Arthur S. Meyer. Series 1. Speeches and correspondence, 1941-1955.

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Arthur S. Meyer. Series 1. Speeches and correspondence, 1941-1955.

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Include Meyer's writings and speeches on the following subjects: progress toward orderly action (1941), labor mediation and national defense (1941), arbitration and mediation (n.d.), the changing role of unions in a democratic society (n.d.), some general aspects of labor relations (1948), functions of the mediator in collective bargaining (1950), and union power and policy in collective bargaining (n.d.). Also included is correspondence between Meyer and Edgar F. Warren (director, Conciliation Service of the U.S. Department of Labor) regarding the Conciliation Service and the strike of the National Maritime Union against the American Merchant Marine Institute; correspondence with Murray W. Latimer (1945-1946) regarding a study of the steel industry, guaranteed wage plans in the electrical industry, a proposal for a government guarantee for employers who adopt an annual wage plan, and the relationship between guaranteed wage plans, stabilization of employment, and regularization of production. Also correspondence with Mort Heineman (vice-president, Franklin Buick Advertising Corporation); Paul M. Herzog (U.S. National War Labor Board); Arthur Jacobs (executive, LABOR LETTER); Thomas P. McManus (assistant counsel, Joint Legislative Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions); N.P. Feinsinger (law professor, University of Wisconsin); Katherine P. Ellickson (assistant director of research, CIO); Samuel H. Thompson (assistant director, National Planning Association); and William H. Davis (director, Office of Economic Stabilization). Correspondence regards arguments used in the maritime and trucking strikes, an industry investigation regarding the annual wage, a study of the steel industry, and government interest payments. Correspondence of Meyer with George W. Taylor (National War Labor Board), and William A. Waldron (National War Labor Board) regards a coal dispute (1943), and the relationship of the dispute to the wage stabilization program. Correspondence of Meyer with Harry Frumesman (committee chairman, National War Labor Board), Milton Rubin (committee member, National War Labor Board), William S. Hilger (sub-regional director, United Auto Workers), Walter Gellhorn (regional vice-chairman, National War Labor Board), and Max J. Miller (assignment officer, National War Labor Board) regards the investigation of personnel needs of private industry, metal trades rates, and retroactive data in first contract cases. Correspondence also includes excerpts from letters written by Meyer to Paul H. Douglas (University of Chicago) (1947) regarding the union shop; to William H. Davis (1947) regarding the limits of collective bargaining as a force for good in society; to Gordon Duysee (1945) regarding a guaranteed annual wage; to Nathan Feinsinger (University of Wisconsin) (1947) regarding industrywide bargaining; to Jesse Freidin (1947) regarding the impact of strikes on the public; to Jacob Billikopf (1945) regarding collective bargaining in philanthropic agencies; to Douglas P. Falconer (1942) regarding collective bargaining; to E.S. Duffield (1947) regarding union security, industrywide bargaining, and compulsory arbitration; to Walter Reuther (1948) regarding productivity increments; to Elinore Jackson (associate secretary, American Friends Service Committee) (1951) regarding the use of labor mediation technology in internal disputes; to Felix S. Cohen (1953) regarding organized labor as a political force in the United States; to Lloyd D. Fisher (research associate, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California at Berkeley) (1947) regarding philosophies of industry and unionism; and to Max F. Millikan (1949) regarding the power of labor in strikes. Include speeches and articles by Meyer (1941-1950); his correspondence while on the U.S. National War Labor Board (1942-1945); and excerpts from letters written by Meyer (1942-1955).

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