President's office: Walter P. Reuther collection, 1933-1970.

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President's office: Walter P. Reuther collection, 1933-1970.

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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, pamphlets, speeches, notes, publications, photos, memorabilia, and other materials relating to the union, especially during the presidency of Walter P. Reuther (1946-1970). Includes material relating to Reuther and his involvement with labor organizations, including Alliance for Labor Action, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, and International Metalworkers' Federation. Topics include automobile manufacturing companies, automation, atomic energy and radiation dangers, Detroit urban problems, education, equal employment opportunity, guaranteed annual wage, health plans, housing, integration, international affairs, jurisdictional disputes, peace, pensions, skilled trades, supplemental unemployment benefits, technological change, unemployment, UAW factionalism, United Nations, wage stablization, women workers, and World War II and Korean War production. Correspondents include Irving Bluestone, Chester Bowles, James B. Carey, Douglas Fraser, Arthur J. Goldberg, Allan S. Haywood, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Emil Mazey, John L. McClellan, A. Philip Randolph, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Victor Reuther, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, George Meany, R.J. Thomas, Harry S. Truman, Roy Wilkins, and Leonard Woodcock.

351 linear ft.

Wayne State University

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Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986

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United States ambassador to India, 1951-1953 and 1963-1969. From the description of The Indo-American development program : the problems and opportunities : mimeograph, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867525 Chester Bowles was born on April 5, 1901, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale University in 1924 (B.S.) and established the advertising firm of Benton and Bowles, with William Benton, in 1929. Bowles served in the Office of Price Administration ...

Carey, James B. (James Bain)

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James Barron Carey (1911-1973) was the president of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. From the description of Autobiography, and labor union communists, 1938-1968. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36028118 Labor executive. From the description of Reminiscences of James Barron Carey : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732165 ...

Bluestone, Irving

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Mr. Bluestone's union career began as a member of UAW Local 511 in Harrison New Jersey. He came to Detroit as a staff member for the UAW-GM Department and subsequently became an administrative assistant to Walter Reuther and to Leonard Woodcock. He served as a UAW Vice-President from 1972 to 1980, when he retired. From the description of Irving Bluestone papers, 1936-1948, (bulk 1936-1967). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32320812 ...

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. President

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Formerly International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO) and International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America. From the description of President's office: Walter P. Reuther collection, 1933-1970. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28413062 ...