William Standard Papers
Collection Number: 5258
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
This collection was processed with the help of generous funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).Title:
William Standard Papers, 1934-1950
Collection Number:
5258
Creator:
Standard, William
Quantity:
9.3 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Records (documents), broadsides (notices), case files,
newspaper clippings, decisions, photographs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library
Abstract:
This collection consists of William L. Standard's files as General
Counsel for the National Maritime Union [NMU]. It documents public policy toward the NMU during
World War II; the status of the Merchant Marine under the U.S. War Shipping Administration; the
politics of Joseph E. Curran (president, NMU); collective negotiations between the NMU and
various railroads and shipping companies; and work stoppages conducted by the NMU. This
collection also documents Standard's duties as the union's representative in lobbying for
legislation and in litigation before the National Labor Relations Board, federal and state civil
courts, the War Shipping Administration and the Bureau of Marine Inspection and
Navigation.
Language:
Collection material in English
William L. Standard was a lawyer who specialized in admiralty law, specifically in the welfare
of merchant seamen. He served as the General Counsel for the National Maritime Union [NMU] from
1937 to 1948. Prior to the founding of the NMU in 1937, he was legal counsel to the Marine
Workers Industrial Union and the International Seaman's Union, AFL. In 1948, Standard's contract
was terminated as part of a broader movement in the NMU to rid itself of Communists and
perceived far-left members. Mr. Standard went on to be a senior partner at the firm of Standard,
Wiesberg, Heckerling and Rossow. He also published books opposing America's involvement in the
Vietnam War and on the history of merchant seamen. He passed away in 1978.
The National Maritime Union [NMU] was an American labor union representing merchant seamen. It
was founded in May 1937 by Joseph Curran, Ferdinand Smith, and M. Hedley Stone after a split
from the International Seafarer's Union, AFL. It affiliated with the Congress of Industrial
Organizations [CIO] at its first convention in July 1937. It was at this same convention that
approximately 30,000 seamen left the ISU to join the NMU. By the end of the year, the NMU had
over 50,000 members and contracts with most American shipping concerns.
Joseph Curran was elected president of the NMU and served as such until 1981. Ferdinand Smith,
a Jamaican-born man of Afro-Caribbean descent, was its first vice-president; M. Hedley Stone was
its first secretary-treasurer. The leadership of the NMU had strong Communist ties. Among the
notable reforms achieved by the union's Communist-dominated leadership was "checkerboarding,"
the side-by-side racial integration of sailors' sleeping quarters. Another innovation of the new
union was the formation of hiring halls in each port. The hiring halls ensured a steady supply
of experienced seamen for passenger and cargo ships, and reduced the corruption which plagued
the hiring of able seamen. The hiring halls also worked to combat racial discrimination and
promote racial harmony among maritime workers. By the end of World War II, the NMU had nearly
100,000 members.
During World War II, the alliance of Communists and non-Communists in the union was weakened.
The Cold War exacerbated the ideological divide, and in 1948, the NMU's Communist leadership and
its allies were defeated in union elections and expelled. Joseph Curran had distanced himself
from the communist elements and in fact helped purge the NMU of any Communist-affiliated
members.
The NMU merged with the Seafarers International Union of North America in 2001.
Inclusive date range: 1934-1950
Bulk dates: 1939- 1948
This collection consists of the files of NMU's General Counsel William Standard. The records
in this collection document the activities of the NMU in its early years. This includes records
on legislation affecting the NMU and its members; hearings in front of the National War Labor
Board, the National Labor Relations Board, and the War Shipping Administration; negotiations and
arbitrations conducted by the NMU on behalf of its members with various corporations and in
front of a Presidential Emergency Board; legal files including case notes, filings, and briefs
filed in U.S. District and Supreme Courts on a variety of issues including defending NMU members
from accusations of seditious activities and in court-martial proceedings, as well as defending
the NMU from libelous news stories printed by newspapers owned by the Hearst publishing empire;
files on strikes, including the National Maritime Strike of 1946; and general files on the NMU
itself and its organizational structure.
Legislative files include drafts of bills, memoranda, letters and reports regarding the
National Maritime Union's lobbying activities and its position on federal legislation of
interest to its members. The bulk of these records concerns maritime legislation enacted during
or immediately after World War II and includes documentation on proposed amendments to War
Shipping Administration regulations; on the Merchant Seamen's War Service Act; on suspension of
provisions of the Public Vessels Act of 1925; on seamen's rehabilitation legislation; on
proposed amendments to the Merchant Marine Act; on amendments to the National Service Life
Insurance Act; and on amendments to the Railway Labor Act. This legislation and other bills
documented in these files sought to expedite the activities of merchant seamen during the war,
to minimize work stoppages, to compensate families of deceased seamen, to provide vocational
rehabilitation for those disabled as a result of war-related injuries, to provide for the
naturalization of foreign seamen who served on American owned vessels, and to protect the
merchant marine from wartime sabotage. The union was also interested in such legislation as the
Taft-Hartley amendments to the National Labor Relations Act and anti-organized labor legislation
that began appearing in some states after the war.
National War Labor Board case files include statements, letters, decisions, and proposals for
cases brought before the Board. The issues brought before the Board include working conditions,
wages, hours of work, dispute settlement, jurisdiction, union security, union activity, and
collective negotiations.
The National Labor Relations Board case files on NMU representation elections include
correspondence, petitions for certification, authorization cards and supporting documentation on
certification elections brought before the Board.
The War Shipping Administration case files consist of agreements, letters and petitions
regarding cases of the NMU before the War Shipping Administration on the issues of wages and the
allocation of personnel on the steamships Copley and Wheeler.
Arbitration case files include awards, decisions, memoranda, and statements pertaining to
cases involving various arbitrators. The issues include overtime pay, impasses in collective
negotiations, hiring, seniority, discrimination, grievance procedure, and holidays.
Files on collective negotiations include materials pertaining to bargaining conducted between
the NMU and various railroads and shipping companies. The documents consist of copies of
collective agreements, letters, and statements of proposals of the parties. These files also
include materials pertaining to the mediation proceedings held by the National Mediation Board
to resolve an impasse in collective negotiations between the NMU and the Reading Railroad
tugboat operators.
Files on legal cases argued on behalf of the NMU before the U.S. District and Supreme Courts
and various military courts include correspondence, notes and various legal documents. These
files include a libel case between the NMU and various newspapers because of a published report
alleging NMU members refused to unload military supplies on Guadalcanal Island. Also found is
the case file regarding the court martial of an NMU member, in which Standard seeks to determine
what level of jurisdiction the Articles of War have over merchant seamen on non-military
vessels. Finally, there is documentation of the settlement of strikes against various Great
Lakes transportation companies by the NMU.
Standard maintained general files on NMU activities and issues, largely during the war years.
These include data on the national reorganization of the union in 1939; on pension and benefit
claims and regulations; on the relationship of the NMU to the Women's Auxiliary of the American
Merchant Marine Institute, Inc.; and on sedition trials of NMU members. Of particular interest
in these files are documents relating to alleged racial discrimination in employment on the
Atlantic Coast Line Company; the position of Joseph E. Curran (president, NMU) regarding a
Supreme Court case concerning Communist affidavits in 1948; and documents relating to FBI
investigations of the NMU and the CIO.
Also in the collection are two scrapbooks of news clippings and articles regarding various
strikes and elections, non-union workers, salaries, collective agreements, court decisions,
safety, hazards, accidents, disasters, factional disputes in maritime unions, communism in
unions, and copies of NMU news bulletins dating from 1943 to 1947.
Names:
Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990
Curran, Joseph Edwin, 1906-1981
Murray, Philip, 1886-1952
Smith, Ferdinand C.
Standard, William L.
Stone, M. Hedley (Murray Hedley).
American Merchant Marine Institute
American Merchant Marine Institute. Women's Auxiliary
Ann Arbor Railroad Company
Associated Press
Atlantic Coast Line Company
Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Co.
Atlantic Steamship Company
Automotive Steamship Lines
Bethlehem Transportation Company
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
Ford Motor Company
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
Great Lakes Shipping Company
Gulf Steamship Company
Hearst Consolidated Publications
Isthmian Steamship Company
National Maritime Union of America
New York Joint Maritime Strike Committee
Nicholson Transit Company
Pan American Refining Corporation
Panama Railroad Company
Pere Marquette Railway Company
Pittsburgh Supply Company
Polarus Steamship Company
Reading Company
Richfield Oil Corporation
Standard Fruit and Steamship Company
Standard Oil Company
United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947.
United States. Public Vessels Act (Liability)
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
United States. National Labor Relations Board.
United States. National Mediation Board.
United States. National Service Life Insurance Act of 1940.
United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)
United States. Railway Labor Act.
United States. War Shipping Administration.
Wabash Railroad
Subjects:
Arbitration, Industrial. Merchant marine. United States.
Collective bargaining. Merchant marine. United States.
Communism. United States.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry--United States.
Disability insurance--United States.
Discrimination in employment. Arbitration, Industrial. United
States.
Emigration and immigration law--United States.
Employee fringe benefits. Merchant marine. United States.
Foreign workers--United States.
Labor laws and legislation--United States.
Labor rest homes--United States.
Labor unions--United States--Political activity.
Lobbyists.
Merchant marine. United States. Manning of vessels.
Merchant mariners
Merchant seamen--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Naturalization--United States.
Political crimes and offenses--United States.
Seniority, Employee. Arbitration, Industrial. United States.
Social security. Law and legislation. United States.
Strikes and lockouts. Merchant marine. United States.
Subversive activities--United States.
Labor unions. Merchant seamen. United States.
Government vessels -- United States
Wages. Merchant marine. United States.
War and emergency powers--United States.
War risk insurance--United States.
Workers' compensation. Merchant marine. United States.
Working conditions. Arbitration, Industrial. United States
Form and Genre Terms:
Records (documents)
Broadsides (notices).
Case files.
Newspaper Clippings
Decisions.
Photographs
Access Restrictions:
Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference
archivist for access to these materials.
Restrictions on Use:
This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and
Procedures for Document Use.
Cite As:
William Standard Papers #5258. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives,
Cornell University Library.
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 | 1947 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 2 | 1946 | |
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In re representation for Car Ferry workers by NMU; case before the National Mediation Board,
case A-2420. Also negotiations for 40-Hour Work Week.
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 | 1946-1947 | |
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Agreement
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 | 1946-1947 | |
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Contains specific files regarding Ann Arbor Railroad Company, Detroit River and Lake
Michigan, general mediation notes, Grand Trunk and Western Railroad Company, Great Lakes Car
Ferry, Pere Marquette Railroad Company, Reading Railroad Car Ferry and Wabash
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 | 1946-1947 | |
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Contains specific files regarding Ann Arbor Railroad Company, Detroit River and Lake
Michigan, general mediation notes, Grand Trunk and Western Railroad Company, Great Lakes Car
Ferry, Pere Marquette Railroad Company, Reading Railroad Car Ferry and Wabash
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 7 | 1946-1947 | |
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Agreement
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| Box 1 | Folder 8 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 9 | 1947 | |
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Contains annotated copy of 1936 Washington Jobs Agreement and receipt for a petty cash
withdrawal.
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| Box 1 | Folder 10 | 1946-1947 | |
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Organizing
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| Box 1 | Folder 11 | 1947-1948 | |
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Includes correspondence between the NMU and Ford Motor Company, Inland Steel and
International Harvester regarding the opening of contract negotiations; Great Lakes Bulk
Freight Agreement negotiations with Bethlehem Transportation Corporation, Brown and C
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| Box 1 | Folder 12 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clipping from The NMU Pilot
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| Box 1 | Folder 13 | 1945-1947 | |
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Includes correspondence regarding challenging the right to apply Civil Service laws to
Federal Barge Line employees; Government Corporation Control Act; Federal Employee Pay Act;
general correspondence from the committee for Rivers Unity regarding a strik
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| Box 1 | Folder 14 | 1944-1946 | |
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With regard to the New York City Mayor's Advisory Transit Committee hearings.
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| Box 1 | Folder 15 | 1948 | |
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Includes correspondence regarding employee coverage under the Unemployment Insurance
Law.
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| Box 1 | Folder 16 | 1943 | |
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In re tugs and barges.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17a | 1948 | |
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In re Pere Marquette (C&O subsidiary railroad), Ann Arbor Railroad Co., Wabash Railroad,
and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Arbitration with NMU.
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| Box 1 | Folder 17b | 1948 | |
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In re Pere Marquette (C&O subsidiary railroad), Ann Arbor Railroad Co., Wabash Railroad,
and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Arbitration with NMU.
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| Box 1 | Folder 18 | 1943 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 19 | 1940-1948 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 20 | 1943 | |
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Contains agreements on behalf of the personnel of the SS Maine and SS Michigan and an
agreement with Standard Oil.
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| Box 1 | Folder 21 | 1947 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 22 | 1946-1948 | |
| Box 1 | Folder 23 | 1946-1948 | |
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Herman Rosenfeld's file
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| Box 1 | Folder 24 | 1944 | |
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Includes correspondence regarding alleged subversive activities by Mr. Austin.
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| Box 1 | Folder 25 | 1942-1944 | |
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Initial conflict between Seaman Berue and his Captain was a result of the captain's
anti-Semitic abuse of Seaman Berue. Correspondence from the accused, his wife, U.S. State
Department officials, U.S. Navy leadership, and Mr. Standard.
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| Box 1 | Folder 26 | 1942-1944 | |
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Found in this folder is the Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by Mr. Standard. Also contains case
note in re whether a merchant seaman may be subject to the Articles of War and as such may be
court-martialed under them.
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| Box 1 | Folder 27 | 1942-1944 | |
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Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 28 | 1942-1944 | |
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Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 29 | 1942-1944 | |
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Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 30 | 1942-1944 | |
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Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 31 | 1942-1944 | |
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Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 32 | 1942-1944 | |
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Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 33 | 1942-1944 | |
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Includes copy of court martial transcript and correspondence with several government
agencies.
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| Box 1 | Folder 34 | 1944-1945 | |
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Janitor in NMU's Manhattan headquarters, claim for wages.
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| Box 1 | Folder 35 | 1942-1943 | |
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Liability under the Jones Act. Correspondence and filing before the Supreme Court (not W.
Standard's case).
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| Box 1 | Folder 36 | 1947-1950 | |
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Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 37 | 1947-1950 | |
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Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 38 | 1947-1950 | |
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Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 39 | 1947-1950 | |
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Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 40 | 1947-1950 | |
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Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 41 | 1947-1950 | |
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Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 42 | 1947-1950 | |
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Includes copy of Coast Guard investigation into the accidental death of Joseph Donnellan
Jr., coroner's report and numerous photo's of accident site.
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| Box 1 | Folder 43 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 1 | 1946 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 2 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 3 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 4 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 5 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 6 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 7 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes handwritten notes, copies of documents filed in Circuit, Appellate and Supreme
Courts.
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| Box 2 | Folder 8 | 1943-1948 | |
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Also NMU adv. Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.
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| Box 2 | Folder 9 | 1943-1948 | |
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Also NMU adv. Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.
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| Box 2 | Folder 10 | 1943-1948 | |
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Also NMU adv. Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.
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| Box 2 | Folder 11 | 1943-1948 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 12 | 1943-1948 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 13 | 1943-1948 | |
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Correspondence from union members looking for clippings in local papers drawing from the
allegedly libelous wire story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 14 | 1943-1948 | |
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In re the Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 15 | 1943-1948 | |
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In re Guadalcanal story. Newspaper clippings of printed retractions.
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| Box 2 | Folder 16 | 1943-1948 | |
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Correspondence in re Guadalcanal story, letters of support for NMU.
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| Box 2 | Folder 17 | 1943-1948 | |
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In re Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 18 | 1943-1948 | |
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In re Guadalcanal story. Contain filing against The Chicago Tribune.
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| Box 2 | Folder 19 | 1943-1948 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 20 | 1943-1948 | |
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In re Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 21 | 1943-1948 | |
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In re Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 22 | 1943-1948 | |
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In re Guadalcanal story.
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| Box 2 | Folder 23 | 1942 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 24 | 1942 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 25 | 1942 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 26 | 1943-1944 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 27 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 | 1943 | |
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Includes several broadsides denouncing slander of the National Maritime Union (NMU). Not a
libel case, but response of union to attack columns in weekly magazine.
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| Box 2 | Folder 29 | 1943 | |
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Contains Life magazine article slandering the NMU.
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| Box 2 | Folder 30 | 1943-1944 | |
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William Standard filed Amicus brief with the Supreme Court to argue for the protection of
bargemen working alongside longshoremen.
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| Box 2 | Folder 31 | 1942 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 32 | 1946 | |
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Stickers in support of Nationwide Maritime Strike.
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| Box 2 | Folder 33 | 1946 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 34 | 1946 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 35 | 1946 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 36 | 1946 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 37 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 38 | 1946 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 39 | 1946 | |
| Box 2 | Folder 40 | 1946 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 1 | 1939 | |
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Contains daily reports of progress being made in the strike against Standard Oil.
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| Box 3 | Folder 2 | 1944 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
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| Box 3 | Folder 3 | 1944 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
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| Box 3 | Folder 4 | 1944 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
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| Box 3 | Folder 5 | 1944 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
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| Box 3 | Folder 6 | 1944 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
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| Box 3 | Folder 7 | 1944 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings regarding their negotiations.
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| Box 3 | Folder 8 | 1943-1944 | |
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Contains pamphlet Opportunities in the United States Merchant Marine. Oversize exhibit
materials separated and house in flat files (box10).
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| Box 3 | Folder 9 | 1943-1944 | |
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Contains pamphlet Opportunities in the United States Merchant Marine.
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| Box 3 | Folder 10 | 1945 | |
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Contains newspaper clippings.
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| Box 3 | Folder 11 | 1945 | |
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Contains newspaper clippings.
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| Box 3 | Folder 12 | 1945 | |
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Contains newspaper clippings.
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| Box 3 | Folder 13 | 1945 | |
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Contains newspaper clippings and pamphlet "Substandard Wages," by the Textile Workers Union
of America.
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| Box 3 | Folder 14 | 1945 | |
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Correspondence with U.S. Conciliation Service.
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| Box 3 | Folder 15 | 1942-1945 | |
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Contains Ford Agreement.
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| Box 3 | Folder 16 | 1942-1945 | |
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Contains Ford Agreement.
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| Box 3 | Folder 17 | 1945 | |
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NMU adv. Atlantic Gulf and Steamship Company, pp. 1-332.
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| Box 3 | Folder 18 | 1943-1945 | |
| Box 3 | Folder 19 | 1943-1945 | |
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Includes verbatim transcript of May 14, 1944 hearing before the Board
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| Box 3 | Folder 20 | 1943-1945 | |
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Includes verbatim transcript of May 14, 1944 hearing before the Board
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| Box 3 | Folder 21 | 1943-1945 | |
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Includes verbatim transcript of May 14, 1944 hearing before the Board
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| Box 3 | Folder 22 | 1942-1945 | |
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For letter writing campaign to NWLB in support of raising seamen's wages.
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 | 1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 | 1942-1946 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 | 1947 | |
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Petition in re allowing NMU onto ballot.
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| Box 4 | Folder 4 | 1944-1946 | |
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In re overtime wages.
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| Box 4 | Folder 5 | 1941-1946 | |
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In re overtime wages. File contains Agreement between NMU and Great Lakes' Tanker Companies,
1941.
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| Box 4 | Folder 6 | 1944-1946 | |
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In re overtime wages.
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| Box 4 | Folder 7 | 1944-1948 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 8 | 1946-1947 | |
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In re overtime wages.
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| Box 4 | Folder 9 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 | 1944-1945 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 | 1942 | |
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Includes pamphlet "Pursers Sum it Up! It's NMU for You!"
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| Box 4 | Folder 16 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 | 1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 | 1946-1948 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 19 | 1938-1946 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 20 | 1944-1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 21 | 1942-1944 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 22 | 1946-1947 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 23 | 1942-1946 | |
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Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several broadsides
and a membership list of Local No. 1.
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| Box 4 | Folder 24 | 1942-1946 | |
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Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several broadsides
and a membership list of Local No. 1.
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| Box 4 | Folder 25 | 1942-1946 | |
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Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several broadsides
and a membership list of Local No. 1.
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| Box 4 | Folder 26 | 1942-1946 | |
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Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several broadsides
and a membership list of Local No. 1.
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| Box 4 | Folder 27 | 1942-1946 | |
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Includes 1942 and 1943 constitutions, proceedings of the 1945 convention, several broadsides
and a membership list of Local No. 1.
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| Box 4 | Folder 28 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes handwritten research notes.
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| Box 4 | Folder 29 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes handwritten research notes.
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| Box 4 | Folder 30 | 1947-1948 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 31 | 1943 | |
| Box 4 | Folder 32 | 1946 | |
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Includes correspondence and a typescript of a pamphlet regarding Pittsburgh Steamship
Company vs. NMU trial report by the NLRB.
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| Box 4 | Folder 33 | 1946-1947 | |
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Contains collective bargaining petitions with signatures.
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| Box 4 | Folder 34 | 1945-1946 | |
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Contains pamphlet "Pursers Sum it Up! It's NMU for You!" and broadsides.
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| Box 5 | Folder 1 | 1942 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 2 | 1942-1945 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 3 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes completed membership application cards, membership list and several pages of
handwritten notes.
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| Box 5 | Folder 4 | 1943-1948 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 5 | 1945-1946 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 6 | 1943 | |
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War risk insurance claim. He was on a merchant ship that was torpedoed in Black Sea and
wounded.
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| Box 5 | Folder 7 | 1942-1945 | |
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Includes excerpt from Federal Register dated March 20, 1943.
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| Box 5 | Folder 8 | 1942 | |
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Widow trying to collect insurance after death of her husband.
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| Box 5 | Folder 9 | 1941-1944 | |
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Proposed agreements and policies.
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| Box 5 | Folder 10 | 1941-1944 | |
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Service agreement.
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| Box 5 | Folder 11 | 1941-1944 | |
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Agreement with appendices.
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| Box 5 | Folder 12 | 1941-1944 | |
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Final Agreement and bulletin to NMU members.
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| Box 5 | Folder 13 | 1941-1944 | |
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Correspondence file.
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| Box 5 | Folder 14 | 1941-1944 | |
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Newspaper clippings, research notes, drafts of agreement, and lists of ships.
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| Box 5 | Folder 15 | 1948 | |
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NMU adv. Pere Marquette (C&O), Ann Arbor Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railway, and
Wabash Railroad.
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| Box 5 | Folder 16 | 1948 | |
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NMU adv. Pere Marquette (C&O), Ann Arbor Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railway, and
Wabash Railroad.
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| Box 5 | Folder 17 | 1948 | |
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NMU adv. Pere Marquette (C&O), Ann Arbor Railroad, Grand Trunk Western Railway, and
Wabash Railroad.
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| Box 5 | Folder 18 | 1942-1943 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 19 | 1941 | |
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Contains The Inter Allied Review magazine.
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| Box 5 | Folder 20 | 1947-1948 | |
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CIO bulletins.
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| Box 5 | Folder 21 | 1947 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 22 | 1947 | |
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Opposing testimony delivered to the Senate Committee on Labor by Phillip Murray (president,
CIO)
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| Box 5 | Folder 23 | 1947 | |
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Opposing testimony and submissions to the Senate Committee on Labor.
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| Box 5 | Folder 24 | 1942-1945 | |
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Lobbying efforts by the CIO and the NMU.
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| Box 5 | Folder 25 | 1942-1945 | |
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Clippings file. Includes pamphlets "NMU Fights Jim Crow" and "Voting Restrictions in the 13
Southern States."
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| Box 5 | Folder 26 | 1947 | |
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Reports on CIO lobbying against anti-Union legislation
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| Box 5 | Folder 27 | 1947 | |
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Address by Senator James E. Murray
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| Box 5 | Folder 28 | 1943 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 29 | 1943 | |
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To provide benefits to members of the Merchant Marine who serve(d) during the war equivalent
to those received by members of the armed forces.
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| Box 5 | Folder 30 | 1942-1943 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 31 | 1942-1943 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 32 | 1942-1943 | |
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Includes broadside.
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| Box 5 | Folder 33 | 1941-1942 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 34 | 1942 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 35 | 1943-1948 | |
| Box 5 | Folder 36 | 1943-1948 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 1 | 1943-1944 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 2 | 1943-1944 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 3 | 1941-1943 | |
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Guaranteed a return to previous employment following service in the Merchant Marine and
includes similar legislation introduced in New York State.
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| Box 6 | Folder 4 | 1943-1945 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 5 | 1946-1947 | |
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In re Case Bill (Anti-Union legislation) and NLRB.
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| Box 6 | Folder 6 | 1946-1947 | |
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In re Case Bill (Anti-Union legislation) and NLRB.
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| Box 6 | Folder 7 | 1943 | |
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Amendment to the National Life Insurance Act of 1940 in order to make insurance available to
Merchant Marines.
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| Box 6 | Folder 8 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes various statement and report forms required to be filed by lobbyists with the clerk
of the House.
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| Box 6 | Folder 9 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes various statement and report forms required to be filed by lobbyists with the clerk
of the House.
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| Box 6 | Folder 10 | 1942-1943 | |
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Giving funds to dependents of merchant marines killed in action.
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| Box 6 | Folder 11 | 1948 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 12 | 1944-1946 | |
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Includes broadsides and handwritten notes. Referred to as "Seamen's Bill of Rights."
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| Box 6 | Folder 13 | 1944-1946 | |
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Includes broadsides and handwritten notes. Referred to as "Seamen's Bill of Rights."
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| Box 6 | Folder 14 | 1944-1946 | |
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Includes broadsides and handwritten notes. Referred to as "Seamen's Bill of Rights."
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| Box 6 | Folder 15 | 1944-1945 | |
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Sale of government owned merchant vessels.
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| Box 6 | Folder 16 | 1942 | |
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Suspension of tariff and immigration law for the duration of the war.
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| Box 6 | Folder 17 | 1944 | |
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For merchant marines.
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| Box 6 | Folder 18 | 1943-1944 | |
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For the naturalization of seamen who serve on an American vessel for at least three
years.
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| Box 6 | Folder 19 | 1942 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 20 | 1943-1944 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 21 | 1943-1944 | |
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Written by William Standard.
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| Box 6 | Folder 22 | 1943-1944 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 23 | 1943 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 24 | 1942 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 25 | 1943 | |
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Letter from NMU condemning bill because of its targeting of immigrants and foreign national
merchant seamen.
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| Box 6 | Folder 26 | 1942 | |
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Letter from NMU condemning bill because of its targeting of immigrants and foreign national
merchant seamen.
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| Box 6 | Folder 27 | 1942-1945 | |
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Affidavits from merchant seamen, who were on boats that were attacked and/or sank,
describing lack of safety features on the cargo ships.
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| Box 6 | Folder 28 | 1942-1945 | |
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Reports on sinkings, firing on torpedoes sailors in the water, request for war crimes
commission, and reports from ships carrying Lend-Lease cargo. Includes newspaper clippings,
magazine article and pamphlet Who's Guilty?
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| Box 6 | Folder 29 | 1943 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 30 | 1943-1944 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 31 | 1941-1943 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 32 | 1939 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 33 | 1943 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 34 | 1943 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 35 | 1943-1944 | |
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Includes reprints from the Lawyers Guild Review V. III, No.
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| Box 6 | Folder 36 | 1943-1944 | |
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Includes reprints from the Lawyers Guild Review V. III, No.
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| Box 6 | Folder 37 | 1939 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 38 | 1943 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 39 | 1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings.
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| Box 6 | Folder 40 | 1947 | |
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Includes analysis by National Lawyers' Guild.
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| Box 6 | Folder 41 | 1947 | |
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Includes CIO pamphlet "The Drive Against Labor."
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| Box 6 | Folder 42 | 1943 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 43 | 1942 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 44 | 1943 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 45 | 1942 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 46 | 1943-1944 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 47 | 1943-1944 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 48 | 1943 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 49 | 1943 | |
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In re HR 664, 684, and 498
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| Box 6 | Folder 50 | 1943-1944 | |
| Box 6 | Folder 51 | 1947 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | 1942-1943 | |
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Includes two boarding passes and agreement.
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| Box 7 | Folder 2 | 1942-1946 | |
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For merchant seamen injured in the line of duty
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| Box 7 | Folder 3 | 1942-1943 | |
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ICC proceedings regarding discrimination against African- American merchant seamen. Includes
article by W. Standard, "Maritime Workers and the War: Railroad Discrimination Against Negro
Seamen." Also includes Standard's research, case notes, and drafts of
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| Box 7 | Folder 4 | 1942-1943 | |
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ICC filings including affidavits and brief. Also newspaper clipping from NY Post "ICC
Upholds Jim Crow."
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| Box 7 | Folder 5 | 1942-1943 | |
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ICC filing of complaint.
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| Box 7 | Folder 6 | 1942-1943 | |
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ICC filing of reply.
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| Box 7 | Folder 7 | 1942-1943 | |
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ICC filing of reply.
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| Box 7 | Folder 8 | 1942-1943 | |
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ICC filing of Exceptions and supporting points.
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| Box 7 | Folder 9 | 1942-1943 | |
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Correspondence file.
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| Box 7 | Folder 10 | 1942-1943 | |
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Correspondence file.
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| Box 7 | Folder 11 | 1942-1943 | |
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Correspondence, draft of Standard's article on discrimination for The Pilot (NMU newspaper),
decision by ICC to support Jim Crow segregation, NY Post article "Big Railroads Accused of
Encouraging Race Bias," and depositions of Clarence Brown and Thomas Jo
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| Box 7 | Folder 12 | 1944 | |
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Facility located in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The town passed Jim Crow segregation
ordinances to prohibit African-American merchant seamen from being treated there. The NMU
appealed to the War Shipping Administration to stop the ordinance; it declined
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| Box 7 | Folder 13 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 14 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 15 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 16 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 17 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 18 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 19 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 20 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 21 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 22 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 23 | 1946-1947 | |
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Includes newspaper clippings, statements, financial statement, numerous exhibits and press
releases
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| Box 7 | Folder 24 | 1943 | |
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Sedition trial for former NMU member; not represented by NMU. Includes newspaper
clipping
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| Box 7 | Folder 25 | 1943 | |
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February 20, 1943.
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| Box 7 | Folder 26 | 1943 | |
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Discrimination. Segregated housing in Louisiana
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| Box 7 | Folder 27 | 1943-1944 | |
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Includes broadsides and pamphlets "It's Your Union" in re NMU elections. Also includes
pamphlet "People's Rights and the 1944 Elections: A comparative record of Franklin D.
Roosevelt vs. Thomas E. Dewey."
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| Box 7 | Folder 28 | 1943-1944 | |
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Includes broadsides and a sample ballot for the NMU elections.
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| Box 7 | Folder 29 | 1942-1944 | |
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Includes patent application with schematic drawings of three pins, two honoring NMU veterans
of foreign wars and one celebrating merchant marines, and correspondence with the Library of
Congress in re trademarking the NMU emblems.
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| Box 7 | Folder 30 | 1942-1944 | |
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Includes booklet "General Information Concerning Patents" and a magazine "The American
Pilot" that the NMU felt was infringing upon their copyright.
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| Box 7 | Folder 31 | 1939-1941 | |
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List of 43 NMU members who's dependents filed claims.
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| Box 7 | Folder 32 | 1947 | |
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Includes motions, statements, and bills of complaint.
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| Box 7 | Folder 33 | 1940 | |
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In re petty suit against The Pilot (NMU's newsletter)
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| Box 7 | Folder 34 | 1943-1946 | |
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Includes pamphlet "The Challenge of Our Immigration Laws" by the American Committee for the
Protection of Foreign Born, a guide for port agents that lists acceptable immigration
quotas.
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| Box 7 | Folder 35 | 1942 | |
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Case of merchant seaman who was born in Portugal, but who lived in the U.S. from 9 months of
age.
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| Box 7 | Folder 36 | 1944 | |
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Includes witness statements and a copy of the legal retainer.
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| Box 7 | Folder 37 | 1944-1945 | |
| Box 7 | Folder 38 | 1943 | |
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Recovery of owed wages
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| Box 7 | Folder 39 | 1942 | |
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Correspondence from widow of merchant seaman
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| Box 7 | Folder 40 | 1942 | |
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Contains meeting minutes
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| Box 7 | Folder 41 | 1943-1944 | |
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Arrested by Coast Guard for 'seditious acts,' cleared of all charges.
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| Box 7 | Folder 42 | 1943-1946 | |
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Includes broadsides and programs celebrating National Maritime Day.
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| Box 7 | Folder 43 | 1943-1946 | |
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Includes Wood Ad Mats (relief images) and broadside which uses Wood Ad Mats to print images.
Also includes program for celebration, press releases, and invitations to the opening of the
NMU War Memorial.
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| Box 7 | Folder 44 | 1944 | |
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Checking to see if this is a social club or something else.
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| Box 7 | Folder 45 | 1942-1945 | |
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Includes pamphlet "What of Africa's Place in Tomorrow's World?" and several issues of the
monthly bulletin New Africa. Includes signed, personal correspondence from Paul Robeson.
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| Box 8 | Folder 1 | 1942 | |
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Merchant seaman who violated Volstead Act (Prohibition) and had to prove he served his
sentence.
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| Box 8 | Folder 2 | 1943 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | 1944-1948 | |
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Includes issue of 5/16/47
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| Box 8 | Folder 4 | 1944-1948 | |
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Includes issue of 5/16/48
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| Box 8 | Folder 5 | 1944-1947 | |
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Correspondence
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 6 | 1944 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | 1943 | |
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Obtain visa fro Raskin's wife
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| Box 8 | Folder 8 | 1943 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | 1939 | |
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Includes the guide "An Outline - With Methods of Work for all Officials, Agents, Organizers
and Patrolmen of the National Maritime Union."
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| Box 8 | Folder 10 | ||
| Box 8 | Folder 11 | 1942 | |
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Includes handwritten notes
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 12 | 1944-1946 | |
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NMU Trial, includes copy of indictment (for theft).
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 13 | 1942-1943 | |
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Investigation into workplace discrimination again seamen of color.
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 14 | 1942 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 15 | 1943-1944 | |
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Includes briefs, magazine Sleepy Lagoon Mystery, broadsides, petitions, newsletter, booklet
The Sleepy Lagoon Case. William Standard filed an Amicus Brief in the successful Appellate
proceedings. The case involved 17 young men of Mexican descent being wro
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| Box 8 | Folder 16 | 1943-1944 | |
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Includes briefs, magazine Sleepy Lagoon Mystery, broadsides, petitions, newsletter, booklet
The Sleepy Lagoon Case. William Standard filed an Amicus Brief in the successful Appellate
proceedings. The case involved 17 young men of Mexican descent being wro
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| Box 8 | Folder 17 | 1942 | |
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Includes booklets How to Calculate Benefits Under Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance
and Old Age and Survivors Insurance for Workers and their Families
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 18 | ||
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For merchant marines in post-war America.
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 19 | 1941-1943 | |
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Includes booklets Inflation: What Can We Do About It?; A Democratic Tax Program for America
at War; An Equitable Pay-As-You-Go Tax Plan; and copies of the newsletter The Guild Lawyer
dated April and September 1942
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 20 | 1942-1947 | |
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Includes booklet Men Against Torpedoes, articles of incorporation, and handwritten notes
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 21 | 1942-1947 | |
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Includes booklet Men Against Torpedoes, articles of incorporation, and handwritten notes
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 22 | 1947 | |
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January 1947 - May 1947
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 23 | 1944-1945 | |
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November 1944 - March 1945
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 24 | 1945-1946 | |
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August 1945 - December 1946
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 25 | 1945 | |
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March 1945 - July 1945
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 26 | 1944 | |
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June 1944 - November 1944
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 27 | 1944 | |
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March 1944 - June 1944
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 28 | 1943-1944 | |
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October 1943 - March 1944
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 29 | 1943-1945 | |
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Includes newspaper clipping, constitution, and tax exemption certificate.
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 30 | 1944 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 31 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes motions, depositions, memorandum and a report of charges. Member expelled from
NMU
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 32 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes motions, depositions, memorandum and a report of charges. Member expelled from
NMU
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 33 | 1943-1947 | |
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Includes motions, depositions, memorandum and a report of charges. Member expelled from
NMU
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 34 | 1943 | |
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February 11, 1943
|
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| Box 8 | Folder 35 | 1939-1947 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 36 | ||
| Box 8 | Folder 37 | 1939-1947 | |
| Box 8 | Folder 38 | ||
| Box 8 | Folder 39 | 1939-1947 | |
| Box 9 | Folder 1 | 1934-1947 | |
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Two scrap books of newspaper clippings.
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| Box 10 | Folder 1 | 1943-1944 | |