Correspondence, 1936

4/1/36-6/29/36; Memos to the NLRB and regional attorneys on whether investigation under Sec.9c should be authorized; correspondence relating to the Columbia Enameling & Stamping Co. case; Elinore Herrick's and the Board's discussion of the International Mercantile Marine Co. case R-24, focusing on employer repression, the Black significant correspondence concerning the Guffey decision, includes a letter from Charlton Ogburn (Attorney) to Madden with an attached memo on the effect of the Guffey Act Decision on the National Labor Relations Act; letter from Sumner H. Slichter (Professor of Business Economics, Harvard University) to Madden questioning the obligation of an employer who has bargained in good faith toward employees on strike, and Nathan Witt's reply; from Madden to Harold L. Ickes (Sec. of Interior) questioning the Dept. of Interior's judgement in awarding a contract to the Jones and Laughlin Steel Co.; from Charles Hope to Edwin S. Smith about the Auto Mechanics cases in Portland and Seattle, includes references to the loggers lockout in the Columbia River Basin area, and the Tillamook area; correspondence relating to the American Potash and Chemical Corp. case includes a letter from Bertram Edises (Region 15) to Charles Fahy; from Herber Blankenhorn to J.P Harris instructing him to "organize" steel, includes example of telegrams to be sent to John Brophy and John L. Lewis; from Witt to the Board on review of records by the Board; from Blankenhorn to Madden, Carmody and Edwin S. Smith on tension between the A.F.of L. and the C.I.O.; reply from Charles West (Acting Sec. of Interior) to Madden stating he has withdrawn the award from Jones and Laughlin Steel Co.; several memos to Benedict Wolf from various regional officers in regard to the Regional Directors and Attorneys Conference, and subjects for discussion; dramatic memo from Herber Blankenhorn to Madden, Carmody and Edwin S. Smith on the curtailment of Board hearings, especially in manufacture; from Charles Fahy to the Board regarding the Associated Press election; from Edwin S. Smith to Claude A. Swanson (Sec. of the Navy) questioning the Navy's judgement in awarding a contract to the Wheeling Steel Corp. which has failed to comply with a Board decision; from Estelle Frankfurter to all regional directors and attorneys, "a summary of remarks on the obtaining of material available from government agencies."Diamond plan and the use of the secret ballot; 17 memos and 6 letters from Herber Blankenhorn to Robert LaFollette, J. Warren Madden, John Carmody and Edwin S. Smith on the LaFollette Committee hearings and Resolution 266; from Madden to George H. Dern (Secretary of War) questioning the War Dept.'s judgement in awarding United Aircraft Manufacturing Corp. a contract after the Board found the corporation guilty of unfair labor practices; from Nathan Witt to Madden presenting a memo from the legal staff to the Board on working conditions, included are signatures and comments of the legal staff; from Fahy to the Board, "a synopsis of our present and prospective situation in the circuit court of appeals;" detailed, narrative memo from E.J. Eagen to Charles Fahy on the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co. case XIX-C-14, reporting the particular circumstances relating to the case (i.e. geography, Russian and American workers), including a discussion of the communist faction of union members, and public officials response to it; correspondence concerning the LaFollette Committee, largely from Herber Blankenhorn to Robert LaFollette, or the Executive Board; from Robert H. Cowdrill to Benedict Wolf on collective bargainig and the rights of minority groups; reply from Harry H. Woodring (Acting Sec. of War) to Madden contending that the War Dept. lacks the authority to withhold contracts from United Aircraft Manufacturing Corp.; from Towne Nylander (Director, Region 21) to the Board in regard to the Oregon Worsted case; correspondence relating to the Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines Inc., case C-1 including particular attention to Lester R. Moberly; correspondence concerning the Jones and Laughlin case, including an annotated memo from George S. Wheeler to the Board critizing the Jones and Laughlin brief; from the President to Harry L. Hopkins asking him to check the figures that appeared in the New York Sun, "Who Keeps Them Out of Work, Industry or Roosevelt;" reply from the Comptroller General of the United States to J. Warren Madden on expert witnesses; correspondence between Herber Blankenhorn and John L. Lewis, subjects discussed include the Porthsmouth Strike, the steel industry and Clinton Golden; from Dorothy Altachuler to Blankenhorn on Wagner's speech to the National Women's Trade Union League of America; from Charles Fahy to the Board recommemding Professor Willis W. Ritter for the position of Principle Attorney, Litigation Division; from Elinore Herrick to Benedict Wolf about Crucible Steel Co. case, no. 11-R-4; from Edwin S. Smith to Charles Hope in regard to the automoblie dealers' situation, and the issues of interstate commerce and jurisdiction; from Charles Fahy to Harold Cranefield on the International Filter Co.;