July and August, 1942, 1942

The only notable event of the summer was the creation of the STFU Legal Department with Arkansas lawyer K.T. Sutton in charge to handle the various legal problems of union members. The reader may follow the progress of the new department through the correspondence of Sutton and in the case reports he sent to headquarters (n.d. [July], Aug. 6, n.d. [August]). Other major topics during the summer include the union's desperate search for financial support and the new co-operative associations in Arkansas and Alabama. On the latter subject, see especially Mitchell's letter to Betton and Raley (15)