UAW Political Action Departent: Roy Reuther Records · Richard Newberger William Oliver Wright Patman Walter Reuther Victor Reuther James Roosevelt August Scholle Brendan Sexton Paul

United Automobile Workers - Political ActionDepartment - Roy Reuther Files

Papers, 1947 - 195732 Linear Feet

Accession Number 191LC Number

In 1948 John Livingston was director of the Political ActionDepartment, and Roy Reuther was his administrative assistant. Mr.Reuther became director in early 1949, and Ralph Showalter was hisassistant. There were two other members working in the main office -Edward Tonat and Salome Williams, who was the secretary. When RalphShowalter left in June, 1952, he was replaced by Edward Purdy. InJuly, 1956, William Dodds joined the staff as assistant coordinator.In 1955 the name of the department was changed to the Political ActionCommittee, but there was no re-organization until August, 1957, whenthe name was changed to the Citizenship Department. For convenience ofdescription, the Citizenship Department files are in a separatecollection.

Important Subjects Include:

Civil Rights Legislation and Enforcement, 1949 - 1957Congressional Elections, 1948 - 1956Congressional Elections Fund Raising, 1948 - 1956Detroit Elections, 1949 - 1955Detroit Fair Employment Practices Ordinance, 1951Factionalism in Local 12, Toledo, Ohio, and Investigationof Richard Gosser Kohler

Boycott, 1956 - 1957 MichiganElections, 1950 - 1956Michigan Elections Voter Registration, 1950 - 1956Reapportionment of Michigan Legislative Districts, 1950 - 1956

UAW - PAC - Roy Reuther-2-

Correspondents Include:Al BarbourAl BarkinOlive BeasleyAndrew BiemillerRichard BoilingChester BowlesThomas BurkePaul DouglasJames FarrellOrville FreemanPat GreathouseMartha Griffiths

Philip HartAugustus HawkinsHubert HumphreyMildred JeffreyEstes KefauverJack KrollEmil MazeyGeorge MeanyPatrick McNamaraStephen A. MitchellDonald MontgomeryWayne MorseJames Murray

Richard NewbergerWilliam OliverWright PatmanWalter ReutherVictor ReutherJames RooseveltAugust ScholleBrendan SextonPaul SiftonNeil StaeblerAl UllmanG. Mennen WilliamsLeonard Woodcock


Contents 64

Manuscript Boxes

Series I. 1948 Elections. Boxes 1-5.Records relating to the work of Roy Reuther when he was

Administrative assistant to John Livingston. These records relateto the role of the UAW in Congressional elections.

Series II. Outgoing Correspondence, 1949 - 1957. Boxes 5-12.These records consist of letters from Roy Reuther, and fromhis office assistants, Ralph Showalter, Edward Purdy, Edward

Tonat, Salome Williams, and William Dodds.

Series III. Non UAW Individuals and Organizations, 1949 - 1957. Boxes 12-16.Office files of Mr. Reuther reflecting his work with community

organizations.

Series IV. UAW Departments, 1949 - 1957. Boxes 16-29.Correspondence and other records relating to UAW staff personnel.

Series V. UAW Regions, 1949 - 1957. Boxes 29-47.Correspondence and other records relating to UAW staff personnel.

Most of this material pertains to the role of the UAW in Congressionalelection campaigns.

Series VI. AFL-CIO and CIO Departments and Committees, 1949 - 1957.Boxes 47-49.

Correspondence and other records relating to the AFL-CIO andthe Congress of Industrial Organizations staff personnel.

Series VII. AFL-CIO and CIO State Labor Councils, 1948 - 1957.Boxes 49-51.

Correspondence and other records relating to AFL-CIO andthe Congress of Industrial Organizations staff personnel.

Series VIII. AFL, AFL-CIO and CIO Unions, 1949 - 1957. Box 51.Correspondence and other records relating to the staff

personnel of various unions.

Series IX. Elections and Election Issues, 1950 - 1956. Boxes 52-54.Research material relating to Congressional elections.


Series X. Michigan Elections, 1950 - 1956. Boxes 54-62.Correspondence and other records relating to elections

in the state of Michigan.

Series XI. Detroit Elections, 1949 - 1955. Boxes 62-64.Correspondence and other records relating to elections in theCity of Detroit.

Series I. Elections, 1948.

Boxes 1-5.

Correspondence, press releases, reports, financial records, reportsfrom UAW regional representatives, publicity material, clippings andhandwritten notes. These records pertain to the general electioncampaign of 1948, and most of the material relates to U.S.Congressional campaigns. The records were created while Roy Reuther wasthe administrative assistant to John Livingston, who was director ofthe Political Action Department. The records are divided into twosections - Office Files which are arranged alphabetically, and UAWRegions, which are arranged numerically. To assist the researcher, thefolder entries provide information about the geographical location ofthe regions. (For space purposes, some of the states within a givenregion are abbreviated. Those states which are abbreviated are ones inwhich the UAW did not actively engage in election activity.) At the endof each region, there are folders labeled election campaigns andcorrespondence with Congressmen. These records consist mostly ofcorrespondence relating to U.S. Congressional elections. Most of therecords in this series are dated 1948. A few of the records are dated1947 and 1949. Because these records cover a limited time period, nodates are listed on the folder entries. Most of the records in thisseries relate to the role of the UAW in Congressional elections withineach region, and this topic is well documented.

Box 1

1. Campaign Contributions to Endorsed Candidates2. Campaign Contributions of Local Unions to the UAW

Political Action Committee3-4. CIO Political Action Committee5-7. CIO Political Action Committee - Plans for political action

for the 1948 elections.8. Congratulatory letters from Democratic Cabinet officials9. Democratic National Committee - Leslie Towner

10-13. Election Issues14-15. Elections Issues - Veterans Legislation

16. Miscellaneous Correspondence17. Results of the Election - Analysis of the votes

UAW - PAC - Roy Reuther

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18-19. Reuther, Walter - Radio Broadcasts20-21. Staff Assignments for the 1948 Election22-24. UAW Contributions to CIO Political Action Committee

Box 2

1-10. UAW Contributions to CIO Political Action Committee11-12. Voter Registration13-14. Wallace, Henry

15. Region 1 (Detroit & E. Wayne Co.)16. " " - Matthews, Norman

17-19. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives20-21. Region 1A (Detroit & W. Wayne Co.)22-24. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives

Box 3

1. Region 1B (Battle Creek, Jackson, Pontiac)2-5. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives6. Region 1C (Flint, Lansing)

7-9. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives10. Region 1D (Bay City, Grand Rapids, Port Huron)

11-13. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives14-16. Regions 1 - 1D - Michigan State CIO Council17-19. Regions 1, 1A, 1B, 1C & 1D - Elections and Correspondence

with state officials and Congressmen20. Region 2 (Ohio and W. Pennsylvania - Akron, Cleveland,

Erie21-23. Region 2 - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives

24. Region 2A (Ohio, W. Pennsylvania, WV - Columbus, Pittsburgw)25-26. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives

27. Region 2B (Ohio - Toledo)28-29. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives30-31. Regions 2, 2A, & 2B - Elections and Correspondence

with Congressmen

Box 4

1-2. Region 3 (Indiana & Kentucky)3-6. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives7-8. " " - Elections & Correspondence with Congressmen9-10. Region 4 (Illinois, IA, Minnesota, Montana, NE,ND,

SD, WY and Wisconsin)11-17. Region 4 - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives18—22. " " — Elections and correspondence with Congressmen23-25. Region 5 (AR, CO, KS, LA, Missouri, NM, OK, Texas)


26-30. Region 5 - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives31-32. " " - Elections & Correspondence with Congressmen

33. Region 6 (AZ, California, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA)34-35. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives

Box 5

1. Region 6 - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen2. Region 7 (Canada)

3-4. Region 8 (AL, DE, FL, GA, Maryland, MS, NC, SC, Tennessee, VA)5-8. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives9. " " - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen

10-12. Region 9 (E. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York State)13-16. " " - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives

17. " " - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen18-19. Region 9A (Connecticut, ME, Massachusetts, NH, New York

City, RI, VT)20-22. Region 9A - Weekly Reports from UAW Representatives23-24. " " - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen

Series II. Outgoing Correspondence, 1949 - 1957.

Boxes 6-12.

Copies of letters sent, and circular letters which were sent tostaff members. These records consist of the letters of Roy Reuther,of his office assistants, Ralph Showalter, Edward Purdy, EdwardTonat, Salome Williams, and William Dodds.

Box 5

25-32. Copies of Letters Sent - Roy Reuther, 1949 - 1950

Box 6


Box 7



Box 8

1-31. Copies of Letters Sent - Roy Reuther, 1955 - 195732-41. Circular Letters to Staff - Roy Reuther, 1949 - 1954

Box 9

1-11. Circular Letters to Staff - Roy Reuther, 1949 -195412-30. Copies of Letters Sent - Ralph Showalter, 1949 - 1951

Box 101-3. Copies of Letters Sent - Ralph Showalter, 1951 - 19524. Circular Letters to Staff - Ralph Showalter, 1949 - 1950

5-37. Copies of Letters Sent - Edward Purdy, 1952 - 1957

Box 11

1. Circular Letters to Staff - Edward Purdy, 1953 - 19572-18. Copies of Letters Sent - Edward Tonat, 1949 - 1957

19-35. Copies of Letters Sent - Salome Williams, 1949 - 195736-44. Copies of Letters Sent - William Dodds, 1956 - 1957

Box 12

1-5. Copies of Letters Sent - William Dodds, 1957

Series III. Non UAW Individuals and Organizations, 1949 - 1957.

Boxes 12-16.

Correspondence, press releases, reports, and handwritten notes. Theserecords consist of mostly correspondence from non UAW miscellaneousindividuals. There is some correspondence from organizations, most ofwhich are concerned with civil rights. The lobbying activity for aMichigan Fair Employment Practices Commission is particularly well-documented. The records are arranged alphabetically.

Box 12

6. Miscellaneous Individuals - A, 1952 - 19577. American Civil Liberties Union, 1950 - 19578. American Friends Service Committee, 1949 - 19549. American Jewish Committee, 1955

10-13. Americans for Democratic Action, 1954 - 1956


14. Amlie, Thomas R., 1950 - 195415-17. Miscellaneous Individuals - B, 1949 - 195718-19. B'nai B'rith Anti-Defamation League, 1950 - 195720-22. Miscellaneous Individuals - C, 1949 - 195723-24. Committee for the Nation's Health, 1950 - 1953

25. Conference for Economic Progress - Leon Keyserling, 195626. Connecticut Committee for the Equal Rights Amendment, 195027. Conservation Associates, 1956 - 1957

28-29. Consultative Conference on Desegregation, 1956 - 1957

Box 13

1-2. Miscellaneous Individuals - D3-6. Democratic National Committee, 1950 - 19577. Detroit Council of Churches, 1950 - 19568. Detroit Citizens Committee for Equal Employment Opportunities -

FEPC Legislation, 19519. Detroit Urban League, 1950 - 195210. Miscellaneous Individuals - E, 1953 - 1956

11-12. Miscellaneous Individuals - F, 1950 - 195313. Fund for the Republic - Benjamin Segal, 1956 - 1957

14-15. Miscellaneous Individuals - G, 1949 - 195716-18. Miscellaneous Individuals - H, 1949 - 1957

19. Miscellaneous Individuals - I, 1953 - 195620. Miscellaneous Individuals - J, 1949 - 195721. Jewish Community Council of Detroit - FEPC Legislation, 1950 - 195222. Jewish Labor Committee, 1950 - 1954

Box 14

1-3. Miscellaneous Individuals - K, 1949 - 19574-7. Miscellaneous Individuals - L, 1949 - 19578. Labor's League for Political Education, 1949 - 19509. Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 1952 - 1957

10-14. Miscellaneous Individuals - M, 1949 - 195715-25. Michigan Committee on Civil Rights - FEPC Legislation, 1949 - 1954

Box 15

1. Miscellaneous Individuals - N, 1950 - 19562-5. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1950 - 1951

6-8. " " " " " " " " , DetroitBranch, 1949 - 1955

9. National Religious and Labor Foundation, 1950 - 195210. Negro Labor Committee, 1952 - 195411. New York State Housing Commission, 1955 - 195612. North Dakota Education Association, 1951

13-14. Novik, M. S., 195615. Miscellaneous Individuals - 0, 1949 - 1952


16-18. Miscellaneous Individuals - P, 1950 - 195719. Public Affairs Institute, 1951 - 1955

20-21. Miscellaneous Individuals - R, 1949 - 195522. Roosevelt College, 1949 - 1955

23-28. Miscellaneous Individuals - S, 1949 - 1957

Box 16

1. Miscellaneous Individuals - T, 1949 - 19562. Miscellaneous Individuals - U,V - 1950 - 19563. United Conservation Fund, 19554. Urban League of Greater New York, 1951

5-8. Miscellaneous Individuals - W, 1949 - 19579-12. Wayne State University - Kornhauser Survey of Political

Attitudes of Detroit UAW Members in the 1952 Election, 1950 - 195613. Miscellaneous Individuals - X,Y,Z, 1950 - 1957

Series IV. UAW Departments, 1949 - 1957.

Boxes 16-29

Correspondence, reports, press releases, financial statements,handwritten notes, and clippings. Most of these records consist ofcorrespondence with staff members of the departments, and to aid theresearcher, there are secondary folder entries which indicate the namesof the staff members. There is a large amount of correspondence withWilliam Oliver of the Fair Employment Practices department and with PaulSifton of the Legislative department. Much of the correspondence withEmil Mazey relates to election campaign contributions. Civil rightslegislation and its enforcement, Kohler boycott, fund raising campaignsfor Congressional elections and the visit of Roy Reuther to theInternational Confederation of Free Trade Unions' World Congress, July,1957, are topics which are particularly well-documented.

Box 16

14. Accounting Department - Coleman, Howard, 1949 - 195415. " " - Yaeger, Charles, 1956 - 195716. Chrysler Department - Julian, Harold, 195617. Circulation Department, 1948 - 1951


18-24. Community Relations department - Jeffrey, Mildred, 1952 - 195725. Community Services department - Brown, Andrew, 1952 - 195726. " " " - Detroit Committee on the Aging, 1955

Box 17

1. Community Services Department - Detroit - Surplus FoodDistribution, 1955

2. Community Services Department - Welfare Payments to UAWMembers on Strike, 1954

3. Compensation Department, Johnson, Clayton E., 1956 - 19574. Education Department - Carliner, Lewis, 1949 - 19525. " " - Coffey, Edward, 1950 - 19526. " " - Jackman, Herbert, 1949 - 1951

7-14. " " - Joint Meetings with Political ActionDepartment Staff, 1949 - 1956

15. Education Department - Levinson, Louise, 1953 - 195516. " " - Lipton, Howard, 1953 - 1955

17-18. " " - Reuther, Victor, 1948 - 195019. " " - Rightley, A. J., 1949 – 1953

20-27. " " - Sexton, Brendan, 1949 - 1953

Box 18

1-8. Education Department - Sexton, Brendan, 1954 - 19579. Executive Board, 1949 - 195110. " " - Fair Employment Practices Department,

Statements and Reports, 1955 - 195611. Executive Board - Gosser, Richard, 1950 - 195412. " " - Livingston, John, 1951 - 1954

13-25. Fair Employment Practices Department - Oliver, William, 1949 - 1951

Box 19


Box 20



Box 21

1-8. Fair Employment Practices Department - Oliver, William, 19579. Ford Motor Department - Bannon, Kenneth, 1949 - 195710. General Motors Department, 1952 - 195611. Health Institute, 195512. International Affairs Department, 1955 - 1956

13-25. " " " - Reuther, Roy - visit toICFTU World Congress, 1957

26-31. Kohler Boycott Committee - Archambault, John, 1956 - 195732-33. Legal Department, 1950 - 1957

Box 22

1-5. Legal Department - Cranefield, Harold, 1949 - 19576. " " - Roche, Jr., Redmond, 19567. Legislative Department - Amberg, Matthew, 1956 - 19578. " " - Burke, Thomas, 1956 - 19579. " " - Harris, Eugenie, 1950

10-12. " " - Jacobs, Samuel, 1951 - 195713-27. " " - Montgomery, Donald, 1949 - 1956

28. " " - Phillips, William, 1949 - 195529. " " - Portman, Lillian, 1949 - 195030. " " - Showalter, Ralph, 1954 - 1955

Box 23

1-26. Legislative Department - Paul Sifton, 1949 - 1955

Box 24

1-23. Legislative Department - Paul Sifton, 1955 - 1957 & n.d.

Box 25

1-2. Office Workers Department, 1953 - 19543. Political Action Department - Citizenship Councils, 1951

4-16. " " " - Fund Raising Drives for Elections,1950 - 1956

17-18. Political Action Department - Outline of Policy andResponsibilities of Staff Members, 1951 - 1952

19. Political Action Department - Purdy, Edward, 1949 - 1954


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20. Political Action Department - Reorganization Plans andDescription of Staff Assignments, n.d. - ca. 1957

21. Political Action Department - Reuther, Roy, Lecture,"Labor and Politics," 1951

22. Political Action Department - Tonat, Edward, 1949 - 195523. " " " - Williams, Salome, 1951 - 195524. President, 1956 - 1957

25-26. " - Conway, Jack, 1949 - 1957

Box 26

1-2. President - Gettlinger, Lawrence, 1949 - 19563-4. " - Mead, Kermit, 19555-22. " - Reuther, Walter, 1949 - 195723-25. Public Relations Department - Baker, Charles, 1952 - 1956

26. " " " - Kelly, Richard - "Historyof the United Automobile Workers," 1956

27. Public Relations Department - Taylor, Barney, 1950 - 195428. " " " - Winn, Frank, 1949 - 1953

Box 27

1-2. Public Relations Department - Winn, Frank, 1954 - 19563-6. Radio Department, 1951 - 1956 & n.d.7-13. " " - Hamilton, Albert, 1955 - 195614-15. " " - Jeffrey, Mildred, 1949 - 195416-17. " " - Nunn, Guy, 1950 - 195518-22. Recreation Department - Madar, Olga, 1952 - 195723-24. " " - Retired Workers Steering

Committee, 1956 - 195725-26. Research Department, 1952 - 1953 & n.d.

Box 28

1-2. Research Department - International Association ofMachinists Strike with Boeing Aircraft Co., 1949

3. Research Department - Rosdolsky, Emily, 19504-9. " " - Weinberg, Nathan, 1949 - 1947

10-28. Secretary-Treasurer - Mazey, Emil, 1949 - 1957

Box 29

1. Secretary-Treasurer - Mazey, Emil, 19572. " " - Stromar, Anthony, 1949 - 1954


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3. Social Security Department, 1952 - 19554. " " " - Becker, Harry, 1949 - 1952

5-7. " " " - Brindle, James, 1953 - 19578. " " " - Cohen, Martin, 19569. " " " - Johnson, Clayton, 1949 - 195410. " " " - Social Security Legislation,

1956 - 195711. Veterans Department, 1951 - 195512. Vice President Leonard Woodcock, 1955 - 195713. Washington Office, 1951 - 1956

14-19. " " - Reuther, Victor, 1952 - 195720-23. Womens' Bureau - Davis, Caroline, 1949 - 1956

24. " " - Jeffrey, Mildred - Program for Wivesat UAW Convention, 1955

Series V. UAW Regions, 1949 - 1957.

Boxes 29-47.

Correspondence, reports, press releases, financial statements,handwritten notes and clippings. Most of these records consistof correspondence with staff members of the regions, and to assistthe researcher, there are secondary entries which indicate the namesof the staff members. There are some other records relating to citizenshipcouncils, and local unions. With the exception of Michigan, thereare records relating to election campaigns and to correspondencewith U.S. Congressmen about their campaigns. These recordsare in folders which are placed at the end of each region. Therecords concerning congressional elections in Michigan are found inseries ten. The records of series five are arranged numerically bynumber of region. The staff members are listed first and the othercategories - citizenship councils, local unions, and elections andcorrespondence with congressmen are listed next. To assist theresearcher, the folder entries provide information about thegeographical location of the regions. For space purposes, some ofthe states within a given region are abbreviated. Most of those stateswhich are abbreviated are ones in which the UAW did not activelyengage in election activity. Most of the records in this seriesrelate to the role of the UAW in congressional elections within eachregion, and this topic is well documented. There is a large amountof material concerning a factional conflict in local union 12, Toledo,Ohio, and an investigation into the business affairs of Richard Gosser,who was a member of this local union and a vice-president of theInternational UAW. The factional conflict and the Gosser investigationoccurred in 1950.


Box 29

25-26. Region 1 (Detroit & E. Wayne County), 1949 - 195727-28. " " - Lacey, Michael, 1949 - 1955

29. " " - Lee Edgar, 1949 - 195430-31. " " - Matthews, Norman, 1949 - 1952

Box 30

1-11. Region 1 - Matthews, Norman, 1952 - 195512. " " - Merrelli, George, 1955 - 195713. " " - Morris, Kenneth, 1956 - 1957

14-21. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 195722. Region 1A (Detroit & W. Wayne County), 1953 - 195523. " " - Bell, Robert, 1957

24-29. " " - Burton, John, 1954 - 1956

Box 31

1-12. Region 1A - Burton, John, 1956 - 1957 & n.d.13-14. " " - Cote, Edward, 1949 - 1956

15. " " - Evans, Malcolm, 1952 - 195716-21. " " - Hattley, Joseph- 1956 - 1957

22. " " - McCuster, Joseph, 1949 - 195623-27. " " - Pankowski, Theodore, 1949 - 1956

Box 32

1-2. Region 1A - Pankowski, Theodore, 19573-5. " " - Penczak, John, 1949 - 19576. " " - Purdy, Edward, 1949 - 1952

7-8. " " - Sheffield, Horace, 1955 - 19579. " " - Strachan, Stuart, 1949 - 195710. " " - Tutro, John, 1956 - 1957

11-12. " " - Leadership Training Courses, 195713-18. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 1957

19. Region 1B (Battle Creek, Jackson, Pontiac), 1950 - 195720-22. " " - Bozell, William, 1952 - 1957

23. " " - Dragon, Nicholas, 1949 - 195024-30. " " - Jeffrey, Newman, 1949 -1957

Box 33

1-2. Region 1B - McAulay, William, 1949 - 19573-5. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 19576. " " - Pontiac Fair Practices Conference

7-8. Region 1C (Flint, Lansing), 1949 - 19579-11. " " - Carter, Robert, 1951 - 1957


12-18. Region 1C - Chase, Robert, 1949 - 195319-23. " " - Frast, Robert, 1952 - 195724-25. " " - Holt, Jack, 1953 - 1957

26. " " - Local Unions, 195627-28. Region 1D (Bay City, Grand Rapids, Port Huron) 1949 - 195729. " " - Doen, Robert, 1954 - 1957

30-33. " " - Peterson, Florence, 1954 - 1957

Box 34

1-2. Region 1D - Nickelberry, Henry, 1951 - 19553. " " - Reid, Robert, 1954 - 1957

4-6. " " - Robinson, Kenneth, 1956 - 19577-8. " " - Rogers, Charles, 1949 - 19539. " " - Showalter, Ralph, 1950 - 1952

10. " " - Sowles, Walter, 1949 - 195711-15. " " - Stone, Lyle, 1951 - 195316-19. " " - Woodcock, Leonard, 1949 - 195520-23. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 195724-25. Region 2 (Ohio & W. Pennsylvania - Akron, Cleveland, Erie),

1952 - 195626. Region 2 - Carr, Franklin, 1949 - 195027. " " - Costello, Peter, 1952 - 1954

28-29. " " - Holt, Jack, 1949 - 1952

Box 35

1-2. Region 2 - O'Malley, Patrick, 1949 - 1956 3-5. " " - Wilse, Jack, 1953 - 1957

6-7. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 19578. Region 2A (Ohio, W. Pennsylvania, & WV - Columbus, Pittsburg),

1950 - 19569. Region 2A - Cossey, Daniel, 1956

10-11. " " - Ross, Raymond, 1954 - 195712-24. " " - Souders, Eugene, 1950 - 195725. " " - Citizenship Councils, 195226. " " - Local Unions, n.d.

27-28. Region 2 B (Ohio - Toledo) - Ballard, Charles, 1949 - 195629. " " - Beemer, Orville, 1949 - 1956

30-32. " " - Glowski, Chester, 1952 - 195533-34. " " - Mouch, Harold, 1955 - 195635. " " - Norman, Earl, 1950


Box 361. Region 2B - Local Unions, 1952 - 1956

2-19. " " - Local Union 12 Factionalism, Investigation of Richard Gosser and Office Workers Strike, 1950

Box 371-4. Region 2B - Local Union 12 Factionalism, Investigation of

Richard Gosser and Office Workers Strike, 19505-10. Regions 2, 2A, and 2B - Elections and Correspondence with

Congressmen, 1950 - 195711-12. Region 3 (Indiana and Kentucky), 1950 - 195613-26. " " - Bedell, Daniel, 1949 - 1957

Box 38

1-4. Region 3 - Berndt, Raymond, 1949 - 1956 & n.d.5. " " - Bickel, Helen, 1951 - 19536. " " - Hutton, Carroll, 1950 - 19567. " " - Citizenship Councils, 1957 8-

10. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 195711-13. " " - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen,

1950 - 195714-15. Region 4 (Illinois, Iowa, NE), 1949 - 195616-20. " " - Abner, Willoughby, 1949 - 1957

21. " " - Clark, Robert, 1954 - 195522. " " - Greathouse, Patrick, 1952 - 1957

23-26. " " - Johnson, Charles, 1953 - 1957 27-29. " " - Johnson, Robert, 1950 - 195730. " " - Lipton, Howard, 1956 - 1957

Box 39

1. Region 4 - Owens, Edris, 19572. " " - Roberts, Robert, 19573. " " - Citizenship Councils, 1952 - 1953

4-7. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 19508-9. " " - Election Campaigns and Correspondence with Congressmen

10-11. Region 5 (AR, CO, KS, LA, Missouri, NM, Oklahoma, Texas),1956 - 1957 1

2-15. Region 5 - Coffey, Edward, 1949 - 195116. " " - Hawks, Theodore, 1949 - 195617. " " - Houston, Donald, 1951 - 1954

18-27. " " - Hutchison, David, 1951 - 1954


Box 40

1-5. Region 5 - Hutchison, David, 1955 - 19576. " " - Lee, M. R., 1950 - 1956

7-10. " " - Letner, Russell, 1950 - 195711-18. " " - Mason, Robert, 1951 - 195719-28. " " - O'Hara, John, 1949 - 1957

29. " " - Slinkard, Luther, 1950 - 1951

Box 41

1. Region 5 - Citizenship Councils, n.d.2. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 1956

3-6. " " - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen,1950 - 1957

7-8. Region 6 (AZ, California, ID, NV, Oregon, UT, WA), 1949 - 19579-10. " " - Baker, Clyde, 1954 - 195511. " " - Bioletti, Charles, 1956 - 1957

12-14. " " - Callan, Arnold, 1951 - 195715-17. " " - Cartwright, Richard, 1955 - 1957

18. " " - Dragon, Nicholas, 1956 - 195719-25. " " - Mainard, Rex, 1949 - 195226-28. " " - O'Halloran, Cyril, 1950 - 1954

29. " " - Showalter, Ralph, 1956 - 195730-32. " " - Wiley, Spencer, 1956 - 1957

Box 42

1. Region 6 - Citizenship Councils, 1952 - 19572. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 1957

3-8. " " - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen,1949 - 1956

9-10. Region 7 (Canada), 1950 - 1956, & n.d.11. " " - Burt, George, 1949 - 195712. " " - MacDonald, William 1949 - 1951

13-22. " " - Schultz, Arthur, 1951 - 195723-24. Region 8 (AL, DE, FL, Georgia, Maryland, MS, NC, SC,

Tennessee, VA)25-26. Region 8 - Bateman, John, 1953 - 1957

27. " " - Ciampa, Panfilo, 1952 - 195528-32. " " - Guest, George, 1949 - 1953

Box 43

1-2. Region 8 - Harden James, 1955 - 19573. " " - Michael, E. T., 19574. " " - Moore, Carl T., 1957


5. Region 8 - Moran, Ernest, 1949 - 19526-8. " " - Nichols, Jess, 1950 - 19519. " " - Starling, Thomas, 1951 - 1953

10-25. " " - Wagner, Paul, 1949 - 195726. " " - Citizenship Councils, n.d.

27-28. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 195629-30. " " - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen,

1950 - 195731-32. Region 9 (E. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York State), 1949 – 1957

Box 44

1-2. Region 9 - Blackwood, Benjamin, 1949 - 19503. " " - Cranmore, George, 1949 - 1953

4-5. " " - Dunne, Martin, 1951 - 19536-10. " " - Gerber, Martin, 1949 - 195711-16. " " - Guensch, Charles, 1953 - 1957

17. " " - Gray, Edward, 1950 - 195618. " " - Kane, George, 1950 - 1954

19-22. " " - Krebs, Paul, 1950 - 195223. " " - 0'Mealia, Francis, 1951

24-26. " " - Rifkin, Bernard, 1954 - 195727-31. " " - Watkins, Jay, 1952 - 195732-33. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 1951

Box 45

1-2. Region 9 - Local Unions, 1952 - 19573-6. " " - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen,

1949 - 19577. Region 9A (Connecticut, ME, Massachusetts, New York City,

RI, VT), 1951 - 19568-10. Region 9A - Dillon, John, 1949 - 195711-13. " " - Kerrigan, Charles, 1949 - 195614-15. " " - Sviridoff, Mitchell, 1950 - 1957

16. " " - Walkinshaw, 1954 - 1956 17-18. " " - Ward, Patrick, 1954 - 195619. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 1957

20-24. " " - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen25-26. Region 10 (Minnesota, Montana, ND, SD, WY & Wisconsin),

1949 - 195627-32. Region 10 - Dodds, William


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Box 46

1-11.Region 10 - William Dodds, 1950 - 195612-18. " " - Kitzman, Harvey, 1949 - 195719-21. " " - Koenig, Ralph, 1956 - 1957

22. " " - Mattson, Joseph, 194923. " " - Yolton, Donald, 1950 - 1956

24-26. " " - Local Unions, 1949 - 195727. " " - UAW, AFL - 1951 - 1952

Box 47

1-5. Region 10 - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen,

1950 - 1957

Series VI.AFL-CIO and CIO Departments and Committees, 1948 - 1957

Boxes 47-49.

Correspondence, reports, press releases, financial records, handwrittennotes, and clippings. Most of these records refer to CIO departments.The first seven folders refer to AFL-CIO Committee on PoliticalEducation. Most of the records in this series are dated 1949 -1957;there is one record dated December, 1948. The records are arrangedalphabetically. There is some documentation on family participation inelections; these records are found in folders labeled Political ActionCommittee - Women's Advisory Committee, and Women's Auxiliary.

Box 47

6-12. Committee on Political Education, 1956 - 195713. Education Department, 1950 - 195514. General Counsel, 1954 - 1955

15-16. Housing Committee, 1949 - 195017. Industrial Union Councils Department, 1954

18-19. Legislative Department, 1949 - 195520. Miscellaneous Departments, 1949 - 1952

21-22. Miscellaneous Departments, AFL-CIO, 1956 - 195723-30. Political Action Committee, 1948 - 1950

Box 48

1-16. Political Action Committee, 1950 - 195517-26. " " " - Political Programs for

Congressional Elections, 1950 - 1954 27.Political Action Committee - Western Regional Office,

George Douglass, 1949 - 1951


28-30. Political Action Committee - Women's Advisory Committee,Mildred Jeffrey, 1953 - 1954

Box 49

1-3. Political Action Committee - Women's Advisory Committee,Mildred Jeffrey, 1954 - 1955

4. President, 1949 - 19555. " - Daniel, Franz, 1954 - 19556. Publicity Department, 1949 - 19557. Regional Development and Conservation Committee,

1949 - 19548. Research Department, 1949 - 19559. Religious Affairs Department, 1954

10. Veterans Affairs Committee, 195511. Women's Auxiliary, 1954 - 1955

Series VII.AFL-CIO and CIO State Labor Councils, 1948 - 1957

Boxes 49-51.

Correspondence, reports, press releases and clippings. These recordsrelate to state and local labor union councils. Most of the recordsrelate to the Congress of Industrial Organizations, since, at thestate level, most of the councils did not merge with the AmericanFederation of Labor until August, 1957. Most of the records aredated 1949 - 1957; there are a few records dated December, 1948.They are arranged alphabetically by name of state, and at the end ofthe series, there is one folder labeled Regional Offices. A largeportion of these records relate to the state of Michigan, and thereis some documentation concerning the appointment of stategovernment officials.

Box 49

12. Alabama Industrial Union Council, 1954 - 195713-15. Arizona CIO Council - Dragon, Nicholas, 1950 - 1954

16. " " " - Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Workers,Local Union 78, 1950 - 1954

17. California Industrial Union Council, 1949 - 195518. Colorado Industrial Union Council, 1954 - 195719. Colorado Labor Council, AFL-CIO, 1956 - 195720. Delaware Industrial Union Council, 1950 - 1957


21-22. Connecticut Industrial Union Council, 1949 - 195523. Georgia Industrial Union Council, 195424. Idaho CIO Political Legislative Council, 195425. Iowa Industrial Union Council, 195026. Illinois Industrial Union Council, 1951 - 195727. Indiana Industrial Union Council, 1949 - 195728. Kansas Industrial Union Council, 1950 - 195529. Louisiana Industrial Union Council, 1955 - 195630. Maryland Industrial Union Council, 1950 - 195631. Massachusetts CIO Council, 1952 - 1954

32-36. Michigan CIO Council, 1949 - 1953

Box 50

1-7. Michigan CIO Council, 1954 - 19578-12. " " " - Appointments of State Officials, 1948 - 195513. Michigan - Berrien County Industrial Union Council, 1954

14-15. " - Flint Industrial Union Council, 1950 - 195716. " - Kent County Industrial Union Council, 194917. " - Lansing CIO Council, 195518. " - Lenawee County Industrial Union Council, 195219. " - Macomb County Industrial Union Council, 1950 - 195420. " - Pontiac Industrial Union Council, 1950

21-23. " - Oakland County Industrial Union Council, 1951 - 195624. " - Port Cities Industrial Union Council, 1949 - 195425. " - Washtenaw County Industrial Union Council, 1954

26-34. " - Wayne County Industrial Union Council, 1949 - 1957

Box 51

1-3. Minnesota CIO Council, 19494. Miscellaneous CIO Councils, 1950 - 1956

5-7. New Jersey CIO Council, 1949 - 19578. New Jersey - Mercer County Political Action Committee, 19519. New York CIO Council, 1950 - 195210. North Carolina Industrial Union Council, 1949 - 1955

11-12. Ohio CIO Council, 1950 - 195513. Oregon Industrial Union Council, 1950 - 195614. Pennsylvania CIO Council, 1950 - 1956

15-16. Texas CIO Council, 1950 - 195617. Virginia CIO Council, 1950 - 195318. Washington CIO Council, 1954 - 195619. West Virginia Industrial Union Council, 1948 - 195720. Wisconsin Industrial Union Council, 1950 - 195621. Wyoming Industrial Union Council, 195422. Regional Offices, 1954 - 1955


Series VIII. AFL, AFL-CIO and CIO Unions, 1949 - 1957.

Box 51.

Correspondence and reports. Most of these records relate to CIO unions.There is one folder of records relating to the AFL International LadiesGarment Workers, there is one folder concerning the AFL-CIO AmericanFederation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and there is one folderon miscellaneous AFL-CIO unions. The records of this series are arrangedalphabetically.

Box 51

23. Amalgamated Clothing Workers, 1953 - 195424. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees -

Michigan Councils, 1956 - 195725. Communications Workers, 1949 - 195526. Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee, 1951 - 195727. International Garment Workers, 1950 - 195728. International Union of Electrical Workers, 1952 - 195429. Miscellaneous Unions, 1949 - 195530. Miscellaneous unions, AFL-CIO, 1956 - 195731. National Association of Broadcast Employees, 1954 -195532. National Farmers Union, 195333. National Maritime Union, 1953

34-37. Textile Workers Union, 1949 - 195538-39. Transport Workers Union, 1950 - 1955

40. United Packinghouse Workers, 1950 - 195541. United Rubber Workers, 1950 - 195542. United Steel Workers, 1951 - 1953

Series IX. Elections and Election Issues, 1950 - 1956.

Boxes 52-54.

Reports, press releases, voting records, drafts of speeches, handwrittennotes, and clippings. These records were probably used as research materialfor speeches. There is little correspondence. The records relate to nationalcongressional and presidential elections. Since the records are arrangedchronologically by year of election, some folders may contain documentswhich are dated the year before or the year after the election.Some of therecords in folders dated 1950 elections, for example, are actually dated1949. There are some folders which contain material on specific issues, andsecondary entries indicate them.


Box 52

1-9. 1950 Elections10. " " - Military Aid Program

11-19. 1952 Elections20. " " - American Vegetarian Party21. " " - Health Insurance Legislation22. " " - Reapportionment of Congress23. " " - Republican Party24. " " - Senate Filibuster Cloture, Dawson Report

25-26. " " - Unemployment Compensation Legislation27. " " - Voting Behavior of the Electorate

Box 53

1-11. 1954 Elections12-13. " " - Republican Party Program

14. " " - Right to Work Laws15. " " - Senate Filibuster Cloture16. " " - Unemployment Compensation Legislation

17-18. " " -Veterans Legislation19. 1955 Elections - CIO PAC Activity in State and Local Elections

20-30. 1956 Elections

Box 54

1-3. 1956 Elections4. " " - Anti-Trust Legislation

5-6. " " - Civil Rights Legislation7-10. " " - Democratic National Convention

11. " " - Legislative Program for the 85th Congress12. " " - Unemployment Compensation Legislation

Series X.Michigan Elections and Election Issues, 1950 - 1957.

Boxes 54-62

Correspondence, reports, press releases, election statistics, publicitymaterial, handwritten notes, and clippings. These records relate toelection activity within the state of Michigan, excluding the city ofDetroit. The election material for Detroit is found in series eleven.The records of series ten are divided into two sections.


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The records of section one pertain to election campaigns. They arearranged chronologically, and secondary folder entries indicateparticular elections. These records relate to various state andcongressional elections, and correspondence with candidates abouttheir campaigns is included. Since the records are arranged by dateof election, some folders may contain records which are dated theyear before or the year after the election. Some of thecorrespondence in folders labeled 1950 elections, for example, isactually dated 1948 or 1949. Because this collection containsrecords dated until August 15, 1957, the records of the 1957 springprimary election are included in this series. All of the recordsrelating to the 1958 elections are in the Citizenship DepartmentCollection. The records of section two relate to campaign issues,and they are arranged alphabetically. There is a large amount ofdocumentation on the governor elections, on voter registration inWayne County, on fair employment practices legislation, onunemployment compensation legislation, and on proposals toreapportion state legislative districts. There is alsodocumentation on primary elections.

Box 54

13-15. 1950 Elections16-25. " " - Governor

Box 55

1-2. 1950 Elections - Governor3. " " - Governor's Office Correspondence, 1948 - 19504. " " - Reapportionment of State Legislature

5-6. " " - Republican Party Program7. " " - State Central Democratic Committee -

Coreespondence, 1949 - 19508-9. 1950 Elections - State Government Positions10. " " - U.S. Congress11. " " - " - Correspondence, 1949 - 195012. " " - Voter Registration

13-14. " " - Wayne County15. 1951 Elections - Battle Creek School Board

16-17. " " - Primary, April 218-20. 1952 Elections

21. " " - Flint City Statistics22-23. " " - Governor


24-25. 1952 Elections - Governors's Office Correspondence, 1950 - 195226. " " - Primary, August 5

27-30. " " - Reapportionment of State Legislature

Box 56

1-4. 1952 Elections - Reapportionment of State Legislature5-6. " " - Republican Party Program7-9. " " - State Central Democratic Committee -

Correspondence, 1951 - 195210. 1952 Elections - State Democratic Convention

11-13. " " - State Government Positions14. " " - U.S. Congress15. " " - " " - Correspondence, 1951 - 1952

16-21. " " - Voter Registration - Detroit22. " " - " " - Kent & Muskegon Counties23. " " - " " - Macomb County

24-26. " " - Wayne County27-28. " " - " " - Republican Contribution Lists

Box 57

1. 1952 Elections - Wayne County - Republican Contribution Lists2. 1953 Elections - Battle Creek School Board

3-8. " " - Primary, April 29. " " - State Central Democratic Committee10. " " - State Democratic Convention

11-13. 1954 Elections14-15. " " - Governor

16. " " - Lieutenant Governor17-18. " " - Primary, August 319-20. " " - Republican Party Program

21. " " - State Central Democratic Committee22-23. " " - " " " " - Correspondence,

1952 - 195424-25. 1954 Elections - State Democratic Convention

26. " " - State Government Positions27. " " - U.S. Congress

28-29. " " - " " - Correspondence, 1952 - 195430-31. " " - Voter Registration32-34. " " - " " - Detroit


Box 58

1. 1954 Elections - Voter Registration - Wayne County2. " " - Wayne County3. " " " " - Liberal - Labor Coordinator

Meetings4. 1954 Elections - Wayne County - Reapportionment

5-6. " " - 13th Congressional District7-8. " " - 17th Congressional District9-11. 1955 Elections12. " " - Harper Woods School Bond Issue13. " " - Oakland County

14-22. " " - Primary, April 423-24. " " - Republican Party Program25-27. " " - Voter Registration

28. " " - Wayne County

Box 59

1-4. 1956 Elections5. " " - Detroit Steering Committee Meetings6. " " - Governor

7-8. " " - Governor's Office Correspondence, 19569-12. " " - Oakland County13-14. " " - Reapportionment of State Legislature

15. " " - Republican Party Program16-17. " " - State Central Democratic Committee -

Correspondence,1955 - 1956

18. 1956 Elections - State Democratic Convention19. " " - State Government Positions

20-24. " " - U.S. Congress - Correspondence, 1955 - 195625. " " - Voter Registration

26-27. " " - " " - Wayne County28-29. " " - Wayne County

30. " " - " " - Democratic Committee31. " " - " " - Primary32. " " - 17th Congressional District

Box 60

1-14. 1957 Elections - Primary, April 115. Elections, n.d. - Madison Heights Charter Election

16-17. Circuit Courts Consolidation, 1952 - 195318-27. Fair Employment Practices Legislation, 1950 - 195628-30. Highway Safety Legislation, 1954 - 195531-33. Hospitalization Insurance Legislation, 1950 - 195534-35. Industrial Development, 1956 - 1957


Box 61

1-2. Industrial Development, 19573-4. Judicial Appointment and Returement Legislation, 1954 - 19555. Lobbying Agents, 19516. Milk Marketing Legislation, 19577. Miscellaneous Issues, 1950 - 19568. Natural Gas Legislation, 19559. Right to Work Legislation, 195510. Social Service Agencies Consolidation, 1953 - 195511. State Aid to Education, 1955

12-13. State Legislature Reapportionment Proposals, 1954 - 195614-18. " " " " - Wayne County, 195319-27. Unemployment Compensation Legislation, 1949 - 1955

Box 62

1. Unemployment Compensation Legislation, 19562-5. Wayne County Re-organization, 1955 - 1957

Series XI. Detroit Elections, 1949 - 1955.

Boxes 62 - 64

Correspondence, reports, press releases, election statistics, publicitymaterial, handwritten notes, and clippings. These records relate toelections in the city of Detroit. They are divided into two sections. Therecords of section one pertain to election campaigns, and they arearranged chronologically by year of election. Since these records arearranged by date of election, some folders may contain records which aredated the year before or the year after the election. The records of the1957 election are in the Citizenship Department Collection. The recordsof section two relate to specific campaign issues, and they are arrangedalphabetically. There is a large amount of documentation on municipalelections, on a fair employment practices ordinance, and on housingprograms.

Box 62

6-27. Municipal Elections, 1949 - 1951

Box 63

1-3. Municipal Election, 19514-5. Board of Education Election, 19536-19. Municipal Elections, 1953 - 1955


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20-21. Board of Education Election, 1955

22-25. City Planning Program, 1950 - 195526. Civil Rights Issues, 1953 - 195427. Consumer Price Control, 1951

28-30. Education Issues, 1951 195531. Expressway Program, 1951 - 1955

Box 64

1-6. Fair Employment Practices Ordinance, 1951 & n.d.7-26. Housing Program, 1949 - 195527. Income Tax Ordinance, 195228. Metropolitan Airport Utilization, 195529. Natural Gas Legislation, 195030. Police Department - Civil Rights Complaints, 195431. Smoke Abatement Proposals, 1955

32-33. Street Railway Contract Negotiations, 195134. Street Railway Finances, 1950 - 195335. Street Railway Safety Problems, 1950

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