Records, 1917-1919. [microform]

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Records, 1917-1919. [microform]

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Included are all of the Commission's records housed in the National Archives; these are, however, incomplete and officially described as fragmentary. This collection consists mainly of testimony of witnesses before the Commission in hearings held in Globe, Clifton, and Bisbee, Arizona and in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also included are reports, correspondence, and other general materials of the Commission. Witnesses include representatives of various trades as well as local businessmen, mine operators, and citizens' groups, notably the Loyalty League and the Citizens' Protective League. The testimony includes discussions of labor relations and strikes, primarily involving western mining companies, the Bisbee, Arizona deportation of IWW members, longshoremen, lumbering, farm labor, and railroads, as well as legislation and union relations with law enforcement agencies.

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Cornell University Library

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