Scope and Contents From the Collection: The contents of these boxes provide examples of two ongoing activities of the California CIO Information and Research Department, which Paul Pinsky directed in the 1940's; 1) the publication of information for unionists on legal, legislative, political, and economic issues of the day, e.g. segregation and racism, big business, taxes, the Smith and McCarren Acts; and 2) the conduct of research to provide evidence and testimony on behalf of particular unions at government hearings regarding...