Fred A. Thomson records series, 1912-1946.

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Fred A. Thomson records series, 1912-1946.

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The Fred A. Thomson records series contains two subseries. The National Labor Relations Board Lawsuit records subseries, 1937-1944, (3.6 cubic ft.), Acc. 51, contains legal records of the National Labor Relations Board hearings in Buffalo, New York; Dallas, Texas; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Edgewater, New Jersey; Iron Mountain, Michigan; Jacksonville, Florida; Kansas City, Missouri; Long Beach, California; Memphis, Tennessee; Richmond, California, St. Louis, Missouri; and Somerville, Massachusetts including briefs, correspondence, examiners' reports, transcripts, and related documents regarding alleged charges of unfair labor practices against Ford Motor Company. The Subject Files subseries, 1912-1947 (0.8 cubic ft.) Acc. 162, contains the following subjects: new rules governing the Ford Motor Company bonus and investment plans, 1914-1921; correspondence regarding Belgium branch managers Don F. Critchley, A.T. Hemmick, A.C. Nagle, and associated problems managing Ford Motor Company of Belgium in Antwerp, 1922-1927; sale of the United States President's edition of the Democratic book of 1936 to raise funds for the Democratic National Committee, 1937; Better Business Bureau correspondence regarding Ford foreign subsidiary stock fraud, 1930; depositions of Detroit Mayor Bowles recall trial, 1930; Ford Motor Company summary balance sheets, 1912-1914; information on cars purchased for experimental purposes, 1930-1946; lists of people, mostly Ford Motor Company executives, who had sterling silver factory passes, 1923-1939; and visitor statistics, 1927-1929.

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United States. National Labor Relations Board

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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...

Ford Motor Company of Belgium S.A.

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Nagle, A. C.

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Thomson, Fred A.

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Hemmick, Arthur T., 1889-1963.

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Ford motor company

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When Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903, Alexander Y. Malcolmson was elected the Company's first treasurer, but his assistant James Couzens actually managed financial functions. People holding the position of Ford Motor Company treasurer from 1903 to 1955 included Alexander Y. Malcolmson, 1903-1906; James J. Couzens, 1906-1915; Frank L. Klingensmith, 1915-1921; Edsel B Ford, 1921-1943; B. J. Craig, 1943-1946; and L. E. Briggs, 1946-1955. In 1903, the business office was in a small building o...

Ford Motor Company. Office of the Secretary.

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Fred A. Thomson joined Ford Motor Company on September 10, 1918 as an accountant in the Disbursement Department at Highland Park. He started going to law school at night and graduated from the Detroit College of Law in 1922, when he was admitted to the bar. While at Highland Park he was put in charge of accounts receivable and in 1926 he was appointed assistant to the corporate secretary to look after legal points on corporation matters. He was named assistant secretary in 1941 and in August 194...

Critchley, Don F.

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Bowles, Charles E., 1884-1957.

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