Reminiscences of David A. Morse, 1981

Biographical Note

Lawyer

Scope and Contents

Childhood and family cultural heritage; anti-Semitism in Somerville, N.J.; regional attorney for the Second District of New York, National Labor Relations Board, 1935-38; French frozen assets in United States; author Manpower Labor Plan World War II; director general International Labor Office 1948-70: organization and purpose, role in United Nations, initiation, World Employment Program 1969, impact of international civil service on recruitment policies, investigation by Senator McCarthy, relations with Organization of African Unity, Arab League, the Vatican, role in Yugoslav industrialization, Convention #87 1947-48, influence on Polish labor movement, acceptance of Nobel Peace Prize 1969, International Labor Office Regional Conference of Asian States, Tokyo 1968; Argentine visit 1949, impressions of Eva Peron

Subjects

• International Labour Office.
• International labor activities.
• International officials and employees--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Jessup, Frederick Peterson, 1920-2005, interviewer.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• Morse, David A. (David Abner), 1907-1990--Interviews.
• Nobel Prizes.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• United Nations.
• United States. National Labor Relations Board.