Correspondence, 1935

7/19/35-10/15/35; Letter from William Green (President, American Federation of Labor - A.F.ofL.) to the President suggesting individuals to serve on the NLRB; from Edwin S. Smith to Herber Blankenhorn concerning appointees to the NLRB, and discussing Biddle's reason for leaving; from Gerhard Van Arkle to Calvert Magruder on revisions to Sec. I of Article IV; from Edwin S. Smith to Magruder and Benedict Wolf with regard to mediation and settlement activities under the the "New Act"; from J. Warren Madden (Chairman, NLRB) to Edwin S. Smith on the industrial economist; from L.A. Knapp to Magruder recommending changes in the 8/29/35 draft of "Instructions to Staff Members"; from John A. Lapp (U.S. Dept. of Interior, Petroleum Labor Policy Board) suggesting that the Petroleum Board be made an agency of the NLRB; personal letter from Lloyd Garrison to J. Warren Madden congratulating him on his chairmanship, and discussing Bob Watts (head of the litigation staff); Harold L. Ickes' (Administrator Petroleum Industry) and Madden's discussion of the status of the Petroleum Labor Policy Board; letter to (unattached) Rules and Regulations from the Board to Stanley Mathewson (Director, Regional Labor Board, Region 9) informing him that Louis Jaffe will act as a legal assistant; from Francis Biddle to Madden about the Philadelphia Regional Board; from Robert Watts to the Board concerning the Jones and Laughlin Steel Co , and the Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines cases; from G.L. Patterson (Regional Attorney, Detroit) to the Board providing background on prospective cases including: the Fruehauf Trailer Co. (flagrant discrimination), the Chrysler Motor Corp. (failure to bargain collectively, & recognition), and the Packard Motor Car Co. (discrimination); from G.L. Patterson to the Board regarding information on the Duplex Printing Co.'s unfair labor practices; incomplete collection of legal memos from Charles Fahy (General Counsel, NLRB) to All Regional Attorneys, including a lenghty (12pp) discussion of "The Bargaining Unit" by G.L. Patterson, and suggested changes in Rules and Regulations made by William Green; from Fahy to Madden on the criteria for choosing Regional Attorneys; from Madden to Dr. Jacob Billikopf discussing the status of the Philadelphia Regional Board, and suggesting its former members act as an Advisory Board to the Regional Director; from Ross to Madden recommeding a response to an inquiry from Ralph M. Easley about violations of Sec.9a; Madden's letter to Easley; from G. L. Patterson (Regional Attorney, Detroit) to the Board requesting authority to issue a complaint in the Fruehauf Trailer Co. case (5pp); from Herber Blankenhorn to Madden, John Carmody, and Edwin S. Smith concerning the A.F.of L. convention, and the attitude of the NLRB; from Elinore Herrick to the staff forbidding charges to be shown to employers; from Stanley S. Surrey to Charles Fahy discussing the "Entent to which the Board Must Go in Showing the Effect Upon Interstate Commerce in a Particular Case and Manner of Proof" (10pp); from Nathan Witt (Assistant General Counsel) to Fahy containing draft of complaint of unfair labor practices against the Sands Manufacturing Co.; from C.A. Wood (Chicago Regional Labor Board, Region 13) to Charles Fahy suggesting the Bendix Product Corp. case serve as a test case, and discussing the question of A.F.of L. representation.