Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 Aug. 16.

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Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 Aug. 16.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Joseph Jacobs on August 16, 1991 in which he discusses Bob Segal; Lithonia granite cutters strike; Davidson family; Judge Jim Davis; Steve Nance of ATU; Myles Horton of Highlander; David Dubinsky; Max Zaritzky; merger of Millinery Union and Hatter's Union; Winnsboro (S.C.); anti-union campaigns; George Googe; printer's unions; National Labor Relations Board; E.L. "Abby" Abercrombie; Laundry workers union organization; attempts to unionize cab drivers; National Linen Service; affiliation of Laundry Workers union with Teamsters; organization of laundry workers in Georgia; War Labor Board; Tony Valente; tactics used for obtaining wage increases; Herbert Haas; racially mixed unions; changes in black attitudes; Yellow Cab monopoly; Jacobs' disagreements with Abercrombie; Charlie Elrod; Harris Jacobs; Internal Revenue case against laundry workers unions; Al Kehrer; First Union Bank; mob influence; international unions; TWUA; congressional committee that investigated union corruption; Lloyd Clennard; Bobby Kennedy; car rental deal; Tony Valente; George Meany; Alex Rose; government efforts to get Jacobs to testify against unions; Ethics Committee; "heresy" trials; and Lloyd Clennard changes name to Roberts.

2 audiotapes ; cassette.Transcript (100 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7404211

Georgia State University

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After the first National Labor Relations Board was functionally abolished by the Supreme Court decision invalidating the National Industrial Recovery Act, May 27, 1935, a new National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established as an independent agency by the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act (NLRA) (49 Stat. 195), dated July 5, 1935. The Supreme Court in 1937 declared the Board constitutional and sustained Congress’s power to regulate employers whose operations affected interstate commerce...

Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968

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Zaritzky, Max, b. 1885.

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Nance, A. Steve, 1895-1938.

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A. Steve Nance (1985-1938) was a key figure in Southern labor history during the 1930s. He served as President of the Atlanta Federation of Trades, and worked with the Textile Workers Organizing Commitee in Georgia, as well as throughout the south. Nance also worked with the fledgling alternative state labor federation in Georgia during 1937. From the description of A. Steve Nance papers, 1930-1939. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 191824144 ...

Segal, Robert M., 1915-

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Abercrombie, E. L.

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Davis, James C. (James Curran), 1895-1981

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James Curran Davis (1895- ), Georgia House of Representatives (1925-1927), Superior Court Judge (1943-1947), U.S. House of Representatives (1947-1963). From the description of James C. Davis oral history interview, 1977 Nov. 11. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476434 James Curran Erskine Davis, attorney, judge, and legislator, was born May 17, 1895, in Franklin, Georgia, and died December 28, 1981, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a state legislator from DeKalb ...

Jacobs, Joseph, 1908-

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Joseph Jacobs (1908- ), lawyer, partner in Jacobs and Landford (Atlanta, Ga.), worked with legal cases involving labor unions, resides in Atlanta, Georgia. From the description of Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 Mar. 6. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477477 From the description of Joseph Jacobs oral history interview, 1991 July 5. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38477495 From the description of Joseph Jacobs oral history...

Rose, Alex, 1898-

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Clennerd, Lloyd.

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Elrod, Charles P., 1920-

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Kehrer, E. T., 1921-

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United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)

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The National War Labor Board, a tri-partite body established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was charged with acting as an arbitration tribunal in labor-management dispute cases, thereby preventing work stoppages which might hinder the war effort. It was also responsible for determining wage adjustments in accordance with anti-inflationary wage stabilization criteria and policies. From the description of Series 1. General case files, 1913-1946, bulk 1942-1946. (Cornell Un...

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Beck, Millie,

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"Permanent deposit" From the description of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. David Dubinsky, Memorabilia. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64059271 1892 Born February 22nd in Brest-Litovsk, then in Russia, son of Bezalel and Shaina (Malka) Dobnievsky. Moved to Lodz, where the family operated a bakery. ...

Jacobs, Harris.

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Valente, Anthony F., 1906-

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Haas, Herbert

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Googe, George Logan, 1900-1961

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George Logan Googe (1900-1961), printer and union official, born in Palaky, Georgia. From the description of George L. Googe papers, 1946-1961. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38478136 ...

Meany, George, 1894-1980

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