Box 87: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, National Labor Relations Act of 1949, Correspondence, For and Against, Taft-Hartley Repeal, 1949 - Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Public Health, Compulsory Health Insurance/Socialized Medicine, Correspondence, Information, and Resolutions, 1948 - 1950
F 1-10: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, National Labor Relations Act of 1949, Correspondence, For and Against, Taft-Hartley Repeal, 1949.
Topics include industrial relations, labor laws and legislation, labor unions, Taft-Hartley Act, Thomas-Lesinski Bill, Wagner Act. Correspondents include Cecil B. (Cecil Blount) DeMille, William Green, John L. Lewis, Philip Murray, J. G. Puterbaugh, American Council of Christian Churches, American Federation of Labor, American Newspaper Publishers Association, Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Labor's League for Political Education, International Association of Machinists, National Cotton Council of America, National Religion and Labor Foundation (U.S.), Oil Workers International Union, Oklahoma State Industrial Union Council, Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, Transport Workers Union of America, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, Labor's State Legislative Council, and the Oklahoma State Association of Journeymen Barbers.
F 11: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, National Labor Relations Act of 1949, Legislation, 1949 Jan. - Aug.
Topics include industrial relations, labor laws and legislation, labor unions, and Taft-Hartley Act. Correspondents include Hubert H. Humphrey, John Lesinski, American Cotton Manufacturers Association, and the Inland Daily Press Association.
F 12-13: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, National Labor Relations Act of 1949, Legislative Suggestions, 1949 Jan. - June.
Topics include industrial relations, labor laws and legislation, labor unions, and Taft-Hartley Act. Correspondents include General Electric Company, International Typographical Union, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, and the United States Rubber Company.
F 14: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, National Labor Relations Board Appointment, 1949 Dec.
Topics include United States National Labor Relations Board membership. Correspondents include Edwin Elliott.
F 15: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, Overtime Clarification, 1948 June, 1949 Feb. - Mar.
Topics include overtime law and legislation, wages, construction workers wages, stevedores, Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and Overtime on Overtime Bill. Correspondents include Americans for Democratic Action, National Independent Meat Packers Association, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, and the Waterfront Employers Association of the Pacific Coast.
F 16: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, Railway Labor Act Amendment, 1950 June - Dec.
Topics include railroad employees labor unions and Railway Labor Executives' Association.
F 17: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, Railway Labor Act Amendment Regarding Interstate Commerce Interference, 1950 Apr. - Aug.
Topics include Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- ), strikes and lockouts, railroads, and switchmen. Correspondents include J. G. Puterbaugh and the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce.
F 18: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, Railroad Retirement Act Amendments, 1949 May - June, 1950 Mar. - May.
Topics include railroad employees pensions.
F 19-20: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, Safety in the Workplace and State Employee Service Administration Transfer to Labor Department, 1949 Apr., 1950 Jan.
Topics include the United States Dept. of Labor. Correspondents include the Oklahoma Dept. of Labor.
F 21: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Labor, Strikes, 1949 Feb. - Oct., 1950 Jan. - Aug.
Topics include the United States Coal Miners' Strike 1949-1950, industrial relations, strikes and lockouts, strikes and lockouts in coal mining, strikes and lockouts in the steel industry, and labor unions. Correspondents include the Associated Industries of Oklahoma, National Coal Association, Southern Coal Producers Association, and the United States Steel Corporation.
F 22-26: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Legislative Suggestions, 1949 - 1950.
Topics include industrial relations, medicine and state in the United States, minimum wage, veterans education, training of veterans, wages, and the Taft-Hartley Act. Correspondents include Cecil B. DeMille, J. G. Puterbaugh, American Federation of Labor (bulletin), Committee for Constitutional Government, General Motors Corporation, National Committee for Mental Hygiene, Oil Workers International Union, Oklahoma, State Board of Vocational Education, Texas State Federation of Labor, and Oklahoma Tire and Supply Company.
F 27: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Public Health, Automobile Purchases for Disabled Veterans, 1945 Jan., 1947 June - July, 1948 July, 1949 Jan. - Oct., 1950 Jan.
Topics include Disabled Veterans. Correspondents include Walter F. George, Disabled American Veterans, and W. S. Rodgers.
F 28: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Public Health, Cancer Research, 1949 May.
Correspondents include the American Cancer Society.
F 29-30: Labor and Public Welfare, Committee on, Public Health, Compulsory Health Insurance/Socialized Medicine, Correspondence, Information, and Resolutions, 1948 - 1950.
Topics include the medicine and state in the United States. Correspondents include Ralph W. Gwinn, American Academy of General Practice, American Association of Industrial Physicians and Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Rheumatism Association, Democratic National Committee (U.S.), Oklahoma State Dental Association, Oklahoma State Medical Association, Public Affairs Institute, and Floyd E. Maytubby (governor of the Chickasaw Nation). Topics in these folders are also found in box 88, folders 1-6.
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