January to March, 1968, 1968

Mitchell attempted to interest the Ford Foundation in his "Program to Build and Renew the Rural Community in South Louisiana"; see his proposal (n.d. [Jan]), a memorandum on the meeting held with Ford officials (Jan 16), and Mitchell's letters to Henry H. Urrows (Jan 18, 25, March 11) on the progress of the fund-raising effort. On the current status of the negotiations with the menhaden fishing companies, see Mitchell to AMC Executive Vice-President Harry R. Poole (Feb 7, 8). During March, Mitchell revived his plan for testing the constitutionality of the exclusion of agricultural workers under the National Labor Relations Act. On this subject, the papers include a lengthy memorandum by Mitchell (March 28), letters from Mitchell to lawyers Richard B. Sobol and James Youngdahl (Feb. 26; March 15), and letters from lawyers Daniel H. Pollitt and Alexander Schullman expressing their opinions on the case (March 19, 25).