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CONTENTS

WITNESSES

Testimony of -

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Ingraham, Robert J., Kansas City, Mo.; attorney for Donnelly Gar-

ment Co..

4715-4741

Miller, Newton Barr, Washington, D. C.; attorney, National Labor

Relations Board.

4687-4715, 4756-4759

Reed, James A., Kansas City, Mo.; former United States Senator: 4741-4756

Vogt, Herbert J., Minneapolis, Minn.; field examiner, National Labor

Relations Board (recalled).

4761-4814

WITNESSES IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Miller, Newton Barr.

4687-4715

Ingraham, Robert J..

4715–4741

Reed, James A.

4741-4756

Miller, Newton Barr (resumed)

4756-4759

Vogt, Herbert J. (recalled).

4761-4814

Appendix.---

4815-4882

DAYS

Saturday, May 4, 1940, a. m.

Monday, May 6, 1940, a. m.

4687-4759

4761-4814

BOARD CASES INVOLVED

W. G. Block Co..

4803

Blue Diamond Corp.

4688

Brown Paper Mill

4738

Collins Radio Co.

4795-4798, 4799, 4802

Consumers Power Co.

4694

Cudahy Packing Co.-

4786, 4791-4794, 4796, 4807

Donnelly Garment Co..

4689–4759, 4813

Ford case

4733

Gamble-Robinson Co..

4762, 4798-4801

Hill case

4791

Ingram-Richardson Manufacturing Co-

4688

Inland case

4733

Iowa Soap Co.

4803-4804

Iowa Southern Utilities Co.

4808-4811

Kansas City Structural Steel Co-

4688

Lennox Furnace Co..

4802-4803

National Carbide Corp-

4801-4802

Newport News case--

4739

Pacific Fruit Produce Co.

4798–4799

Pelican Bay Lumber Co-

4688

Rath Packing case

4811-4813

Sherman's Inc., Co..

4804-4807

Swist & Co.

4689

Western Union case

4694

(All numbers italicized refer to appendix.]

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EXHIBITS

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('ommittee exhibit 1343 (witness, Miller).

('ommittee exhibit 1344

Committee exhibit 1345

Committee exhibit 1346

Committee exhibit 1347

('ommittee exhibit 1348

Committee exhibit 1349

Committee exhibit 1350

Committee exhibit 1351

Committee exhibit 1352

Committee exhibit 1353 (witness, Ingraham)

Committee exhibit 1354

Committee exhibit 1355

Committee exhibit 1356

Committee exhibit 1357

Committee exhibit 1358

Committee exhibit 1359

Committee exhibit 1360 (witness, Reed)

Committee exhibit 1361

Committee exhibit 1362 (witness, Vogt)

Committee exhibit 1363

Committee exhibit 1364

Committee exhibit 1365

Committee exhibit 1366

Committee exhibit 1367

Committee exhibit 1368

Committee exhibit 1369

Committee exhibit 1370

Committee exhibit 1371

Committee exhibit 1372

Committee exhibit 1373

Committee exhibit 1374

Committee exhibit 1375

Committee exhibit 1376

Committee exhibit 1377

Committee exhibit 1378

Committee exhibit 1379

Committee exhibit 1380

Committee exhibit 1381

Committee exhibit 1382

Committee exhibit 1383

Committee exhibit 1384

Committee exhibit 1385

Committee exhibit 1386

Committee exhibit 1387

Committee exhibit 1388

Committee exhibit 1389

Committee exhibit 1390

Committee exhibit 1391

Committee exhibit 1392

Committee exhibit 1393

Committee exhibit 1394

Committee exhibit 1395

Committee exhibit 1396

Committee exhibit 1397

Committee exhibit 1398

Committee exhibit 1399

Committee exhibit 1400

Committee exhibit 1401

Committee exhibit 1402

(All numbers italicized refer to appendix.]

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4695-4706

4706

4706-4707, 4815

4708

4709 4710

4711, 4815-4819

4711-4712

4712-4713

4713-4714

4715

4721-4722

4722

4727-4728

4728

4728

4728-4729

4741

4750-4751

4750

4766, 4768

4769, 4772

4774

4774-4775

4774, 4775

4776

4776

4776, 4777
4777-4779
4779, 4781
4779, 4781

4780, 4781

4779-4780, 4781

4781

4782-4784

4787-4788

4788–4790

4790

4790, 4819-4820

4790, 4791

4790

4791, 4820–4821

4792, 4821
4791-4792, 4821-4835

4792, 4835
4794, 4836–4899
4793, 4839–4841

4793, 4841
4793, 4841
4793, 4842
4793, 4842
4793, 4842

4793, 4842
4793-4794, 4843

4794, 4843
4794, 4844-4845

4794, 4794
4794, 4845

4794, 4846
4794, 4846–4847

4794, 4847

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4795, 4848-4849

4795, 4849
4795, 4850

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Committee exhibit 1103 Same as Exhibit 1400.

Committee exhibit 1404 (witness, Vogt).

Committee exhibit 1405

Committee exhibit 1406

Committee exhibit 1407 Same as Exhibit 1402.

Committee exhibit 1408 (witness, Vogt)

Committee exhibit 1409

Committee exhibit 1410

Committee exhibit 1411

Committee exhibit 1412

Committee exhibit 1413

Committee exhibit 1414

Committee exhibit 1415

Committee exhibit 1416

Committee exhibit 1417

Committee exhibit 1418

Committee exhibit 1419

Committee exhibit 1420

Committee exhibit 1421

Committee exhibit 1422

Committee exhibit 1423

Committee exhibit 1424

Committee exhibit 1425

Comunittee exhibit 1426

Committee exhibit 1427

Committee exhibit 1428

Committee exhibit 1429

Committee exhibit 1430

Committee exhibit 1431

Committee exhibit 1432

Committee exhibit 1433

Committee exhibit 1434

Committee exhibit 1435

Committee exhibit 1436

Committee exhibit 1437

Committee exhibit 1438

Committee exhibit 1439

Committee exhibit 1440

Committee exhibit 1441

Committee exhibit 1442

Committee exhibit 1443

Committee exhibit 1444

(All numbers italicized refer to appendix.)

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4795, 4850-4851
4795, 4851--4854

4795, 4854
4796, 4854-4855

4796, 4855

4796, 4855
4796, 4855--4857

4797, 4858
4797, 4858-4859

4797, 4859
4797, 4859-4860
4797, 4860-4861

4798, 4861
4799, 486.9-4872

4800, 4872

1800, 4873
4800, 4873-4874

4800-4801

4801, 4874

4801, 4874-4875

4801, 4875--4882

4802, 4882

1802

4802

4802

4803

1803

4803

4804

4806

1809

4810

4810

4811

4811

4811

4812

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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD,

Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10:10 a. m., pursuant to adjournment on Friday, May 3, 1940, in room 362 of the Old House Office Building, Representative Howard W. Smith, chairman, presiding:

Present: Representatives Howard W. Smith of Virginia, and Harry N. Routzohn of Ohio.

Edmund M. Toland, general counsel to the committee.

Charles Fahy, general counsel to the National Labor Relations Board.

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will be in order.
Mr. TOLAND. Mr. Miller.

TESTIMONY OF NEWTON BARR MILLER, ATTORNEY, NATIONAL

LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, WASHINGTON, D. C.
(The witness was duly sworn and testified as follows:)
Mr. TOLAND. Will you give the reporter your full name, Mr.
Miller?

Mr. MILLER. Newton Barr Miller.
Mr. TOLAND. Where do you reside, Mr. Miller!

Mr. MILLER. My residence here in Washington or my permanent residence ?

Mr. TOLAND. Both.

Mr. MILLER. My home is at Monmouth, Ill. I am residing at present here in Washington at 2120 Huidekoper Place.

Mr. TOLAND. And what is your present occupation?

Mr. MILLER. I am an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board.

Mr. TOLAND. How long have you been employed by the Board ?
Mr. MILLER. Since May 1, 1939.
Mr. TOLAND. And what is the rate of compensation you receive?
Mr. MILLER. $2,600 per year.

Mr. TOLAND. Now, will you tell the committee briefly where you were born, the schools and colleges you attended in your prior professional or business career

Mr. MILLER. I was born in Illinois at the town of Monmouth; I was educated in the public schools there and attended Monmouth College, where I received a bachelor's degree. I went to the Uni