September, 1945, 1945

The most important topic for this month is the union's unsuccessful attempt to halt the wage ceiling imposed on cotton picking. Items related to the wage ceiling fight include: minutes of a meeting of the Delta Council Labor Committee held July 12 during which the Council voted to ask the government for a wage ceiling (6); Mitchell's statement to the Secretary of Agriculture entitled "A Ceiling on Cotton Pickers' Wages" (10) and his report to the Executive Council on his trip to Washington (18); Mitchell to Cong. Frank Hook, explaining the effect of the ceiling on cotton production (21); and a long memorandum from union lawyer K.T. Sutton on the prospects for obtaining an injunction against the Arkansas USDA Wage Board (n.d.). On the continuing fight to save the Delmo Homes, see the exchange of correspondence between Mitchell and David Burgess (11,24,27).