Topic 9 : Interviews re external influence on the NLRB, 1968-1975.

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Topic 9 : Interviews re external influence on the NLRB, 1968-1975.

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Congressional activities, including moves to amend the NLRA, investigations by the Byrd Committee, the Smith Committee and the Dies Committee are elucidated and the activities of the LaFollette Committee are reviewed. Executive efforts to influence the NLRB are also examined. Frances Perkins' relationship with David Saposs and Edwin Smith and the effort to place the Board under the jurisdiction of the Department of Labor are discussed, as is President Roosevelt's influence on the formation of the Board and the selection of its members. Roosevelt's efforts to influence the Board through its first chairman, J. Warren Madden, is also the subject of comment. Corporate efforts to influence or weaken the Board are examined at length. Major industrial corporations, in particular, looked at the NLRB as a threat. The constitutionality of the NLRA was challenged vigorously by the National Lawyers Committee of the Liberty League. The National Association of Manufacturers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Liberty League and American Medical Association all voiced vigorous opposition to Board policies. Walter Lippmann also found occasion to criticize NLRB activities. Relevant respondents include Bernard Cushman, Lloyd Garrison, Herbert Glaser, Leon Keyserling, Ida Klaus, Philip Levy, Howard Lichtenstein, J. Warren Madden, Lee Pressman, Roger Robb, David Saposs and Nathan Witt. Efforts to influence the direction of the Board's policies and decisions are broadly discussed in the interviews.

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Levy, Philip, -1970

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Klaus, Ida.

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National Lawyers' Committee.

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Witt, Nathan.

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American medical association

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Robb, Roger

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Cushman, Bernard.

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Pressman, Lee, 1906-1969

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of Lee Pressman : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309723084 ...

Lichtenstein, Howard.

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Smith, Edwin S. (Edwin Seymour), 1891-1976

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Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974

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American journalist and author. From the description of Typewritten letter signed, dated : Washington, D.C., 23 September 1960, to Joan Peyser, 1960 Sept. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270992594 Lippmann was an American journalist and author. From the description of Walter Lippmann letters to Hazel Albertson, 1910-1982. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612206746 From the guide to the Walter Lipmann letters to Hazel Albertson, 1910-1982., (H...

Garrison, Lloyd W.

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Glaser, Herbert R.

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Keyserling, Leon H.

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