Committee on Political Education records, 1947-1972.

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Committee on Political Education records, 1947-1972.

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Correspondence, minutes, financial documents, reports, news releases, constitutions, newsletters, clippings, voting records, surveys, convention records, political campaign materials, lists, and miscellaneous printed material. Includes some material on the national pre-merger organizations: the CIO Political Action Committee, 1947-1953, and Labor's League for Political Education, 1951-1954, as well as the state pre-merger organizations; the Texas State Political Action Committee, 1947-1956, and the Texas Labor League for Political Education, 1950-1956. Scattered records of the Women's Activities Dept. of the Texas Committee on Political Education are also included. Although there is some material on the AFL-CIO's interest in legislative activities, the main thrust of COPE relates to the candidates and getting out the vote in elections. NOTES FROM COPE, 1956-1964, and COPE REPORTS, 1962-1967 are included.

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education

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Texas AFL-CIO

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Labor's League for Political Education

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.). Political Action Committee

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Texas State Political Action Committee

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Texas AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education

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Texas Labor League for Political Education

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Texas AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education. Women's Activities Dept.

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