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Personal Correspondence, ILWU files, 1971

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 6
Identifier: 3

Scope and Contents

Constitutional amendments for 1973 convention dealing with Int’l Officers, undated; Bill Gettings to Lou Goldblatt, (tapes, sent approximately December 1970, transcribed March 17, 1971), Gettings recalls history of group of SUP members who rebelled and were expelled by Harry Lundberg; Local 19 support to the sailors led to their rebelling against ILWU; Bill Gettings to Lou Goldblatt, (tapes, sent approximately December 1970, transcribed March 17, 1971), Gettings recalls history of troubles between ILWU Locals 2 and 9 in Seattle; HRB to George Morris, April 6, five-page letter criticizing Communist leadership in unions, second draft has HRB corrections; George Morris to HRB, May 3, advises him on rank and file movements of 1970s, an historic similarity to positions of HRB and Ryan of the ILA in the 1930s; Al Perisho, Local 63 to HRB, August 9, re problems in Southern California, recommendations for handling strike; Hubert Brown, head of Pacific Far East Lines, Inc. to HRB, August 11, thank you for getting military ship loaded, talks of benefits of LASH vessels; Draft article by HRB, October, on pay guarantee; Draft "Special Bulletin to Local 10," undated but during strike, re negotiations, Local 10 says "hang tough" but not how, HRB critical of Local 10 Bulletin.

Dates

  • 1971

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Series: 2.30 Cubic Feet (5 legal document boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Labor Archives and Research Center Repository

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