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Correspondence, 1938

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 13

Scope and Contents

6/1/38-6/30/38; Correspondence reporting on unauthorized sit-down strike in the Celanese Corp. of America V-C-414, V-R-14,16; violations of 8(2) in the Eagle-Picher case; discrepancy in procedure in the Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. XIV-C-174, VI-R-91; California Cotton Corp. XXI-C-525, XXV-C-666 (14pp); Republic Steel Corp.; Shell Oil of California R-551; Swift and Co. XVIII-C-161 (8 pp); Weirton Steel Co. (11pp); Paul Herzog's (Chairman, New York State Labor Relations Board) survey of employer election petitions files with his board (6/1/37-8/1/37); Boris Shishkin's (A.F. of L.) criticism of the President; Blankehorn on reorganization of LaFollette files; Madden's and Senator Hill's discussion of the Cherry Cotton Mills decision; Lawrence Clayton (Assistant to the Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) on Board files on the TransAmerica Corp. and the Bank of America, N.T. & S.A.; Herman Edelsberg's statement that Edmund Toland (Attorney for Mathieson Alkali) will not allow his witnesses to be examined by Edelsberg, clippings attached; Feildelson to Edwin S. Smith on the Boards position with the press; confidential letter from Shishkin with information on British Strikes; Robert M. Gates' (Region 21) discussion of C.I.O. complaints on cases (21pp); Logan's discussion of homelife, ILA, NMU, the ILWU; Joseph Ryan's charge that the NLRB shows favoritism with respect to the ILWU and the New Orleans situation; Watts to Hon. Robert H. Jackson, Solicitor General about NLRB versus Columbian Enameling and Stamping Co. Inc.; Fred G. Krivonos (Special Examiner) on problems with the New York office; Gates' discussion of problems with the Los Angeles Office, especially Brown and Pomerance; Witt's impatience with Herrick over the Pioneer Baking Co. II-C-1624.

Dates

  • 1938

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

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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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