. case C-II and
the effect of issuance of mandate on appeal by certiorari; correspondence relating
to the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. case, C-91; from Adolphus Andrews (Acting Sec.
of the Navy) to Edwin S. Smith concerning the Wheeling Steel Corporation, and stating
that the Navy does not discriminate against a contractor who fails to comply with
the NLRA; from Beatrice M. Stern (Assistant Secretary, NLRB) to Captain H. E. Collins
(Procurement Division, U.S. Treasury) about the International Filter Co., and the
Treasury's judgement in awarding it a contract; correspondence concerning the International
Merchantile Marine case R-24; correspondence regarding the Sailors' Union of the Pacific
(SUP)-ISU controversy, includes a letter from Benedict Wolf to Aaron Sapiro stating
that the Board will not take jurisdiction over conflicts between unions that are part
of the same organization; from Philip Levy to Madden summarizing William Leiserson's
talk on the effect of pre-existing agreements on Representation Disputes under the
Railway Labor Act; from Wolf to E.S. Neal about the American Potash Co. C-127; significant
correspondence concerning the William Randolph Hearst (Post-Intelligencer XIX-C-42)
case includes discussion of strategy for Seattle hearings that will make it an interstate
commerce case; letter from J. Warren Madden to the President concerning Edwin S. Smith;
from Mortimer Kollender to Charles Fahy in regard to the Atlanta Woolen Mills case;
from Howard Myers to Madden asking permission to publish his manuscript on the NLRA;
from Charles Fahy to all attorneys on the status of litigation; from Baldwin B. Bane
(Director, Registration Division) to Madden on Remington Rand Inc. File no. 2-2480;
from Fahy to David Moscovits in regard to the Mackay Radio case and the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals.
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Box 2 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
10/29/36-12/29/36; Correspondence relating to the LaFollette Committee Investigation,
subjects discussed include: administrative issues, terms of cooperation with other
government agencies, reaction to the LaFollette Investigation at the New York Democratic
State Convention, the Black Legion and Virgil F. Effinger, information to be used
for testimony on vigilantism, legal tactics to stall the LaFollette Investigation,
the Tampa (A.F.of L.) Convention and a $200,000 appropriation; from Jerome I. Macht
to J. Warren Madden on freedom of speech; from Philip Levy to Madden regarding the
NLRA, the Railway Labor Act and the Texas Case, and Circuit Courts of Appeals Decisions
on Constitutionality of the Act; from Beatrice Stern to C.A. Wood on Grace Line Seas
Shipping Company hearing of 10/13/36; from Benedict Wolf about Teamsters organizing
in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Milwaukee; Fahy on the status of Supreme Court litigation;
Wolf's report on labor situations in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Cincinnati,
subjects discussed include the maritime labor situation, A.F.of L.-C.I.O. confilct
demonstrated by the Sawmill Workers' Union, and the San Francisco Chronicle`s coverage
of the lettuce strike; Charlton Ogburn's and the President`s letters concerning his
legislative program; argument in the Jones and Laughlin case (13pp); Philip Levy's
conversation with Solicitor General Reed; Fahy's discussion of the status of Board
cases in the Supreme Court and in the Circuit Courts; from J. Warren Madden to Charles
H. Logan comparing the NLRA to the Railway Labor Act; from Fahy to Edwin S. Smith
on injunctions; from Levy to Madden on congressional intention to apply the Act to
production employees (7pp); Wolf's letter to the Civil Service Commission claiming
the Secretary of the Board has direct supervision of trial examiners; letter from
A.J. Wirin to Sidney Hillman; Charles Fahy's discussion of Supreme Court arguments,
cases discussed include: Jones and Laughlin, Friedman-Harry Marks and Fruehauf; report
from the Board to all attorneys, regional directors and trial examiners on investigations
under Sec.9c, including elections, involving maritime workers (7pp); Edwin S. Smith's
"suggested amendment of the National Labor Relations Act to provide for mediation
in the maritime industry"; Wolf's request that speeches by regional directors be previewed
by the Board; from Joseph Rosenfarb to the Board on state labor relations acts; from
Blankenhorn to Madden on the following subjects: meeting Senator Guffey, the Carnegie-Illinois
hearing, the Sun Shipyard Strike in Chester, PA; letter from William Green to Daniel
J. Tobin (General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters) concerning the
Longshoremen's situation; Charlton Ogburn and Stanley Reed (Solicitor General) letters
relating to the Washington, Virginia & Maryland Coach Co. case; from E.S. Neal
(Region 20) to Wolf about the Salinas Lettuce Workers; Robert Watts'suggested 10 point
amendment to the Act; Elinore Herrick's request to leave to investigate causes of
the Spanish Civil War; Charles Hope's discussion of William H. Crawford; to all staff
members defining subpoena, and discussing credentials and procedure.
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Box 2 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
1/4/37-2/16/37; Correspondence from Herber Blankenhorn to John L. Lewis, J. Warren
Madden and the Board concerns the following subjects: John Brophy, the General Motors
strike, the Carnegie-Illinois hearings, a reference to Myron Taylor as a "big fellow"
before the LaFollette Committee, a Baby Act in the West Virginia, American Bridge
Co., and "a Senatorial to-do over what to do"; letters between the President, the
Attorney General and Charlton Ogburn includes discussion of the following topics:
reactionary justice, Ogburn's, The Lawyer and Democracy, and a constitutional basis
for social legislation; from Herber Blankenhorn to the Board and Denny Lewis (United
Mine Workers of America) concerning the La Follette Committee hearings, includes discussion
of funding, cooperation with the LaFollette Committee, Gelders, and Tennessee Coal
and Iron; informal report from Charles A. Wood on Grace Line, Inc. and Panama Mail
Steamship Co., and National Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association Local #33, case
no.R-110; Witt and Francis H. Bohlen (The American Law Institute) letters regarding
jurisdiction and craft unions; Wolf to trial examiners on hearsay evidence; transcript
of conversation between J. Warren Madden and Frank Bowen about the General Motors
strike; Joseph Rosenfarb's discussion of the attitude of the Court in reviewing acts
of Congress; from Madden to the Attorney General requesting his opinion in the Oregon
Worsted Co., a Corporation, and United Textile Workers of America, Local 2435; Elinore
Herrick 's leave, in order to work for the American Labor Party ; Malcolm F. Halliday
to Madden in regard to United States versus Elgin, J.&E. Ry. Co., 298 U.S. 492;
monthly report from Estelle Frankurter (Region 19) to the Board, includes references
to the Mackay Radio decision and the Post-Intelligencer case; regional officers' comments
on current labor situation for January, 1937 (13pp); memo to the Field Staff on cooperation
with government agencies; George S. Wheeler's discussion of Respondent's brief, No.419
and distortions or inaccuracies in economic material; summary of Supreme Court Arguments
from Robert Watts to all attorney.
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Box 2 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
3/3/37-4/30/37; Correspondence between the President and Charlton Ogburn includes
discussion of Ogburn's '34 draft of a bill that could replace the NRA, and Salvador
de Madariaga's Anarchy and Hierarchy; from Herber Blankenhorn relating to the La Follette
Committee hearings, specifically the Harlen County hearings, E.C. Dunbar, Judge Feildelson
and the Goodyear hearings, and "Suggestions to Mr. Lewis regarding the LaFollette
Hearings"; from E.S. Neal regarding A.F.of L.-C.I.O. conflict; Dr. Edwin A. Elliott's
(Region 16) "Observations on Labor Conditions in Sixteenth Region"; Blankenhorn's
Senate Vote on Sit-Downs; E.S. Neal's discussion of National Motor Bearing Co. cases
XX-C-126, and XX-R-79 contains a reference to "new employer tactics with regard to
self-organization"; Madden to Henry Morganthaw Jr. (Secretary of the Treasury) in
regard to awarding Remington Rand Inc. a contract pending a board decision; outline
from David Saposs (Chief, NLRB Division of Economic Research) to Madden on bargaining
unit, collective bargaining agency, selection of representatives in relation to majority
rule (8pp); Madden to Nathaniel S. Clark (Director, Region 18) advising a secret ballot
in the Sears Roebuck & Co. (case no. XVIII-R-42), contains a reference to communism;
J. Warren Madden to S.D. Bland (Chairman, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries)
discussing a bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, H.R.5193 (6pp); significant
correspondence concerning the International Longshoremen's Association, and specifically
the Longshoremen's Association of Hawaii, includes discussion of the Maritime Federation's
opposition to the Guffey and Bland Maritime Bills, a report on a conference with Edwin
Berman (representing the Longshoremen's Association of Hawaii), and preliminary report
from H.R. Bridges (President, International Longshoremen's Association) to all locals
assessing the strike, praising the C.I.O. and John L. Lewis, telegrams between Donald
Wakefield Smith and Edwin S. Smith about the Hawaiian situation, and letters between
Joseph P. Ryan (President, International Longshoremen's Association) and Madden regarding
Charles Logan; from Herber Blankenhorn to Senator Thomas with a very short bibliography
on labor in foreign countries; letter of apology from Beatrice Stern to Paul E. Hartsler
concerning the Columbia Enameling & from Charles Fahy to Philip Levy considering
possibilities to expedite enforcement of Board orders; record of telephone conversation
between Madden and Senator Vandenberg about the NLRA, includes the Board's view on
employer requested elections; from Madden to Maurice Howard forbidding him from union
meetings (annotation says "not sent rep. 4-7-37") and revisions; from Joseph Rosenfarb
to Genevieve Blatt (Executive Director, Intercollegiate Conference on Government),
with catechism on labor legislation proposals; A.N. Somers' and Nathan Witt's discussion
of the method of pleading commerce in complaint, subpoenas, and employers utilizing
"rival" union as a spearhead to destroy a union selected by employees; from Louis
J. Kleinklaus (Acting General Secretary-Treasurer, Commercial Telegraphers' Union-C.T.U.)
to J. Warren Madden regarding a possible agreement between the International Merchantile
Marine Co. (IMM) and the American Radio Telegraphers' Association (ARTA), specific
attention to Elinore Herrick's role; from J. Warren Madden to Clara M. Beyer (Assistant
Director, Division of Labor Standards, U.S. Dept. of Labor) relating to a proposed
amendment to the Wisconsin State Labor Relations Act (amendment no.30s); from Erdahl
to Charles Fahy on the National Association of Manufacturers and Chamber of Commerce
analyses of Supreme Court's N.L.R.A. decisions; from Blankenhorn to John D. Moore
anticipating ransacking Philip Easley's (National Civil Federation) files; to A.L.
Wirin (Counsel, American Civil Liberities Union) opposing an amendment to the NLRA
protecting agricultural workers; Will Maslow's "Does the NLRB have jurisdiction over
the Consolidated Edison System of New York?"; from Towne Nylander to the Board on
the Oregon Worsted case; Benedict Wolf's instructions for procedures involving compliance,
jurisdiction, consent elections, exclusive bargaining, close case and formal papers;
from Fahy to Madden reporting Jones' and Laughlin's noncompliance with the Board's
order.Stamping Co. C-14; John P. Frey (President, Metal Trades Dept. A.F. of L.),
and J. Warren Madden letters regarding representation of skilled and craft workers
in mass production industries; from Charles Howard (Secretary, C.I.O.) to E.M. Weston
(Secretary, Metal Trades Council Labor Temple) concerning the Seattle situation; Donald
Wakefield Smith's discussion of El Paso Electric case and Globe Mail Service; form
for commercial allegations in normal manufacturing cases; to the Attorney General
in regard to the Growers-(?) Vegetables Association of Central California and unfair
labor practices; personal and confidential, letter from Charles W. Hope to Madden
discussing the Todd Seattle Drydocks , Inc. case, includes detailed account of individuals'
actions;
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Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
5/1/37-6/30/37; NLRB jurisdiction over Consolidated Edison Co.; Witt's discussion
of cooperation with the Utah and Wisconsin State Labor Boards; Robert Watts (Associate
General Counsel) and John B. Babe letters concerning Biles-Coleman Lumber Co. case,
XIX-C-74; from Philip Levy and A.N. Somers to Fahy reporting arguments heard in the
Santa Cruz and Carlisle cases; NLRB inquiry into office space available in the New
Post Office Building; Malcolm F. Halliday to Fahy describing the National Metal Trades
Association (NMTA), includes discussion of its organizational structure and jurisdiction,
attached are summaries of the testimonies of Homer D. Sayre (Commissioner, NMTA) and
James Matles (Grand Lodge Representative of International Association of Machinists);
Robert Watts' discussion of litigation in the circuit courts, includes progress reports
in the Remington Rand Inc. case; from Wolf to Cowdrill regarding noncompliance in
the Columbia Enameling & Stamping Co. case (C-14); transcription of Senator Wagner's
testimony before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor from Fahy; Clara M. Beyer
and J. Warren Madden letters regarding the formation of a committee to discuss State
Labor Relations and Mediation Acts; Blankenhorn's discussion of the LaFollette Committee
hearings includes references to appropriations, the Railway audit and inspection of
company offices and the Chicago Massacre; Ernest C. Dunbar regarding foregoing an
investigation in the Weirton Steel Co. case VI-C-74; correspondence relating to A.F.ofL.-C.I.O.
conflict includes a memo from Ralph A. Lind reporting as sit-down strike, a personal
letter from Charlton Ogburn to J. Warren Madden concerning C.I.O. organizing in A.F.ofL.
unions, a "red- hunting" campaign in the Southwest launched by the A.F.ofL. to discredit
the C.I.O., a letter from Philip G. Phillips to Madden about the C.I.O. charging a
company is in collusion with the A.F. ofL., and a monthly report from Charles Hope
stating that the A.F.ofL. will not allow the management of the Post Intelligencer
to deal with the C.I.O. (the American Newspaper Guild) and more; Nylander's (Region
21) request for consolidation of XXI-C-220, XXX-C-183 into XXI-R-101, a hearing of
XXI-R-101 and the withdrawl of a petition to reopen XXI-137 in the Douglas Aircraft
cases; from Blankenhorn to Madden and Robert LaFollette concerning the following topics:
an Indianapolis speech, anti-labor policies in Hawaii, Army and Navy Intelligence
in cooperation with industrialists, Sec.12b of Senator Black's New Bill (espionage),
the Wages-Hours Bill, and the administration of the Steel Mediation Boards; discussion
of election results and the reinstatement of striking engineers in the Panama Mail
Steamship Co.; from the President to J.R. (?) with attached letter from Charlton Ogburn
about his Federal Wages and Hours Bill; Madden and Charles N. Feidelson (Director,
Region 10) letters regarding Virgil Finch; informal report from Region 10 on Mr. Googe's
Intimations; John F. Milliken (President, United Licensed Officers of USA) and Elinore
Herrick letters concerning the Clyde-Mallory Line case no. R-112; from Witt to Fahy
about written agreements with respect to SWOC in Pittsburgh; Wolf's discussion of
election procedures; from Fannie M. Boyles to Charles Fahy on the use of rubber stamp
in issuing subpoenas; from Charles Hope to Donald Wakefield Smith about the Maritime
and Woodworkers' situation; Joseph Lazarus' (Lawyer) account of Philip G. Phillips'
behavior in the James F. Kane Co. Inc. case, also involves discharged employees and
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; from Edwin S. Smith to Nathan Witt concerning
Calvert Magruder's "A Half Century of Legal Influence Upon the Development of Collective
Bargaining", Harvard Law Review; from the Board to Regional Directors on elections
and company unions; Elinore Herrick's response to the reorganization of regional boards
and a discussion of S.2700 (Reorganization Bill); Nylander's request for a hearing
in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio & M.P.P.A. et al XXI-R-149 to 158, XXI-R-172
to 182 cases; William Green's and Madden's discussion of the Interlaken Iron case
decision; from Robert Watts to Mark Lauter concerning Republic Steel; from Robert
Wholforth (Secretary, Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor) to the
Field Staff on cooperation with government agencies.
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Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
7/2/37-7/30/37; Letter from J. Warren Madden to Hon. Joseph T. Robinson (Chairman,
Senate Select Committee) discussing S.2700 (Reorganization Bill), objecting to Sec.2c
and Sec.204; from Philip Levy to Madden, and 2 drafts (1 annotated) of a letter from
Madden to Hon. Hugo L. Black (Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor) opposing
the Vandenburg amendments; A.F.of L.-C.I.O. conflict includes: a letter from Charlton
Ogburn to Madden regarding elections brought by rival unions, a report from Philip
G. Phillips on the H. Neuer Glass Co. case no.IX-R-57 and the Pittsburgh Glass Co.
case no.IX-R-58, reports and a telegram from Charles Hope to Madden and Wolf on the
Star Publishing Co. case no.XIX-C-141; memo from R.H. Kleeb (Region 6) to Wolf on
the National Electric Co. cases no. VI-C-84 and VI-R-17; Estelle Frankfurter and Elinore
Herrick discussion of weekly reports and excess work; Nylander's, and Fahy's discussion
of interstate commerce and jurisdiction in the Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios cases;
Fahy's discussion of the use of rubber stamp in issuing subpoenas; from Wolf to regional
attorneys on adjurnments and reports on cases; Dr. John P. Boland's (Chairman, New
York State Labor Relations Board), outline of the basis for cooperation and clearence
between the State Board and the NLRB; from Wolf to Herrick on the International Merchantile
Marine Co. case no R-24; letters to the President from Maury Maverick, M.C. (Member,
Committee on Military Affairs, Subcommittee on Aviation, Congress of the U.S. House
of Representatives) regarding the Administration's labor policy, Joseph P. Ryan's
(President, International Longshoremens Association) request for an investigation
into Mr. Smith's attitude toward the Barber Line Steamship Co.; Cowdrill's request
for a hearing in the Republic Creosoting Co. case no. XI-C-122 after the company refused
to reinstate discharged employees according to the seniorty clause of the strike settlement.
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Box 3 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
8/2/37-8/12/37; Fahy's discussion of increased workload and staff, the Vandenburg
amendments, A.F.of L.-C.I.O. conflict, injunction suits, etc.; from Elinore Herrick
to the Board about the International Merchantile Marine Co. case R-24; correspondence
relating to A.F.of L.-C.I.O. conflict, and more specifically, Senator G.P. Nye's charge
that the NLRB favors the C.I.O., includes discussion of the Combustion Engineering
Co. case XIV-C-42, XIV-R-28, XIV-R-23 and the Gulf Oil Corporation, Port Arthur, Texas,
case no.XVI-R-23 and no.XVI-C-78, from the Pittsburg Post Gazette, "Labor Board Convicts
Self of Partisanship", H.E. Dozer (National Electric Products Corp., National "Firestop"
Wires and Cables) to Hon. Robert L. Bulkley (U.S. Senator) claiming the NLRB is C.I.O.
controlled, A. Howard Myers (Director, Region 1) to Madden alerting him to the possibility
of an investigation of the New England Regional Office; from Madden to Wolf about
the Tennessee Coal and Iron case; from Edwin S. Smith to Marvin H. McIntyre informing
him that the telegram sent to the President from Joseph P. Ryan on 7/30/37 about Edwin
S. Smith is untrue; from Clifford D. O'Brien to Wolf concerning "partisan language"
in an intermediate report on the National Motor Bearing case, no.XX-C-126; correspondence
relating to the Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc. cases XXI-C-183 and XXI-C-220 includes Nylander's
discussion of trial examiner Rollin C. McNitt's handling of the cases with attached
Los Angeles Times, "Douglas Case Has Flurry", and David Persinger's (attorney, Region
21) urgent recommendation that case XXI-C183 become a Board Case; from James C. Batten
to Wolf finding the G. Sommers & Co. case no.XVIII-C-83 to be weak; from the Board
(unsigned) to Hon. Richard B. Russel Jr. (U.S. Senator) concerning trouble with Mr.
Curtis (former Atlanta Regional Board member) and Judge Feidelson and the Independent
Union of Packing House Employees; correspondence concerning the Tupelo, Mississippi
situation (Tupelo Cotton Mills Co. case and the Garment Co. case) includes Madden
to Charles Logan disciplining him, and a reply from Gerhard Van Arkel (attorney) defending
Logan, taking responsibility for Board action in Tupelo, includes a report of Ida
Sledge's (ILGWU) efforts to organize, and the formation of armed vigilante bands;
memo from Wolf to trial examiners on the conduct of hearings, stating trial examiners
will not question witness; memo from Philip Levy to Charles Fahy about conflicting
State and Federal Labor Relations Acts (33pp).
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Box 3 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
8/16/37-8/31/37; Stephen Early correspondence concerning House appropriations; correspondence
relating to the accusation that the NLRB favors the C.I.O., particularly with respect
to the National Electric Products Corp. cases VI-C-84 and VI-R-17, includes Benjamin
E. Gordon's (Region 6) request that the case be re-opened; the President's refusal
of an invitation to the National Federation of Federal Employees convention and his
approval of a provision in their constitution prohibiting Federal Employees from bargaining
collectively and forbidding them to engage in or support strikes (provision attached);
Senator Edward R. Burke's attack on the NLRB includes a press release and the text
of his speech before the National Grange; records of Madden's telephone conversations
with Hugh Thompson (Regional Director of C.I.O in Buffalo) discussing the Buffalo
Packing Case, and with Joe Ozanic (President, Progressive Miners) and A.D. Lewis discussing
Mine B Coal Co.; A.F. of L.- C.I.O. conflict resulting in the shutdown of seven Portland,
Oregon sawmills of which Jones Lumber Co. and West Oregon Lumber Co. were two, includes:
4 telegrams to Morris Jones (Jones Lumber Co.) from J.F. Cambiano (President, The
Cal. State Council of Carpenters), A.V. Walker (Business Agent, Millmens Local 1348,
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America), A.W. Hughes (Business Representative,
Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 2708), C.R. Van Winkle (Secretary,Los Angeles County
District Council of Carpenters) stating they will boycott products manufactured under
C.I.O.; a letter from A.E. McIntosh (President, West Oregon Lumber Co.) to Claude
M. Hale (President, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union, Local 3) stating the shutdown
is due to fighting between labor factions, not a lockout; correspondence reporting
on the Hoffman Beverage Co., and Joint Local Executive Board of the International
Union of United Brewery Workers of America, case R-214; economic material relating
to the Motion Picture cases XXI-R-149-158; Republic Creosoting Co. case XI-C-122;
David Persinger and Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc. cases XXI-C-183, XXI-C-220.
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Box 3 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
9/1/37-9/29/37; Correspondence relating to A.F.of L.- C.I.O conflict from Saposs and
Hope; from Madden and Burke concerning anti-NLRB sentiment and propaganda, and from
D.L. Kelly (W.Va. Representative, National Electric Products Corp.) to the President
as well as a reply from James Roosevelt (Secretary to the President); from Joseph
P. Ryan (President, International Longshoremen's Association) to the President about
Edwin S. Smith; the Republic Steel strike and Steelworkers Organizing Committee (SWOC);
the Cudahy Packing Co. case XVII-R-17 and violations of Sec. 8(2); narrative account
of hearing in the Newport News Shipping & Dry Dock Co. case; Saposs' analysis
of respondent's presentation on written, signed agreements in the Inland case; R.D.
Stevenson's account of employer intimidation and discriminatory discharge in the Seagrove
Corp. case; new hearing suggested in the Montgomery Wards and Co. cases; John T. Lindsay`s
discussion of evidence by inference with regard to the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
case.; Jacob Billikopf's (Executive Director, National Coordinating Committee for
Aid to Refugees and Emigrants Coming from Germany) opposition to the popular sentiment
that sees the NLRB as persecuting industry; Blankenhorn's discussion of the following:
Lewis' political position; requests for information on vigilantism, espoinage and
company unions, and the LaFollette hearings, specifically Officials of the Railway
Act and the Pinkertons; A.B. Hawes' (Actg. Asst. General Counsel) recommendation of
a "write in" space on the ballot; Fahy's refusal to take jurisdiction of cases involving
the repair or building of highways used in interstate travel or transportation; Edwin
S. Smith's description of the Philadelphia office as "perfect chaos".
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Box 3 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
10/1/37-10/30/37; Correspondence relating to the Maritime elections, specifically
the Waterman Steamship Co. and American France Line, includes Witt's explanation of
the Board's position on maritine elections; Mary L. Schleifer's (Attorney) discussion
of discrimination between unions issuing passes; Joseph M. Curran's (General Organizer,
National Maritime Union of America) opposition to the inclusion of tugs and barges
in the balloting order; A.F. of L.-C.I.O. conflict and election results, press release
in the Globe Machine and Stamping Co. cases R-178 - 180; Hope's report of personal
threats reporting on intimidation, coercion and a company dominated union in the California
Walnut Growers Association case XXI-C-439 and XXI-R-347; proposed contempt proceedings
in NLRB versus Pacific Greyhound Lines; Blakenhorn mentions the Daily Worker will
print Green, Woll, Frey and Easley letters; letter to Perkins about David Moskovitz,
the Communist Party, and the Yale Mfg. Co.; administrative correspondence includes:
Fahy on complaints; Wolf on instruction to trial examiners; and Madden to Fahy about
his meeting with Congressman Louis Ludlow.
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Box 3 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
11/4/37-11/30/37; Memo of conference between the NLRB and the Wisconsin Labor Relations
Board on the administration of the Wisconsin Labor Relations Act; correspondence reporting
on the American France et al R-157 (the Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc.) with clippings
discussing Senator Guffey's Maritime bill; distribution of propaganda to voters in
the National Sugar Refining Co.; distablishment of the A.F.ofL. union in the Eagle-
Picher case; Judge Maur rules in favor of Mr. Ford in the Ford Motor Co. case; question
of lawyers active in formimg company unions appearing before the Board in the Union
Drawn Steel Co. case VI-C-160 and related cases; correspondence relating to A.F. ofL.-C.I.O.
conflict includes possible statement to be used in address before the Mayors Conference;
Joseph K. Carson Jr. (Mayor, City of Portland) contending the Board has no jurisdiction
in the Portland Lumber controversy and other related correspondence.
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Box 3 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
12/1/37-12/29/37; Correspondence reporting on the Yates American Machine Co. case
XII-C-68 and the union's failure to file a charge against the employer; the field
examiner's conduct in the Swift and Co. cases XI-C-149, XI-R-51; Judge Padway's position
in the Allis-Chalmers case XII-R-40; Edwin S. Smith's dissent in the Combustion Engineering
Co. case; Fahy on arguments in the Consolidated Edison case; question of language
in the Waterbury Mfg. Co. decision; possibility of Dudley (Trial Examiner) filing
prejury charge against union witness in Union Drawn Steel Co. case; lockout in the
Ford case; discussion of licensed and unlicensed personnel on the Grace Lines Inc.
case R-157, R-110; economic data in the Liggett Drug Co. case I-C-413; the Portland
Lumber controversy; the American France et al case R-157 and Harry Bridges; amendments
to the Wagner Bill (includes discussion of LaFollette's amendments, Garrision's suggestions
and the Burke Resolution;) Madden to Hon. Fred Bierman (U.S. House of Representatives)
refuting the charge the NLRB is C.I.O. controlled; Green's contention that longshoremen
do not have jurisdiction over warehousemen and mill workers; Blakenhorn's "Congressmen
and Freedom of the Press" and the ACLU's support of the Board's position; Madden's
and George Googe's discussion of the Mobile Steamship Association (the Alabama Longshoremen's
situation) specifically closed-shop contracts, contains an example of institutional
racism.
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Box 3 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
1/5/38-1/31/38; Correspondence reporting on the American Sugar Refining Co. case R-364;
the Ford Motor Co.; the American France Line et al case R-157; National Electric Products
Corp. and closed shop agreement; A.F. of L.- C.I.O. conflict; the Weirton Steel Co.
case; and the Shipowners Association of the Pacific Coast, Waterfront Employers Association
of the Pacific Coast, et al and the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union, Dis. 1, case XX-R-196; Herrick's discussion of the educational effect of the
NLRB and the Wagner Act on management; President's request for a memo on the development
of industrial relations and policies; appropriations; the Investigation of the NLRB
by the Senate Judiciary Committee (the Burke Resolution, S. Res. 207), including 6
personal and confidential memos from regional directors advising Witt of complaints
brought against their boards; a letter from Madden to Hon. J. Hamilton Lewis (U.S.Senate)
saying the investigation will disclose nothing.
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Box 3 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
2/2/38-2/28/38; Correspondence concerning the ILA (includes a discussion of Ryan's
testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee, a reference to a" communist regime"
in Lawrence, Madden's letter to Senator Vandenberg, and Calkins, Levy correspondence);
Taft's (CTU) discussion of the Postal Telegraph Cable Co.; letter to Elbert D. Thomas
(Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor) regarding S.3390 (guaranties of collective
bargaining); Gilbert Montague to Edwin Schoenfeld (Forum Division, Adult Educational
Program, Board of Education, New York City) refusing to appear on a program with Elinor
Herrick; Margaret Bennett on secret preferential shop contracts in the Electric Vacuun
Cleaner Co. Inc., and United Electrical and Radio Workers of America.
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Box 3 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
3/1/38-3/31/38; Correspondence reporting on the Electric Boat case C-165 and the Remington
Rand case; the California Nut Growers' Association; Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.
C-191; National Electric Products Corp. VI-C-84; and Iowa Southern Utilities Co. XIII-C-407;
Hope to Stern about the Portland Lumber cases; hearings conducted by the NLRB in Spartanburg,
S.C. including a letter to Congressman Mahon from Fahy; personal and confidential
memo from Witt on the Seattle Office, criticizing the director; Harold A. Cranefield's
discussion of Free Press and Judge George W. Sample, clippings attached.
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Box 3 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
4/6/38-4/30/38; Correspondence reporting on the Republic Creosoting Co. XI-C-122 and
reinstatement; comments on current Illinois labor situation, specifically the recall
to work of Memorial Day protesters; the Shepard Line election; enforcement order against
Jacobs Bros. Co. Inc., C-244; petition of Bethlehem Steel Co. to vacate denial of
applications for subpoenas, C-170, R-177; enforcement of order against Stackpole Carbon
Co. C- 232; rehearing and reinstatement in the Mooresville Cotton Mills, C-195; the
conduct of hearings including Fahy on "length"; record of the Percut-Richards Packing
Co. et al: California Processors and Growers, Inc. and United Cannery, Agricultural,
Packing and Allied Workers of America, cases XX-C-362-377; Madden's and Mr. Calvin's
(Metal Trades Dept.) discussion of the Todd Shipyards; Blakenhorn's discussion of
the aim of Burke's activities.
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Box 3 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
5/2/38-5/31/38; Letter from Logan on policy with respect to the Mobile situation and
Harry Bridges (4pp); correspondence reporting on the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co.
C-91; Ford Motor Co. III-C-83; Pacific Mills aiding and abetting the Waumbec Co. I-C-715;
American France Line and the International Sailor's Union (ISU);California Walnut
Growers Association XXI-C-439, XXI-R-347; Todd Johnson Drydocks, Inc.; enforcement
in the Indianapolis; Glove Co. C-251; order of certification be withdrawn in the Alaska
Packers Association R-716; discriminatory discharge and settlement in the Kelly Springfield
Tire Co. C-315; press release of Madden's statement to the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary on H.R. 9745; Witt's discussion of regional offices on the Pacific Coast;
Elliott's discussion of integration of black and white longshoremen in the NMU; Pratt
on the working arrangement of trial examiners, with attached tables; Witt's discussion
of the attitude of employers on majority question in 8(5) cases; Senator Clyde Herring's
criticism of Herbert Vogt of the Chicago office; Blakenhorn's report on LaFollette
Committee appropriation; Madden's and Homer Martin's discussion of the General Motors
situation; J.R. Robinson`s (C.I.O. Southern California Region) claim of evidence of
collusions between the Director of Region 21, and the A.F.of L.; James P. Miller's
(Region 8) description of violent confrontation in the Goodyear and Akron situation;
personal and confidential memo from Nathaniel Clark on Isadore Komarff reporting "excellent
quality" of work.
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Box 3 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
6/1/38-6/30/38; Correspondence reporting on unauthorized sit-down strike in the Celanese
Corp. of America V-C-414, V-R-14,16; violations of 8(2) in the Eagle-Picher case;
discrepancy in procedure in the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. XIV-C-174, VI-R-91; California
Cotton Corp. XXI-C-525, XXV-C-666 (14pp); Republic Steel Corp.; Shell Oil of California
R-551; Swift and Co. XVIII-C-161 (8 pp); Weirton Steel Co. (11pp); Paul Herzog's (Chairman,
New York State Labor Relations Board) survey of employer election petitions files
with his board (6/1/37-8/1/37); Boris Shishkin's (A.F. of L.) criticism of the President;
Blankehorn on reorganization of LaFollette files; Madden's and Senator Hill's discussion
of the Cherry Cotton Mills decision; Lawrence Clayton (Assistant to the Chairman,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) on Board files on the TransAmerica
Corp. and the Bank of America, N.T. & S.A.; Herman Edelsberg's statement that
Edmund Toland (Attorney for Mathieson Alkali) will not allow his witnesses to be examined
by Edelsberg, clippings attached; Feildelson to Edwin S. Smith on the Boards position
with the press; confidential letter from Shishkin with information on British Strikes;
Robert M. Gates' (Region 21) discussion of C.I.O. complaints on cases (21pp); Logan's
discussion of homelife, ILA, NMU, the ILWU; Joseph Ryan's charge that the NLRB shows
favoritism with respect to the ILWU and the New Orleans situation; Watts to Hon. Robert
H. Jackson, Solicitor General about NLRB versus Columbian Enameling and Stamping Co.
Inc.; Fred G. Krivonos (Special Examiner) on problems with the New York office; Gates'
discussion of problems with the Los Angeles Office, especially Brown and Pomerance;
Witt's impatience with Herrick over the Pioneer Baking Co. II-C-1624.
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Box 3 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
7/1/38-7/30/38; Correspondence reporting on the Bank of America XXI-C-570 and a question
of jurisdiction; the fabrication of evidence in the Thompson Products Inc. case (5pp);
SWOC's charge against the E.T. Fraim Lock Co. IV-R-198; Consolidated Aircraft election
R-761; violation of 8(1),(3) in the New York Times case II-C-1112; heated Madden/Herrick
discussion of procedure; Harry Bridges' question on contract status; Witt on investigation
of 8(2) cases; Frank Bowen (Director, Region 7) on the U.A.W.A. situation; John J.
Babe's recommendation for enforcement in the Sterling Electric Motors case C-415;
substantive memo from VanArkel on reopening the Republic Steel Corp. case C-184 (6pp);
Emerson's discussion of Maritime Commission Policy regarding licensed and unlicensed
personnel, open shop, etc.; summary of conferences, mediations, deliberations and
investigations in the Portland Lumber Mills case.
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Box 3 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
8/1/38-8/31/38; Correspondence reporting on Texas Co. II-C1761, Pure Oil Co. II-C-1763,
Cities Service Oil Co. II-C-1761 and Continental Oil Co. II-C-1767 recommending a
hearing; Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. XIV-C-174 (VI-R-91); Alston Coal XVIII-R-84 and
collusion between the employer and UMW; excerpt from "A Presumptious Ruling", Michigan
Manufacturer and Financial Record; personal and confidential letter from Witt to Nylander
about C.I.O. complaint in the Taylor Milling Corp. case; Witt on the necessity for
reducing number of cases which go to hearing; Fahy to Robert Jackson stating the "court
erred" in Fansteel versus NLRB decision; Gallup Poll on the Wagner Labor Act and related
issues; Lee Loevinger on Robert J. Wiener and Swift & Co. XVII-C-161; Eagen's
recommendation for an investigation in the Walla Walla Heat and Cold Storage Co. situation;
a letter to Robert Wohlfort discussing an investigation of anti-union activities in
the Northwest region; NLRB's vote to affiliate with the Washington Friends Spanish
Democracy; Stern on field staff fraternizing with union groups; A.F.of L. opposition
to Donald Wakefield Smith's reappointment to the Board; Weirton Steel Co. et al VI-C-74,
order 8/6/34 refusal of petition to vacate trial examiner's order for issuance of
subpoenas; Congressman Celler's and Julius Schlezinger's (President, Lawyers' Union
of the NLRB) discussion of trial examiners; John L. Smith (Treasurer, National Council
of Independent Unions) to the President on changes in the Labor Act; Madden's and
Carter's discussion of C.I.O. violation of stipulations in the New Orleans situation.
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Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
9/2/38-9/30/38; Grenville Clark's (Chairman, Committee of the American Bar Association,
Bill of Rights Committee) request for access to files relating to the supression free
speech and freedom of the press; Labor Day speech of Joseph Padway; Saposs' recommended
study of sit-down strikes (Fansteel); A.F. of L.'s bitterness in the California Brewers
situation; Indianapolis Glove Co. C-251 and 8(2) violations; John H. Dorsey's discussion
of weakness in the Waggoner Refining Co.Inc. C-230; Harry Wilson's (Ph.D. student,
Northwestern University) request to study the trial examiner staff of the NLRB; C.I.O's
review of procedure followed in filing complaint cases under the NLRA; the Waterfront
Employers and ILWU membership in Olympia, Wa; Remington Rand; more trouble with Herrick;
"Encouragement for Cardenas", The Journal of Commerce, and related correspondence
between the President, Edwin S. Smith and Arthur Vandenberg; authorization and order
for investigation and hearing in the National Sugar Refining Co. II-R-1076; David
Shaw on intervention in 8(2) cases.
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Box 3 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
10/1/38-10/31/38; Witt to H.P. Melnikow (Pacific Coast Labor Bureau) recommending
a neutral person check membership list in the ILWU; elections in the Sheel Oil Co.
R-551; A. Sartorius and Co. R-995 and voting eligibility; the Minneapolis office (8pp);
LaFollette Committee's investigation of the West Coast Employers' Association and
possible civil rights violations; Madden to Senator Clyde Herring on Herbert J. Vogt;
Dorothea de Schweinitz's discussion of William Green and related issues; correspondence
to the President on NLRB handling of cases involving the A.F.of L. and the C.I.O.
(15pp); Lawrence Hunt on the New Orleans Longshoremen's election (24pp); Lawyers Union
of the NLRB on the issue of wage increase; continued correspondence from Harry Wilson;
Cowdrill's discussion of the Progressive Miners Association; Madden to the editor
of The Journal of the Electrical Workers and Operators about "winchellism"; significant
correspondence relating to the Gulf Longshoremen's election, and discharge policy
in the New Orleans and Mobile cases; correspondence relating to the agenda for the
Washington Conference (30pp+).
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Box 3 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
11/1/38-11/30/38; Correspondence relating to the Regional Conference and Washington
Staff Conference (50pp+); Madden's and Tom Coleman's (AP) discussion of amendments
to the Act; annotated memo to the President from Madden on employees petitioning for
a vote of directors or stockholders; clipping from David Lawrence concerning amending
the NLRA and the Botany Worsted case; correspondence related to Wilson's study includes
a list of trial examiners; Elliott on Maury Maverick appropriations; The International
Juridical Association pamphlet "NLRB and Free Speech"; alleged statement in National
Cash Register Co. IX-C-439; Lawrence's (UP) and Madden's discussion of employers'
right to ask for an election; Charles Persons' discussion of his resignation; summary
of administrative problems involving regional and executive boards by Feidelson and
Herrick (Directors of Regional Conference); Blakenhorn on the C.I.O. convention and
LaFollette Committee legislation; more correspondence on "winchellism"; Vogt to Donald
Wakefield Smith about Senator Herring and related matters; Edwin S. Smith's discussion
of an amendment to the rules of the Board allowing employers to file petitions; R.N.
Deham's essay about employer's attitude toward the Board.
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Box 3 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
12/2/38-12/30/38; Correspondence reporting on a representation issue in the Heldman-Schild,
Inc. IX- R-268, and the Heldman-Schild-Lasser Co. cases; amendments to the Act - suggestions
by trial examiner Denham; Edwin S. Smith's address "The Wagner Act and Labor Relations"
before the Massachusetts Conference of Social Work, with related correspondence to
the President; Saposs' "the bargaining unit of the International Association of Machinists"
(15pp); Lee Pressman's and Tony Smith's advice on certain action in the Thompson Products
C-190; Saposs' discussion of the Supreme Court Brief in Fansteel Metallurgical Corp
C-235, and Seatrain Lines Inc. ll-C-74, R-157; Blakenhorn's update on the LaFollette
Committee Investigation.
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Box 3 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
1/2/39-1/30/39; Correspondence relating to Maston Roberts' (Recording Secretary, UMWA
Local 6430) request that the President oppose changes in the Wagner Act; Herrick's
criticism of Witts' "Function of Special Examiner", and other Herrick/Witt correspondence;
correspondence between Edwin S. Smith and the President concerning the American League
for Peace and Democracy; information concerning NLRB field activity in the American
Rolling Mills Co. IX-C-530; confidential memo from Blankenhorn on LaFollette Committee
Programs; discriminatory discharge in New York Times C-795; the oral argument in A.F.of
L., ILA versus NLRB (7257); R.N. Dehnam to James C. Batten (First Co-chairman, Trial
Examiners Association) on the function of the trial examiner; John L. Lewis to the
President about government contracts; L. Cunningham's (Financial Secretary, Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Workers Local 78 UCAPAWA, CIO) discussion of Nylander; Trial Examiners
Association regarding salary increases.
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Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
2/2/39-2/28/39; Alexander B. Hawes' comments on the Walsh Amendments; Witt's response
to Louis Jaffee (University of Buffalo, School of Law) asserting the Board will not
interfere in fights between affiliates of one organization; Feidelson's discussion
of traditional southern congressmens' sentiment toward the Board; correspondence on
the investigation and hearing in the Alston Coal Co. XVII-R-34 (8pp); Jeff Kibre's
(Chairman, Motion Picture Technicians Committee) request that the Board take jurisdiction
over Lowes, Inc. et al XXXI-C-864-871; John L. Lewis' and President's discussion of
government contracts and renegade companies; Herrick's opposition to the investigation
of her office; Eagan on Senate Bill 1392; P.E. Booth & Co. et al XX-R- 316-326
in connection with AFL-CIO controversy; Fahy's discussion of 8(1) violations and reinstatement
order 8(3) in the Electric Vacuum Cleaner Co. et al VIII-C-73, VIII-R-15.
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Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
3/1/39-3/30/39; Witt to Brenner concerning Nylander's speech and related correspondence;
enforcement not recommended in the Sterling Electric Motors, C-415; John L. Lewis
and the President correspondence; Blakenhorn on LaFollette Committee California investigation;
James S. Rowe Jr. to the President about NLRB appointee; Gates' discussion of problems
with the Cleveland office; Fahy to Lester F. Collins on ambiguity in the Fansteel
decision; problem with SWOC in the International Nickel Co. Inc, R-640; correspondence
concerning the American Bar Association Administrative Law Bill, S. 915.
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Box 3 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
4/1/39-4/29/39; Phillip's reports on Senate Witnesses and related correspondence;
John G. Shott's impressions of Milwaukee; correspondence relating to amendments; violations
of 8(1),(2) and (5) in Inland Steel Co. C-252; unfair labor practices in Jacob Bros.
Co. C-244; A.F.ofL. and ILA request injuction in the Shipowners Association of Pacific
Coast et al R-638, R-572; investigation in the Milwaukee Publishing Co. R-953 (XII-R-
154); run-off election in the Consumers Power Co. R-1004; Jackson on the Waterman
Steamship Corp. vs NLRB; Witt on free speech; Russel A. Nixon's (Harvard University,
Dept. of Economics) request to be heard at Senate hearings; Blakenhorn's discussion
of Board participation in the LaFollette-Thomas Bill hearings; Howard Myers' list
of cases to which A.F.of L. might raise objections; William Green's "The Case for
the Individual Form of Labor Organization".
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Box 3 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
5/1/39-5/31/39; Correspondence concerning reconsideration of enforcement in the Sterling
Electric Motors Inc. C-415; cases that may be cited by the A.F.ofL.; Bowen's account
of a bitter fight between factions of the U.A.W.A.; the Post Intelligencer hearings;
regional office problems with the Thompson case; Davidow and Madden conversation about
Chrysler Co. cases; the administrative Law Bill; the appointment of William Leiserson
to replace Donald Wakefield Smith, includes 32 pp statement from Donald Wakefield
Smith before the Committee on Education and Labor and amendments.
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Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
6/1/39-6/29/39; Correspondence reporting on the conduct of the ballot in the International
Nickel Co. R-640; Feidelson's discussion of Googe's testimony; the sit-down strike
at Indianapolis Glove Co. C-251; Mary T. Norton concerning proposals to amend the
NLRA and related correspondence; Blakenhorn regarding the LaFollette-Thomas Bill Report;
R.D. Winstead on espionage and provocation in Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp. and Cosden
Pipeline Co. XVI-C-353 (6pp); the disestablishment of a company union in the Douglas
Aircraft Co. UAW Local 214 C-268.
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Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
7/1/39-7/31/39; Correspondence reporting on the CIO contract in the Morgan Packing
Co. cases; question of contempt action against companies in connection with Consolidated
Edison Co. of New York, Inc.; application for certiorari in the Sands Mfg. case; Rosseter's
explanation of the increase in number of cases going to hearing and decrease in cases
closed and related correspondence (30pp+); Leiserson's dissent in the Chrysler cases;
irregularities in procedure in the Todd-Johnson Dry Docks R-754, and the American
Can Co. R-1177, R-1178; Blakenhorn's notes on documentation of the steel organizing
movement in 1934 (confidential); Witt's and David Dubinsky's (Pres., I.L.G.W.U.) discussion
of the Alpena Garment Co. R-1366.
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Box 3 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
8/1/39-8/28/39; Correspondence reporting on supervision of regional offices; informal
agreement between the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and the NLRB; discrimination in
the Columbia Pictures Corp. XXI-R-621 et al; list of investigating committee personnel
(Smith); Congressman Smith's wish to meet with the Board; Leiserson's refusal to act
in the Todd-Johnson and Celanese Corp. cases, and his contention that the Clyde- Mallory
Lines case (R-1329) was mishandled, and his observation that the Board wobbled over
policies in the Western Union Case R-1415, and his reminder to the Board to get the
facts straight in the Hazel Atlus Glass case (C-233); appellate litigation relating
to the Republic Steel and Sterling Electric Motors Inc. cases; investigation in the
Frost Rubber Works XIII-C-1058 (10pp); Grenville Stark (American Bar Association,
Committee on the Bill of Rights) to Fahy on alleged violations of the First Amendment;
Martin R. Kurasch's discussion of the congressional investigating committee (15pp).
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Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
9/5/39-9/30/39; Correspondence reporting on the extension of the operation of the
NLRA in Puerto Rico and the apppointment of a Board representative to Puerto Rico;
jurisdiction in the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. R-1315 thru 1317; correspondence between
the Attorney General and Madden regarding emergency planning; Fahy's cooperation with
Grenville Clark's Committee; Blakenhorn's discussion of: cooperation with the Senate
Civil Liberties Committee, the scope of the California Committee and the NLRB and
public opinion; Fahy's and Edmund M. Toland's (General Counsel, Special Committee
to Investigate the NLRB - the Smith Committee) discussion of information requested
and related issues; Maurice W. Howard's dismissal; Toland's refusal to permit inquiry
into cases in which he acted as counsel (includes Jones and Laughlin); Smith Committee's
questionaire sent to unions; Leiserson's call for an investigation of San Francisco
Office; Leiserson's impatience in the Cornbleet Bros. case (XI-C499); Los Angeles
Office's problems; trial practice; regional attorneys' and directors' questions to
Fahy, regarding the Smith Committee.
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Box 3 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
10/2/39-10/28/39; Correspondence concerning Allen Rosenberg's description of the strange
behavior of Smith Committee investigators Robb and Smith; Homer Martin's attack on
the 7th Region Office (12pp); Bendix Products Corp. and the Pattern Makers Association
of South Bend and the Bendix Industrial Police Association; Toland's requested list
of memoranda; Tilford Dudley's disqualification; tenative anaylsis of NLRB memoranda
on Interstate Commerce; enforcement in the Swift and Co. C-923; memo to Toland concerning
special consideration in the Harlan County Miners case; Emerson's claim of unfair
conduct in the Clyde-Mallory Lines case (R-1329); Fahy's discussion of representation
and complaint cases; Smith Committee's request for correspondence relating to the
LaFollette Committee; Toland's and Robb's discussion of Pratt's files and the Los
Angeles Office; Leiserson's dissent on run-off elections.
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Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
11/1/39-11/15/39; Correspondence concerning Fred H. Brown's (Comptroller General of
the U.S.) discussion of the Hugh C. McCarthy settlement (7pp); the Legal Survey Committee's
procedural report (15pp); Pressman`s discussion of the Mt. Vernon Car Co.; Smith Committee's
request for information from the Review Staff; a biographical sketch of Madden; regional
directors' opposition to Toland's request; A.F.of L.'s intention to take Waterman
S.S. Co. C-375 to the Supreme Court; a list of law schools from which the law staff
is drawn.
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Box 3 | Folder 31 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
11/16/39-11/29/39; Correspondence concerning Board memoranda which might be questioned
by the Smith Committee (23pp); Walsh's personal files; Fahy's and Witt's discussion
of 9(c) cases (13pp); Fahy's and Toland's discussion of the Seattle office.
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Box 3 | Folder 32 |
Correspondence
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
12/1/39-12/31/39; Correspondence relating to enforcement in the Schwarze Electric
Co. C-409; Saposs' material for the House Investigation; Ferguson's (Smith Committee)
and Rhoda Rastoff's discussion; Padway's and Charles E. Hughes' (Chief Justice. U.S.
Supreme Court) discussion of Rice's "Law and Contemporary Problems"; Robert L. Condon's
(NLRB Union) discussion of automatic wage increases; Anti-Dies contribution; Dubinsky's
and Witt's discussion of the Alpena Garment Co. case; Toland`s dismissal of Ferguson;
affidavit concerning James P. Millis' testimony; Smith Committee`s request for the
Review Attorneys' files; Phillips' discussion of activities of Smith Committee members;
list of personnel detailed by the NLRB to Senate Civil Liberties Committee and related
tables.
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Box 4 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
1/2/40-4/29/40; Correspondence reporting on Board procedure in the Morgan cases; back-pay
in the Jacobs Bros. Co. Inc. C-244; the use of economic material in Westinghouse C-1241;
failure to bargain in the Libby-Owen Ford Glass Co. XI-C-931; Saposs' talk on the
history of the labor movement; letters to Davis Lawrence (U.S. News) and Wesley W.
Stout (The Saturday Evening Post) regarding Empire Furniture Corp.; mal- administration
of region 21; Smith Committee testimonies of William Green, Theodore H. Freter; Madden,
N.S. Clark, Boettiger and others; Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.'s (3rd District Maryland)
request for executive advice on the labor situation from the President; Reilly's discussion
of Bernard Donahue's personal files; Phillips and the F.B.I. investigation; charges
of violating the secrecy of income tax returns against the Board (7pp); the power
of governmental agencies to require prospective contractors and borrowers to comply
with the laws of the U.S.
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Box 4 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
5/1/40-8/31/40; Correspondence concerning Patrick J. Taft's (attorney) analysis of
Smith Committee's recommendations for amending the NLRA (13pp); refund of WPA earnings
in the Republic Steel Corp. C-184; Leiserson's dismissal of the Harker-Beauman and
Co. R-1851; reinstatement in the New York Times C-775; Philip Murray's (Chairman,
SWOC) and the President's discussion of NLRB appropriation; Perkin on public and family
welfare (6pp); Lewis to Hillman (Commissioner, Advisory Commission to the Council
of National Defense) discussing government policy; correspondence to the President
about Madden; Isadore Lubin (Commissioner of Labor Statistics) on the confidential
nature of the Bureau's files; Blakenhorn's examination of the Smith Committee Material;
Madden to the President on the present status of the NLRA (4pp.)
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Box 4 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
9/5/40-12/30/40; Correspondence reporting on the Longshoremen's situation; NLRB versus
Ford; the Smith Committee including a request for a list of employees belonging to
the American League for Peace and Democracy; information on Harry Bridges; allegations
to the effect that Marie Prince is an active communist; Perkins to Early about Madden;
Edwin S. Smith to Bland discussing the ILWU (6pp); Weiner's verson of his telephone
conversation with Vogt (10pp); Harry Millis' chairmanship; the President's and Samuel
I. Rosenman's discussion of the Flint Strike and the appeasement of Hitler; Millis
(Chairman, NLRB) to F.J. Bailey (Assistant Director, the Executive Office of The President,
Bureau of Budget) about H.R.6324 (5pp); Watts to William J. Shaughnessy (Associate
General Counsel, House Committee to Investigate the NLRB) regarding exhibits; Witt's
resignation as Secretary; the employers' right to free speech; budget revision; litigation
and petitions for certiorari.
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Box 4 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
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1941 |
Scope and Contents
1/10/41-2/28/41; Correspondence reporting on discriminatory layoffs in the Columbia
Box Board Mills Inc. II-C-2942; unfair policy with respect to run-off elections in
the Elk Tanning Co. R-1941; W.K. Jordan (General Editor, University of Chicago Press)
to Millis regarding Prof. Harold W. Dawey's Administrative Procedure and Practice
of the NLRB; budgetary difficulities; reclassification policy proposed by the NLRB
Union; field coordinators and personnel; agreement between the NLRB and the Lawyers'
Union of the NLRB; analysis of H.R. 3489; alleged shifting and promotion of trial
examiners.
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Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Correspondence
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1941 |
Scope and Contents
3/1/41-6/28/41; Correspondence relating to NLRB versus Ford and free speech; Leiserson's
reorganization; the handling of complaints under Sec. 9(A) of the Hatch Act; H.R.
4637 (7pp); trial examiners and budget; Wirin's resignation; agreement with the NLRB
Union; changes in mid-west regional offices; the budget; appointment of William H.
Davis and P. Graham to the National Defense Mediation Board; memo for the Solicitor
General from Edward F. Prichard Jr. (Special Assistant to the Attorney General) discussing
an interagency mechanism for setting issues of labor policy; the Board's request to
be listed as a defense agency.
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Box 4 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
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1941 |
Scope and Contents
7/11/41-12/13/41; Correspondence reporting on the investigation in the Monsieur Henri
Wines Ltd. case II-C-3465 (6pp); decertification in the American Fruit Growers Co.
et al R-666 thru R-699; H.R.5314; questionable re-appointment of Edwin S. Smith; Joseph
Curran and Saul Mills' (President and Secretary of the Greater New York Industrial
Union Council) discussion of Elinore Herrick; Herrick on the "Witt Regime"; the requisition
of certain NLRB records by the Archivist of the U.S.; Millis' and Mark Ethridge's
(Chariman, President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice) discussion of grievance
cases in which discrimination because of race, color or national origin, is alleged;
tables on expeditures and field staff.
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Box 4 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
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1942 |
Scope and Contents
1/15/42-4/30/42; Correspondence relating to agricultural workers and the NLRA; administration
of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Act and NLRA (14pp); the NLRB Union; objection
to the appointment of Kathryn B. Harrell to the position of Chief of Dockets, Files
and Mails; the Efficiency Rating Committee of the NLRB Union; the Kaiser Co. Inc.;
formulation of National Labor Policy; Millis and War Department correspondence.
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Box 4 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
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1942 |
Scope and Contents
5/2/42-6/25/42; Correspondence relating to the Board committee on efficiency ratings
and the union; relations with the National War Labor Board (NWLB) (9pp); the National
Mediation Board; correspondence between Millis and the Comptroller of the U.S. discussing
a survey of problems of American Small Business; letter and charts describing organizational
structure.
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Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
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1942 |
Scope and Contents
7/8/42-12/29/42; Correspondence pertaining to FBI investigation of Gerard D. Reilly;
the Ordinance Dept. (which supervises munitions plants); recruitment; the War Shipping
Administration; NWLB; application of the NLRA to civil engineers; personnel; reports
of Leiserson's resignation; analysis of opinion in the Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph Co. versus NLRB (7pp); correspondence between John Green and the President
regarding the Oregon Shipbuilding Corp. and the Kaiser Co. Inc. cases.
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Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
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1943 |
Scope and Contents
1/2/43-6/25/43; Correspondence concerning NLRN/NWLB relations; the War Labor Disputes
Act cases (25pp); Budget Circular No.408; personnel; closing of the Indianapolis office;
charts comparing cases; John Green, William Green, the President and Millis correspondence
relating to the Kaiser Co. Inc. and the Oregon Shipbuilding Corp. cases.
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Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
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1943 |
Scope and Contents
7/6/43-12/28/43; Correspondence relating to the War Labor Disputes Act (Public Law
89, 78th Congress); the Connally Act sec. 8; Public Law 49, 78th Congress; H.R.327;
alleged problems between the Board's organization and functions of staff; discharge
of Floris Schick in the North American Aviation, Inc. 16-C-935 (7pp); question of
jurisdiction between the NLRB and the NWLB in the Hughes Tool Co. 16-C-1018.
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Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Correspondence
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1944 |
Scope and Contents
1/8/44-6/30/44; Correspondence reporting NLRB protests NWLB action in the May Dept.
Stores Co. (Famous-Barr Co.); Padway's discussion of principles governing the "question
of representation", and "unit appropriate for bargaining" (8pp) attached letter to
Tobin; proposed restatement of principles (5pp); Lucile Woodward's request to remain
in Indianapolis; Millis to Warren (Comptroller of the U.S.) regarding appropriations
for the Dept. of Labor, Federal Security Agency and Independent Agencies.
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Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Correspondence
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1944 |
Scope and Contents
7/6/44-12/30/44; Correspondence concerning comptroller ruling in the Briggs situation;
dissolution of company dominated union in the Baltimore Transit Co. 5-R-1629, 5-R-1635;
discrimination based on race or national origin in the Carter Mfg. Co. 15-R-1232;
wildcat strike in the Draper Co, C-2553; breach of settlement agreement in the Midwest
Piping and Supply Co. Inc. and United Steel Workers of America 14-C-882; Administrative
Intern Program; R.H. Epperson's (President, Independent Metal Workers Union, Local
No.1) and Hon. Robert L. Patterson's (Undersecretary of War) discussion of army seizure
of the Hughes Tool Company.
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Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
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1945 |
Scope and Contents
1/1/45-6/29/45; Correspondence pertaining to the joint handling of representation
questions; the 1944 Appropriation Act (19pp); NLRB statement to bargaining employees
of the Western Union Telegraph Co.; conference between the N.Y. State Labor Relations
Board and the NLRB (9pp); alleged 8(3) discharge of foremen; Harold D. Smith (Executive
Office of the President, Bureau of Budget) to Millis about employees covered under
Public Law 47, 78th Congress; F.J. Bailey (Assistant Director, Legislative Reference,
Bureau of Budget) concerning H.R. 180 and H.R. 499; George W. Taylor and Millis correspondence
regarding the Chicago Transformer case.
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Box 4 | Folder 15 |
Correspondence
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1945 |
Scope and Contents
7/4/45-12/19/45; Correspondence reporting on coverage of agricultural workers under
the NLRA; Dorothy L. Craig (President, NLRB Union, Local 14) to Isadore Greenberg
demanding a union contract; Secretary of Agriculture to Paul Herzog (Chairman, NLRB)
on the canneries' dispute; Robert P. Patterson (Secretary of War) to Herzog regarding
elections among Mahattan Project employees; Robert H. Keys (President, Foreman's Association
of America) to President Harry S. Truman about Board policy; the NWLB; end of war
problems; current strikes; absorption of the Board into the Labor Dept.; change in
rules concerning representation cases.
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Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Correspondence
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1946 |
Scope and Contents
1/16/46-6/26/46; Correspondence from Herzog to James E. Murray (Chairman, Committee
on Education and Labor, U.S. Senate) discussing S.1661; to Hon. Harold D. Smith (Director,
Bureau of Budget) about the Reorganization Act of 1945; to Jack Z. Anderson (House
of Representatives) on the California Cannery situation; to Senator Alexander Smith
concerning redefinition of the term "agricultural laborer;" to Lloyd Garrison about
Sec. 8(5); to others discussing H.R. 4908 and 1947 appropriations; violations of 8(1),
(5) in the J.I. Case Co. 13-C-2741; the Bercut Richards, et al 20-R-1414; the Wallace
Corp. C-2321; Gerard Reilly to Joseph P. McMurray (Senate Committee on Education and
Labor) with proposed amendment to prohibit secondary boycotts; to Hon. Harold D. Smith
about H.R. 4934; U.S. Senate, Special Committee Investigating the National Defense
Program requests information on operations and personnel.
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Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence
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1946 |
Scope and Contents
7/2/46-12/16/46; Correspondence relating to the Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. and Bethlehem
Steel Co.; the Administrative Procedure Act (7pp) and Committee; procedure in representation
cases; Herzog to President Harry Truman recommending a bi-partisan policy on labor
relations; suggestions for inclusion in his State of the Union Address; draft of letter
(not sent) about appropriations; correspondence between E.E. Kirkpatrick (Colonel,
War Dept., Corps of Engineers, Deputy District Engineer) and Herzog concerning East
Tennessee staff.
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Box 4 | Folder 18 |
Correspondence
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1947 |
Scope and Contents
1/7/47-1/12/26/47; Correspondence reporting on Sec. 10 of the bill restricting the
right to strike; the right of the NLRB to enter into a written agreement with the
NLRB Union (26pp); deficiency appropriation; Herzog to Alexander Wiley (Chairman,
Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate) regarding Admin. Practitioners Act (?) (6pp);
to J. Parnell Thomas (Chairman, House Committee on Un-American Activities) concerning
support of communists; Donn N. Bent's (Executive Secretary and Chairman, Loyalty Committee)
and Blakenhorn's discussion of Michael Komaroff; the San Francisco Directorship; the
Craft Unit Proviso of the NLRA; Blakenhorn's discussion of enforcement of the Taft-Ives-Hartley
Law.
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Box 4 | Folder 19 |
Correspondence
|
1948 |
Scope and Contents
1/8/48-12/22/48; Correspondence pertaining to the NLRB Union.
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Box 4 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence
|
1949 |
Scope and Contents
1/26/49-12/29/49; Correspondence concerning the the NLRB move into the Labor Dept.;
hearing examiners' register; promotion policy; personnel.
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Box 4 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
|
1950 |
Scope and Contents
1/30/50-9/11/50; Correspondence relating to the New York Act; the Harry Bennett Story.
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Box 4 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence
|
1951 |
Scope and Contents
1/29/51-8/23/51; Correspondence reporting on Union proposals; promotions; journeyman
grade for legal assistants; suggested guide for effective relationships with organized
groups in the Federal service.
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Box 4 | Folder 23 |
Correspondence
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1952 |
Scope and Contents
6/2/52-6/19/52; Correspondence concerning production statistics; grievance; appointment
of Assistant Executive secretary.
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Box 4 | Folder 24 |
Correspondence
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1953 |
Scope and Contents
3/31/53-12/4/53; Correspondence between Herzog and Martin P. Durbin (Secretary of
Labor) on separation of functions; memo of understanding from the NLRB Union; correspondence
from Robert Johnson (President, NLRB Union).
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Box 4 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence
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1954 |
Scope and Contents
2/19/54-7/9/54; Correspondence pertaining to the relationship between the NLRB Union
and the Board; promotion policy; employee relations policy.
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Box 4 | Folder 26 |
Correspondence
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1955 |
Scope and Contents
6/12/55; Blakenhorn correspondence including The Ford Way.
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Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Correspondence
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1956 |
Scope and Contents
3/23/56; NLRB Local 10 with attached promotion policy.
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Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence
|
1961 |
Scope and Contents
10/19/61; Research projects and resumption by the NLRB of research activity.
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Box 4 | Folder 29 |
Correspondence
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Scope and Contents
Undated; Correspondence concerning George O. Pratt's discussion of constitutionality;
Rosenberg on the Walsh Amendment (8pp); suggested amendment to provide for mediation
in the maritime industry, interstate trucking and bus business; interpretation and
application of amendment to the Appropriations Act; conduct under congressional subpoena;
where litigation viewpoint errors; position structure; supplementary instructions
to trial examiners; Sec.9(c) cases.
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Sub-Series 3. REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS 7/35-1972
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Box 4 | Folder 30 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
7/35-9/35; concerning the bargaining unit; selection of test cases; rule VIII of the
National Labor Relations Board Act; report to the President (7/34-9/35) (35pp+); drafts
of instructions to staff members; removal of cases; conference with Nylander and Hope;
Rules and Regulations ser.1; Millis' address; venue of injunction suits; Congressional
findings in the NLRA.
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Box 4 | Folder 31 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1935 |
Scope and Contents
10/35-12/35; pertaining to Madden's address on the NLRA; monthly reports by region.
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Box 4 | Folder 32 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1936 |
Scope and Contents
relating to administrative questions and suggestions from regional offices; economic
data; monthly report by region; Madden's address on the Guffey Coal Decision; conference
between the executive board and the union; status of litigation; Edwin S. Smith's
address; tables.
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Box 4 | Folder 33 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
1/37-4/37; include an excerpt from Blankenhorn's personal files regarding the General
Motors strike; monthly report by region; confidential regional officers' comments
on the current labor situation.
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Box 4 | Folder 34 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
5/37-8/37; include confidential regional officers' comments on the current labor situation;
excerpt from Madden's speech on collective bargaining.
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Box 5 | Folder 1 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
9/37-12/37; concerning Madden's and Fahy's addresses on the NLRA; Herrick's "The Record
Speaks"; the regional conference; Governor Charles H. Martin's (Oregon) speech.
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Box 5 | Folder 2 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
1/38-6/38; pertaining to the trial examiners' union; Committee on Labor, Education
and Social Security report; addresses of Madden
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Box 5 | Folder 3 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
7/38-12/38 ; include comments on the current labor situation (with a reference to
"Bloody Harlan"); excerpt from The Manchester Guardian Weekly (England); partial records
of the regional conference; Beatrice Stern's address; NLRB decision in disputes between
unions affiliated with National Federations; addresses of Madden.
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Box 5 | Folder 4 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
1/39-2/39; relating to the Walsh Amendments; benefits secured for A.F. ofL., C.I.O.
and unaffilated unions; S.1392 (Holman Bill); separation of enforcement and judicatory
functions.
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Box 5 | Folder 5 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
4/39-5/39; concerning the NLRB Union; confidential regional officers' comments on
current labor situation; instructions to trial examiners (30pp+); remarks of Madden
at the Atlanta Institute of Labor Law.
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Box 5 | Folder 6 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
5/39-6/39; regarding the Special Conference Committee of the Economic Division (80pp);
economic reasons for NLRB jurisdiction over agricultural workers (68pp); Aaron W.
Warner speech.
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Box 5 | Folder 7 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
7/39-8/39; pertaining to Rules and Regulations, ser. 2; H.R. 258; report of investigation
of the Los Angeles office (100pp+).
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Box 5 | Folder 8 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
9/39-10/39; concerning Regional Directors' Subcommittee to Committee on Administration
(33pp); Madden's address before the National Conference on Civil Liberties; Dept.
of Manufacture report on amendments; summary of unfair labor practices (21pp).
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Box 5 | Folder 9 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
11/39-12/39; concerning the NLRB Union and the Smith Committee counter proposal; instructions
regarding representatives (15pp); Leiserson's statement to the committee to investigate
the NLRB; excerpt from Fulton Lewis Jr.'s speech.
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Box 5 | Folder 10 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
1/40-3/40; relating to amendments to the NLRA Federal Register; the investigation
of the Los Angeles office (100pp+); division of economic research case statistics;
Madden's address on labor relations; John L. Lewis' statement on amendments to the
NLRA (50pp+); an open letter from James P. Miller; Wagner's address on the Smith Amendments.
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Box 5 | Folder 11 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
4/40-12/40; pertaining to the NLRB Union's aggreement on grievance procedure; "A Square
Deal for the Court" (18pp); report of NLRB to the Senate Committee on Education and
Labor upon H.R.9195 (51pp); Madden and Edwin S. Smith addresses.
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Box 5 | Folder 12 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1941 |
Scope and Contents
1/41-5/41; regarding Congressional Record excerpts; H.R.3489 (36pp); field coordinators;
compliance unit report; list of 40 questions; the Shipowners' Association of the Pacific
Coast et al; administrative survey; addresses of Edwin S. Smith.
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Box 5 | Folder 13 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1941 |
Scope and Contents
6/41-12/41; concerning authorization committee procedure; address of Edwin S. Smith;
executive order establishing the NWLB and the War Labor Disputes Coordinating Committee.
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Box 5 | Folder 14 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1942 |
Scope and Contents
relating to the compliance unit; Leiserson's speech "Labor Relations and the War";
H.R.6230 questionnaire.
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Box 5 | Folder 15 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1943 |
Scope and Contents
Report on the NWLB conference of 11/27/43.
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Box 5 | Folder 16 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1944 |
Scope and Contents
pertaining to statement of principles; "Restatement" of law on the question of plant
versus craft units; excerpt of letter to Millis.
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Box 5 | Folder 17 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1945 |
Scope and Contents
relating to developments in NLRB decisional policy; John M. Huston's statement before
the House Military Affairs Committee.
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Box 5 | Folder 18 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1946 |
Scope and Contents
concerning the addresses of James J. Reynolds, Jr. and Paul L. Styles; proposals for
a legislative program in a strike situation; excerpt from the Daily Labor News; memo
for the President's State of the Union Address.
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Box 5 | Folder 19 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1947 |
Scope and Contents
relating to the Administrative Procedures Act (39PP); proposed bill for the Labor-
Management Relations Act (15pp); H.R. 725; impact of NLRB rulings on Foremen; restriction
on Board's discretion with respect to craft units; the right of the NLRB to enter
into a written agreement with the NLRB Union (26pp).
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Box 5 | Folder 20 |
Interview with Wyzanski (35pp).
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1954 |
Box 5 | Folder 21 |
Excerpt from Saposs interview
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1968 |
Box 5 | Folder 23 |
Memorials for Judge J. Warren Madden.
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1972 |
Box 5 | Folder 24 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; includes a list of regional directors; excerpt from Bott interview; positions
of NLRB members regarding appropriate units (50pp); the NLRB on Freedom of the Press;
proposed procedural changes in the Bill (58pp).
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Box 5 | Folder 25 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; relating to personnel; separation of prosecuting and judicial functions;
interstate commerce; restriction of right of the Board to set aside or modify its
own order; contention that the NLRB is constituted both judge and prosecutor; reports
by region; Crucible Steel.
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Box 5 | Folder 26 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; pertaining to current events; instructions to trial examiners; suggested
amendments; personnel; majority rule.
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Box 5 | Folder 27 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; concerning litigation; Rules and Regulations; James P. Miller's suggested
amendments (26pp); S.1000 (34pp); government worker's unions; Guffy decision; rules
of evidence (31pp); appropriations; Seattle Regional Labor Board; Unions of NLRB Lawyers
and Trial Examiners; James B. Carey's criticism of Board policy.
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Box 6 | Folder 1 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; relating to cooperation with the Senate Committee; NLRB reply to Attorney
General's Committee on Administrative Procedure (94pp); trial examiners (13pp); Senate
vote on S.1126; addresses and speeches on the NLRA; reports from regional offices;
H.R.4367; H.R.6172; guarantees of collective bargaining in government contract; Inland
Steel Co.; "chronological index" (11pp).
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Box 6 | Folder 2 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; regarding the NLRB Union; comparision in litigation, AFL-CIO, unaffilated
unions (15pp); bills to amend the NLRA including H.R.5923 (permits discrimination
or discharge of non-union employees); H.R.1575; analysis of H.R.880 (Hoffman); excerpt
from Blakenhorn files concerning the senate investigation.
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Box 6 | Folder 3 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; pertaining to the legislative history of the Act (14pp); resume of issues
presented by regional directors; procedure in showing interstate commerce; judicial
interference with proceedings of the NLRB or its regional agencies (41pp); injunction
procedure; S.1710 (Bland-Guffey Bill); conference with the WLRB; confidential regional
officers' comments on the current labor situation; J. Warren Madden memorial by Shea;
summary of plan of investigation adopted by senate sub-committee 8/4.
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Sub-Series 4. CLIPPINGS AND REPRINTS 1934-77
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Box 6 | Folder 4 |
Clippings
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1934-1935 |
Box 6 | Folder 5 |
Clippings
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1936 |
Box 6 | Folder 6 |
Clippings
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
1/37-3/37
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Box 6 | Folder 7 |
Clippings
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
4/37-7/37
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Box 6 | Folder 8 |
Clippings
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1937 |
Scope and Contents
8/37-12/37
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Box 6 | Folder 9 |
Clippings
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
1/38-4/38
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Box 6 | Folder 10 |
Clippings
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
5/38-6/38
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Box 6 | Folder 11 |
Clippings
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
Jul-38
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Box 6 | Folder 12 |
Clippings
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
8/1/38-8/20/38
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Box 6 | Folder 13 |
Clippings
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
8/21/38-8/31/38
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Box 6 | Folder 14 |
Clippings
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
9/38-10/38
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Box 6 | Folder 15 |
Clippings
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
11/38-12/38
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Box 6 | Folder 16 |
Clippings
|
1939 |
Scope and Contents
1/39-6/39
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Box 6 | Folder 17 |
Clippings
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1939 |
Scope and Contents
7/39-11/39
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Box 6 | Folder 18 |
Clippings
|
1939 |
Scope and Contents
Dec-39
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Box 6 | Folder 19 |
Clippings
|
1940 |
Scope and Contents
Jan-40
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Box 6 | Folder 20 |
Clippings
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
Feb-40
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Box 6 | Folder 21 |
Clippings
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
Apr-40
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Box 6 | Folder 22 |
Clippings
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
4/40-5/40
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Box 6 | Folder 23 |
Clippings
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1940 |
Scope and Contents
6/40-12/40
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Box 6 | Folder 24 |
Clippings
|
1941-1972 |
Scope and Contents
41-42, 44-48, 50-51, 72
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Box 6 | Folder 25 |
Clippings
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Scope and Contents
undated
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Box 6 | Folder 26 |
Reprints
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1933-1934 |
Box 6 | Folder 27 |
Reprints
|
1935 |
Box 6 | Folder 28 |
Reprints
|
1936 |
Box 6 | Folder 29 |
Reprints
|
1937 |
Scope and Contents
1/37-7/37
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Box 7 | Folder 1 |
Reprints
|
1937 |
Scope and Contents
8/37-11/37
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Box 7 | Folder 2 |
Reprints
|
1937 |
Scope and Contents
Dec-37
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Box 7 | Folder 3 |
Reprints
|
1937 |
Box 7 | Folder 4 |
Reprints
|
1938 |
Scope and Contents
1/38-2/38
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Box 7 | Folder 5 |
Reprints
|
1938 |
Scope and Contents
5/38-6/38
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Box 7 | Folder 6 |
Reprints
|
1938 |
Scope and Contents
3/38-4/38
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Box 7 | Folder 7 |
Reprints
|
1938 |
Scope and Contents
7/38-8/38
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Box 7 | Folder 8 |
Reprints
|
1938 |
Scope and Contents
Sep-38
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Box 7 | Folder 9 |
Reprints
|
1938 |
Scope and Contents
10/38-12/38
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Box 7 | Folder 10 |
Reprints
|
1938 |
Box 7 | Folder 11 |
Reprints
|
1938 |
Box 7 | Folder 12 |
Reprints
|
1939 |
Scope and Contents
1/39-3/39
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Box 7 | Folder 13 |
Reprints
|
1939 |
Scope and Contents
4/39-6/39
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Box 7 | Folder 14 |
Reprints
|
1939 |
Scope and Contents
7/39-9/39
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Box 7 | Folder 15 |
Reprints
|
1939 |
Scope and Contents
9/39-10/39
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Box 7 | Folder 16 |
Reprints
|
1939 |
Scope and Contents
11/39-12/39
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Box 7 | Folder 17 |
Reprints
|
1939 |
Box 7 | Folder 18 |
Reprints
|
1939 |
Box 7 | Folder 19 |
Reprints
|
1940 |
Scope and Contents
1/40-2/40
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Box 7 | Folder 20 |
Reprints
|
1940 |
Scope and Contents
Mar-40
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Box 8 | Folder 1 |
Reprints
|
1940 |
Scope and Contents
4/40-6/40
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Box 8 | Folder 2 |
Reprints
|
1940 |
Scope and Contents
7/40-12/40
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Box 8 | Folder 3 |
Reprints
|
1940 |
Box 8 | Folder 4 |
Reprints
|
1940 |
Box 8 | Folder 5 |
Reprints
|
1941 |
Scope and Contents
1/41-11/41
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Box 8 | Folder 6 |
Reprints
|
1941 |
Box 8 | Folder 7 |
Reprints
|
1942 |
Box 8 | Folder 8 |
Reprints
|
1943 |
Box 8 | Folder 9 |
Reprints
|
1944 |
Box 8 | Folder 10 |
Reprints
|
1945 |
Box 8 | Folder 11 |
Reprints
|
1946 |
Scope and Contents
1/46-6/46
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Box 8 | Folder 12 |
Reprints
|
1946 |
Scope and Contents
7/46-12/46
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Box 8 | Folder 13 |
Reprints
|
1947 |
Box 8 | Folder 14 |
Reprints
|
1948 |
Box 8 | Folder 15 |
Reprints
|
1949 |
Box 8 | Folder 16 |
Reprints
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1950-1951 |
Box 8 | Folder 17 |
Reprints
|
1955 |
Box 8 | Folder 18 |
Reprints
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1956 |
Box 8 | Folder 19 |
Reprints
|
1958-1977 |
Box 8 | Folder 20 |
Reprints
|
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Scope and Contents
undated
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Box 8 | Folder 21 |
Reprints
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Scope and Contents
undated
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Box 8 | Folder 22 |
Reprints
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Scope and Contents
"The Trojan Horse in America," undated
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Sub-Series 5. CASE FILES 1935-1945
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Box 9 | Folder 1 |
A-F
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Scope and Contents
American Machine and Foundry Co.; American News Co., Inc.; American Oil Co.Inc.; American
Potash and Chemical Co.; American Radiator Co.; Ansley Radio Corp.; Armour and Co.;
Associated Press; Commonwealth Div. of General Steel Castings Corp.; Consolidated
Aircraft Corp.; Beloit Iron Works; Bemis Bros. Bag Co.; Berkshire Knitting Mills;
Biles Coleman Lumber Co.; Botany Worsted Mills; Brooklyn Daily Eagle; Brown Co.; Brown
Shipbuilding Co.; California Walnut Growers Assn.;J.I. Case Co.; Cating Rope Works,
Inc.; Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.; Columbian Enameling and Stamping Co.; Consolidated
Edison Co. of New York; Corn Products Refining Co.; Crossett Lumber Co.; Joseph Dyson
and Sons; Eagle Picher Mining and Smelting Co.; Ford; Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing
Co.
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Box 9 | Folder 2 |
G-L
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Scope and Contents
General Motors; Great Lakes Engineering Corp.; Grower-Shipper Vegetable Assn. of California;
Guide Lamp Corp.; Harnischfeger Corp.; Heller series; Interlake Iron Corp.; International
Merchantile Marine Co.; International Nickel Co. Inc.; Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp.;
Constitutional cases; Kimberly-Clark Corp.; S.H. Kress and Co.; Christian A. Lund.
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Box 9 | Folder 3 |
M-R
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Scope and Contents
Johns Manville Corp.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios; Moore Drudock Co.; Moorsville Cotton;
National Cash Register Co.; National Casket Co. Inc.; National Sugar Refining Co.;
Northrop Corp.; Oregon Worsted Co.; Pacific Greyhound Lines; Paper, Calmenson and
Co.; Peyton Packing Co.; Remington Arms Co.; Republic Steel Corp.
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Box 9 | Folder 4 |
S-Z
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Scope and Contents
Seas Shipping Co.; Servel, Inc.; Shell Oil Co.; Shipowners Assn. of the Pacific Coast;
Southern Steamship Co.; Standard Lime and Stone Co.; Steel City Optical Corp.; Triplett
Electrical Instrument Co.; Waggoner Refining Co. Inc.; Webster Manufacturing, Inc.;
Williams Manufacturing Co.; Wilson and Co.
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Box 9 | Folder 5 |
Miscellaneous
|
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Scope and Contents
Related case file documents
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Sub-Series B. DIVISION OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH RECORDS 1936-1973
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Sub-Series 1. CORRESPONDENCE
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Box 9 | Folder 6 |
Correspondence
|
1936 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence reporting on the Associated Press case; evidence in steel cases; materials
in the National Recovery Administration files, Dept. of Commerce.
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Box 9 | Folder 7 |
Correspondence
|
1937 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to labor relations under the current political and economic
situation; suggested plan of activities; to Harvey Hoshour (General Solicitor General,
American Telephone and Telegraph Co.); evidence in hearings; reconsideration of economic
data required in cases before Board (10pp); suggested subjects for general research;
interstate commerce; Fahy regarding Wheeler's memoranda; circuit court briefs; personnel;
jurisdictional proof; Liggett Drug Co..
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Box 9 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence
|
1938 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning written trade agreements; personnel; Iowa State College
forestry graduates; Portland hotels; Idaho Maryland Mines Corp.; Baltimore Sun and
Saposs; "Summary of Material Files of the Division of Economic Research" (17pp).
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Box 9 | Folder 9 |
Correspondence
|
1939 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence pertaining to reclassification; quasi-judicial agencies (8pp); regional
conference; personnel; collective bargaining in the rubber industry; Senator James
J. Davis on the NLRA, the RLA and the Norris-LaGuardia Act; personnel policies in
8(3) cases; emergency problems (16pp+); House investigation of the Board.
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Box 9 | Folder 10 |
Correspondence
|
1940-1941 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence reporting on the Smith Committee Investigation; dairy cases; speech
on company and independent unions; regional offices use of Division records; field
services; employees engaged in marketing farm products; 8(3) cases and back pay; Senator
McKellar tries to red bait Saposs; J. H. Heins Co.; personnel; Division name change;
letters written about the Division; substantial correspondence relating to budget
appropriations which eliminate the Division; Saposs to Millis concerning an appointment
to the Mediation Board.
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Box 9 | Folder 11 |
Correspondence
|
1954-1973 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to the Industrial Analysis Section; proposal for the establishment
of a division of research; correspondence between James Gross and George Wheeler.
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Sub-Series 2. Reports and Official Documents
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Box 9 | Folder 12 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1935 |
Scope and Contents
concerning the use of economic data to support the constitutional basis of the Wagner
Labor Relations Act (14pp); civil service exam for industrial economist.
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Box 9 | Folder 13 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1936 |
Scope and Contents
relating to the conference of field and departmental staff (50pp+).
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Box 9 | Folder 14 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1937 |
Scope and Contents
concerning organization of the Division; suggested plan of activities; Commonwealth
Steel Co.; Saposs' testimony in the Griswold Mfg. Co. case; essential elements for
successful collective bargaining.
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Box 9 | Folder 15 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1938 |
Scope and Contents
pertaining to employer labor policies and activities (11pp); exhibits concerning:
the Douglas Aircraft Co. Inc. sit-down strikes, the Liberty League, a decline in the
importance of sit down strikes and other related issues; "Summary of Files of the
Division of Economic Research" (44pp).
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Box 9 | Folder 16 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1939 |
Scope and Contents
regarding determination of appropriate bargaining unit (9pp); renewed efforts to promote
company unions under the guise of "independents" (39pp); functional analysis of the
Division's work; interstate commerce (24pp); transcript of hearings.
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Box 9 | Folder 17 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1940 |
Scope and Contents
concerning proposed amendment on determination of appropriate bargaining unit; refutation
of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Statement (8pp); cases involving largest companies and
subsidiaries; employees engaged in marketing farm products; functions of the Division
(15pp); use of non-legal expert personnel; retention of the Division.
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Box 9 | Folder 18 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1951-1956 |
Scope and Contents
regarding the proposal for a division of research and statistics; placement of Industrial
Analysis Branch (IAB) in the agency (10pp); organization of welders; midwest piping
doctrine (20pp).
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Box 9 | Folder 19 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
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Scope and Contents
Undated; concerning preliminary survey of the cotton textile industry (9pp); H.R.
9007 elimination of the Division (9pp); legality of the appointment of Daivd Saposs
as Chief Economist of the Board.
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Series IV. RELATED COMMITTEES
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Sub-Series A. LAFOLLETTE (Robert) COMMITTEE 1935-1940
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Sub-Series 1. CORRESPONDENCE
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Box 9 | Folder 20 |
Correspondence
|
1935-1937 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to hearings on the LaFollette Resolution; the LaFollette Subcommittee
for the Investigation of Violations of Free Speech and Assembly and the Rights of
Labor to Organize and Bargain Collectively; the Senate Sub-Committee of the Committee
on Education and Labor, Under S.R. 266; Blakenhorn memos on the LaFollette Investigation;
the Citizen's Alliance; B.A. Green's (Green, Tanner and Boesen Lawyers) discussion
of the political situation in Oregon; substantial correspondence from Robert Wohlforth
(Secretary, Sub-Committee of the Committee on Education and Labor Under S.R.266) and
E.J. Eagen (Investigator, Sub-Committee of the Committee on Education and Labor) concerning
the West Coast situation; the Carnegie-Illinois hearings; Continental Can and Pinkerton;
Federal Laboratories; administrative correspondence relating to the organization of
committees; finances; cooperation with Senate Civil Liberties Committees and other
committees.
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Box 9 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
|
1938-1940 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning special procedure to deal with detective agencies; the California
brewers situation and racketeer John Lombardi (John Lombardi Rossie); the La Follette
Act 1939; LaFollette Committee legislation; NLRB views of the LaFollette Bill; Roosevelt's
sentiments on the Senate Civil Liberties Committee; LaFollette attendance on NLRA
amendments; status of the LaFollette-Thomas- Wood Bill; M-1033 (concerns Labor Board
members who worked with the LaFollette Committee); important cases, such as the Post
Intelligencer (P.I.), and the Alaska Juneau cases; Toland's request for LaFollette
Committee files.
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Box 9 | Folder 22 |
Correspondence
|
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Scope and Contents
Undated; Correspondence relating to Cranefield; cooperation with the LaFollette Committee;
LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee Records.
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Sub-Series 2. REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
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Box 9 | Folder 23 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1935-1939 |
Scope and Contents
concerning cooperation of the NLRB with the Civil Liberties Sub-Committee of the Committee
on Education and Labor, U.S.Senate, 1936-39 (14pp); Board's first decision on an espionage
case; notes on the Pinkerton System; informal reports; tabulations sumarizing details
of NLRB's employees to Senate Civil Liberties Committee (8pp); report of interview
with Lester Levin.
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Box 9 | Folder 24 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
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Scope and Contents
Undated; relating to LaFollette Committee materials in the J.G. Boswell Co. case to
be used in the Smith Committee hearings; cooperation with the Senate Civil Liberties
Sub-Committee; partial testimony in the California brewers situation (8pp); profiles
of: C.A."Tanner" Smith (7pp); Slivershirts; Industrial Council of Washington, Inc.;
Associated Industries of Seattle (11pp); Law and Order League; industrial lawyers
object to uncovering espionage.
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Sub-Series B. DIES (Martin) COMMITTEE RECORDS 1938-1940
|
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Sub-Series 1. CORRESPONDENCE
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Box 9 | Folder 25 |
Correspondence
|
1938-1940 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence pertaining to the Sub-Committee of the Special Committee to Investigate
Un-American Activities record of 11/7/38 hearing (9pp); clipping from Donald Wakefield
Smith; Joseph Curran to the President discussing the negative effects the Dies Committee
is having on his union and trade unions in general.
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Sub-Series 2. REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
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Box 9 | Folder 26 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1939-1940 |
Scope and Contents
relating to Washington Friends of Spanish Democracy; program of the Spanish refugee
relief campaign; American League for Peace and Democracy; list of NLRB members belonging
to the American League for Peace and Democracy.
|
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Sub-Series 3. REPRINTS
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Box 9 | Folder 27 |
Reprints
|
1938 |
Scope and Contents
Nov-38
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Sub-Series C. BURKE (Edward R.) COMMITTEE RECORDS 1939-1941
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Sub-Series 1. CORRESPONDENCE
|
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Box 9 | Folder 28 |
Correspondence
|
1939-1941 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Madden and Senator Edward R. Burke (15pp); between Saposs and
Burke; substantial correspondence relating to Small Business Men's Petitions; Dean
Acheson (Chairman for the Committee on Administrative Procedure Dept. of Justice)
to the Attorney General discussing hearings (11pp); Burke to Millis.
|
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Sub-Series 2. REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
|
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Box 9 | Folder 29 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
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Scope and Contents
Undated; concerning Small Business Men's Petitions; general statements of Senator
Burke (25pp+); Madden's statement on S. Res. 207; NLRB's reply to the check list inquiry
of the Attorney General's Committee on Administrative Procedure (94pp).
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Sub-Series D. SMITH (Howard, M.) COMMITTEE RECORDS 1937-1970
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Sub-Series 1. CORRESPONDENCE
|
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Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Correspondence
|
1937-1939 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. between Edmund M. Toland
(General Counsel, Special Committee to Investigate the NLRB), Edwin S. Smith and Adolphus
Andrews (Acting Secretary of the Navy); amendments to the Act; Committee organization
and procedure; preliminaries including John A. Lapp interview, examination of review
attorneys, questionnaire (11pp); compliance in the Connor Lumber & Land Co. and
the Reconstruction Finance Corp. (RFC) withholding funds; A.C. Shiffler on James M.
Miller and Thomas S. Hinkel regarding their availability as witnesses; unfair labor
practices and rights of employees; summary and analysis of elections (20pp); summary
of investigation (7pp); LaFollette Committee files (14pp); Charles Fahy correspondence
concerning NLRB members as witnesses and supporting documents.
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Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Correspondence
|
1940 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning review attorneys; amendments to the Act; government contracts
and RFC withholding payment; discussion of exhibits 580, 581 (17pp); letters to the
editors of the New York Times and Newsweek; Mapes Davidson red baits Saposs and blasts
Frank Bloom; charges that the Board violated the secrecy of income tax returns; Toland
finds no evidence that the Board destroyed their files; analysis of Smith Committee
amendments the the NLRA by J.T. Taft (attorney) (13pp), and William Green's analysis
(8pp); Toland, Fahy correspondence regarding the Sterling Electric Co. case; Hyacinthe
Ringrose red baits Marie Prince; Toland's resignation from the Smith Committee; Kennedy
Home Farm file (4pp).
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Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Correspondence
|
1941-1970 |
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to former trial examiner Thomas Hart Kennedy and the Columbia
Box Board Mills case and George Pratt (25pp+); Blakenhorn to Howard W. Smith (Chairman,
Special Committee to Investigate the NLRB) about blacklisting (4pp).
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Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Correspondence
|
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Scope and Contents
Undated; P. Ballantine and Sons, and Wholesale Liscensed Alcoholic Beverage Salesmen's
Union #20376-B.
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Sub-Series 2. REPORTS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
|
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Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Reports and Official Documents
|
1937-1939 |
Scope and Contents
relating to the anti-independent union attitude of the Board; El Popular; Madden's
statement on S.1970 (17pp); examination of review attorneys' files; affidavits from
Robert A. Muir, George D. McKay and Robert Davies denying affiliation with the Communist
Party; Howard W. Smith's speeches on the NLRA and the Board; Judge Smith's visit to
the White House.
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Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Reports and Official Documents
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1940-1958 |
Scope and Contents
concerning Blakenhorn; Mapes Davidson's statement on communist activities (15pp);
anonymous FBI reports on the misuse of congressional appropriations, internal security,
and security matter; John C. Shover; minority report from A. Guy Hope (25pp+); special
supplement Labor Relations Reporter, "Report on the Investigation of the NLRB" (53pp);
reply from David Saposs to charges in final (majority) report (8pp); and Dept. of
Justice report on Nathan Witt before the House Committee on Un-American Activities
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Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; pertaining to the presentation of 35,000 documents as evidence; criticism
of the Committee's use of documents, as well as its selection of witnesses and questionnaire
responses; Hawaiian investigation; list of articles from Howard Smith's scrapbook;
reports on the St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Los Angeles offices; incompetence of staff;
Blakenhorn; ambiguous testimony by Charles Fahy; inter-organizational criticism; closed
shop agreement with the NLRB Union; propaganda trips of Elinore Herrick; free speech;
legislative activities; report on A.L. Wirin referring to his defense of communists;
American Trade Unionism and the Roosevelt Regime by H.A. Marquand (15pp); explanation
of proposed draft (15pp); Witt files; reference to Leiserson and the John R. Commons
letter; exhibits 25B, 32 for red baiting Mary Van Kleeck; analysis of Senator Wagner's
defense of the Act and its administration.
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Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; relating to analysis of the Republican Program Committee's report on the
NLRB (29pp); Donald Wakefield Smith's statement on proposed amendments to the NLRA
(32pp); report on Jack Davis (trial examiner, Philadelphia office); hearing excerpts;
resume of testimony concerning blacklisting from J. H. Brock (17pp); The Smith Committee
Amendments (H.R. 9195) (15pp); objection to 35,000 documents; summary of questionnaire
responses (45pp); explanation of amendments recommended (13pp); biographical report
on Nathan Witt; notes on the files of Edwin S. Smith.
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Box 10 | Folder 9 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; concerning a survey of the work of the Board (16pp); summary of conclusions
(34pp); conduct of the investigation by committee counsel; analysis of the record,
file II (50pp+); the trial examiner's division (26pp); analysis of majority report
(40pp+).
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Box 10 | Folder 10 |
Reports and Official Documents
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Scope and Contents
Undated; pertaining to other criticisms of the Board's administration of the Act (15pp);
the functioning of various board divisions (35pp+); the review section (30pp); administrative
practices of board members (45pp+); allegations of partisanship (30pp+); the Boards
interpretation of the Act (13pp); performance of duties by Board employees (25pp).
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Sub-Series 3. TESTIMONIES [1939]-40
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Box 10 | Folder 11 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Barclay, Hartley W. (writer and editor, New York, NY); Barrow, Roscoe L. (Attorney,
Review Section, NLRB, Washington, D.C.); Blair, Harry W. (attorney, Alexandria, VA);
Blakenhorn, Herber (Special Investigator, NLRB, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 10 | Folder 12 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Bloom, Frank (Assistant Chief Trial Examiner, NLRB Washington, D.C.); Bokat, George
(Trial Examiner, NLRB, Silver Spring, MD); Boyls, Fannie M. (Review Attorney, NLRB,
Washington, D.C.); Bradley, Charles A. (Assistant Chief of Mail and Files Division,
NLRB, Greenbelt, MD); Brooks, George R. (Assistant Director of the Technical Service
Division, NLRB, Arlington, VA)
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Box 10 | Folder 13 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Condon, Robert L. (Attorney, NLRB, Washington, D.C.); Cowdrill, Robert H. (Regional
Director, 11th Region, NLRB, Indianapolis, IND); Cuevas, Marina (Hispanic Foundation
of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 10 | Folder 14 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Davidson, Mapes (former Trial Examiner, NLRB, Orange, NJ)
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Box 10 | Folder 15 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Davis, Jack (Attorney, NLRB, Philadelphia, PA); Dudley, Tilford E. (Trial Examiner,
NLRB, Washington, D.C.); Dubinsky, David (President, International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union, New York, NY)
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Box 10 | Folder 16 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Emerson, Thomas R. (Associate General Counsel in charge of Review Section, NLRB, Washington,
D.C.); Emerson, Ralph (Industrial Consultant, Washington, D.C)
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Box 10 | Folder 17 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Farmer, Margaret MacDuff (Review Attorney, NLRB, Washington D.C.); Freter, Theodore
H. (residing on a Government Reservation near Occoquan, VA); Freund, Bernard William
(Assistant Attorney in the Review Section, NLRB, Washington, D.C.); Frey, John P.
(President of the Metal Trades Dept. of the American Federation of Labor); Fuchs,
Herbert (Attorney, NLRB, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 10 | Folder 18 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Garrison, Lloyd K. (Dean, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI); Gill,
Gerald L. (member of Local 876 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
and Employee of Consumers Power Co., Grand Rapids. MI); Green, William (President,
American Federation of Labor, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 10 | Folder 19 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Halliday, Malcolm F. (Assistant General Counsel in charge of Trial Section, Litigation
Division, NLRB, Silver Spring, MD); Harrington, Daniel J. (Review Attorney, NLRB,
Washington D.C.); Harris, Abraham J. (Supervisor in Review Division, NLRB, Washington,
D.C.) ; Healy, Frank (Special Assistant to the Director of Procurement, Procurement
Division, Treasury Dept., Washington, D.C.); Helbling, Irving (Chief of Mail and File
Room, NLRB, Arlington, VA) and (Chief of Mail and Files Division, NLRB, Washington,
D.C.); Hoban, Albert J. (Review Attorney, NLRB, Washington, D.C.); Hunt, Alexander
Bruce Jr. (Trial Examiner, NLRB, New Alexandria, VA)
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Box 10 | Folder 20 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Ingraham, Robert J. (attorney, Kansas, City, MO)
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Box 10 | Folder 21 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Keefe, Frank B. (Member of the House of Representatives, Sixth Wisconsin Congressional
District); King, Carol (attorney, New York City); King, Samuel Wilder (Delegate in
Congress from Hawaii)
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Box 10 | Folder 22 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Leiserson, WIlliam M. (Member, NLRB); Lippman, Solaman G. (Review Attorney, NLRB,
Sliver Spring); Lubin, Isador (Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Dept. of Labor, Washington,
D.C.
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Box 11 | Folder 1 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Madden, Joseph Warren (Chairman, NLRB, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 11 | Folder 2 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Miller, James P. (Cleveland, Oh); Miller, Newton Barr (Attorney, NLRB, Washington,
D.C.); Moore, Mary (employee, NLRB, Boston, MA)
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Box 11 | Folder 3 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Newman, Louis (Legal Staff, NLRB Washington, D.C.); Nocoson, Maurice (Attorney, Litigation
Section, NLRB, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 11 | Folder 4 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Ozanic, Joseph (President, International Union, Progressive Mine Workers of America,
A.F. of L., Mount Olive, IL)
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Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Patterson, G.L. (Regional Director, 13th Region, NLRB, Chicago, IL); Phillips, Philip
G. (Regional Director, 9th Region, NLRB, Cincinnati, OH); Porter, Margaret Bennett
(Review Attorney, NLRB, Alexandria, VA)
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Box 11 | Folder 6 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Pratt, George O. (Chief Trial Examiner, NLRB, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 11 | Folder 7 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Raphael, Martin (Trial Examiner, NLRB, Washington, D.C.), James A. (former United
States Senator, Kansas City, MO); Robb, Roger (Associate Counsel, Special Committee
to Investigate the NLRB, Washington, D.C.); Rosenberg, Allen R. (Legal Assistant,
NLRB, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 11 | Folder 8 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Saposs, David (Head of the Division of Economic Research, NLRB, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 11 | Folder 9 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Schlezinger, Anne (Mrs. Julius, formerly Miss Freelinger) (Review Attorney, NLRB,
Arlington, VA); Schram, Emil (Reconstruction Finance Corp., Washington, D.C.); Seagle,
William (Trial Examiner, NLRB, New York, NY); Sellery, Harry Acheson, Jr. (Attorney,
Review Section, NLRB, Washington, D.C.); Shaw, J. Orville (Tool Maker, Delco-Remy
Corporation Anderson, IND); Shover, John C. (Personnel Director, NLRB, Washington,
D.C.); Sills, Robert R. (Member of the Staff of the Committee to Investigate the NLRB,
Washington, D.C.); Stern, Beatrice M. (Assistant Secretary, NLRB, Washington, D.C.);
Strong, William (Attorney, NLRB, Arlington, VA)
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Box 11 | Folder 10 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Smith, Edwin S. (Member, NLRB, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 11 | Folder 11 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Thorrens, Eugene R. (Review Attorney, NLRB, Arlington, VA)
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Box 11 | Folder 12 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Vogt, Herbert J. (Field Examiner, NLRB, Minneapolis, MN)
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Box 11 | Folder 13 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Watts, Robert B. (Associate General Counsel, NLRB, Silver Spring, MD); Whittemore,
Charles W. (Trial Examiner, NLRB, Bethesda, MD); Winkler, Ralph (Appellate Briefing
Staff, Litigation Division, NLRB, Washington, D.C.); Witt, Nathan (Secretary, NLRB,
Washington, D.C.); Wolf, Benedict (Labor Relations Counsel, New York City)
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Box 11 | Folder 14 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
Yates, Frank L. (Attorney-Conferee, Office of Comptroller General, Washington, D.C.)
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Box 11 | Folder 15 |
Testimonies
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Scope and Contents
General
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Series V. MICROFILM AND INDEX
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Box 12 | Folder 1 |
Records of the NLB and the "Old" NLRB - office of the chairman - selected materials
from the Board and personal correspondence from Senator Robert Wagner.
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Box 12 | Folder 2 |
Records of the NLRB II: Division of Information - selected materials from press releases
- NLRB's case before the Smith Committee.
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1935- 1942 |
Box 12 | Folder 3 |
NLRB's case before the Smith Committee - NLRB Legal Division
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Box 12 | Folder 4 |
NLRB records regarding the Smith Committee - NLRB General Counsel and Legal Division
and attorneys assisting the General Counsel.
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Box 12 | Folder 5 |
Smith Committee files
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Box 12 | Folder 6 |
Smith Committee I - exhibits
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Box 12 | Folder 7 |
Smith Committee II - exhibits
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Box 12 | Folder 8 |
Smith Committee III
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Box 12 | Folder 9 |
Articles from Howard Smith's scrapbook - Smith Committee - selected items
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Box 12 | Folder 10 |
Records of the NLRB - selected documents from Informal and Formal Labor Practices
and Representation
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1936-1938 |
Scope and Contents
Case Files closed
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Box 12 | Folder 11 |
Records of the NLRB - selected documents from Informal and Formal Labor Practices
and Representation
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1938 |
Scope and Contents
Case Files closed
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Box 12 | Folder 12 |
NLRB cases closed
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1938-1940 |
Box 12 | Folder 13 |
NLRB cases closed
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1940-1942 |
Series VI. ORAL HISTORIES - series unprocessed as of 1/6/88
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Series VII. MISCELLANEOUS
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Box 13 | Folder 1-2 |
Correspondence from Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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1934-1941 |
Scope and Contents
arranged in chronological order, most of which may be duplicated throughout the collection
(xeroxes).
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Box 13 | Folder 3 |
War Labor Board Correspondence
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1941-1950 |
Scope and Contents
includes Elbert D. Thomas' (United States Senate, Committee on Education and Labor)
discussion of the Executive Order creating the War Labor Board and policies underwhich
workers must operate (4pp); Philip Murray and the position of steel workers (especially
the issue of "wages"); "Declaration of the American Federation of Labor on Wages and
Inflation".
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Box 13 | Folder 4 |
War Labor Board reports and official documents
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1943-1945 |
Scope and Contents
include a Maryland State and District of Columbia Federation of Labor Resolution;
proceedings of the Third Anniversary Dinner (15pp).
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Box 13 | Folder 5 |
War Labor Board reprints and clippings
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1942-1945 |
Box 13 | Folder 6 |
Miscellaneous correspondence
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Scope and Contents
includes Rawlings Ragland's "Acheson Report on Administrative Procedure in Government
Agencies" (n.d.).
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Box 13 | Folder 7-11 |
Miscellaneous notes, manuscript, index cards.
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Box 14 |
Miscellaneous notes, index cards, bibliography
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Box 15 | Folder 1 |
Newspaper list/ Article list
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Box 15 | Folder 2 |
Publishers weekly articles
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Box 15 | Folder 3 |
Handwritten Notes
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Box 15 | Folder 4 |
NY Times List + List of May Articles
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Box 15 | Folder 5 |
References
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Box 15 | Folder 6 |
Nathan Witt correspondence re: oral history interview
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Box 15 | Folder 7 |
Intro - Cases - General File re: Show
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Box 15 | Folder 8 |
Correspondence -- Gerhard P. VanArkel; Nathan Witt; Clarence M. Kelley
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Box 15 | Folder 9 |
Cornell Univ. Official Examination Books
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Box 15 | Folder 10 |
Handwritten notes
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Box 15 | Folder 11 |
Major Points
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Box 15 | Folder 12 |
Research article ; Introduction
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Box 15 | Folder 13 |
Memorandum of Agreement - [Research Foundation of State University of New York]
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1980 |
Box 15 | Folder 14 |
Correspondence
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1974 |
Box 15 | Folder 15 |
Interview with Howard Kleeb
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1975 |
Box 15 | Folder 16 |
Interview with James Reynolds
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1975 |
Box 15 | Folder 17 |
Correspondence -- George Pratt; Charles Fahy; Ruth Weyand; David H. Heitner
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1974-1982 |
Box 15 | Folder 18 |
Biographical Notes - Donald L. Dotson; Robert P. Hunter; Don A. Zimmerman; Betty Southard
Murphy
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Box 15 | Folder 19 |
Miscellaneous
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Box 15 | Folder 20 |
Parts of transcripts - Edwin Smith; Fahy; Garrison; Glaser
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Box 15 | Folder 21 |
Correspondence
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1974-1981 |
Box 15 | Folder 22 |
Douglas H. Soutar
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Box 15 | Folder 23 |
Morris Weisz
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Box 15 | Folder 24 |
A. Norman Somers + Wm. Feldesman
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Box 15 | Folder 25 |
Miscellaneous Correspondence
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Box 15 | Folder 26 |
'Eight Years of Progress'; 'Education, Teaching and Research Experience'; Use of Non-Legal
'Expert' Personnel'
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Box 15 | Folder 27 |
Administration of the Labor-Management Relations Act by the NLRB
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1961 |
Box 15 | Folder 28 |
An Analysis of Proposals for Novel NLRB Remedies
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1968 |
Box 15 | Folder 29 |
Functions of the NLRB Division of Economic Research - David J. Saposs
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1940 |
Box 15 | Folder 30 |
Guy Farmer
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1994 |
Box 15 | Folder 31 |
Labor Relations
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1940 |
Box 15 | Folder 32 |
Fred McCulloch
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1989 |
Box 15 | Folder 33 |
Memorandum of Understanding - Thomas W. Miller, Jr.; FW McCulloch; Daniel H. Pollitt
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Box 15 | Folder 34 |
Frank McCulloch
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Box 15 | Folder 35 |
John Penello
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Box 15 | Folder 36 |
Melvin Welles
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Box 15 | Folder 37 |
Frank W. McCulloch - notes/research
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Box 15 | Folder 38 |
Statement of William M. Leiserson, Member NLRB
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1939 |
Box 15 | Folder 39 |
Daily Labor Reports - no. 190:A-1; no.130:D-1; no.33:D-1
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Box 15 | Folder 40 |
N.L.R.B. on the New Frontiers ; address by Gerald A. Brown
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1962 |
Box 15 | Folder 41 |
Miscellaneous Notes
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