November, 1936, 1936

There is considerable correspondence concerning the Isgrig statement during the first half of the month, including a copy of a letter from Isgrig to Aron S. Gilmartin, head of the WDL (3). Other items of interest include: a letter from Mitchell to Norman Thomas, describing his recent meeting in Tampa, Florida, with Gardner Jackson and Donald Henderson in an attempt to iron out the differences between Henderson and the STFU (17); a report from Ward Rodgers on a lettuce workers strike in the Salinas Valley, Calif. (8); an open letter to President Roosevelt from the STFU (20); and three letters from Rev. Claude Williams on his proposal to start a training school for STFU organizers (19,23,26). Although Deputy Sheriff Paul D. Peacher was convicted of peonage during the last week of November, there is little in the papers relating to the case, except for a congratulatory note from Norman Thomas (25).