April, 1940, 1940

Investigations into complaints from union members at the Dyess Colony and the Delta Cooperative Farm was a major topic of correspondence in April. On the DCF inquiry, see especially Blaine Treadway to the DCF local (6); on the Dyess situation, see the reports from Floyd Slayton (March 19, 4, 6, 9) and Butler's letter to the Dyess local (23). The union sent a delegation to a convention of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare; the papers include the call, a "confidential report" by SP Southern Secretary Frank McCallister, and a report by STFU organizer D.A> Griffin (14). Finally, there is a "Memorandum to Sponsors and Friends" of NSW on the UCAPAWA attempt at sabotage (3).