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Correspondence, 1935

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40

Scope and Contents

4/1/35-4/29/35; Letter from Calvert Magruder (General Counsel, NLRB) to T.J. McGreevy about the Houde Engineering Corp. case; from Magruder to W.W. Britton (President, Metal Polishers International Union) on the Guide Lamp case; Francis Biddle's and Isador Lubin's (Commissioner of Labor Statistics) discussion of the report on activities of industrial relations boards; correspondence relating to the Wagner Bill includes: a letter from Leon H. Keyserling (Clerk, Committee on Public Lands and Surveys) to Biddle, attached is Wagner's rebuttal to Walter Lippmann`s editorial, detailed memos from Philip Levy to Magruder on the Davis Amendment and Walter Gordon Merritt's amendments, a letter from Roger N. Baldwin (Director, American Civil Liberties Union) to Biddle opposing government intervention in labor disputes, attached is a letter co-authored by Baldwin and Arthur Garfield Hays to Wagner dated 3/30/35 spelling out defects in the Bill; from Mathewson to Biddle on employer opposition, with an attached clipping "The Labor Board Bill" from the Cincinnati Post, and 2 memos for Senator Walsh focusing on miscellaneous amendments, and the civil service status of employees; from George S. Wheeler to Edwin S. Smith on election results; from Millis to the Board on his trip to the Middle West (6pp); from Biddle to the Board on the Indianapolis Regional Board; from Levy to Magruder on the separation of the functions of judge and prosecutor; from Biddle to Professor William H. Spenser (School of Business, University of Chicago) discussing his pamphlet on collective bargaining and an employers' duty.

Dates

  • 1935

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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