Mr. FRANCIS P. FENTON, APPENDIX EXHIBIT NO. 1252 Organizer, American Federation of Labor, FEBRUARY 10, 1937. 11 Beacon Street (room 1222), Boston, Mass. DEAR MR. FENTON: I am trying to find the files that you referred to regarding the Hartford County Manufacturers' Association and from your letter I cannot date the case or under what Board, nor can Mr. Smith. He thinks it must relate to the United Aircraft case of the second Board and a search of the files does not seem to turn up the records you referred to. Some of these have been transferred to the Archives and I will see about having a search made. Meanwhile can you tell me what was the case and the date Very truly yours, HB: DA HEBER BLANKENHORN. Mr. HEBER BLANKENHORN, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, Civil Liberties Committee, Senator Robert M. La Follette's Committee, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. DEAR HEBER: If you recall when you were attached with the National Labor Relations Board, that on two occasions I brought a petition before that board to bring the Hartford County Manufacturers Association in as a party in interest. You also have somewhere in the National Labor Relations Board's files, fifty or seventy communications that were intercepted from the waste basket at their headquarters, that I believe should be the subject of investigation by the La Follette Committee. My recent observations in Hartford leads me to believe that many of the spies that I have had to contend with in that district are employed by this Hartford County Manufacturers Association. I believe that if they were summonsed in that the Committee would get some very valuable information of their activities to interfere with the trade union organization. I think their confidential employment service is the most vicious type of black-listing that there is in the country. If you cannot use this evidence against the manufacturers, I would appreciate it if you would get that file and return the copies of the information that I left with the board. J. E. MORLEY, Secretary EXHIBIT NO. 1253 UNITED LABOR CONGRESS OF MAHONING COUNTY, OHIO Meetings held every first and third Monday of each month at Carpenters' Hall, 2591⁄2 West Federal Street 22 E. BOARDMAN ST., YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO Mr. HEBER BLANKENHORN, NOVEMBER 17TH, 1936. National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. BLANKEN HORN: I am very anxious to procure a copy of the La Follette Committee Hearing pertaining to the investigation of MacGuffin of our city, and if you are in a position to forward one to me it would be greatly appreciated, as several men's names who are delegates to the Central Body have been mentioned, or at least we understand they have been mentioned, in the testimony of Kuhl. Thanking you in advance for your interest in this matter, I am, President, United Labor Congress, 22 East Boardman Street, Youngstown, Ohio. DEAR MR. SIGMIER: Your letter of November 17 has been delayed due to my absence at the Tampa Convention. I understand from the La Follette Committee editors that the bound volumes of the testimony will be completed by the end of this week. You will find therein lists of MacGuffin operatives and I should be very glad to have you check them over and let me know whether you find any delegates to the Central Body on that list. There will be two volumes of testimony so far taken but I still don't know what the cost per volume will be, perhaps 25¢ or 35¢ each. Best drop a line to the Secretary of the La Follette Committee, Room 247-C, Senate Office Building, and they will have the volumes forwarded to you as soon as issued. I think it will be a valuable contribution to the La Follette Committee's work if you were to make a check-up of those lists and call on the carpet the persons named therein, then sending me a report of your investigation. 14 Union Square, New York, New York. DEAR SIDNEY: You will recall my mentioning to you beginning an investigation of undercover and strikebreaking agencies for the Board. A few days ago a friend of mine learned from Rosenbloom that he and the Amalgamated had considerable data on the Ahner Detective Agency of St. Louis, a right-hand bower of your old friend, Curlee. Now I have run across Ahner in connection with a Board case and am leaving for St. Louis to investigate. Will you please ask Rosenbloom to send anything that any of your people have on Ahner to me, % David Shaw, Regional Labor Office, Room 1002, U. S. Court & Custom House. St. Louis, Missouri, or if you wish, send it to your own representative, Max Michaelson, with whom I shall get in touch in St. Louis. There is need for haste in the matter. On another matter, of Board policy, you may expect an invitation soon from Mr. Carmody asking whether or not you can consult with the Board on your next visit to Washington. Grand Secretary-Treasurer, Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Am told no local pressure whatever regarding Phillips speaking stop General policy reinforced by unfortunate episodes has led La Follette to refuse to sanction speeches by committee agents engaged in investigation stop Will show your wire to him but doubt his reconsideration. BLANKEN HORN. EXHIBIT NO. 1256 FEBRUARY 3, 1937. Mr. E. C. DAVISON, Secretary-Treasurer, International Association of Machinists, 9th and Mt. Vernon Place, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. DAVISON: I am going out of town for a couple days, probably until Saturday. I have not yet received from you your notes relative to your testimony at next Monday's hearing of the La Follette Committee. We are going to hold a general conference on this testimony with witnesses in Room 247-C of the Senate Office Building, on Sunday, February 7. Would it be possible for you to be there at that time? American Federation of Labor, 605 Columbia Building, 4th Avenue and Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. DEAR MR. FLAUGH: I have your letter enclosing the affidavit and thank you very much for it. This sort of testimony will be most useful in the hearings on the La Follette-Thomas Bill. I ask Winstead to ask you whether you had maintained any check on your dear old friends of the R. A. & I. in Pittsburgh, Hemmingray, Boyer, etc. as to their activities the past year. You make no mention of this in your letter. Could you do a bit of checking on this and write me of it. It is quite possible that if you have some information of importance along that line, together with this affidavit on Val Farley, that I might ask President Green to have you come on here personally to testify at the hearings. Delighted to hear from you, remembering how very useful you were back at the start of this investigation. Cordially yours, HB ra HEBER BLANKENHORN. 218054-40-vol. 22-8 Miss R. LEE GUARD, EXHIBIT No. 1258 A. F. of L. Building, Washington, D. C. MARCH 12, 1936. DEAR MISS GUARD: Inclosed please find a bunch of answers to the A. F. of L. Questionnaire on the convention's espionage and strikebreaking agencies questionnaire. They were forwarded to me by Secretary Ed Nockels of the Chicago Federation, directing my attention to certain facts, and requesting that I then forward them to you. Very truly yours, Inc. HEBER BLANKENHORN. Mr. HEBER BLANKENHORN, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. BLANKENHORN: Thank you very much for your letter of March 12th in which you enclose a number of replies to the American Federation of Labor Questionnaire on the convention's espionage and strikebreaking agencies questionnaire. You state that these were forwarded to you by Secretary Nockels of the Chicago Federation of Labor. The documents you enclose will be helpful to us in the compilation which we are making. Very truly yours, c/o National Labor Relations Board, Denrike Building, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. BLANKENHORN: You are doing a swell job on the testimony on the La Follette Resolution before the Senate Committee, and I extend my heartiest congratulations. With best wishes, Faithfully yours, CO: L EXHIBIT No. 1260 CHARLTON OGBURN. Office of A. Steve Nance, President, 713 Glenn St., S. W., Atlanta, Ga. GEORGIA FEDERATION OF LABOR Chartered by the American Federation of Labor Mr. H. BLANKENHORN, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D. C. JAN. 2, 1936. DEAR MR. BLANKENHORN: Several weeks ago I requested the office of the American Federation of Labor to forward you information desired in connection with under cover industrial agents. I have just learned that this has not been sent and am sending bulletin herewith and will request electrical worker's organization to also forward additional information to you. With best wishes, I am Cordially yours, The Board Thomas I. Emerson A. S. NANCE, President, Georgia Federation of Labor. EXHIBIT NO. 1266 MEMORANDUM FOR ORAL ARGUMENT TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY. CASE No. C-746 Oral Argument set for: July 26, 1938, 2:00 p. m. Time Allotted: No time limit set. Trial Examiner: Mapes Divideson. JULY 22, 1938. Board's Attorney: C. F. McErlean. Respondent's Attorney: Mr. Abraham J. Isserman. I. PLEADINGS Charges filed: October 28, 1937, the Newspaper Guild of Detroit, affiliated with the America Newspaper Guild. Amended charges filed: April 1, 1938, same party. Complaint Issued: April 11, 1938. Hearing: May 2 to May 6, 1938, inclusive. Intermediate Report: June 21, 1938. Exceptions to Intermediate Report: Filed on July 13, 1938, after 7-day extension of time granted for filing. Notice of opportunity for Oral Argument: Oral Argument requested: June 28, 1938. Motion by respondent to reopen record: July 20, 1938. Motion by respondent to reopen record denied: July 21, 1938. II. THE RESPONDENT AND ITS BUSINESS The respondent, at its Detroit, Michigan plant, prints and publishes a newspaper having an average daily circulation of 308,489 copies and an average Sunday circulation of 407,199 copies. Approximately 1.3 per cent of the daily, and 12.5 per cent of the Sunday papers are distributed outside the State of Michigan. Substantially all the newspaper print and ink used in the respondent's business is obtained from outside the State. The respondent is wholly owned by Hearst Publications, Inc., and is a part of the Hearst organization of publications and press, radio, and film services, considered in previous cases decided by the Board involving Hearst enterprises. The respondent does not concede the jurisdiction of the Board. III. THE ISSUES INVOLVED 1. Whether or not the respondent has, by warnings and threats of discharge, and by discharge of Leon Evarts, discouraged membership in the Guild, in violation of Section 8 (1) of the Act. 2. Whether the respondent discharged Leon Evarts in violation of Section 8 (3) of the Act. IV. THE DISCHARGE OF LEON EVARTS Leon Evarts was laid off on October 2, 1937. He had been the most active, if not the only, guild organizer in the plant. The management was aware of his guild activities as indicated by the following: 1. Clarice Peterson, secretary to Aronoff, Assistant Circulation Manager, with Evarts encouragement, obtained several new recruits for the Guild, and herself signed an application card for membership. Her activities ceased abruptly when her immediate superior threatened to discharge her if she did not sever all connections with the Guild. |