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APPENDIX

EXHIBIT NO. 1009

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, LODGE 301

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 24, 1938, HELD IN ROOM 442, AT 8:15 P. M. Owing to the illness of the Secretary the minutes were recorded by Helen White. The following new members were admitted by acclamation: Murray Neidleman, Miss Prince, Orville Wendlend, Aline Smith and Florence Rowley of the Pool and Mrs. Grossberg and Mrs. Herman of the New York Office.

It was moved and carried to defer to the next meeting the minutes of the meetings of March 10 and 22 and the communications.

Mr. Stern, reporting for the Grievance Committee stated (1) that a pool meeting was scheduled for March 31 for the purpose of electing a new pool committee and of discussing a rotation plan; (2) that the Committee recommended that copies of the Union agreement be sent to all supervisors and (3) that complaints had been received from the N. Y. office in regard to unfair labor conditions there. Mr. Stern further stated that the Grievance Committee had advised the New York members to present their grievances to Mrs. Herrick, which was done but without satisfactory results. A motion was made that Lodge 301 defray traveling expenses of one or two employees from the New York office to Washington in order to present their problems to the Board, if such action should be necessary. The motion was carried. The report of the Grievance Committee was then accepted.

The report of the sub-committee of the Executive Committee on disaffiliation from the AFGE and amalgamation with the Lawyers Union stated that the results of the referendum held among the members of Lodge 301 on this subject showed 91% in favor of disaffiliation and 89% in favor of amalgamation. More detailed results are shown in the report attached hereto. It was moved and carried to accept the report and to refer it to the Executive Committee for contemplation of results and proper action.

The report of the Program Committee described the buffet supper and dance to be held April 12 under the auspices of the Lawyers Union and Lodge 301 and announced that a bicycling party was scheduled for Sunday. The report stood approved.

Miss Rice, reporting for the Publicity and Education Committee stated that Harry Balmer and Ruth Weinstein were new appointees to that committee. These appointments were ratified and the report was accepted.

The Membership Committee report, as recorded in the written memorandum of March 24, 1938 was then given and accepted.

Mr. Kaufman, reporting for the Legislative Committee, recommended the passage of the resolution endorsing the O'Connell Peace Act. After considerable discussion the resolution was carried. The report of the committee was approved. In conjunction with the report of the Inter-Union Committee it was recommended that the Lawyers Union and Lodge 301 sit together at the mass meeting Monday night under the auspices of Washington Peace Groups and introduce a resolution. Misses Lester and Rastoff were selected to serve on a committee to meet with the Lawyers at lunch on Friday to discuss the arrangements for the meeting. It was then moved and carried that $10 be donated to the Washington Friends of Spanish Democracy.

Mr. Richard H. Crawford, National Income Section, Department of Commerce, then spoke on “Your Income and Your Life." The meeting concluded with doughnuts, cider and music from "Pins and Needles."

Respectfully submitted,

HELEN WHITE.
STELLA LEVY.

EXHIBIT No. 1010

(Minutes of Regular Meeting of November 9, 1937 (Mrs. Eden's Files-"Minutes and Agenda-Lodge"), page 2, paragraph 8. The Recreation Association is accused of and censured for non-union and racially prejudiced attitude in resolution adopted by the Union.)

(NOTE. This Recreation Association probably refers to a group of employees of the National Labor Relations Board and a dance which they were sponsering.) Miss Kitay then reported for the Program Committee and indicated her selections of Mr. Marsden, Mr. Silverberg, and Mrs. Branson Price of the National Mediation Board to constitute the Program Committee. It was moved and carried to accept these recommendations.

In view of the poor response to the poll that had been conducted to determine the time and place of meetings, it was moved to table this matter. This motion was carried.

The following motions were then moved and carried:

That regular meetings of the Lodge be held twice a month;

That the Constitution be amended by providing that officers be elected to hold office for one year instead of six months, beginning with the next administration; That the secretary be authorized to post a notice on the bulletin board advising all old members who had not received union cards to contact her; and That the treasurer be authorized to appoint representatives on each floor to assist her in collecting monthly dues.

A resolution condemning racial prejudice and resolving that Lodge 301 would not support any group engaging in activity involving such prejudice nor engage in such activity itself was then read to the membership. It was moved to amend the resolution: first, by condemning the Recreation Association for having its tickets printed in a non-union shop; second, by stating that the policy embodied therein was to apply to future activities of the Recreation Association and not to the current dance; and third, by adding to the resolved clause the statement that the Union would like some sort of explanation from the Recreation Association in regard to its non-union and prejudiced attitude in the above instance. These amendments were carried and the resolution was accepted. Mr. Marsden then tendered his resignation from the Union without explanation. It was moved and carried that action on this matter be referred to the Executive Committee. The following motions were then made, seconded and carried:

(1) That the Education and Publicity Committee investigate the educational program instituted by the Social Security Union and adopt a similar program for Lodge 301;

(2) That the Executive Committee be instructed to prepare a report for the membership at the next meeting, reviewing our past connections with the A. F. G. E.; and

(3) That the next meeting be held on Tuesday, two weeks from the present meeting.

There being no further business, on motion duly seconded and carried, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted,

STELLA LEVY, Secretary.

(1. Minutes of Regular Meeting of December 9, 1937 (Mrs. Eden's Files"Minutes and Agenda-Lodge"), page 1, paragraph 8. "Miss Rastoff then described for the members of the conference of the American League for Peace and Democracy which she had attended on November 29, in Pittsburgh.")

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, LODGE 301

MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 9, 1937, HELD IN ROOM 442 AT 4:45 P. M.

The meeting was called to order by the President. The following new members were then admitted without dissent:

Lawrence Beckerman, Helen Roark, Grace Purdy, all of the Washington Office. The minutes of the regular meeting of November 23 and the Executive meeting of December 6 were read and accepted. The secretary read or stated the contents of several communications as listed on the written agenda for the meeting of December 9.

The chairman of the Membership Committee then gave the Committee Report, recommending inter alia that the personnel of the Committee be composed of Murry Weisz, Mary Moore, Reg. Correspondent, Beatrice Bassin, Jerry Himmelfarb, Louis Silverberg, Betty Lesser and Helen White. It was moved and carried that these recommendations be accepted and that the membership report be accepted.

The chairman of the Publicity and Education Committee then made his report, in which he recommended that the first meeting featuring a speaker be held in January. It was moved and carried that his report and recom

mendation be accepted. The report of the Program Committee which followed stated that there had been added to the personnel of that committee (see minutes Dec. 22), Selma Rice, Joseph Baird and Joseph Rosenworcel. This was approved and the report was accepted.

The report of the Grievance Committee was then given and stated what had been done in respect to pool problems, investigation of complaints from the Regional Offices, and adequate medical supplies and restroom. It was mentioned that a general meeting of the pool would be held on December 14 at which time a pool committee was chosen which did not comprise any member of the Grievance Committee. On motion duly carried, the report of the Grievance Committee was accepted.

Miss Rastoff then described for the membership the conference of the American League for Democracy and Peace which she had attended on November 29 in Pittsburgh.

Following this Mr. Stern reported for the Transit Committee on the latest meeting of the Citizens Conference on Transportation at which Lodge 301 was represented by Messrs. Stern and Lipkowitz. Mr. Stern stated that a fivepoint program had been drawn up incorporating municipal ownership of the transportation system and a return to the $1.00 per week pass. The report was accepted. It was then moved that Lodge 301 donate $5.00 to the Citizens Conference on Transportation. The motion was carried.

The following recommendations of the Executive Committee were then accepted, on motions duly made and carried:

(1) That the resignation of Julia Kitendaugh as President be regretfully accepted's

(2) That the regular meetings of the Lodge be held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, the meeting on the second to be in the afternoon and the meeting on the fourth to be in the evening. It was further moved and carried that the evening meeting begin at 8:15.

An election to determine Lodge 301 representatives to the Women's Trade Union League was then conducted and resulted in the election of Julia Kitendaugh, Selma Rice and Helen White.

A resolution advocating a boycott of Japanese goods was introduced. After some discussion it was moved and carried that the resolution be adopted as the sense of the Lodge and that the determination of to whom to send it be left to the Executive Committee. It was also moved and carried that the Lodge send on the following day to a Congressman it might designate a telegram similar in sense to the specimen submitted to the Lodge in regard to bringing Tom Mooney to Washington for a hearing. A special meeting of the Executive Committee at 12:30 p. m. on the following day to consider the form and recipient of the telegram was announced. The following motions were made and carried:

(1) To authorize the Program Committee to plan a joint Christmas party with the Recreation Association and to spend up to $5.00 thereon on behalf of Lodge 301 under such terms as it finds proper for the Union to enter upon;

(2) To authorize the Treasurer to advance to the Program Committee an amount up to $10, for the Christmas party of the Lodge on December 29;

(3) To accept the recommendation of the Executive Committee that the next meeting be held on Wednesday, December 22, at 8:15 p. m., in Room 442. There being no further business, on motion duly made and carried, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

STELLA LEVY, Secy.

(1. Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting, December 10, 1937 (Mrs. Eden's Files-"Minutes and Agenda-Lodge”). Among the Decisions made was "that Mr. Stern and Miss Eden constitute a committee of two to decide to whom the resolution on the Japanese boycott should be sent.")

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, LODGE 301

MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF DEC. 10, 12:30, SHOREHAM GRILL (AS REPORTED TO THE SECRETARY BY J. KARRO)

The following decisions were made by the Executive Committee:

(1) That the Publicity Committee send two telegrams of ten words each to the Chairman of the Congressional Committees in regard to the holding of a hearing in Washington for Tom Mooney;

(2) That there be referred to the Grievance Committee the question of the desirability of two weeks notice of the granting or non-granting of applications for Christmas leave;

(3) That Mr. Stern and Miss Eden constitute a committee of two to decide to whom the Resolution on the Japanese Boycott should be sent. Respectfully submitted.

STELLA LEVY, Secy.

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, LODGE 301

MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF DECEMBER 16, 1937, 4:45 P. M. ROOM 834

Present: Eden, Lester, Karro, Levy.

At the Executive Committee meeting it was announced that the Auditing Committee was meeting that evening for the purpose of going over the books and checking up on members in arrears. The report of the Program Committee was then read, stating that the Committee considered it inadvisable to hold the Christmas party which had been planned for the evening of the 29th. The Executive Committee, on motion duly carried, decided that an informal Christmas party should be held on that evening in the home of Jack Karro.

The membership committee report followed and was accepted. The Executive Committee decided to recommend to the membership that a meeting be called, similar to that called in the pool, comprising the members of the file, messenger, duplicating and supply departments, for the purpose of electing a shop committee to handle their problems.

It was then moved and carried to send Helen Roark of the Pool as an observer to the December 17th meeting of the Washington Labor Peace Committee to report back to the Lodge on the advisability of affiliating with it, as requested in its letter of December 11.

A letter dated December 1 from the Washington Friends of Spanish Democracy, requesting permission to send a speaker to one of our meetings, was then read. It was moved and carried that this question be put on the agenda of the next regular meeting. The Executive Committee then made the following decisions: (1) To recommend to the membership that for the purpose of saving time and facilitating the transaction of business, future communications be summarized by the Secretary instead of being read, unless otherwise requested or deemed advisable; (2) To table several communications from the AFGE in conformity with the policy previously decided upon; (3) To authorize the membership committee to distribute circulars about the five day week; (4) To approve an arrangement whereby the members of Lodge 301 could obtain railroad tickets from the U. F. W. A. at the same rate which the U. F. W. A. gives to its own members.

It was then reported that in accordance with Executive Committee instructions the Publicity and Education Committee had sent to the Chairman of the Congressional Committees involved two 10 word telegrams in regard to a hearing in Washington for Tom Mooney. It was further reported that the Executive Committee had approved the recommendation of its special committee that the Japanese Resolution be sent to Washington stores and newspapers only. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted.

STELLA LEVY, Secy.

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