Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Series 4, Subseries 3. General legislative files, 1953-1963.

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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Series 4, Subseries 3. General legislative files, 1953-1963.

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Include correspondence of Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT) officers concerning national and state legislation as well as statements and Congressional testimony by union officers and public figures regarding legislation of concern to the Brotherhood. Correspondents include C.J. Sludden, U.S. Senators Edward Martin and James H. Duff, W.E. Price, M.J. Murphy, and W.P. Kennedy, among others. File also includes statements of various union and public figures on legislation of interest to the Brotherhood. Examples are the testimony of G.E. Leighty before the Transportation and Aeronautics Sub-Committee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce regarding passenger train service legislation, a statement of Harry Boyer (president, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO) before the Joint Legislative Committee studying the proposed criminal codes, in support of the right to privacy, and numerous other statements and testimony supporting or opposing individual bills before the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and the Pennsylvania legislature.

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