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Correspondence, 1934

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35

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.

Dates

  • 1934

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

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Extent

15 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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