Topic 10 : Interviews re CIO-NLRB relations, 1968-1975.

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Topic 10 : Interviews re CIO-NLRB relations, 1968-1975.

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Discussed are relations between the Board staff and Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) officials, particularly Lee Pressman (general counsel, CIO); political radicalism and the CIO; employer opposition to the organizing efforts of industrial unions; and the alleged connections between Harry Bridges, Pressman, and the NLRB regarding the Longshoremen's Association on the west coast. The significance of the role of CIO leadership in the formulation and passage of the Wagner Act is discussed, particularly that of Sidney Hillman, Philip Murray, and John L. Lewis, as is Lewis' effort to get Madden reappointed to the Board. CIO positions on the Norton Committee amendments, opposition to Taft-Hartley curtailment of secondary boycotts and Landrum-Griffin amendments regarding union elections are elucidated, as are CIO views on the LaFollette investigations.

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Cornell University Library

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