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Workers Alliance of America. Records of the Workers Alliance of America, 1935-1998.

Title: Records of the Workers Alliance of America, 1935-1998.

There are two types of files within the collection: copies of FBI documents and records relating to the court case between Eric Davin and the FBI. Files related to the court case include correspondence between Davin and his attorneys at Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, which outline the legal measures taken on behalf of Davin and the defense, the FBI. Also included are random selections from the Workers Alliance FBI files which were used in an attempt to prove that excessive censorship had taken place and the defense's Vaughn Index which stated their explanation as to why each of these redactions was necessary. Court orders from the case are also present. In 1996, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania ruled that the FBI must reexamine and un-redact parts of the documents that did not fall under security laws and present a copy of the newly revised Workers Alliance and David Lasser files to Davin. Included in the collection are the entire 1993-1994 originally released FBI files and the 1996 court ordered Workers Alliance and Lasser files which outline the FBI's investigation of the Alliance and their president. By comparing the two sets of documents, one may note the amount of information concealed within the redactions of the original release. The documents also include a history of the Workers Alliance compiled by the FBI based on information received by informants and publications such as the Saturday Evening Post and Alliance newspapers and pamphlets. The records are organized into three series: I. Original FBI Documents Released to Eric Davin, 1992-1994; II. Eric Davin v. United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-1998; III. Final Release of FBI Documents, 1996-1998.

ArchivalResource: 6.3 linear ft. ( 5 boxes)

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