July, 1940, 1940

Mitchell began to press upon his fellow STFU leaders a plan to secure affiliation with the AF of L. In this connection, see his memorandum to David Dubinsky, President of the ILGWU, on organizing agricultural workers (June 24), and his memorandum to the AF of L (n.d. [July, 1940]), his letters to Butler and Blaine Treadway reporting on his negotiations with AF of L officials and the minutes of the NEC meeting which decided to go ahead with Mitchell's proposal (20). Other items of special interest include: minutes of a hearing held by WPA to investigate the STFU's complaint against WPA officials in Pemiscot County, Missouri (3), and an exchange between Mitchell and Butler on the conscription bill then before Congress (27, 28)