World War II - Defense, 1936-1942

letter from President, AFL Building and Construction Trades Department to all affiliated unions with confidential letter of agreement between the Department and government agencies engaged in defense construction re no strikes, minimum wage and overtime, apprentices, Board of Review, July 23, 1941; minutes of the Fourth Meeting of AFL National Defense Committee, July 30, 1941, 3 pages; correspondence between Office of Production Management, War Department and AFL Building and Construction Trades Department re labor policy, August 1, 1941, 11 pages; "Organization and Executive Personnel, Office of Production Management, August 1941 (Showing Previous Affiliation)" by Research and Information Service, AFL, 15 pages; "Agenda of the 5th Meeting of the AFL National Defense Committee, August 27, 1941"; "National Defense Mediation Board," list of public, management and labor representatives, n.d.; "Failure to Spread Defense Contracts" with map, "Distribution of Prime National Defense Contract Awards by Industrial Areas," April 30, 1941, AFL Research and Information Service; "Agenda, Sixth Meeting of the AFL National Defense Committee, September 17, 1941," with attached minutes of fifth meeting, description of "Supply, Priorities and Allocations Board", orders of "Office of Production Management from August 25 to September 14, 1941", "Office of Price Administration", "Office of Civilian Defense", and "A Comprehensive Program of Social Insurance"; "The Buffalo Plan," brief description of compensation plan for displaced workers at Chevrolet plant, with analysis of broader applications, September 17, 1941; "War Production Board Management-Labor Council," 6 page manuscript re organization, establishment of labor-management committees, n.d.; "Minutes of the Seventh Meeting of the AFL National Defense Committee ... November 12, 1941" re price controls, agricultural exemption, 3 pages, and press release, November 15, 1941; minutes of the AFL Executive Council re no-strike pledge, December 15, 1941; re resolutions proposed by CIO, AFL, Employers and Joint AFL-CIO committee at Employers-Labor Conference, December 18, 1941, 8 pages; AFL Defense Committee Agenda, December 31, 1941; "Advisory Committee," 10 page manuscript alleging pro-CIO bias of Office of Production Management's Labor Division, C. December 31, 1941; form letters; notes.