E, 1946-1962

1946-1949, 1951-1953, 1955, 1957-1959, 1962. Correspondence with Jerome C. Eisenberg, attorney, regarding the case of Seawell versus MacWithey in which the city of East Orange excluded blacks from a temporary veterans housing project giving priority to white veterans. While Konvitz agrees with Eisenberg that the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision in this case was wrong, he advises him not to appeal the decision to the United States supreme Court. Konvitz comments that a direct attack on the segregation doctrine in the Supreme Court is being prepared by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (July 18, 1949). Other discussion on this case (June-July and September, 1949). Eisenberg wrote to Konvitz about the case because Konvitz had written about it in his "The Pursuit of Liberty" department in Common Ground, Summer, 1949 (June 21, 1949) correspondence with Doctor Ira Eisenstein, Rabbi for the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, and President of the Rabbinical Assembly of America. Konvitz provides detailed comments on the "Reconstructionist Platform" (May 9, 1949). Correspondence with Morris L. Ernst, a member of the President's Committee on Civil Rights, regarding the problems of a group libel action under present civil law (August 7, 1949). Letter to Charles T. Estes, United States Department of Labor; Konvitz mentions that in the first part of his course, "Patterns of Thought," he intends to address the subject of semantics, particularly as it relates to the problems in labor-management relations. In the second part he explains that the course will be devoted to formal logic and scientific method with especial emphasis on method in research in industrial and labor relations (January 27, 1947). Correspondence with Doctor Jones Simon, Chairman of the Board of Governors of Ethical Action, Incorporated; Konvitz provides Jones with a letter supporting his work on behalf of aliens who come to the United states as a place of refuge (February 19, 1957). Correspondence with other persons relating to legal, scholarly, and personal matters.