EXHIBIT No. 1339 Associated with E. P. DELANEY OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF DUBUQUE ORGANIZED LABOR IOWA CO-OP. PUBLISHING CO. Publishers of The Dubuque Leader Main and Sixth Streets, Dubuque, Iowa Quality Job Printing With Both Union Labels JULY 6, 1939. DEAR VOGT: There will be a meeting in the new Marshalltown labor temple at 10 a. m. Sunday, July 16, to form an association of state labor papers. You are welcome to attend if you find it possible. Wicklander of Mason City has advertised his place for sale to a printer with union ideas and $1,000. I hope the paper there pulls through. My directors are backing me in a fight with the soreheads of local 1646. The showdown may be tonight. Regards, WHITE. EXHIBIT NO. 1340 JULY 8, 1939. Mr. ROLAND WHITE, Editor, The Dubuque Leader, Main and Sixth Streets, Dubuque, Iowa. DEAR WHITE: This is to acknowledge your letter of July 6. I read it with great interest. Unfortunately, I do not believe I will be able to attend the labor papers convention at Marshalltown on July 16, as far as I can see now, but I will make every effort to be in that vicinity at that time. I am particularly interested in your second paragraph, and would like to have your reaction to it. Do you think that a person like myself and yourself could make a go of it in case you are interested? The last two issues of your paper I read with great pleasure, to see that you are taking a militant stand on your position. With kindest regards, I remain As ever, HJV: lb EXHIBIT NO. 1341 OCTOBER 12, 1939. Personal and confidential. Robert J. Wiener, Director, Eighteenth Region. Field Examiner Vogt-Iowa Poultry Producers Marketing Assoc. XVIII-RE-2. The Board yesterday considered your memorandum of September 28, enclosing copy of memorandum from Mr. Vogt to you, dated September 22. The Board thinks that Vogt was at fault in this matter in not being properly dressed when he conferred with the union representatives. There is no reason why this kind of thing cannot be avoided. The Board wants you to talk to Vogt so that he will not create this kind of difficulty in the future. I am sending you herewith copy of my letter to Mr. Ilo C. Hill, under today's date. nw ;jcb Enclosure From: Robert J. Wiener, Director Eighteenth Region. Date: December 28, 1939. This is in reply to your memorandum asking my opinion of the Board's proposal to transfer Mr. Vogt from this office to Cincinnati. My opinion is that the transfer should not be made. My reasons follow below. In the first place, you may recall that last August the Board considered transferring Mr. Vogt from this office to Chicago. I would like to incorporate the memorandum I wrote you at that time as a part of this reply. Next, I would like to say that I have every reason to believe that Mr. Vogt himself is opposed to transferring to some other region, and I think this is an important, although, of course, not a controlling, reason. I suppose that part of the Board's motive in proposing this transfer are the complaints which from time to time have been brought to the Board's attention. Other than those concerning which you have asked me for reports, I have myself received no complaints from anyone in recent months as to Mr. Vogt's work. I would like to say that I believe he is now conducting himself, and will so conduct himself that complaints should not be forthcoming in the future. In my opinion Mr. Vogt's work has steadily and appreciably improved in the year and a half he has been in this office. Although there is the usual variation, his case load is high, and recently it has totalled the combined case load of Mr. Shields and myself. Furthermore, Vogt spends mostly all of his time in the field-more so than could be expected from either a married or inexperienced field examiner. For this reason, as well as those outlined in the memorandum to which I referred above, I explained to the Chairman when he was here in September that if Vogt were transferred from this region, I think it would require two field examiners to replace him, unless you have available for transfer to this office a man of both equal ability and equal devotion to the job. There is a very good working relationship between the staff members in this office. I would not like to see this disturbed. Some other field examiner might work in just as harmoniously, but since I understand a change is also contemplated in our staff attorney in the immediate future, an additional and perhaps difficult adjustment might be called for. At present the Board itself is under a good deal of fire. We know that Vogt is doing a good job in the State of Iowa. Without a trial, we could not be sure that someone else would do as well. Indeed, Mr. Vogt is so warmly regarded by most of the unions in the State, that as I also explained to the Chairman in September, I believe any successor would have a difficult job at best for some months. I don't think we should risk the possibility of criticism at this time. As I understand it, one of the principal reasons for transferring Vogt to this office in the first place was his familiarity with the work in the State of Iowa. I think that reason is still valid and an excellent one for retaining him in his present situation. Finally, because it is a temporary reason, I am myself going to be away on leave during the month of January and believe it is most important that Vogt's heavy case load be not transferred to anyone else in my absence. In conclusion, I would again ask that the Board permit Mr. Vogt to remain in this region. Sincerely, RJW: lb X RJW |