Topic 5 : Interviews re the NLRB after Taft-Hartley (post 1947), 1968-1975.

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Topic 5 : Interviews re the NLRB after Taft-Hartley (post 1947), 1968-1975.

The passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 had major repercussions for the NLRB. Interviewees discuss the method by which the Taft-Hartley hearings were held, the resignations that resulted from the passage of the Act, the impact on the General Counsel's Office and President Truman's appointment of Act sympathizer and conservative Republican, Robert Denham as the general counsel, the establishment of the position of solicitor general, and the impact of the Act on unfair labor practice cases, on secondary boycotts, and other issues that came before the Board.

16 transcripts.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7911054

Cornell University Library

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