International Labour Organization, 1957-1962

1957-1958, 1960-1962. Detailed correspondence with David S. Blanchard, Deputy Director of the International Labor Office, Washington Branch, in regard to the possibility of the International Labour Organization assisting in the establishment of an Institute or Department of Labor Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Professor Konvitz explains that he was commissioned by the University to attempt to devise a plan for the establishment of a labor studies department or institute devoted to teaching, research, and extension. Correspondence with David A. Morse, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, about internships with the International Labour Organization for students in the Industrial and Labor Relations School's International Labor Training Program. Konvitz and Morse arranged for a student to participate in an internship with the International Labour Organization Field Office in Mexico City in 1962. Other correspondence between Konvitz and Morse relative to arrangements for Professor Ronald Donovan to meet with Morse and other people at the International Labour Organization to discuss the International Labor Training Program; and the need for trained American trade union personnel in the international field; and the prospective role of Cornell in such an undertaking (February 1962). Also correspondence with Morse regarding routine personal matters.