December, 1944, 1944

The papers are mainly routine through December, except for the campaign to obtain a pardon for Tee Davis (see November, 1943, above) which the reader may follow through the letters of lawyer K.T. Sutton and the WDL. There are a few additional items of special interest: Mitchell to AF of L President William Green, asking for help in organizing various rural industries in the South 914); two reports by David Burgess on his organizing trips through Arkansas (19, n.d. [December]); a report on the N.E. Arkansas District Council, including information on the current status of the 19 member locals (25); and a letter from J.E. Clayton, informing Mitchell that a certain Mid-West church group stands ready to donate free cows to Arkansas farmers through the FSA (29)