Goldberg, Arthur J., 1956-1978

1956, 1958, 1960-1963, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1978. Correspondence with Arthur J. Goldberg, United States Ambassador at Large and former Secretary of Labor. Goldberg asks Konvitz to join him and several other individuals and organizations in signing a letter Goldberg wrote urging Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of the United Nations, to ensure that member states of the United Nations refrain from expelling or suspending Israel from the United Nations (August 15, 1975). Includes copies of Goldberg's letter to Waldheim (August 14, 1975) and of Waldheim's reply (September 8, 1975). Goldberg asks Konvitz to join him and others in signing an appeal that he wrote to Soviet Union leaders for the granting of amnesty on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, for Soviet Jews who are imprisoned for actions growing out of their desire to emigrate from the Soviet Union to join their families in Israel (January 26, 1973). Includes copy of Goldberg's letter to Soviet leaders. Konvitz comments on his interest in a national celebration of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. Konvitz mentions that it would be appropriate for the School of Industrial and Labor Relations to play a notable role in a national celebration. Konvitz suggests that the School might set up a lecture series, which might result in the publication of a volume (March 17, 1961). Goldberg is supportive of the idea and agrees with Professor Konvitz that a commemoration of the centennial should serve as an occasion for the celebration for the case of labor's freedom as well as that of civil rights (March 29, 1961). A copy of a letter from Professor Horace M. Kallen to Goldberg urging him to make the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation an important occasion in remembrance of the Civil War (March 21, 1961). Other correspondence between Konvitz and Goldberg is related to strategies for raising research funds (April 24, 191) and personal matters.