Papers, 1944-1954.

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Papers, 1944-1954.

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Papers relating to the Committee's activities in promoting the C.I.O. viewpoint on political issues and in advocating registration and voting in local and national elections. Primarily the files of Earl Lafayette Sandefur who in 1947 was the acting executive director and then executive director and secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Political Action Committee. There is correspondence with various union officials and political leaders. Unions mentioned include the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; the American Federation of Hosiery Workers; the Communications Workers of America, including the Telephone Workers Organizing Committee; the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America; the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union; the Textile Workers Union of America; and the United Steelworkers of America. There is also material on the State Industrial Union Councils and the United Labor Political Committee for North Carolina, and a survey of North Carolina state legislators, 1951, to ascertain the profession of each, the number of terms served, and the desire to return to the General Assembly.

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