Research files of Presidential Assistant Les Finnegan concerning UE and the UE/IUE split, 1933-1959 (bulk 1938-1954).

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Research files of Presidential Assistant Les Finnegan concerning UE and the UE/IUE split, 1933-1959 (bulk 1938-1954).

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In his capacity as Carey's chief research assistant Finnegan compiled and maintained copious historical files relating to the UE, Communism, and the pro-CIO faction (UE Members for Democratic Action) within the union headed by James B. Carey. This series spans the early years of the UE (from its origins as a confederation of AFL federal labor unions in the NRA period), chronicles its contentious affiliation with the CIO during the 1940s, and culminates with the subsequent expulsion of the UE from the CIO and final split with the IUE in 1949. The critical year of 1949 is extensively documented, focusing on UEMDA activities in the months preceding the September convention of the UE and the galvanization of the UE right wing faction prior to the CIO convention in November. These records also cover the formative period of the Committee for Industrial Organization (1935-1938) and contain correspondence which Carey generated as CIO Secretary-Treasurer. Carey utilized the extensive resources of that office to bring pressure on the UE's left-wing leadership, primarily through forging a anti-communist coalition among the rank and file members of the UE.

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