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Labor, 1957-1959

 File — Box: 97, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2

Scope and Contents

A collection of letters, news clippings, postal cards, statements, periodical excerpts & other items. Examples are: a letter (2/19/57) from Charles H. Brown (President, Town and Country Development, Inc.) & Wilson’s reply (2/28/57) re/ constituent Brown’s promotion of The National Right To Work Committee; a postal card (3/23/57) from La Jolla constituent Mrs. Dana C. Blayney & Wilson’s reply (3/29/57) re/ Mrs. Blayney’s hope that Wilson will sponsor the Right To Work movement; a letter (5/13/57) from James W. Archer (Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye), attached “copy of a resolution adopted by the Association of State Labor Relations Agencies” & Wilson’s reply (5/27/57) re/ information concerning S. 1723, S. 1772 & H.R. 6432 and controversies arising in business affecting interstate commerce; a copy of Bureau of Labor Standards, “State ‘Right-To-Work’ Laws” (9/57 – 9 pp.); a copy of H.M. Douty, “Labor Status and Collective Bargaining,” Reprint No. 2212 from the Monthly Labor Review (June 1956 -7 pp.); a copy of Rose Theodore, “Union-Security Provisions in Agreements, 1954,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, Dept. of Labor (11 pp.); a copy of “Federal Provisions Affecting Union Security” (n.d., 3 pp.) re/ Taft-Hartley Act and the Railway Labor Act; a copy of “ ‘Right-To-Work’ References” (9/12/57 – 2 pp.); photocopy of editorial “Where Blame Belongs Democrats Let Labor Down,” The San Diego Union (9/4/58 – page b-2); a copy of “’Right-To-Work’ Referendums in the 1958 Elections” (1 page) re/ California – Against 2,106,055 & For 1,303,882 – In a six state vote, 5,364,418 were Against and 3,372,712 were For. Of the six, only Kansas accepted this ideology and became the 19th state to do so; photocopies of article from the Detroit Free Press (4/27/59 p.7), Edwin A Lahey, “13 in House Group Got Campaign Money Committee to Eye Labor Contributions;” news clipping – Henry Love, “Republicans Urged To Seize initiative” S.D. Union (2/5/59) re/ panel discussion on space exploration, atomic research & the needs of working people; letters (Feb.-Mar. 1959) re/ labor dispute between Aztec Iron Works & the Iron Workers Union; letters & periodical excerpt (4/59) re/ a Coronado constituent is concerned about U.S current trade policy “Is U.S. Pricing Itself Out of Markets,” U.S. News & World Report” (4/27/59) & other domestic needs; letters, notes & copy of H.R. Bill, 86th Cong. 1st Sess. (Apr.- May 1959) re/ information “and clarification of the legal status of apprenticeship funds, programs and joint apprenticeship committees operating under State and Federal apprenticeship laws;” 2 news clippings from the San Diego Labor Leader for 8/20/59 & 9/3/59 re/Bill Burns’ Sideshow, critique of Wilson, “Employment Breaks Record” & critique of brain washing anti-labor union campaign influenced by members of Congress and other public officials; letters (10/59) re/ Wilson Admin. Asst. Leo Parma’s response to high school student Carolyn Lybrand’s & Diana Duke’s inquiry about collective bargaining and the current steel strike; letter (10/7/59 from Wilson to constituent Cornelius O’Neal and attached copy of news clipping “Our Readers Say: State Labor Should Back Nixon, Mitchel” featuring Mr. O’Neal’s letter to the Editor of The San Diego Union (9/?/59 b-2) – Wilson agreed with this constituent; letters (10/59) re/ California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO and copies of their Resolutions No. 23, 28, 31, 53, 62, 64, 75, 79, 106, 118, 119, 133, 135 & 143 adopted by the second annual convention in San Diego, August 10-14, 1959; letter (n.d.) from Wilson to “Dear Friend” re/ the Congressman’s support for the Landrum-Griffin Bill; photocopy of “A Reminder – Labor Bill Balance Sheet” by Peter Edson (The Washington Daily News – 8/17/59) re/ analysis of COPE as to 1958 political campaigns; a letter (8/18/59) from James B. Carey (President, International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers to Wilson re/ criticizing Wilson’s vote for Landrum-Griffin, which is “a punitive, repressive measure intended to weaken labor unions. . . .;” a letter (9/11/59) from S. F. Nielsen (President, Nielsen Construction Co) to Wilson re/ “my appreciation for your sincere, honest and courageous consideration and stand . . . in regard to the Landrum-Griffin Bill;” letters (11/59) re/ a constituent’s views on unions and businesses in conflict; telegrams (12/59) re/ steel strike; a letter (11/23/59) from Leroy E. Lyon, Jr. (Asst. General Counsel, California Railroad Association) & Wilson’s reply (12/7/59) re/ the railroad labor-management contract negotiations.

Dates

  • created: 1957-1959

Creator

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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