HTML-Encoded Finding Aid

Title: Political Action Committee Collection–CIO

Genre: Papers

Dates: 1943-1960s                                      

Size  : 17 linear feet, 17 storage boxes

ID  #:   647                                                  

OCLC:                                                         

©Walter P. Reuther Library of Labor & Urban Affairs

HEFA.01b.update

HELP

SCOPE & CONTENTS

Ø     Subjects

Ø     Correspondents

Ø     Transfer

 

CONTENTS

Index

 

Reuther Web Holdings

 

Scope & Contents

 

The CIO Political Action Committee (CIO PAC) was established in July 1943 to support Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1944 presidential campaign.  After the 1944 election, the CIO maintained PAC as its permanent political action apparatus until the CIO merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955.  CIO PAC, funded by member contributions, provided financial assistance  to CIO-endorsed candidates and supported pro-labor legislation.  Amalgamated Clothing Workers president Sidney Hillman directed CIO PAC from 1943 until his death in 1946.  When Jack Kroll took over in 1955, CIO PAC merged with Labor’s League for Political Education and a year later became the newly formed AFL-CIO’s Committee on Political Education.

 

The CIO PAC collection consists of correspondence with state CIO PAC offices and numerous pamphlets and reports on election campaigns and issues of concern to organized labor. 

Correspondents:

         James Carey                                            Jack Kroll

         Tilford Dudley                                           Philip Murray

         W. Don Ellinger                                         F. C. Pieper

         Sidney Hillman                                          George Roberts

Return to Top

Subjects:

         Civil Rights                                               Labor and Politics

         Democratic Party Politics                            National Health Care Legislation

         Elections                                                   Taft-Hartley

         Labor Legislation

Return to Top

Transfers:

A number of union newspapers and convention proceedings as well as CIO PAC newsletters and other CIO publications have been placed in the Archives Library.

 

Scope end–Return to Top

 

Contents

Return to Top

[Box1] [Box2] [Box3] [Box4] [Box5] [Box6] [Box7] [Box8] [Box9] [Box10]

[Box11][Box12][Box13][Box14][Box15][Box16][Box17]

 

 

[Box 1]

        1-1 thru 6     State PACs-corres. & reports; Alabama, 1946-55 

     1-15 thru 17     State PACs-corres. & reports; Arizona, 1945-55

       11-5 thru 9     State PACs-corres. & reports; Wisconsin, 1946-54

     1-18 thru 32     State PACs-corres. & reports; California, 1945-52

[Box 2]

 

        2-1 thru 6     State PACs-corres. & reports; California, 1949-55

     2-12 thru 21     State PACs-corres. & reports; Connecticut, 1945-55

     2-22 thru 24     State PACs-corres. & reports; Delaware, 1945-54

     2-25 thru 26     State PACs-corres. & reports; Florida, 1945-52

       2-7 thru 11     State PACs-corres. & reports; Colorado, 1945-1960s

 [Box 3]

                  3-1     State PACs-corres. & reports; Florida, 1953-55

                3-11     State PACs-corres. & reports; Hawaii, 1947-54

     3-12 thru 13     State PACs-corres. & reports; Idaho, 1945-55

     3-14 thru 19     State PACs-corres. & reports; Illinois, 1945-55

       3-2 thru 10     State PACs-corres. & reports; Georgia, 1946-54

          3-20 thru 22      State PACs-corres. & reports; Indiana, 1949-52

Return to contents

[Box 4]

        4-1 thru 6     State PACs-corres. & reports; Indiana, 1945-1960s

     4-11 thru 13     State PACs-corres. & reports; Kansas, 1945-55

     4-14 thru 17     State PACs-corres. & reports; Kentucky, 1946-55

     4-18 thru 20     State PACs-corres. & reports; Louisiana, 1950-55

       4-7 thru 10     State PACs-corres. & reports; Iowa, 1945-55

[Box 5]

        5-1 thru 5     State PACs-corres. & reports; Louisiana, 1945-51

     5-14 thru 16     State PACs-corres. & reports; Massachusetts, 1945-54

                5-17     State PACs-corres. & reports; Michigan, 1950-51

     5-18 thru 22     State PACs-corres. & reports; Minnesota, 1946-54

        5-6 thru 8     State PACs-corres. & reports; Maine, 1946-55

       5-9 thru 13     State PACs-corres. & reports; Maryland, 1946-54

Return to contents

[Box 6]

                  6-1     State PACs-corres. & reports; Minnesota, 1950-53

     6-15 thru 16     State PACs-corres. & reports; Montana, 1945-55

                6-17     State PACs-corres. & reports; Nebraska, 1947-54

                6-18     State PACs-corres. & reports; Nevada, 1946-54

                6-19     State PACs-corres. & reports; New Hampshire, 1945-54

        6-2 thru 7     State PACs-corres. & reports; Mississippi, 1946-55

     6-20 thru 23     State PACs-corres. & reports; New Jersey, 1945-50

       6-8 thru 14     State PACs-corres. & reports; Missouri, 1945-54

 

[Box 7]

        7-1 thru 2     State PACs-corres. & reports; New Jersey, 1950-54

     7-13 thru 15     State PACs-corres. & reports; North Carolina, 1946-54

                7-16     State PACs-corres. & reports; North Dakota, 1946-55

     7-17 thru 23     State PACs-corres. & reports; Ohio, 1945-49

                  7-3     State PACs-corres. & reports; New Mexico, 1945-54

       7-4 thru 12     State PACs-corres. & reports; New York, 1945-54

Return to contents

[Box 8]

        8-1 thru 5     State PACs-corres. & reports; Ohio, 1946-55

     8-10 thru 12     State PACs-corres. & reports; Oregon, 1945-55

     8-13 thru 21     State PACs-corres. & reports; Pennsylvania, 1945-52

        8-6 thru 9     State PACs-corres. & reports; Oklahoma, 1945-55

 [Box 9]

        9-1 thru 3     State PACs-corres. & reports; Pennsylvania, 1950-55

     9-14 thru 25     State PACs-corres. & reports; Texas, 1945-54

                  9-4     State PACs-corres. & reports; Rhode Island, 1945-54

        9-5 thru 7     State PACs-corres. & reports; South Carolina, 1946-51

         9-8 thru 13  State PACs-corres. & reports; Tennessee, 1946-55

Return to contents

[Box 10]

       10-1 thru 4     State PACs-corres. & reports; Texas, 1951-63

   10-10 thru 20     State PACs-corres. & reports; Virginia, 1945-56

   10-21 thru 25     State PACs-corres. & reports; Washington, 1943-55

       10-5 thru 7     State PACs-corres. & reports; Utah, 1947-54

         10-8 thru 9  State PACs-corres. & reports; Vermont, 1945-53

 [Box 11]

       11-1 thru 4     State PACs-corres. & reports; West Virginia, 1946-54

   11-10 thru 11     State PACs-corres. & reports; Wyoming, 1948-54

              11-12     State PACs-corres. & reports; foreign countries, 1950-55

              11-13     The PAC in Virginia, 1967

              11-14     The CIO Political Action Committee in New York 1944-1948, 1967

              11-15     Political Action in Texas: A Study of the C.I.O.-P.A.C., 1967

              11-16     The CIO Political Action Committees: The National Committee and Political            Action in Connecticut, 1943-1948, 1967

              11-17     The Political Action Committee in the Lake States, 1946-1948, 1967

              11-18     Selected Aspects of the CIO-Political Action Committee, 1943-1955, 1967

   11-19 thru 22     Democratic National Committee; Dudley corres., 1947-56

              11-23     PAC program, 1952-53

   11-24 thru 25     Washington, D.C.; misc. corres., 1945-48

              11-26     Congressional corres., 1944-51

              11-27     Carey, James; corres., 1945-50

              11-28     Industrial Union Councils; John Brophy corres., 1945-51

Return to contents

[Box 12]

12-1 Community Chests & Councils; Labor Participation, 1940s-1950s

              12-10     Stewards' manuals, 1940s-1950s

              12-11     Religion & labor; publications, 1940s-1950s

   12-12 thru 13     Unionism & the labor movement; pamphlets, 1930s-1950s

              12-14     Employment/unemployment; pamphlets, 1940s-1950s

              12-15     Soviet Union & labor, 1958-59

   12-16 thru 17     Democratic National Committee, 1954-55

              12-18     National Democratic Party, 1948-54

   12-19 thru 20     Social security/pensions/unemployment compensation, 1950s

                12-2     CIO Region 12 Leadership Training Manual, n.d.

              12-21     Wage & price controls, 1950

              12-22     Defense Production Act, 1950-52

                12-3     Veterans & labor; publications, 1940s

                12-4     PAC Congressional voting record newsletters, 1950-52

                12-5     Agriculture; reports, 1945-50

                12-6     Congressional voting records, 1945-58

                12-7     Foreign policy/defense mobilization; pamphlets, 1940s-1960s

                12-8     League for Industrial Democracy; history, 1955

                  12-9   Council-manager government, 1953

Return to contents

[Box 13]

       13-1 thru 2     CIO Legislative Dept.; corres., 1945-51

              13-10     Union News Service (CIO), 1946 Sep

              13-11     Haywood, Allan S.; corres., 1945-51

              13-12     Dudley, Tilford corres. with Wesleyan University, 1952-55

              13-13     NAACP-Washington, D.C. chapter; corres., 1954-55

              13-14     PAC Family Participation Conference, n.d.

              13-15     Dudley, Tilford corres. with universities, 1949-55

              13-16     CIO PAC Handbook, 1954

              13-17     Political Action Handbook, n. d.

              13-18     CIO/PAC history  

              13-19     The CIO-PAC: A Preliminary Estimate, 1967

              13-20     Film, radio & TV handbooks, 1940s-1950s

              13-21     AFL-CIO, organizations affiliated with, 1955-58, 1968

              13-22     PAC contributions; income & expense, 1948-54

              13-23     PAC organizational structure, n.d.

              13-24     PAC meetings, 1946, 1951

              13-25     Labor's League for Political Education, 1950s

              13-26     Dudley, Tilford biographical information      

              13-27     Political party platforms, 1940s-1960s

              13-28     Corres., misc., 1960s

              13-29     Congressional testimony; misc., 1950s

       13-3 thru 4     CIO Legislative Dept./Comm.; minutes & corres., 1946-49

              13-30     Congressional testimony; inflation, 1951

              13-31     Taxes, 1950s

              13-32     Wages & prices; publications, 1940s-1950s

       13-5 thru 6     CIO Legislative Dept.; publications, 1954-55

                13-7     Murray, Philip; corres., 1945-51

                13-8     CIO Comm. on Regional Development & Conservation, 1950-53

                13-9     CIO Education & Research Dept.; corres., 1945-51

Return to contents

[Box 14]

                      

                14-1     Murray, Henry; corres., 1953-55

              14-10     Georgia - 5th District Congressional election, 1946

              14-11     Humphrey, Hubert; labor speeches, 1940s-1960s

              14-12     Political Activities of Labor Unions, 1955

              14-13     Sidney Hillman Award addresses, 1952-53

              14-14     "Get Out the Vote" campaigns, 1950

              14-15     Our Democracy and the Great Myth, n.d.

              14-16     Union songbooks, 1950s

              14-17     Labor's Scrapbook; poems, songs, quotes, n.d.

              14-18     Townsend Plan for National Insurance; corres., 1953

              14-19     Townsend Plan for National Insurance; newsletter, 1959-60

                14-2     Boyle, William; corres., 1949

              14-20     CIO Legislative Dept., 1940s-1950s

              14-21     CIO Legislative Comm.; minutes, 1948-49

              14-22     Election law reform, 1953

              14-23     Environment, 1940s

              14-24     Democratic National Convention; corres., 1952

              14-25     Democratic National Convention; CIO delegates, 1952

              14-26     Elections, 1952

   14-27 thru 30     Elections; PAC research, 1950s

                14-3     Dudley, Tilford; Washington, D.C. affairs, 1950s-1960s

              14-31     COPE campaign contributions, 1956

                14-4     IUD legislative review of 87th Congress, 1961

                14-5     CIO Conference on Automation, 1955

                14-6     PAC Pipeline, 1948

                14-7     PAC budget, 1952-54

                14-8     COPE budget, 1956-57

                14-9     Union voter registration drives, 1956

Return to contents

[Box 15]

       15-1 thru 2     Health care; publications, 1940s-1960s

              15-10     International labor & world trade; publications, 1940s-1960s

              15-11     Social security/pensions/unemployment compensation; publications, 1940s-1960s

   15-12 thru 13     Politics & voting; publications, 1940s-1960s

       15-3 thru 4     Housing; publications, 1940s-1950s

                15-5     Public housing/National Housing Conference, 1950s

                15-6     U.S. economic policy; publications, 1940s-1950s

       15-7 thru 8     Civil rights & fair employment; publications, 1940s-1960s

                15-9     Farmers & migrant workers; publications, 1950s-1960s

Return to contents

[Box 16]

                16-1     PAC newsletters, 1946-52

              16-10     CIO regional directors; misc. corres., 1953-54

              16-11     PAC staff corres.; George Roberts, 1951-55

              16-12     CIO Region 1 corres.; Hugh Thompson, 1954

              16-13     CIO Region 2 corres.; Michael Mann, 1954

              16-14     CIO Region 3 corres.; George Craig, 1954

              16-15     CIO Region 4 corres.; Paul Christopher, 1954-55

              16-16     CIO Region 5 corres.; Charles Gillman, 1954

              16-17     CIO Region 6 corres.; George DeNucci, 1954-55

              16-18     CIO Region 7 corres.; August Scholle, 1954

              16-19     CIO Region 8 corres.; Frank Cronin, 1954

                16-2     PAC staff corres.; Daniel Powell, 1953-55

              16-20     CIO Region 9 corres.; Robert Davidson, 1955

              16-21     CIO Region 10 corres.; Delmond Garst, 1954

              16-22     CIO Region 11 corres.; Robert Starnes, 1954

              16-23     CIO Region 12 corres.; F. C. Pieper, 1954-55

              16-24     CIO Region 13 corres.; Irwin DeShetler, 1954-55

   16-25 thru 30     Miscellaneous corres., 1945-60

              16-37     ACWA Pittsburgh Joint Board Educational Conference, 1954

                16-3     PAC staff corres.; Philip Weightman, 1951-55

              16-31     Marine Engineers' Beneficial Assn., 1953-55

              16-32     Barbers & Beauty Culturists Union, 1954-55

              16-33     Brewery Workers, 1951-55

              16-34     Broadcast Engineers & Technicians, 1953-55

   16-35 thru 36     Amalgamated Clothing Workers (ACWA), 1952-55

              16-38     Communications Workers, 1952-55

              16-39     Department Store Workers, 1954

                16-4     PAC staff corres.; misc., 1954-55

              16-40     Machinists, 1949-55

              16-41     United Packinghouse Workers, 1960s

              16-42     Oil Workers International Union, 1940s

              16-43     Steelworkers, 1930s-1950s

              16-44     UAW, 1952-5517-1

              16-45     Labor Relations in a Mobilized Economy, Conference on, 1951

                16-5     PAC staff corres.; Esther Murray, 1953-54

                16-6     PAC staff corres.; Darrell Smith, 1949-55

                16-7     PAC staff corres.; W. Don Ellinger, 1952-55

                16-8     National CIO corres., 1953-54

                16-9     PAC corres. with media, 1952-55

Return to contents

[Box 17]

       1-7 thru 14     State PACs-corres. & reports; Arkansas, 1945-55

       17-1 thru 2     Taft-Hartley, 1940s-1950s

              17-11     Union political activity/campaign expenditures; legal opinions re, 1940s 1950s

              17-12     Democratic National Convention & campaign, 1948

              17-13     Dixiecrats, 1948

              17-14     PAC fund-raising brochures, 1940s-1960s

              17-15     Communism; publications, 1950-52

              17-16     Memos to state & local PACs, 1950s

              17-17     CIO-PAC report, 1951

              17-18     PAC organizational program, 1952

   17-19 thru 20     Elections; PAC research, 1948-54

              17-21     "The Negro Vote in 1950;" PAC report        

              17-22     Political research by labor unions, n.d.

              17-23     National Comm. for Justice in Columbia, Tenn., 1946

       17-3 thru 4     Taft-Hartley; Congressional testimony re, 1949, 1953-54

       17-5 thru 6     Elections; PAC research, 1954-55

                17-7     Textile industry; publications, 1940s-1960s

                17-8     "Almanac of Freedom" radio program, 1955-56

     17-9 thru 10     PAC contributions to state & federal campaigns, 1948

 

 

Return to contents

Contents end–Return to Top

 

To Index