Reminiscences of Julius Emspak : oral history, 1959.

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Reminiscences of Julius Emspak : oral history, 1959.

Comments on labor unionism; early life; development of United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers from 1936; Radio Corporation of America strike, relations with Congress of Industrial Organizations and Association of Catholic Trade Unionists; labor and government during World War II; Communism and labor movement; labor during the cold war.

Transcript: 363 leaves.

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Union official. From the description of Reminiscences of Julius Emspak : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734515 ...