United States. Board of Inquiry on the Labor Disputes Involving the Non-ferrous Metals Industry documents, 1951.

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United States. Board of Inquiry on the Labor Disputes Involving the Non-ferrous Metals Industry documents, 1951.

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Consists of transcripts of minutes of the Board (3 vol.); a typewritten draft of a paper concerning production and marketing of non-ferrous metals; the Board's reports to the president (3 vol.) and a press release on the settlement of the strikes.

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Cornell University Library

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