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Jacobs, Joseph, 1908-. Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 Aug. 16.

Title: Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 Aug. 16.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Joseph Jacobs on August 16, 1991 in which he discusses Bob Segal; Lithonia granite cutters strike; Davidson family; Judge Jim Davis; Steve Nance of ATU; Myles Horton of Highlander; David Dubinsky; Max Zaritzky; merger of Millinery Union and Hatter's Union; Winnsboro (S.C.); anti-union campaigns; George Googe; printer's unions; National Labor Relations Board; E.L. "Abby" Abercrombie; Laundry workers union organization; attempts to unionize cab drivers; National Linen Service; affiliation of Laundry Workers union with Teamsters; organization of laundry workers in Georgia; War Labor Board; Tony Valente; tactics used for obtaining wage increases; Herbert Haas; racially mixed unions; changes in black attitudes; Yellow Cab monopoly; Jacobs' disagreements with Abercrombie; Charlie Elrod; Harris Jacobs; Internal Revenue case against laundry workers unions; Al Kehrer; First Union Bank; mob influence; international unions; TWUA; congressional committee that investigated union corruption; Lloyd Clennard; Bobby Kennedy; car rental deal; Tony Valente; George Meany; Alex Rose; government efforts to get Jacobs to testify against unions; Ethics Committee; "heresy" trials; and Lloyd Clennard changes name to Roberts.

ArchivalResource: 2 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (100 p.)

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