October to December, 1967, 1967

The papers include two letters from Mitchell to New Orleans industrial relations specialist Charles Logan on the sugar worker campaign (Oct. 17, 27); see also Mitchell to Patrick Gorman on the same subject (Nov. 15). Mitchell began an effort to raise a sizable sum of money to set up a national committee to help revitalize rural life in the South; see his memorandum (Nov 15), and his letter to Eugene Cox (Nov 9) and to fund-raiser Henry H. Urrows (Dec. 15). There is a memorandum by Mitchell on labor standards in the US fishing industry (Oct 21), as well as two letters from Mitchell to Prof. F. Ray Marshall of the University of Kentucky on the Southern Co-operative Development Program (Nov 16, 21). Lastly, there is an interesting exchange between organizer Howard Harrity and Mitchell on the growing dissatisfaction amount the menhaden fisherman with Local 300 (Nov 28; Dec 4)