Correspondence, 1935

10/16/35-12/31/35; Letter from J. Warren Madden to the Honorable Compton II White (House of Representatives) requesting funds for Regional Boards; reply from Madden to Clinton S. Golden (Director, Region 6), attached is Golden's letter of 10/10/35 and a memo (4pp) suggesting an arrangement between Regional Directors and Federal and State Conciliation agencies be established; from Benedict Wolf to Elinore Herrick on procedure involving interstate commerce cases; from Herber Blankenhorn to Madden, Edwin S. Smith and John Carmody regarding the A.F.of L. Convention, including mention of under-cover agencies investigation and the 1936 presidential election; a lenghty (9pp) letter from Charles H. Logan to the NLRB in regard to the Gulf Longshoremen, (includes a detailed, dramatic, narrative account of the New Orleans situation describing factional leaders, organizations, and issues); significant correspondence concerning the Fruehauf Trailer Co. case, specifically the issue of interstate commerce; correspondence relating to the Greyhound Lines case ; correspondence regarding the selection of trial examiners; from Estelle Frankfurter to Benedict Wolf on consent elections; from Charles Fahy to all regional attorneys on allegations of interstate commerce; from L.W. Berman (regional director) to Wolf about the International Filter Co., contains criticism of the Old Board, and William Greens' list of "Don'ts;" from Blankenhorn to J. Warren Madden, John Carmody and Edwin S. Smith on the status of employees discharged for union activity; from Wolf to the Director of region 2 (New York), giving the director and attorney authority to issue complaints without first reporting to the National Board; from John A. Lapp to Madden offering the Petroleum Board's personnel and files; from Philip Levy to Madden on the application of the NLRA in the District of Columbia; discussion of the selection of employee representation; from A.L. Wirin to Charles Fahy previewing economic data with regard to interstate commerce and the Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing Co.; from Nathan Witt to Fahy concerning the Sands Manufacturing Co., and the position of the A.F.of L. in this case; from Daniel M. Lyons to Fahy on the jurisdiction of the Bituminous Coal Labor Board, and a discussion of the application of the Wagner Act with relation to the Constitution and the Guffey decision; from Blankenhorn to Edwin S. Smith about the Brown Shoe Co. case, contains a reference to "union-busting," and the undercover agency of A.A. Ahner; from Wolf to Major William J. Mack ordering him to act as trial examiner in the Timkin Silent Automatic Co.; from Fahy to the Board on the legal staff personnel; J. Warren Madden, Frances Perkins and A.L. Wirin discussion of use of the Bureau of Labor Statistics files; from Robert H. Cowdrill to Wolf concerning the Guide Lamp Corp. case and an attached "Report of Investigation and Recommendation RE Complaints;" from Herber Blankenhorn to Fahy on the interstate character of labor relation policy; from Wolf to Saul F. Danaceau appointing him trial examiner in the Sands Manufacturing Co. case; from Wirin to Dr. Henry Moskowitz in regard to the clothing industry, and suggesting a change in emphasis in his affidavit; from Wolf to Regional Directors ordering an informal weekly report be submitted to the National Board; from Blankenhorn to the Board regarding his meeting with William Green, includes comments on "big fellows in steel"; from Blankenhorn to Robert M. LaFollette (United States Senate) requesting advice about setting up a Senatorial Committee to investigate espionage and the disruption of unions; from Paul H. Kilian (President, O'Neal Industrial Service Co., Division of O'Neal Secret Service, Inc.) to the President of Mastercraft Corp. soliciting his company's services; from Wirin to Louis Waldman with regard to the Friedman-Harry Marks Clothing Co. case, particularly discussing Weinberg (a lawyer who waived his right to cross-examine a witness, and did not present testimony); a recommendation from Joseph Rosenfarb to amend Sec.8c; from Edwin S. Smith to J. Warren Madden presenting a plan whereby each Board member supervises one third of the regional offices; from Blankenhorn to the Board about the field work on the undercover agencies investigation; report from Charles Hope (Director, Region 19), including a record of the workers' concensus of opinion on the Wagner Bill.