January to March, 1967, 1967

Mitchell and his associates in the AMC devised a new strategy to put pressure on the menhaden fishing companies to sign union contracts; for details see Mitchell's report on the industry, which includes a breakdown of union organization boat by boat (Jan 19), the notes on a meeting of AMC officials in Washington to devise the new strategy (Jan 26), the proposed contracts sent to the companies (Feb. 8; March 14), and Mitchell to Harry R. Poole on the current status of the negotiations (March 8). There is a memorandum by Local 300 lawyer John T. Lavey on the status of all menhaden fishing cases before the NLRB (Feb 25). Mitchell attended a special conference on organizing in the white community sponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies; the papers include the materials sent him by the Institute (Jan 26; Feb 5,23) and his letter to Sidney Hertzberg describing the conference (Feb 28). Finally, there is a report by Mitchell on the plight of migrant workers in Florida (Jan 14)