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UAW President's Office: Walter P. Reuther Collection

Papers, 1933-1970(Predominantly, 1946-1970)

351 linear feet3 scrapbooks

1 card file

Accession Number 261

The papers of Walter P. Reuther were placed in the Archives of Labor andUrban Affairs in several installments between 1967 and 1981. The papersreceived in 1967 were made available for research in 1968. The entirecollection, incorporating the previously opened material, was opened forresearch in May of 1980.

Walter P. Reuther was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on September 1,1907, the son of an active unionist. He left high school at fifteen to becomean apprentice toolmaker to help support his family. He moved to Detroit in1926 and worked at the Briggs Manufacturing Company and the Ford MotorCompany. During this period he completed his high school education andattended what is now Wayne State University for three years.

In 1933 he was dismissed by Ford, possibly as a result of his organizingactivities. At that point he and his brother, Victor, withdrew their savingsand embarked on a bicycle trip through Europe. The trip took them to theSoviet Union, where they worked at an automobile plant in Gorki, returningto the United States via the Far East in 1935.

In Detroit, Reuther became intensely involved in the newly-formed UnitedAutomobile Workers Union, founding and becoming the first president of theWest Side Local 174, and at the 1936 convention he was elected to theInternational Executive Board. At the 1942 convention he was elected a vicepresident.

He was a leader with his brothers, Victor and Roy, in the General Motorssit-down strikes of 1936 and 1937. During an organizing campaign in 1937,he was beaten by Ford "service men" in an incident that came to be knownas the "Battle of the Overpass." Early the next year he was the victim of anattempted kidnapping, also attributed to Ford "service men."

Reuther served as director of the General Motors Department of the UAWfrom 1939 to 1948. He also served as director of the Fair Practices andAnti-Discrimination Department, which was created in 1946 with WilliamOliver as co-director.

UAW President Walter P. Reuther Collection

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Even before the United States' entry into World War II, Reuther conceivedthe idea of mass production of military planes using automobile plantfacilities. Despite initial opposition by industry, the "Reuther Plan," as it wasknown, was implemented once the country entered the war. During the war,he served on the War Manpower Commission and with the Office ofProduction Management.

At the war's end, Reuther demanded a wage increase in negotiations withGeneral Motors, coupled with the stipulation that GM not pass the cost alongto the consumer through increased prices which would erode the advantagegained for the workers and contribute to inflation. Reuther failed to commitGM to this principle despite a 113-day strike, but the confrontationestablished him as an innovative negotiator whose sights were set onbroader goals than those of traditional unionists.

At the the convention in March of 1946, after a bitter contest in which hetook a strong anti-Communist position, Reuther was elected president of theUAW, an office he held until his death. Later that year, he was elected a vicepresident of the CIO. In 1948 he was again the victim of an physical attack.His assailant, who was never apprehended despite intense efforts by theUAW, severely damaged Reuther's right arm with a shotgun blast.

In 1952 Reuther succeeded Philip Murray as president of the CIO, and he ledin efforts to merge the CIO and the AFL, which came about in December of1955. He then became a vice president of the AFL-CIO and president of theIndustrial Union Department. Disagreements over social issues, organizingunorganized workers, international labor and foreign policy,the Vietnam Warand other matters, in which Reuther urged a more activist stance, led to thewithdrawal of the UAW from the AFL-CIO in 1968. In 1969 the UAW formedthe Alliance for Labor Action with the International Brotherhood of Teamstersin order to further some of the programs Reuther had advocated while in theAFL-CIO.

Under Reuther's leadership, the UAW gained for its members, among othercollective bargaining breakthroughs, the guaranteed annual wage,supplemental unemployment benefits, cost-of-living escalator and annualimprovement factor provisions, pension plans, health insurance for workersand their families and profit-sharing plans. During his twenty-four-yearadministration, the UAW established its identity as a powerful, well organizedunion, successful in protecting the rights and interests of its members, yetresponsive to its social responsibilities.

Reuther saw that improved living conditions for workers could not beachieved solely at the bargaining table and, consequently, used his influenceto further needed social reforms. Throughout his career he foughtdiscrimination, and he was an active participant in the civil rights movementfrom its inception. In addition, he worked for improved housing, bettereducation, medical care, consumer rights and environmental causes. He was


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also intensely interested in international affairs. He devoted considerableeffort to working for peace and a strong United Nations organization, and hesought to create a structure of international labor organizations independentof Communist control.

He advocated union participation in the political process through political.action committees, and under him, the UAW played a leading role in workingfor candidates sympathetic to their objectives. He also devoted much time toappearances before congressional committees to urge legislation favorable tolabor and the social issues he championed. He served on numerousgovernmental panels studying such issues as atomic energy andtechnological change. He also worked energetically to better conditions inDetroit and Michigan, and in his last years, strove to effect urbanreconciliation and remedy the causes of the 1967 Detroit riot.

Because of the prominent public role that he played, Reuther participated inan extraordinary number of organizations and was a friend and confidant ofmany of the most prominent individuals in the country in various spheres.He was recognized as an effective orator and he maintained a busy scheduleof speaking appearances. During his lifetime he was the recipient ofnumerous awards and honorary degrees.

His career was cut short when he and his wife, May, who had shared in hisbeliefs and his work from the time of their marriage in 1936, were killed inthe crash of a small plane while on their way to the UAW educational centerat Black Lake, Michigan. They are survived by two daughters, Linda andLisa.

The papers of Walter Reuther reflect his career with the UAW from itsbeginning, although the documentation for the pre-presidential period is lesscomplete. In addition to UAW material, there are extensive files relating tohis work as an officer of the CIO, the AFL-CIO and the ALA. In addition,there is considerable material relating to international labor organizations,international affairs, other labor unions, organizations of various kinds andhis work in the area of public affairs.


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Important subjects covered in this collection are:

Alliance for Labor ActionAmerican MotorsAFLAFL-CIOAtomic energyAutomationChrysler CorporationCivil rightsCommunismCIODefenseDetroit urban affairsEducationEnvironmental conservationEqual employment opportunityFord Motor CompanyGeneral Motors CorporationGuaranteed annual wageHealth plansHousingInternational affairsInternational Confederation of Free Trade UnionsInternational Metalworkers' FederationJurisdictional disputesKorean War productionNew DetroitOrganizing workersPeacePensionsRacial integrationSkilled tradesStrikesSupplemental unemployment benefitsTechnological changeTractors for FreedomUnemploymentUAW factionalismUnited NationsWage stabilizationWomen workersWorld War II production


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Among the important correspondents are:

Addes, George F. Stonorov, OskarBannon, Ken Strachan, D. AlanBevan, Aneurin Thomas, NormanBluestone, Irving Thomas, R. J.Bowles, Chester Truman, Harry S.Burt, George Weinberg, NatCarey, James B. Wilkins, RoyCavanagh, Jerome P. Winn, FrankCisler, Walker L. Wirtz, W. WillardConway, Jack Woodcock, LeonardCushman, Edward L. Zwerdling, A. L.Dodds, WilliamDouglas, Paul H.Edwards, George, Jr.Erlander, TageFlemming, Arthur S.Fraser, DouglasGerber, MartinGettlinger, LarryGoldberg, Arthur J.Golden, Clinton S.Goodman, LeoGraedl, AdolpheGreathouse, PatHaywood, Allan S.Higgins, Msgr. George G.Humphrey, Hubert E.Johnson, Lyndon B.Kennedy, John F.Kennedy, RobertMazey, EmilMcClellan, John LMeany, GeorgeMontgomery, Donald E.Morris, KenRandolph, A. PhilipRauh, Joseph L., Jr.Reuther, VictorRoosevelt, EleanorRoosevelt, JamesSchnitzler, William F.Scholle, AugustSchrade, PaulSinclair, UptonStevenson, Adlai E.


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In addition to this collection, other UAW collections at the Archives of Laborand Urban Affairs contain considerable information about Walter Reuther,notably those from departments headed by his brothers Victor and Roy, theUAW General Motors Department Collection, the UAW Secretary-TreasurerCollections of George Addes and Emil Mazey, the UAW Local 174 Collectionand the UAW Fair Practices and Anti-Discrimination Collection.

Non-UAW collections providing information on Reuther are the NorbertWiener Collection, the Citizens' Crusade Against Poverty Collection, the CIOExecutive Board Minutes and Proceedings Collection and the CIO WashingtonOffice Collection. The Archives also holds oral histories of May, Roy andVictor Reuther and many other UAW members and officials, which containpassages relating to the career of Walter Reuther.

Among the many published biographies of Reuther are The Brothers Reutherby Victor Reuther, Reuther by Frank Cormier and William J. Eaton, WalterReuther and the Rise of the Auto Workers by John Barnard, Walter Reutherby Anthony Carew and The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit by NelsonLichtenstein.


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Contents

572 manuscript boxes65 storage boxes

3 scrapbooks1 card file

Series I, UAW Local 174, 1936-1939, Box 1:Correspondence, minutes, notes and other materials relating toReuther's presidency of Local 174. Files are fragmentary. Somerelate to organizing, the Kelsey-Hayes sit-down and other strikesand to factionalism.

Series II, UAW International Headquarters Files, 1936-1946, Boxes2-33:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports and other materials relatingto Reuther's activities in various offices of the UAW prior to hiselection to the presidency of the union.

Subseries A: General Files, 1936-1946, Boxes 2-17:Files relating to Reuther's work as an officer of the UAW priorto his assumption of the presidency. During this period hewas a member of the International Executive Board, a vicepresident, headed the Skilled Trades Department and the WarManpower and Consumer's Department and was director ofRegion 1A. Files relate to conventions, war production,factionalism, and to specific locals and regions.

Subseries B: General Motors Department, 1936-1946,Boxes 17-28:

Material relating to the General Motors Department which wasestablished in 1938 and which Reuther headed from 1939through 1948. Files document relations between the UAW andGM including negotiations, GM locals, war production, and the1945-46 strike.

Subseries C: Government War Production Agencies,1941-1945, Boxes 29-33:

Material reflecting Reuther's work as a representative of laborwith the Office of Production Management and the WarManpower Commission during World War II and with othergovernment agencies engaged in war productionadministration. Files relate to efforts to achieve maximumproduction and to secure a voice for labor in war productionplanning.


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Series III, UAW President's Office and International HeadquartersFiles, 1946-1970, Boxes 34-173:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, and other materialdocumenting the work of the President's Office during theadministration of Walter Reuther. Files relate to an extensiverange of subjects and include records from UAW conventions and theInternational Executive Board.

Series IV, UAW President's Office - General Correspondence,1942-1970, Boxes 173-203:

Correspondence with UAW members, the general public, officials ofother organizations and the government, prominent persons andpersonal acquaintances. It is mainly concerned with union matters,requests for help, requests for Reuther to serve on committees orfor the UAW to lend support to institutions and causes.

Series V, UAW Regions, 1946-1970, Boxes 204-223:Memoranda and correspondence between the President's Office andthe UAW's regional offices and between the regional offices and localunions. Included are reports, notes, clippings and other relatedmaterials. Files have reference to constitutional questions,negotiations issues, jurisdictional disputes, organizing and strikes.

Series VI, UAW Local Unions, 1946-1970, Boxes 224-273:President's office files concerning UAW local unions.

Subseries A: Revoked Bylaws, 1946-1970, Boxes 224-228:Files of the revoked bylaws of UAW local unions.

Subseries B: Local Union Correspondence, 1946-1970,Boxes 229-273:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, investigations, contractagreements, legal papers and other items. This subseriesreflects the interaction between local union leadership and thepresident and his staff. However, it also containscorrespondence with regional headquarters and with individualmembers. Among the subjects covered areadministratorships, appeals cases, clarifications of UAW policyand procedures, elections, strikes and problems of individualmembers.

Series VII, UAW Public Review Board, 1957-1970, Boxes 274-285:Files of the Public Review Board which was created at the 16thConstitutional Convention of the UAW in April of 1957 with the statedpurpose of insuring continued "high moral and ethical standards" inthe administration of the union by further strengthening "thedemocratic processes and appeal procedures" as they affectedindividual members and subordinate bodies. The Board, composed


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of persons eminent in the fields of education, religion and the law,provided an impartial panel to which grievances could be appealedafter the union's established procedures had been exhausted.

Subseries A: General Files, 1957-1970, Boxes 274-275:Correspondence, reports and clippings relating to theestablishment of the Board, financial aspects of its operationand to its members.

Subseries B: Decisions, 1957-1966, Box 276:Summaries of decisions reached by the Board.

Subseries C: Case Files, 1957-1969, Boxes 277-285:Files relating to cases #46 through #199, containingcorrespondence, grievance records, reports of investigations,testimony, clippings and a variety of material offered inevidence. In most instances these files document contactsbetween the appellants and the President's Office, action takenby the International Executive Board and final disposition bythe Public Review Board. Because of the sensitive nature ofsome of these files, researchers wishing to examine them arerequired to first sign an Archives Restriction of Use Statement,which precludes the use of names and other personalinformation which could lead to the identification of individuals.These case files may not be photocopied.

Series VIII, CIO President, 1952-1955, Boxes 286-300, 1 Scrapbook:Reuther's Detroit office files relating to his three-year presidency ofthe CIO.

Subseries A: Administrative and General Files, 1952-1955,Boxes 286-291, 1 Scrapbook:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports and other itemsrelating to administration of the CIO.

Subseries B: CIO Unions, 1952-1955, Boxes 291-293:Correspondence, memoranda, reports and other materialreflecting communication between the CIO and its affiliatedunions. Files relate to organizing, jurisdictional problems andother matters.

Subseries C: International Affairs, 1952-1955, Boxes 293-294:Correspondence, memoranda, reports and other materialdocumenting the CIO's relationships with foreign unions andinternational labor organizations. Files relate to fosteringinternational organization within the labor movement andeliminating Communist influence.


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Subseries D: Correspondence, 1952-1955, Boxes 295-298:Correspondence with other organizations, prominentindividuals, goverment officials, and the general public.

Subseries E: AFL-CIO Merger, 1953-1955, Boxes 298-300:Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other materialrelating to the lengthy negotiations and arrangements whichpreceded the merger of the CIO with the AFL. Files also relateto no-raiding.agreements, jurisdictional problems andopposition within the CIO to the merger.

Series IX, AFL-CIO Vice President, 1954-1968, Boxes 301-321:Files reflecting Reuther's work as vice president of the AFL-CIO from1955 until the disaffiliation of the UAW in 1968. This series isdivided into the following subseries:

Subseries A: George Meany, President, 1955-1968,Boxes 301-303:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports and other materialsreflecting Meany's administration of the AFL-CIO. Much of thedocumentation relates to developing policy differences withReuther leading to UAW disaffiliation.

Subseries B: William F. Schnitzler, Secretary-Treasurer,1955-1968, Boxes 303-304:

Correspondence, reports and other material chiefly related tothe administration of financial affairs.

Subseries C: Executive Council and General Board,1955-1968, Boxes 304-309:

Agendas, resolutions, reports and other items documentingthe actions of the Executive Council and the General Board.

Subseries D: Regions, Councils and Local Unions, 1954-1968,Boxes 309-311:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports and other materialsrelating to Reuther's routine administrative contact with theseentities and also to merger arrangements on the regionallevel.

Subseries E: General Files, 1954-1968, Boxes 312-321:Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, pamphlets andother items relating to the operation of the AFL-CIO. Thesefiles reflect the interaction of Reuther and his staff withAFL-CIO departments, his work on committees and his recordsfrom conferences and conventions or they are related tospecific topics.


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Series X, IUD President, 1955-1968, Boxes 321-338:Files relating to Reuther's work as President of the Industrial UnionDepartment of the AFL-CIO, which incorporated industrial unionsformerly in the CIO and the industrial membership of many unionspreviously affiliated with the AFL.Subseries A: Executive Board and Executive Committee,1956-1968, Boxes 321-324:

Transcripts of IUD Executive Board meetings plus agendasand some correspondence, notes and press releases. There isalso correspondence and other material related to ExecutiveCommittee meetings.

Subseries B: Staff Members, 1955-1968, Boxes 325-329:Correspondence, memoranda, reports, reference materials,notes and other items relating to the work of variousexecutive officers of the IUD. There is information on IUDfinances, jurisdictional problems, atomic energy, common sitepicketing and administrative matters.

Subseries C: General Files, 1955-1968, Boxes 329-338:Correspondence, memoranda, convention materials, reportsand other items relating to the operation of the IUD. There isinformation on building trades unions, common site picketing,the resolution of disputes arising between unions affiliated withthe IUD and those affiliated with the Building and ConstructionTrades Department of the AFL-CIO, jurisdictional problems,organizing and other matters.

Series XI, Alliance for Labor Action, 1968-1970, Boxes 338-341:Correspondence, notes, resolutions, press releases, publications andclippings relating to the ALA, which was formed by the UAW with theInternational Brotherhood of Teamsters in May of 1969. The ALAwas dissolved in January of 1972. Files relate to the founding of theALA and to plans for community action, improved housing,organizing unorganized workers, tax reform and to no-raidingagreements with AFL-CIO unions.

Series XII, Labor Organizations, 1946-1970, Boxes 341-365:This series contains material relating to labor unions andorganizations in the United States and Canada.

Subseries A: Labor Organizations (except IAM), 1947-1970,Boxes 341-356:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, publications, and otheritems relating to labor unions and labor associations withwhich Reuther dealt in an official capacity for the UAW, theCIO, the AFL-CIO and the ALA. Files relate to organizing,negotiations, strikes, jurisdictional problems and factionalism.


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Subseries B: International Association of Machinists,1946-1970, Boxes 356-365:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, agreements and otheritems relating chiefly to jurisdictional disputes between theUAW and the IAM.

Series XIII, Government and Politics, 1943-1970, Boxes 366-437:Files relating to Reuther's activities in the areas of government andpolitics, principally as President of the UAW, but also as an official ofthe CIO and the IUD.

Subseries A: Supreme Court, 1945-1970, Box 366:Correspondence between Reuther and justices of the Supreme

Court and material relating to Court appointments.

Subseries B: Executive Branch, 1946-1970, Boxes 366-4081. Administrations, 1946-70, Boxes 366-370:Correspondence, memoranda and other materials pertainingto administrations of Presidents Truman through Nixon andReuther's relationships with the presidents, vice presidentsand their families. Files relate to policy matters, socialoccasions and presidential memorials.

2. Departments and Agencies, 1946-70, Boxes 370-382:Correspondence, memoranda, statements and other itemsrelating to Reuther's work with various departments andagencies of the federal government. Files relate togovernment policies and regulations as they applied to theUAW; political, social and economic issues, governmentprograms and foreign affairs.

3. Committees and Conferences, 1950-69,Boxes 382-408:Correspondence, memoranda, reports and other materialrelating to Reuther's participation, or that of his aides, in alarge number of governmental committees, commissions, taskforces, councils and White House conferences. Files cover awide range of subjects including equal employmentopportunity, labor-management policy, auto safety andtechnological change.

Subseries C: Congress, 1943-1970, Boxes 408-425:1. Senate Correspondence, 1949-70, Boxes 408-411:Correspondence regarding legislation, hearings, issues, etc.

2. House of Representatives Correspondence, 1947-70,Boxes 411-412:Correspondence regarding legislation, hearings, issues, etc.


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3. Congressional Committees and Legislation, 1943-70,Boxes 412-425:Correspondence, memoranda, reports and testimony byReuther and officers of the UAW and other unions, togetherwith related materials. A great number of topics relating tolabor, social policy and foreign policy in which Reuther and theUAW took an active interest are represented.

Subseries D: State and Local Government and Politics,1946-1970, Boxes 425-430:

Correspondence, memoranda and other materials relating toReuther's interest in legislation, programs and politics on thestate and local level.

Subseries E: Political Campaigns, 1946-1970, Boxes 430-437:Correspondence, memoranda and other items relating toReuther's participation in political campaigns, chiefly on thenational level. The 1968 Democratic Convention isextensively documented.

Series XIV, International Affairs, 1941-1970, Boxes 438-467:Files relating to Reuther's interest in fostering democraticinternational labor organizations and his contact with labor unions inother countries. This series also contains material relating to hiswork for peace and the solution of worldwide social and economicproblems and material documenting his strong interest in supportingthe United Nations. Files relate to the CIO and the AFL-CIO as wellas the UAW.

Subseries A: International Labor Organizations, 1945-1969,Boxes 438-448:

Correspondence, memoranda, reports and other itemsrelating to UAW participation in international labororganizations and labor conferences. Some material relatesto CIO and AFL-CIO international labor policies. The role ofthe UAW in combating Communist influence in internationallabor organizations is well documented as is their activemembership in the International Confederation of Free TradeUnions and the International Metalworkers' Federation.

Subseries B: Foreign Countries, 1941-1970, Boxes 448-462:Correspondence, memoranda, reports, itineraries and otheritems relating to other countries and the Commonwealth ofPuerto Rico. Some material relates to the period beforeReuther's election to the presidency of the UAW or to hisofficial positions in the CIO and the AFL-CIO. Most of thematerial deals with labor concerns, but there is alsoconsiderable information on foreign policy concerns.


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Subseries C: International Conferences, 1962-1966, Box 463:Correspondence, agendas, position papers and other materialhaving to do with Reuther's participation in Harpsund andBilderberg Conferences dealing with broad internationaleconomic, political and labor problems.

Subseries D: United Nations, 1947-1970, Boxes 463-467:Correspondence, reports and publications regarding the UnitedNations and groups formed to further its programs. The UAWparticipated in many of these groups as an active supporter.

Series XV, Organizations, 1946-1970, Boxes 467-539:Correspondence, memoranda, reports and printed material relatingto organizations with which Reuther had contact as UAW President oras an official of the CIO, the AFL-CIO or the ALA. These groups areextremely diverse in nature. They include organizations devoted tohealth care, political and social reform, peace, civil rights,community relations and consumer protection. There are alsogroups of a charitable, religious, social, political, cultural, educationalor testimonial nature.

Series XVI, Speeches and Publications, 1933-1970, Boxes 539-573:Reuther's speeches and publications and also his official statements,interviews, and press conference transcripts.

Subseries A: Speeches, 1937-1970, Boxes 539-563:Transcripts, drafts, notes and reference material for speechesand debates, together with some related correspondence.Some speeches are only in the form of notes.

Subseries B: Interviews and Press Conferences, 1949-1970,Boxes 563-564:

Transcripts, reprints and reports of interviews given byReuther and press conferences held by him, together with asmall amount of related correspondence.

Subseries C: Publications, 1933-1970, Boxes 565-573:Drafts and published versions of pamphlets and magazine and

newspaper articles written by Reuther and his collaborators.Files also contain correspondence, notes and backgroundmaterial. Included are several drafts of a book manuscriptdevoted to world peace.


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Series XVII, Subject Reference Files, 1946-1970, Boxes 573-598:Published items, reports, reference data cards, notes and a varietyof informational materials. In addition, there is extensivecorrespondence and memoranda relating to the gathering of thisinformation or to the subject of the file or to UAW policy and actions.Files were used for the preparation of speeches, public statements,publications and for general background reference.

Series XVIII, Appointments and Invitations, 1939-1970,Boxes 598-616:

Subseries A: Appointment Records, 1939-1970,Boxes 598-603:

Appointment diaries, correspondence regarding appointmentsand annotated monthly schedules of Reuther's activities anditineraries.

Subseries B: Invitations, 1940-1970, Boxes 603-616:Correspondence, invitations, organizational brochures andother items relating to invitations from groups and individuals asking Reuther to speak or to participate in meetings,receptions or other functions.

Series XIX, Biographical Files, 1936-1970, Boxes 616-638,2 Scrapbooks, 1 Card File:

Subseries A: Biographical Material, 1938-1970,Boxes 616-626, Scrapbook:

Correspondence, drafts of biographies, reports and clippings.These files relate to awards, degrees conferred on Reuther,physical attacks made on him and subsequent litigation andbooks written about him and his career.

Subseries B: Reuther Labor Foundation, 1951-1970,Boxes 627-630:

Correspondence and financial and legal records of thefoundation established by the Reuthers to use fees collectedfrom such sources as speaking engagements and donations tosupport labor-related causes.

Subseries C: Death of Walter and May Reuther, 1970,Boxes 630-638, Scrapbook, Card File:

Condolence messages, funeral arrangements and clippingsrelating to the deaths of the Reuthers in a plane accident onMay 9, 1970.


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lndexesIndexes to subjects and correspondents and to Reuther's speechesand published writings will be found following container lists.

Non-manuscript material:Copies of UAW convention proceedings, president's and secretary-treasurer's reports and pamphlets received with this collection havebeen added to the Archives Library.

Approximately 2,000 photographs have been transferred to theArchives Audiovisual Collection, together with tapes of Reuther beinginterviewed or speaking at conventions or on the radio. In addition,an extensive collection of Reuther memorabilia, including such itemsas original art work, sculpture, posters, buttons, gavels, banners,ashtrays, hats, award certificates, honorary degrees, keys,medallions, plaques, trophies and trays, has been placed in theArchives Audiovisual Collection.


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Series IUAW Local 174, 1936-1939

Box 1

Correspondence, minutes, notes, lists, statements, handbills and otherpapers relating to Reuther's presidency of UAW West Side Local 174, whichhe had helped to found. Subjects include organizing activities, UAW factionaldisputes, the Kelsey-Hayes sit-down strike and other strikes and files relatingto various plant units whose workers were represented by the local.Documentation is fragmentary. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Box 1

1. Advance Stamping Division, 19382. Bargaining Committee, 1937-383. Baseball Committee, 1937-384. Bohn Aluminum Sit-down Strike, 15. By-laws, 12 Feb 19386. Cadillac Motor Car Company, 1937-387. Chorus, 19388. Committee for Industrial Organization, Michigan, 19389. Convention, UAW 4th Constitutional; Election of Delegates, 193910. Correspondence, 193811. ; UAW Officers, Locals, 193812. DeSoto Sit-Downers, 13 Mar 193713. Detroit Brass & Malleable Division, 193814. Detroit Lubricator, 193815. Educational Committee, 193816. Election Results, c. 193917. Election Slates, 1938 & n.d.18. Entertainment Committee, n.d.19. Executive Board; Minutes, Agenda, 1936-38 & n.d.20. Factionalism; Leaflets21. "Factionalism within UAW," WPR Radio Speech, 3 Mar 193922. Federal Screw Division, 1938 & n.d.23. Financial Statement, Oct 1939, Mar 193824. Fleetwood Division, 1937 & n.d.25. General Motors Departments, UAW-CIO & UAW-AFL, 1938-3926. Greater Detroit District Council; Minutes, 1938-3927. Haessler, Carl, 193828. Handy Governor Division, n.d.29. Joint Council of Local 174, 1938-39 & n.d.30. Kelsey-Hayes Division, 193631. "Kelsey-Hayes Sit-in Strike;" Participant's Account, Dec 193632. Labor Day, 193833. Labor's Non-Partisan League of Michigan, 193834. Leaflets35. McAleer Mfg. Co. Agreement, 18 Oct 1937


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36. Membership Meetings (Local. 174), 193837. Membership Meeting (Local 174); Minutes & WPR Report, 5 Mar 193938. Michigan Malleable Iron Company, 193839. Motor Products Strike; Testimony, 193640. Moulding & Allied Parts Council Meeting, 7 Apr 193841. Murphy, Frank, 193842. NLRB; U.S. Truck Co., Inc.-Local 174 Case, 193843. "New America and Labor," c. 193844. Notes, WPR45. Organizational Drive for Detroit; Meeting Minutes, 193646. Organizers; Reports, lists, 193847. Picnic; UAWA Statewide, 193648. Plant Officers, 193849. Revere Copper & Brass, 193850. Semet Solvay, 193751. Shatterproof Glass Co., 193752. Skilled Workers, 193753. Stewards; Lists, 20 Jan 193954. Ternstedt Division, 1936-3855. Timkin Detroit Axle Co. Agreement, 6 Mar 193756. Unemployed Workers, 193857. Universal Products Division, 193858. Welfare Committee Spring Dance, 193859. Wolf (Reuther), May, 1937-38


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Series IIUAW International Headquarters Files, 1936-1946

Boxes 2-33

Correspondence, memoranda, reports and a variety of other materialsrelating to Reuther's activities as an officer of the UAW prior to his election tothe presidency. This series is divided into the following three subseries:

Subseries A: General Files, 1936-1946, Boxes 2-17:Files relating to Reuther's work as a member of the InternationalExecutive Board to which he was elected in 1936 and as a vicepresident of the union, an office to which he was elected in 1942.During this period he also directed the Skilled Trades Departmentand Region 1A and headed the War Manpower and Consumer'sDivision. Files relate to a wide range of subjects, includingconventions, war production and factionalism and containinformation on specific locals and regions. Material is arrangedalphabetically by subject.

Subseries B: General Motors Department, 1936-1946, Boxes 17-28:Files of the General Motors Department, established in 1938, whichReuther directed from 1939 through 1948. This subseries contains asmall amount of material relating to the period before thedepartment was created and before Reuther became director. Itdocuments the period of Reuther's administration until his election tothe presidency of the union. Material relates to general UAW-GMCrelations, GM locals, negotiations, war production and the 1945-46strike. Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Subseries C: Government War Production Agencies, 1941-1945, Boxes29-33:

Material relating to Reuther's work as a labor representative with theOffice of Production Management and the War ManpowerCommission during World War II. There is also material concerningother agencies involved in war production administration. Thesefiles deal with the interaction of the UAW with the government duringthe war and attempts to secure a greater voice for labor at thepolicy-making level. Material relating to war productioncan also befound in Subseries A and B. Files are arranged alphabetically bysubject.


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Subseries A: General Files, 1936-46, Boxes 2-17

Box 2

1. Absenteeism and Accidents, 1939-432-15. Addes, George F., Secretary Treasurer, 1936-4516. Radio Speeches, 1939-4117. Aircraft Division; Organizing, 193918. AFL Convention, 1936; Jerome Davis Address19. AFL & CIO Maintenance Construction Jurisdictional Dispute, 194520. Anti-War Groups, 1940-4121. Army Training Visit - Camp Atterbury, 194322. Black Legion, c. 193623. Black Workers; CIO policy, 193924. Briggs Manufacturing Company; Clippings, 1943

Box 3

1. Child Care, 1942-432. Chrysler Corporation Agreement, April, 19373. Chrysler Corporation and UAW; Clippings, 1941-434. Civil Rights Federation, 1937-405. Closed Shop Issue6. Committee Membership Lists, n.d.7. Communist Party Leaflets and Pamphlets, 1930's, 1941-428-9. Competitive Shop Committee; Communications, 1939-4010. ; Correspondence, 1939-4011. ; Gear, Axle, & Transmission Wage & Hour Council, 194012. ; Minutes, 1939-4013-14. ; (& Dept.) Reports, 1938-3915-16. ; Truck, Commercial Body & Trailer Council, 1939-4117. ; Minutes, Jan 194018. CIO, 1938-4419. CIO Convention Material, 1930's and 1940's20-22. CIO Councils - Michigan; Greater Detroit & Wayne County,

April-Aug. 1940

Box 4

1-4. CIO;International Unions. 1938-405-6. CIO; Murray, Philip, 1943-467. Constitution- UAW, 19358. Consumers' Division(UAW); Co-ops, 19449. ; Home Front, Shortages, 1942-4310. Convention, 3rd Constitutional, Milwaukee, 193711. Convention, 4th Constitutional, Cleveland & Detroit, 193912. ; GM situation13. ; Clippings


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Box 4 (cont'd)

14. Convention, 5th Constitutional, St. Louis, 194015. Convention, 6th Constitutional, Buffalo 1941; Elections, planning,

programs16-17. ; Factionalism & Communism18. ; Press Coverage19. ; Resolutions & Reports

Box 5

1. Convention, 6th Constitutional, Buffalo, 1941; Voting2. ; West Coast Organization3. ; Women's Auxiliaries4. Convention, 7th Constitutional, Chicago, 19425-6. Convention, 8th Constitutional, Buffalo, 19437. Convention, 9th Constitutional, Grand Rapids, 19448. Convention, 10th Constitutional, Atlantic City, 1946; WPR Presidential Election9. Convention Materials, n.d.10. Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Canada) 1942-4311-15. Correspondence, General 1939-4216. Cost of Living, 194117. Deere & Company; Piecework wages, 194118-22. Defense Employment 1941-45

Box 6

1-3. Defense Employment Division, 1941-424. "Defense Production and Conversion in the Auto Industry" by H.T.

McCreedy5. Democratic National Convention; CIO Policy, statement, 19446. Detroit; Labor Slate - 1937 election7. Detroit; War Production, 1942-458. Detroit Housing Commission, 19439. Detroit Labor Displacement Conference, 4 Sep 194110. Detroit Riot, 194311. Draft Board Case; Joseph Konowitz c. 194112. Dupont Family; Economic Power, 1941-4213-14. Education Dept., 1938-4415. "Education of the Common Man," Wendell Lund Speech, 194316. Engineers, organizing, 1943-4417. Erco Organizing (Riverdale, Maryland), n.d.18. Equal Rights Amendment, 1944-4619-22. Executive Board, International; Minutes, 1936-411-2. Executive Board, International; Minutes, 1936-41


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Box 7

1-2. Executive Board, International; Finances and Financial Reports,1937-45

3. ; Correspondence & misc., 1938-434. ; Competitive Shops WPR Report,May 19385. ; Committee on Reorganization & Finance Report, 12 Dec 19386. ; Statements (Draft) c. 19397. ; Resolutions, 1930's & 1940's8. ; Constitutional Committee Report, c. 19419. ; Regional Reports, July 194110. ; Policy Statements and Programs, 1942-4311-13. ; 1941-194614. ; Edward Levinson meeting notes, 1943-4515. ; War Labor Board, 1944-194516. Factionalism; 1937-4017. ; Clippings, 1938-3918. ; Leaflets, 1938-4019. ; Local Union Resolutions, 193820. ; F.E. Pieper Statements, 193821. Factionalism ; Blacks in UAW, 1944-4622-23. Factionalism and Communism, 1940-46

Box 8

1-2. Factionalism and Communism, 1940-463. FE - International Harvester, Richmond, Indiana, 19414. Fight for Freedom, Inc., Labor Division, 19415. Financial; Misc. 1938-396. Ford Dept.; Leonard, Richard T., 1941-467. Ford Motor Company; Organizing Drive, 1937-418. ; Local 600 Negotiated Rates, 19419. Great Britain; Labor, 1942-4510. Greater Detroit and Wayne County Industrial Union Council; Resolutions,194111. Highlander Folk School, Monteagle, Tenn; Publications, 193812. Housing - Detroit; Blacks, c. 1942-4413. ; "Defense City," 1941-4514. ; Post-War Planning, 1943-44

Box 9

1. Housing.; Reference Material, 1938-442. Housing Department (UAW), 1942-453-5. Incentive Pay; 1942-446. International Labor Meeting, 19417. Inter-Racial Committee; "The Cadillac Charter," 19438. Janeway, Eliot, 1943


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Box 9 (cont'd)

9. Labor Laws, 1930s10. Labor-Management Production Committees (WW II)11. Labor's Non-Partisan League, 1939-4112. Labor's Non-Partisan Lea ue of Wayne County Elections, 194113. Legal Dept. (UAW) 1945-4614. Lewis, John L. , 1940-4315. Local 3 (Dodge), 1938-4516. Local 7 (Chrysler); Proposed Bylaws, organizing, n.d.17. Local 46, c. 193918. Local 50 - General Council Election, 194?19. Local 51 (Plymouth), 1940-4120. Local 142 (Graham-Paige Motor Corp.); Negotiations, 1937-3821. Local 155; Resolutions, 194522. Local 156; Homer Martin Slate, c. 193823. Local 174 (West Side Local), 1941-43

Box 10

1. Local 190 (Packard), 1939-452. Local 205, c. 19383. Local 212 (Briggs Mfg. Co.), 1936-464. Local 230, 19405. Local 248 (Allis-Chalmers), 1941, n.d.6. Local 263, 19397. Local 365 (Brewster Aeronautical Co.), 1939-418. Local 463, 19399. Local 506, 193810. Local 511, 193911-13. Local 856, Akron; Schanck & Blackburn Ballot Box Case, 1944-4514-18. Local Unions; Correspondence, 1938-4619. Local Unions; Delinquent, c. 193720. Local Unions; Executive Board Lists, n.d.21-22. Martin, Homer, 1937-4123. Mechanics Educational Society of America (MESA), 193624. Medical Aid to Russia Preparatory Organization, 194125. Medical Committee (UAW), 1939-4026. Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches, n.d.27. Michigan Labor Comm. Against Peacetime Conscription, 1945-4628. Michigan National Defense Program; Contracts, 1940-4129. Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission, 194130. Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, 1946


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Box 11

1. Mine Workers, United, 1937-412. Moody, Blair; "Vic & Wal" letter, 19413. Muncie Auto Workers' News, 19394. Murphy, Frank, Mayor; Radio Address, 7 Nov 19325. Name Lists; UAW & other6. National Assn. of Manufacturers, 19367. National Labor Relations Act; Hillman Statement, 26 Jul 19398. National Labor Relations Board; 1939-459. Negotiations Material, 1944 & n.d.10-15. No-Strike Pledge; 1944-4516. ; Partial Report of UAW-CIO Referendum Committee, 194517. North American Aviation, 1941-4518. Notes; WPR19. Organizational Charts; UAW Joint Board & CIO Industrial Council, n.d.20. Organizers - Lists, 1938 & n.d.21. Payroll, 1938-44

Box 12

1. Penley Case Committee; Conscientious Objector, 19442. Polish Workers, 19403-8. Postwar Planning, 1941-459-16. Press Releases; WPR, 1937-46

Box 13

1. Publications; Miscellaneous (non-UAW)2-3. Public and Publications Dept., 1939-454. Rationing - Australia, 19435-13. Region 1, Appeal Committee, 1944-4614. Region 1A; Receipt Forms, 193915. Region 2; 193916-17. Region 5-A, 1938-3918-19. Region 6, 194420. Region 7 (Canada), 194521. Region 8, 194522. Regional Boundaries, 193?23. Regional Financial Forms

Box 14

1. Republican Party & Labor, 19442. Research Department, 1939-403. Reuther, Roy; Army and War Production Bd., 1942-434. Reuther, Walter P.; Draft Deferment, 19415-6. Roosevelt, Eleanor; Correspondence, 1942-44


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Box 14 (cont'd)

7. Roosevelt, Franklin D. - Brewster Aeronautical Corp., 19448. Scientific Capitalism; Barradas League 1930's9. Single Tax, 194510. Skilled Trades, 1937-4511. Smith, Gerald L.K., 194312. Socialism, 1939-4313-15. Staff Allocations, 1944-4516. Steelworkers of America, United; Clippings, 1939-4217. Strikes, Maintenance Workers; Clippings, 5 Oct 194418. Taxation and War, 194219. Thomas, Norman, 1932-3820-26. Thomas, R.J., 1939-45

Box 15

1. Thomas, R.J., "Quarterly Reports," 1943-462. Time-Study Clauses in UAW-CIO Agreements, n,d,3. Truman, Pres. Harry S., 19454. Union for Democratic Action, 1941-445. United Automobile Worker Finances, 1944-456. UAW: Clippings, 1941-457. UAW; History - Edward Levinson, 19438. Wallace, Henry A., 1942-459-17. War Policy Division;Circulars, etc., 1942-4518. ; Newsletters, 1942-4319. ; Policy manual, 1944-4520. ; Reports, 1943-45

Box 16

1-6. War Policy Division; Reuther, Victor, 1942-467-10. Veterans and Servicemen, 1941-4611. ; Women's Bureau, 1944-4612. Washington Office, 1940's13-14. Willow Run Plant; Locals 50, 142,1942-45

Box 17

1-4. Willow Run Plant; Locals 50, 142, 1942-455. Women's Auxiliaries (UAW), 1938-406. Workers Defense League, 19427-8. WPA Welfare Department (UAW), 1938-409-12. World Way II; Labor clippings, 1941-4613. ; Collective security, n.d.14. ; War bonds, 1943


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Subseries B: General Motors Department, 1936-46, Boxes 17-28

Box 17 (cont'd)

15-18. Activities & Expense Reports, 1939-4119. Addes, George; Correspondence, 1941-46

Box 18π

1-2. Agreements, 1937-413. Agreements; Cafeteria workers, 19414-5. ;Local Unions, 1937-416-7. ; Recommendations, 1937-388. ;Agreements, tentative, 19419-10. Apprenticeship; 1939-4111. Black Employment Survey, 194112. Cleveland Diesel Engine Div.; Profits, 1940's13. Clippings, 1938-4314. ; Daily Worker, 194115-17. Conferences;1937-4518. ; Fisher Body, 193819. ; Tool & Die, 1938

Box 19

1-2. Conferences; Wage Conference, 19403-7. Data, 19408. Councils; International GM Council, 19409. ; National GM Council, 1941-4310. Defense Employment, 1941-4211. Detroit Council for Industrial Peace, c. 1939-4012. Detroit Sub Council, n.d.13. Employment Survey, 194114. Engineering and Experimental Workers, 1939-4015. Flint Locals - War Mobilization Committee, 1940'16-20. Flint Sit-down Strike, 1936-37

Box 20

1. GM Facts, 19452. GM Press Conferences, 19423. Grievances Pending, 27 Feb 19404. "History of GM Department of the UAWA-CIO"5-9. Intl. Representatives; Activities Reports; A-Z, 1939-4010. ; Letters, 193911-15. ; Organizing Reports, A-Z, 1939-4016. Int'l Rep. Rudy J. Ilic, 1943-45


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Box 21

1-5. Letters to GM Locals & Plants, 1938-456-9. Letters to GM Locals & Press Releases, 1945-46

Box 22

1. Local 15, 19392. Local 45, 19393. Local 93, 1939-4104. Locals 110 and 626, 1939-405. Local 163 (Detroit Diesel), 19456. Local 174, 1939-19457. Local 174 (Cadillac Division, Detroit), 19438. Local 174 (Ternstedt Div., Detroit), 19419. Local 182 (Fisher Body, Lansing), 193810-11. Local 216 (GM Assembly, Southgate, CA), 1939-4312. Local 226 (Allison, Indianapolis), 1941-4213. Local 235 (Chevrolet, Hamtramck), 1939-4114.Local 262, 1939-4015.Local 455 (Saginaw Products Corp. Unit), 194516. Local 581 (Fisher #1, Flint), 1940-4117. Local 594 Yellow Truck & Coach, Pontiac), c. 194218. Local 595, 1939-4119. Local 596 (Fisher Body, Pontiac), c. 194220. Local 599 (Buick, Flint), 1941-4521. Local 615, 193922. Local 651 AC Spark Plug Division, Flint), 1941-4323. Local 652 (Olds, Lansing), 1941-4324. Local 653 (Pontiac Motor, Pontiac), 1942-4525. Local 659, 1939-4326. Local 662 (Delco Remy, Anderson, IN), 194227. Locals 662 & 663, c. 193928. Local 663 (Guide Lamp, Anderson, IN), 194029. Local 664 (Chevrolet, Tarrytown), 193930. Local 686, 194031. Local 774 (Chevrolet, Buffalo), 194132. Local 933 (Allison, Indianapolis), 1941-4233. Locals, GM. Directory, n.d.34. Michigan Labor Mediation Board, 1939-4135. Miscellaneous, 1939-41


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Box 23

1. NLRB Cases, 1941-452. NLRB Elections; R. J. Thomas Address, 6 Apr 19403-7. Negotiations - GM; 1941-438-10. Negotiations & Strike - GM; 1945-4611-12. ; City-Wide Strike Committee, 1945-4613-14. ; Clippings, 1945-46

Box 24

1. Negotiations & Strike - GM; Clippings, 1945-462. National Citizens Committee, 1945-463-7. Public Correspondence, 1945-468. WPR Speeches & Notes9. Notes; WPR, 1940s10. Organizing; Informational Material, 1936-4411. Per Capita Tax, 1939-4112. Plant Equipment, n.d.13. Pontiac Local; Report, n.d.14. Power House Workers Meetings - Minutes, 1939-4015-1.6. Press Releases, Oct 194517. Production Rates - Chevrolet, 1940

Box 25

1. Publicity, 1939-402. "Rank and File," 1940 & n.d.3. Region 1; Leo Lamotte & Richard Frankensteen, 1938-414. Region 1A; Richard T. Leonard, 1939-425. Region 1B; William McAulay, 1939-406. ; Int'l Reps., Roy Reuther & R.J. McLean, 1939-407. ; Int'l Rep., Carl Zwicker, 19408-9. Region 1C; Arthur L. Case, Director, 1939-4010. ; lnt'l Reps., John McGill, Wm. Bowman, Norman Smith, 1939-4011. Region 1D; Reuben Peters, Director, 1939-4012. ; Int'l Rep., Fane T. Rogers, Melvin Bishop, 1939-4013. Region 2; Richard Reisinger, 194014. Region 2A; Paul E. Miley, Director, 1939-4015. ; Int'l Rep., John Eldon, 194016. Region 3; LeRoy Roberts, Director, 1939-4017. ; Int'l Reps., Robt. Travis, Leslie Tower, Ben Blackwood,

Clarence Lvons Riley Males, 1939-4018. Region 4; Wm. Cody, Director, 1939-4019. ; George Nordstrom, Director, 194020. ; Int'l Reps., Frank Sahorske, Ed Hall, Robert Travis, 194021-22. Region 5; Delmond Garst, Director, 1939-4023. ; Int'l Reps., L. Wynn, J. Livingston, W. R. McDonald, 1939-40


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Box 25 (cont'd)

24. Region 6; L. H. Michener, Director, 1939-4025. Region 7 (Canada); George Burt, Director, 1939-4026. ; Robert S. Stacey, 1939-4027. Region 8; H. Lawrence Smith, Director, 1939-4028. ; Int'l Reps., John Livingston, Carl Copeland, 194029. ; E. J. Moran, Director, 1945

Box 26

1. Eastern Region; Allan S. Haywood, Director, 1939-402. ; Peter Mosele, Asst. Director, 19393. ; George H. Rose, Int'l Rep., 1939-404-5. ; C. C. Smith, Int'l Rep., 1939-406. ; Loren Houser, Gene Sorenson, John Foy, Int'l Reps.,

1939-407-10. Regional Directors; Form Letters, 1939-4011. Skilled Trades, 1939-4412-13. ; Negotiations Materials, 1941-4214. Staff Assignments, 1942-4515. Tool & Die Strike; Leaflets, 193916-17. ; Negotiations & Settlements, 193918. ;Planning, 193919. ; Press Releases, 193920. ; Strike Bulletins, 1939

Box 27

1. Umpire Decisions, 1938-452. Unemployment; Steel Shortage, 19423-4. United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America, 1943-465-6. U.S. Defense Mediation Board, 1941-427-9. U.S. War Labor Board; 1942-4410. ; Contract Interpretations, 1942-4311. ; Directive Orders, 194312. U.S. War Labor Board; Maintenance of Membership Clause, 1942-4313-14. ; Merit Spread, 1942-4315. ; Skilled Trades, 194416. ; Smoking, 1945

Box 28

1. War Labor Board; Supplementary Directive Orders, 1942-432-3. ; Wage Approvals, 19434-6. ; Women's Wage Rates, 1943-447. War Production, GM, 1942-448. Wage Rates; Body, n.d.


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Box 28 (cont'd)

9. ; Chevrolet Division, 194010. ; Crankshaft, n.d.11. ; Delco Products Corp. 194112. ; Engineering & Experimental Workers, 1937-4013. ; Fisher Body, 194014. ; Forging & Bumpers, 193915. ; Foundry, 1947-3816. ; Motor Car Divisions, 194017. ; Parts Mfg. Plants and others, 194018. ; Power House, 1939 & n.d. (see also Wage Rates; Tool & Die)19. ; Precision Spring Corp., 193920. ; Screw, 1937-39, n.d.21. ; Stamping Plants, Detroit, c. 193922-23. ; Tool & Die, 1936-194024. ; Wheel, 1937-1939

Subseries C: Government War Production Agencies, 1941-45, Boxes29-33

Box 29

1-2. House of Representatives; Tolan Committee - defense migration,1941-42

3. National Recovery Administration; Report on auto employment, 19354. Office of Civil Defense; 19435. Office of Price Administration, 19436-9. Office of Production Management; 1941-4210. ; Joint labor-industry meeting, 1942

Box 30

1. Office of Production Management; Management-Labor AutomobileCommittee, 21 Jan 1942

2-3. ; National labor Supply Policy Committee, 1941-424-7. ; "Training Within Industry," 19418. Office of War Infomation, 19429. Office of War Mobilization, Washington, D. C. , Feb. 15, 194410-15. Senate - Mead Comm.; National Defense, 1943-45

Box 31

1-2. Senate - Mead Comm.; National Defense, 1943-453. Senate; Truman War Investigating Committee, 1942-434. State Department; Economic Subcommittee, 19425. International Post-War Problems, 19426-7. War Department, 1941-46


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Box 31 (cont'd)

8. ; Correspondence, 1943-459. ; Patterson, Robert P., 1942-4310. ; Potens, Arthur, case, 194511-15. War Labor Board, National, 1942-44

Box 32

1. War Labor Board; Regional, 1942-452. Region XI - Tool & Die Commission, 1943-453-10. War Manpower Commission,1941-4511. ; Management - Labor Policy Committee, 1942-4312. ; WPR Program for Increased Production through Full Employment,

16 Jan 1943

Box 33

1-2. War Production Board, 1942-443-4. ;Correspondence, 1942-456. ; Eberstadt, Ferdinand, 1941-447-9. ; Labor Production Division, 1941-4310-13. ; Lund, Wendell, 1942-4314. ; UAW Press Releases, 194215. ; War Production Drive, 194216. War Production Board-Regional; Correspondence and Reports, 1942-45


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Series IIIUAW President's Office and International Headquarters Files,

1946-1970Boxes 34-173

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, publications, notes and avariety of other materials relating to the work of the President's Office duringthe administration of Walter Reuther. In a few instances, files contain itemsantedating Reuther's taking office in 1946.

This series documents the functioning of the various departments of theUAW, the affiliation of the UAW with the CIO and the AFL-CIO andnegotiations with the major manufacturing firms whose employees the UAWrepresented. In addition, there are records of UAW conventions and theInternational Executive Board. Other files relate to specific companies orsubjects or to special programs. Included are files relating to the FairEmployment Practices and Anti-Discrimination Department established in1946, which Reuther co-directed with William Oliver.

Material related to that in this series can be found in the more specific seriesof this collection, such as Series VIII, CIO President, Series IX, AFL-CIO VicePresident, and Series XVI, Speeches and Publications.

Files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Notable among the many subjects documented in this series are:

Annual improvement factor Supplemental unemployment benefitsCivil rights movement UnemploymentCommunists in the labor movement UAW - CanadaDefense production UAW withdrawal from AFL-CIOFactional disputes Women workersFE merger disputeGuaranteed annual wageJurisdictional disputesLabor educationMedical & health plansNegotiationsPolitical actionRank and file attitudesRetirement & pensionsSkilled tradesStrikes: Allis-Chalmers, 1946

Ford Motor Co., 1967General Electric, 1969-70General Motors, 1945-46Kohler Co., 1954-60North American, 1953, 1967


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Box 34

1-7. Accounting Dept., Mar 1965 - Dec 19688 ; Administrative file, Albert Abood, 1946-479-10. Aerospace Dept., 1959-69 (see also Aircraft Dept.)11-12. ; Aerospace Conference, Feb 196813. ; Avco Corp., 1967-6914. ; Boeing Co. (& IAM), 1963-6815. ; Curtiss-Wright Corp., 1964

Box 35

1. Aerospace Dept.; Goodyear Aircraft, 19612. ; Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc., 19683. ; Lockheed Corp., 1962-684. ; McDonnell Douglas Corp., 1962-695-10. ; North American Aviation Corp., 1952-6211. ; North American Aviation Corp., Presidential Aerospace Panel,

Aug 196212. ; North American Aviation Corp., union shop opinion poll, Oct 196213. ; North American Aviation Corp., 1965-6914. ; North American Rockwell - Aero Commander Div., 1966-6915. ; Ryan Aeronautical - union shop opinion poll, Jan 196316. ; United Aircraft, 1958-68

Box 36

1-3. Agricultural Implement Dept., 1946-684. Agricultural Implement Wage & Hour Council, 1957-655-6. Aircraft Dept., 1946-477-16. Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., May 1946 - Apr 196717. ; The Daily Picket & The Union Daily, Jan - Sep 1947

Box 37

1. Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co; R. J. Thomas report, Feb 19472. ; Supreme Court decision, 19673-4. AFL-CIO/UAW Relations; Bal Harbour Convention, Nov-Dec 19675 ; Building Trades Controversy, 1963-696-7. ; CIA Controversy, 1966-678. ; Communications Workers of America, 19679-12. ; Correspondence critical of UAW, 1967-6813. ; Correspondence - Inquiries, 196714. ; Correspondence supporting UAW - Organizations, 196715-16. ; Correspondence supporting UAW - Public, 1967-6817. ; Correspondence supporting UAW - religious Orgs., 196718. ; Correspondence supporting UAW - UAW Members, 1967-6819. ; Correspondence supporting UAW - Union Members, 1967-68


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Box 38

1-2. AFL-CIO/UAW Relations; Correspondence Supporting UAW - Unions,1967-68

3-4. ; Disaffiliation of UAW, 1966-685. ; Dues & Tax Payments, 1966-686. ; Farm Workers Organizing, 1967-687. ; Foreign Press Coverage, 19678-10. ; ICFTU-ILO Controversy, 1964-6911. ; Mailing List, 196712. ; Membership Figures, 196813. ; Mortgage Trust Fund, 1968-6914. ; Meany, George, 1961-7015. ; Meany, George, File (WPR Notes), 1958-6916. ; No-raiding Pact (UAW-Teamsters), Nov 196817. ; Notes (WPR)

Box 39

1. AFL-CIO/UAW Relations; Resignation of UAW Officers, Feb 19672-3. ; Special Convention Request by UAW, Jan-Mar 19684. ; Strikes - Public Service Employees, 1966-675. ; UAW Members - AFL-CIO Councils, 1960-686-13. ; UAW Statements, 1966-67

Box 40

1. AFL-CIO/UAW Relations;b Urban Crisis Controversy, 1966-682-3. ; Vietnam War Controversy, 1966-684. ; Wage-Price Control Controversy, 1966-675-13. ; Clippings, 1956-67

Box 41

1-10. AFL-CIO/UAW Relations; Clippings, 196711. ; Clippings - Finland, 196712. ; Clippings - Germany, 196713. ; Clippings - Soviet Union, 196714. ; Clippings - Sweden, 1967

Box 42

1-6. AFL-CIO/UAW Relations; Clippings, 1968-697. American. Motors Corporation; Correspondence, 1955-688-12. American Motors Dept., 1955-68


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Box 43

1. Anniversary - 20th UAW, 19562. Anniversary - 25th UAW; Certificates, 19613. ; Planning4. ; Program5-11. ; Invitations12. ; Acceptances13-17. ; Regrets18. ; Congratulatory messages19. ; Speeches20. ; Thank you letters21. ; Press releases and clippings

Box 44

1-3. Anniversary - 25th UAW & WPR; Congratulations, 19614. Anniversary - 30th UAW, 19665-9. Arbitration Dept., 1961-6910-12. Atlanta locals; anti-civil rights petition, Apr-Jun 1965

Box 45

1-3. Atlanta locals; anti-civil rights petition, Apr-Jun 19654. Audio-visual Dept., 1968-695. Auditing Dept., 1960-696-7. Auto-Lite Dept., 1956-628-9. Auto-Lite Intra Corporation Council, 1946-4810-17. Automation Committee, 1954-64

Box 46

1. Bendix Corp., 1962-682. Bluestone, Irving; Miscellaneous memos, 1968-703-5. Borg-Warner Corp., 1946-586. Budd Co., 1964-687. Burroughs Corp., 1963-688. By-laws; Survey of Locals 9-12, 19629. ; Survey of Locals 14-62, 196210. ; Survey of Locals 67-140, 196211. ; Survey of Local 155, 1962


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Box 47

1. By-laws; Survey of Local 157, 19622. ; Survey of Locals 160-203, 19623. ; Survey of Locals 205-217, 19624. ; Survey of Locals 233-292, 19625. ; Survey of Locals 310-365, 19626. ; Survey of Locals 376-416, 19627. ; Survey of Locals 417-453, 1962

Box 48

1. By-laws; Survey of Locals 472-540, 19622. ; Survey of Locals 541-659, 19623. ; Survey of Locals 664-710, 19624. ; Survey of Locals 721-811, 19625. ; Survey of Locals 816-877, 19626. ; Survey of Locals 878-889, 19627. ; Survey of Locals 894-985, 19628. ; Survey of Locals 988-1092, 19629. ; Survey of Locals 1103-1827, 1962

Box 49

1-14. Canada-US auto trade, 1964-70

Box 50

1-4. Case, J. I., Co. , 1946-475. Caterpillar Co., 1967-696-9. Chrysler Corp.; Correspondence, 1953-6910-15. Chrysler Dept., 1946-64

Box 51

1-4. Chrysler Dept., 1965-705. Circulation Dept., 1947-676. Citizenship Council; Quad City Area, Illinois, 19667. Citizenship Dept., 1958-628-11. Citizenship-Legislative Dept., 1963-65

Box 52

1-7. Citizenship-Legislative Dept., 1965-688. Clerical Dept., 1961-709. Committee for a Democratic UAW10. Committee for Militant Unionism, 1967-6911-13. Community Action Program Dept., 1968


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Box 53

1-11. Community Action Program Dept., 1968-69

Box 54

1-11. Community Relations Dept., 1960-6912. Community Services Dept. , 1963-69

Box 55

1-6. Compensation & Safety Dept., 1951-697-8. Competitive Shop Dept., 1946-489-11. Conferences; Clear Water, 6 Nov 196512-16. ; Economic & Collective Bargaining (Int'l), Nov 1954

Box 56

1-7. Conferences; Economic Objectives for 19498. ; Education, Chicago, 19549. ; Education, Washington, DC, 195610-11. ; Full Employment, Washington, DC, 195312. ; Full Employment, Lansing, Jan 195413-14. ; "Get America Back to Work," Mar 1961

Box 57

1-6. Conferences; "Get America Back to Work," Mar 19617. ; Joint UAW General Motors, Ford & Chrysler Councils, May 19588. ; Mayors, May-Jul 19569. ; National Election Year, Sep 195610. ; National Election Year (Special), Aug 196011. ; National Wage Conference, Jan 194712. ; World Affairs, 196113. ; Young UAW Members, Apr 196914-16. CIO, 1946-47

Box 58

1-8. CIO, 1947-499-10. ; Carey, James, 1946-5511. CIO Committees, 194812. ; Committee for Democratic Trade Unionism, 194613-15. ; Committee on Economic Policy, 1950-5416. ; CEP - Automobile Industry, 195117. ; CEP - Controlled Materials Plan, 1951


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Box 59

1. CIO Committees; CEP - Council of Economic Advisors, 1950-522. ; CEP - Defense Mobilization & Production, 1950-523. ; CEP - Fair Employment Practices Commission, 19514. ; CEP - Office of Price Stabilization, 1950-515. ; CEP - Townsend Plan, 1950-516. ; CEP - Wage Stabilization Board,7. ; Committee on Regional Development & Conservation, 19508. ; Committee on UAW - FE Dispute, 1948-499. ; Community Services Committee, 1946-5110. ; Fair Labor Standards, 195511. ; Full-Employment Committee, 1947-4812. ; National Committee to Abolish Discrimination, 1946-4813. ; National Housing Committee, 1951-6914. ; Public Power Committee, 195015. ; Unity Committees, 194716-17. CIO Convention, 194618. CIO Convention, 1949; FE merger dispute

Box 60

1. CIO Councils, 1946-492. ; Michigan State, 19483. CIO; Education, 19494. ; Executive Board, 19505. ; Executive Board, 19546. ; Finances - Audit report, Apr-Sep 19547. ; Goldberg, Arthur - General Counsel, 1950-558-10. ; Haywood, Allan, 1946-5211-13. ; International affairs, 1948-5214-15. ; International unions, 1946-4716-18. ; Legislative Dept., 1950-52

Box 61

1-8. CIO; Murray, Philip, 1946-549. ; No-raiding agreement with AFL, 195410. ; Organizational & jurisdictional disputes, 1952-5411-12. ; Organizing, 1948-5213-14. ; Political Action Committee, 1946-47

Box 62

1-5. CIO; Political Action Committee, 1947-566. ; Riffe, John, 1954-557. ; Scandinavian Labor Education Workshop, 19548-10. ; Southern organizing, 1946-47


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Box 62 (cont'd)

11. CIO unions; Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 194612. ; Amalgamated Lithographers of America, 195413. ; American Newspaper Guild, 1950-5514. ; Barbers & Beauty Culturists Union of America, 195415-19. ; Expulsions & investigations, 1950

Box 63

1. CIO unions; Federation of Glass, Ceramic & Silica Sand Workers ofAmerica, 1954-55

2. ; Insurance Workers of America, 19553. ; International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union, 19494. ; International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, 19505. ; International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink

and Distillery Workers, 1950-556. ; International Woodworkers of America, 1952-557. ; Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association No. 33, 19528. ; National Association of Broadcast Engineers & Technicians, 1953-559. ; Retail, 'Wholesale & Department Store Union, 1952-5410. ; Sabine Area Industrial Union No. 1814, 1954-5511. ; Textile Workers Union of America, 194812. ; Transport Workers Union, 194813. ; United Chemical Workers of America, 1953-5514-16. ; United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE),

1948-5417-18. ; United Farm Equipment & Metal Workers of America (FE),

1947-4919. ; United Furniture Workers of America, 1-95020. ; United Glass & Ceramic Workers of North America, 195521. ; United Government Workers, 194922. ; United Office and Professional Workers, 1948-4923. ; United Packinghouse Workers of America, 195524. ; United Paperworkers of America, 1953-5525. ; United Plant Guard Workers of America, 1953-5526. ; United Public Workers, 1944-5227. ; United Stone and Allied Products Workers of America, 195528. ; Utility Workers Union of America, 1955

Box 64

1. Conservation & Resource Development Dept., 1966-692. Consumer Protection Dept., 1967-693-8. Convention, 11th Constitutional, 19479. ; Allis-Chalmers issue10. ; Communism issue11. ; Competitive shops


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Box 64 (cont'd)

12-14. ; Factional issues15. ; Farm Equipment Workers16. ; Finances17. ; Lewis, John L.-Mineworkers issue18-19. ; Notes (WPR)20. ; Reports and rules

Box 65

1. Convention, 11th Constitutional, 1947; Speedup & piecework issues2. ; Taft-Hartley issue3. ; Third party issue4. ; Thompson Products issue5. ; Voting lists6-10. ; Clippings11. Convention, 12th Const'l., 1949; Assassination attempts on Reuthers12. ; Brewery tour13-14. ; Correspondence15. ; Economic demands16. ; Foreign labor attaches

Box 66

1. Convention, 12th Constitutional, 1949; Greetings2. ; Invitations3. ; Planning4. ; Region 4 split5. ; Resolutions6. ; WPR reelection7. ; WPR speech8. ; Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr.9. ; Truman, Harry S.10. Convention, 13th Constitutional, 1951; Clippings & handbills11. ; Committee appointments12. ; Congratulatory telegrams13. ; Constitution Comm., Correspondence14. ; Constitution Comm., Interpretation15. ; Constitution Comm., Minutes16. ; Constitution Comm., Proposed Amendments17. ; Constitution Comm., Proposed Amendments18-20. ; Constitution Comm., Proposed Amendments (Local Unions)21. ; Constitution Comm., Reports22. ; Constitution Comm., Resolutions23. ; Delegates24. ; Dues increase25. ; Invitations


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Box 67

1. Convention, 13th Constitutional, 1951; Foreign labor attaches2. ; Planning3. ; Resolutions4. ; Resolutions Committee Reports5. ; WPR notes6. ; Roll call7. ; Survey8. Convention, 14th Constitutional, 1953; Committee appointments9. ; Invitations10. ; Planning11. ; President's report12. ; Resolutions13. ; Trustees' report14. Convention, 15th Constitutional, 1955; Committee appointments15. ; Delegates & votes16. ; Fair election declaration17. ; Foreign labor attaches18. ; Greetings19. ; Guaranteed annual wage20. ; Invitations21. ; Planning22. ; President's report23. ; Region 6 controversy24. ; Resolutions

Box 68

1. Convention, 16th Constitutional, 1957; Convention topics2. ; Data cards3. ; Foreign labor attaches4. ; Hungarian uprising5. ; Invitations6. ; Newspaper clippings7-8. ; Planning9. ; Press releases10. ; WPR reelection11. Convention, Special Constitutional, 1958;12-13. ; Invitations14. Convention, 17th Constitutional, 1959; Clippings15. ; Committees16. ; Foreign labor attaches17. ; Invitations18. ; Planning19. ; President's report20. ; Press releases21. ; Public Review Board


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Box 68 (cont'd)

22. ; Resolutions23. ; WPR reelection24. ; Steel strike

Box 69

1. Convention, Special Collective Bargaining, 1961; Committees2. ; Planning3-6. Convention, 18th Constitutional,, 1962; Black candidate, IEB7-8. ; Invitations9. ; Kennedy, President, address10. ; Planning11. ; WPR reelection12. Convention, 19th Constitutional, 1964; Clippings13. ; Collective bargaining resolutions14. ; Convention site change15. ; Correspondence16. ; Delegate attendance17. ; Invitations accepted

Box 70

1. Convention, 19th Constitutional, 1964; Invitations accepted2. ; Invitations rejected3. ; Officers Report Committee4. ; Planning5. ; Resolutions Committee report6. ; Woman IEB member issue7. Convention, 20th Constitutional, 1966; Clippings8. ; Committees9. ; Invitations & acknowledgements10-11. ; Planning12. ; Retiree attendance13-14. Convention, Special Collective Bargaining, Apr 196715. Convention, Special Constitutional, Oct 1967

Box 71

1. Convention, 21st Constitutional, 1968; Clippings2-3. ; Committees4. ; Correspondence5. ; Daily summaries6. ; Dissident report Local 2487. ; Invitations8. ; Planning9. ; Resolutions


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Box 71 (cont'd)

10. ; WPR reelection11. Convention, Special, 196912-13. ; Proceedings booklet draft

Box 72

1-2. Convention, 22nd Constitutional, 1970; Planning3-4. ; Proceedings booklet draft5. ; Proceedings booklet galley proofs6. ; Roll call7. Conventions 1947-1967; Constitution & Resolutions Committee data8-10. Cooperatives; Correspondence11. Cornelius Printing Co., 1946-49

Box 73

1. Correspondence; Automobile industry unemployment, 19532. Councils, 1946-483-4. ; Foundry Council, 1946-485. ; Gear, Axle & Transmission Council, 1946-486. ; Piston Ring Council, 1946-487-8. ; Sub-Councils, 1947-489. ; Truck-Trailer-Bus Council, 1946-4810-11. Data processing, 1963-6912. Deere & Co., 1963-6913. Deere, John, Council, 1958

Box 74

1-3. Detroit-Wayne Co. Tool & Die Council, 1956-584. Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) & other dissident groups,

1968-695. Doehler-Jarvis Dept., 1956-696. Doehler-Jarvis Council, 1961-637. Dues; Applications for reduction, 19608. ; Diversion of portion to American Heritage, 1962-689. ; Opposition to increases, 196710. Eaton Manufacturing Co., 1965-6811. Eckert, Ken; Removal from Alcoa Council & Die Casting Dept.12-19. Education Department, 1945-48

Box 75

1-11. Education Department, 1952-67


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Box 76

1-4. Education Department, 1968-705. ; Education conferences, 1946-496. ; Federal aid to education, 1955-567. ; Form material, 1947-488. ; Publications, 19469. ; "You and the UAW Summer School," 196310. Education Task Force, 196911. Equal Employment Opportunity Report re UAW, 196712. Executive Board, International; Meetings - Airlie House, 1968-69

Box 77

1. Executive Board, International; Meetings - Minutes, Jun 19462-22. ; Meetings - Shorthand notebooks, 1947

Box 78

1-5. Executive Board, International; Meetings - Tamiment meetings, 1962-656-14. ; Members & Officers, 1946-63

Box 79

1-11. Executive Board, International; Members & Officers, 1964-67

Box 80

1-5. Executive Board, International; Members & Officers, 1968-706-12. ; Members & Officers - Addes, George, 1946-47

Box 81

1-3. Executive Board, International; Members & Officers - Addes, George,1947

4-8. ; Members & Officers - Bannon, Ken, 1962-699-13. ; Members & Officers - Edwards, Nelson Jack, 1962-6914-17. ; Members & Officers - Fraser, Douglas, 1961-68

Box 82

1. Executive Board, International; Members & Officers - Fraser, Douglas,1969

2-5. ; Members & Officers - Gosser, Richard, 1947-646-10. ; Members & Officers - Gosser, Richard - IRS Case, 1962-6611-12. ; Members & Officers - Gosser, Richard - Local 12 controversy,1950-5313. ; Members & Officers - Gosser, Richard - Clippings, 1950-62


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Box 83

1-3. Executive Board, International; Members & Officers - Gosser,Richard - Clippings, 1963-66

4-7. ; Members & Officers - Greathouse, Pat, 1956-708-11. ; Members & Officers - Leonard, Richard T., 1946-4712-15. ; Members & Officers - Madar, Olga, 1966-67

Box 84

1-5. Executive Board; Members & Officers - Madar, Olga, 1968-69,6. ; Members & Officers - Matthews, Norman, 1956-657-17. ; Members & Officers - Mazey, Emil, 1946-63

Box 85

1-1-2. Executive Board, International; Members & Officers - Mazey, Emil,1964-67.

Box 86

1-7. Executive Board, International; Members & Officers - Mazey, Emil,1968-70,

8. ; Members & Officers - Mazey, Emil - Initiation fees, 1962-649-11. ; Members & Officers - Thomas, R. J., 1946-4712-15. ; Members & Officers - Woodcock, Leonard, 1945-6

Box 87

1-6. Executive Board, International; Members & Officers - Woodcock,Leonard, 1962-70

7. ; Members & Officers - Woodcock, Leonard - Newspaper columns,1964

8. ; Miscellaneous, 1946-479-18. ; Nine-Man Committee appeals decisions, 196719-23. ; Policy Committee, 1946-5424. Expulsion from membership, 1959-60

Box 88

1. Factionalism; Clippings, 19462. ; UAW locals, Flint, 1946-523. ; WPR file - Addes, Leonard, Thomas, 1946-474. ; WPR file - anti-Semitism & racism, 1949-565. ; WPR file - Communism, 1946-516. ; WPR file - CIO, Teamsters, 1947-487. ; WPR file - dissident UAW groups, 1949-508. ; WPR file - FE merger, 1946-47


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Box 88 (cont'd)

9. ; WPR file - Gosser, Richard, 194910. ; WPR file - IEB, 194711. ; WPR file - Local 9, 194912. ; WPR file - Local 51, 194913. ; WPR file - Local 174, 194714. ; WPR file - Local 581, n.d.15. ; WPR file - Local 595, 194916. ; PR file - Local 600, 1949-5217. ; WPR file - Local 647, 194618. ; WPR file - miscellaneous, 1947-4919. ; WPR file - Region 1C, 1949-5120. ; WPR file - Region 6, 1949-5121. ; WPR file - Region 7, 1947-5022. ; WPR file - songs

Box 89

1-14. Fair Practices & Anti-Discrimination Dept., 1945-47

Box 90

1-15. Fair Practices & Anti-Discrimination Dept., 1948 - Aug 1966

Box 91

1-13. Fair Practices & Anti-Discrimination Dept., Sep 1966 - May 1969

Box 92

1-4. Fair Practices & Anti-Discrimination Dept., Jun 1969 - Jan 19705-7 ; Cases, 1948-498. ; Crockett, George W., Jr., 1944-469. ; Form letters, 194710. ; Integrated Education, 1967-6911-12. ; Miscellaneous FEPC organizations, 1947-48

Box 93

1-3. Fair Practices & Anti-Discrimination Dept.; Reports, 1945-484-6. Family Education Center, Black Lake, 1963-707-11. Farm Equipment Workers - UAW merger, 1940-4612-14. FE - UAW merger proposal, 194715-16. ; Locals 2 - 196, 1947


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Box 94

1-8. FE - UAW merger proposal; Locals 200 - 1111, 19479-11. ; Opposed, 194712. Financial Audit Reports, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964

Box 95

1-8. Financial Reports, 1946-66

Box 96

1-3. Financial Reports, 1967-694-9. Ford Motor Co.; Correspondence, 1949-6910-12. Ford Dept., 1946-47

Box 97

1-12. Ford Dept., 1948-63

Box 98

1-9. Ford Dept., 1964-7010. ; Ford-Bacon claims, 194711. ; Form letters, 194812. ; Iron Mountain plant, 1951

Box 99

1-4. Ford Dept; 1967 strike support5-6. ; Pension plan, 19477. ; Recruitment in South, 19538. ; Umpire decisions, 1947-48, 19679. Foundry Dept., 1962-6910-14. Free World Labor Defense Fund, 1962-67

Box 100

1-2. Free World Labor Defense Fund, 1968-703. Fruehauf Corp., 1969-704-6. Full Auto Production Meeting, 19467-8. General Electric Co., 19629. ; 1963-6910-12. General Motors Corp.; Correspondence, 1957-6913. ; Progress Sharing Plan, 195514. General Motors Council; Bylaws, 1962


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Box 101

1-3. GM Dept., 1945-464. ; GM Top Negotiating Committee, 19465-7. ; United Labor Committee to Aid UAW-GM Strikers, 19468-9. GM Dept., 194710-12. ; Agreement data, Apr - Dec 194713. ; GMT Top Negotiating Committee, 194714-15. GM Dept., 194816. ; GM Conference, Jan-Mar 1948

Box 102

1-16. GM Dept., 1950-67

Box 103

1-2. GM Dept., 1968-703. Good & Welfare; General, 19504. ; WPR notes5-6. Grace Plastic Co., 1962-667-12. Harris Report - UAW Rank & File, 196113-15. Health Institute, 1945-4816. HER (Help Equalize Representation), 1959-66

Box 104

1-2. Honeywell Engineers, 1956-573. Houdaille-Hershey Corp, 1946-474-5. Hoover Ball & Bearing Co., 19666-11. Independent Parts & Suppliers Dept./Council, 1962-6912-14. Inflation; "UAW's Proposal to Big Three," 1957

Box 105

1-3. Information Systems Dept., 1967-694-13. International Affairs Dept., 1963 - Jun 1964

Box 106

1-11. International Affairs Dept., Jul 1964 - Mar 1966

Box 107

1-11. International Affairs Dept., Apr 1966 - Feb 1967


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Box 108

1-19. International Affairs Dept., Mar 1967 - Dec 1968

Box 109

1-6. International Affairs Dept., Jan 1969 - Apr 19707-8. International Harvester Co., 1946-699. International representatives, 194610-12. Internship program, 1963-6413. Intra-Corporation Councils; Alcoa Corp., 196514. ; American Metals, 196415. ; American Standard & Radiator Corp., 195916. ; E. W. Bliss, 196017. ; Champion Spark Plug, 196218. ; Dana, 196219. ; Ex-Cell-O 195920. ; Rockwell-Standard, 196721. ; Sealed Power Corp., 196922. ; Standard Products, 196423. ; Sunstrand, 1969;24. ; Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge, 196725. ; Walker Mfg. , 196226. ; White Motors, 196427. ; Willard Battery, 1962

Box 110

1. Joint Study Committees, 1960-692. ; Agricultural implement industry, 1956-643. ; AMC/UAW, 1956-644-7. ; Chrysler/UAW, 1963-648-15. ; Ford/UAW, 1956-6716. ; GM/UAW, 1963-6417. ; Kaiser Industries/UAW, 1956-5718. ; Studebaker-Packard Corp., 1956-6019. ; Willys Motors/UAW, 1957

Box 111

1-2. Jurisdiction; Allied Industrial Workers, 1957-653. ; Building Trades, 1959-614-5. ; Handbag, Luggage, Belt & Novelty Workers, 19546. ; Int'l Union Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, 1961-687. ; Int'l Woodworkers of America, 19478. ; Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, 1947-489-14. ; Teamsters, 1959-68


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Box 112

1-3. Jurisdiction; Teamsters, 1969-704. ; Teamsters - Bonan Mfg. Co., 1956-615. ; Teamsters - Farm Workers, 19666. ; Teamsters - Federal Alloy Corp., 1957-587. ; Teamsters - Harris Intertype Corp., 1967-688. ; Teamsters - Lapeer Metal Products, 1960-629. ; Teamsters - Local 259, 1958-6810. ; Teamsters - Lockheed Corp., 196111. ; Teamsters - UAW Agreement Summaries, 1960-6312. ; Various disputes, 1947-6613-20. Kohler Co., 1955-57

Box 113

1-8. Kohler Co., 1958-669-11. ; Clippings, 1955-6612. Khrushchev visit, Sep 195913-14. Labor-Management Advisory Committee, 194615. Leadership Study Center, 1953-60

Box 114

1-12. Leadership Study Center, 1961-69

Box 115

1-13. Legal Dept., 1946-5714. Legal Dept.; Senate Select Committee Hearings, Jul 1957

Box 116

1-4. Legal Dept., 1958-605. ; Buffalino v. Grosse Pointe Brokers Assn., 19606-8. Legal Dept., 1961 - Oct 19629. ; Unemployment insurance - Fisher Body, Tarrytown, Oct 196210-15. Legal Dept., Nov 1962 - Apr 1963

Box 117

1-14. Legal Dept., May 1963 - Oct 1965

Box 118

1-12. Legal Dept., Nov 1965 - May 1967


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Box 119

1-15. Legal Dept., Jun 1967 - May 1970

Box 120

1-5. Legal Dept.; Levy, Irving J., 19486-7. ; Zwerdling, Abe, 19488-11. Mack Truck Inc., 1947-6512-18. Manpower training, Jun 1962 - Dec 196519. ; Troutman studies, 1962-65

Box 121

1. Manpower training; Troutman studies, 1962-652-8. Manpower training, 1966-699. Martin, Homer, 1958, 196210. Membership opinion survey, 196911. Nader, Ralph, Jan - Aug 196812. National Association of Manufacturers, 1955-6813. National Committee for Democratic Action in UAW, 196014. Negotiations, 1946-4715. Negotiations, 194816. ; Ford clipping, 194917. Negotiations, 1950-5118. Negotiations, 195219. ; clippings, 195420. ; corres. re: 1955 demands, 1954

Box 122

1-2. Negotiations, 19553 ; clippings, 19554-5. ; congratulatory messages, 19556. ; Ford, 19557-9. ; GM, 195510-12. Negotiations, 195713-14. Negotiations, 1958

Box 123

1-2. Negotiations, 19583. ; AMC Clergy Conference, 19584. ; clippings, 19585-6. ; Chrysler, 19587. ; Chrysler - notes, 19588. ; Ford, 19589. ; Ford - notes, 1958


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Box 123 (cont'd)

10. ; GM, 195811. ; GM - notes, 195812. ; notes, 195813-14. ; Skilled Trades, 1958

Box 124

1-2. Negotiations; Chrysler (Canada), 19593. ; AMC, 19604-6. Negotiations, 19617-15. ; AMC, 1961

Box 125

1. Negotiations; AMC - notes, 19612-4. ; AMC-UAW local union agreements5-10. ; Chrysler, 1961

Box 126

1-3. Negotiations; Chrysler, 19614. ; Chrysler - clippings, 19615. ; Chrysler - notes, 19616. ; Chrysler (Canada), 19617. ; clippings, 19618. ; data cards, 19619-13. ; Ford, 1961

Box 127

1-7. Negotiations; GM, 19618. ; GM - notes, 19619. ; notes, 196110. ; WPR press conference, 18 Aug 196111. ; AMC, 196212-14. ; Chrysler (Canada), 1962

Box 128

1-3. Negotiations; Chrysler (Canada), 19624-7. Negotiations, 19648-11. ; check list, 196412-13. ; clippings, 196414. ; escalator clause, 196415. ; hours of work, 196416-17. ; insurance programs, 1964


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Box 129

1. Negotiations; miscellaneous issues, 19642. ; notes, 19643-5. ; pensions & retirement, 19646. ; SUB plans, 19647. ; subcontracting, 19648-9. ; UAW report, 196410. ; agricultural implement industry, 196411. ; agricultural implement industry - insurance, 196412. ; agricultural implement industry - pensions, 196413. ; agricultural implement industry - SUB, 196414. ; AMC, 196415-18. ; Chrysler, 196419. ; Chrysler - insurance, 1964

Box 130

1. Negotiations; Chrysler - medical plan, 19642-5. ; Chrysler - pensions, 19646. ; Chrysler - SUB, 19647-9. ; Ford, 196410. ; Ford - insurance, 196411. ; Ford - Local 600, 196412. ; Ford - medical plan, 196413. ; Ford - miscellaneous issues, 196414. ; Ford - pensions, 1964

Box 131

1-3. Negotiations; Ford - reports, 19644. ; Ford - SUB, 19645. ; Ford - subcontracting, 19646-8. ; GM, 19649. ; GM - annual improvement factor, 196410. ; GM - discipline & discrimination, 196411. ; GM - hours of work, 196412 ; GM - insurance, 196413. ; GM - insurance, pension, SUB, 196414. ; GM - medical plan, 196415. ; GM - miscellaneous issues, 196416. ; GM - notes, 196417. ; GM - pay plans, 196418. ; GM - pensions, 1964


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Box 132

1-2. Negotiations; GM - pensions, 19643. ; GM - seniority & promotions, 19644-5. ; GM - SUB, 19646. ; GM - subcontracting, 19647. ; GM - working conditions, 19648-9. ; Canada, 1964-6510. ; GE, 196511-16. ; GE, 1966

Box 133

1-3. Negotiations, 19674. ; data cards, 19675. ; notes, 19676. ; Agricultural Implement Dept. , 19677. ; Canada, 19678-10. ; Chrysler, 196711. ; Chrysler - data cards, 196712. ; Chrysler - notes, 196713-15. ; Ford, 1967

Box 134

1-2. Negotiations; Ford, 19673. ; Ford - data cards, 19674. ; Ford - clippings, 19676-10. ; Ford - notes, 196711. ; GE, 196712-14. ; GM, 1967

Box 135

1-2. Negotiations; GM, 19673. ; GM, clippings, 19674. ; GM - data cards, 19675. ; GM - notes, 19676. ; GM-Ford-Chrysler apprenticeship agreement, 19677. ; Steelworkers - no strike-arbitration proposal, 19678. ; tool & die agreement, 1967-689. Negotiations, 196810. ; clippings, 196811-13. ; GE, 196814. Negotiations, 1969


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Box 136

1-6. Negotiations; GE, 19697. ; GE - clippings, 19698. Negotiations, 1970

Box 137

1-2. Negotiations; GE, 19703-4. Notes (WPR), 1950's & 1960's5. Office management, 1951-676. Oil from coal process, L. C. Karrick, 19487. Oil shale, 1966-698-14. Organizing Dept., 1952-70

Box 138

1-17. Payroll, 1946-49

Box 139

1-11. Payroll; Departments, 1947-49

Box 140

1-3. Payroll; Departments, 1947-494. ; Officers, 1947-495. ; Regional staffs, 19466-11. ; Regions 1-1D, 1946-4912-15. ; Regions 2-5, 1946-49

Box 141

1-3. Payroll; Regions 2-5, 1946-494-10. ; Regions 6-10, 1946-4911-14. ; Removals, 1946

Box 142

1-3. Payroll; Veterans, 19464. Picketing of homes; Clippings, 19465-6. Plaque & lapel pins, 1962-647-13. Political Action Committee (PAC), 1946-4814-15. ; United Automobile Worker election edition, 194816. PAC, 1950-5617. Printing; Election notices, 1963-65


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Box 143

1-10. Public Relations Dept., 1946-4811-16. Public Relations & Publications Dept., 1951-61

Box 144

1-14. Public Relations & Publications Dept., 1962 - Jun 1966

Box 145

1-12. Public Relations & Publications Dept., Jul 1966 - 1968

Box 146

1-5. Public Relations & Publicity Dept. , 1969-706. Purchase & Supply Dept., 1959-697. Quality of workmanship; public complaints, 1957-588-14. Radio Dept., 1946-50

Box 147

1. Radio Dept., 19512-6. ; Guy Nunn "Labor Views the News" scripts, 19517-13. ; 1952-6814-15. Rank & file study; Quale report, 1967

Box 148

1-9. Rank & file study; Quale report, 196710. ; Quale report correspondence, 196711-15. Recreation Dept., 1946-59

Box 149

1-8. Recreation Dept., 1962-699. Religious beliefs & union membership, 1957-6910-13. Research Dept., 1946-48

Box 150

1-15. Research Dept., 1948-64

Box 151

1-17. Research Dept., 1964-68


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Box 152

1-5. Research Dept., 1969-706-7. Resolutions, 1946-478-13. Retired Workers Dept., 1951-62

Box 153

1-12. Retired Workers Dept., 1963-67

Box 154

1-5. Retired Workers Dept., 1968-706. Retirement housing proposal, Sunnyvale, Calif., 1966-677-11. WPR form letters, 1946-49

Box 155

1-13. WPR form letters, 1950-62

Box 156

1-11. WPR form letters, 1963-69

Box 157

1. WPR personal, 1966-682-3. Rockwell-Standard Corp., 1962-674. Ste-Marie, Paul, Memorial Fund, 1946-475-6. Scholarship program, 1962-687-8. Security matters, 1951-699. Sheffield, Horace, controversy, 1964-6810. Skeels, Jack W.; WPR notes on Ph.D. dissertation, 1963-6411. ; UAW oral history project, 1963-6412-14. Skilled Trades Dept., 194615. ; Conferences, 1946

Box 158

1-4. Skilled Trades Dept., 19475. ; Apprenticeship programs, 19476. ; Conference, May 19477-12. Skilled Trades Dept., 1948-5913. ; Conference, Dec 196014. Skilled Trades Dept., 1961-6215. ; Conference, 196216-17. Skilled Trades Dept., 196318. ; Apprenticeship programs, 1963


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Box 158 (cont'd)

19. ; Apprenticeship programs - electronic technicians, 196320. Skilled Trades Dept., 196421. ; Apprenticeship programs, 196422. ; Apprenticeship programs - electronic technicians, 1964

Box 159

1. Skilled Trades Dept.; Conference, Jan 19642. Skilled Trades Dept., 19653. ; Apprenticeship programs,

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