Papers, 1940-1953.

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Papers, 1940-1953.

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Papers pertaining to the Committee's activities in organizing workers primarliy in the textile and steel industries. The correspondence is chiefly that of Paul Revere Christopher, director of the C.I.O. in Tennessee, 1940-1955, but also includes that of Maurice R. Allen, director of the C.I.O. Organizing Committee in Tennessee, whose major responsibility was with the United Gas, Coke, and Chemical Workers of America, and of Bethel T. Judd, a C.I.O. field representative. Correspondents include national and state union officials as well as political leaders. Many unions are represented but the Textile Workers Union of America is the most significant. Also include materials on issues of importance to the national C.I.O. board, information on various labor and labor-related organizations, federal government organizations, and religious groups, health and charitable organizations, and Tennessee state government agencies.

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