Reminiscences of John Philip Frey, 1955.

Biographical Note

Union official

Scope and Contents

Family background, early life; MOLDER'S JOURNAL, 1903-27; Milwaukee Foundry strike, 1906; Thomas Mooney and James MacNamara cases; World War I labor and manpower problems; labor consultant to European allies, 1918; Socialist Party; Industrial Workers of the World; Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, 1927-50; relations of American Federation of Labor with Labor Department; Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor; National Recovery Administration; 1934 Wages and Hours Bill and Roosevelt administration; National Labor Relations Board; Anaconda Copper strike, 1935; 1935 American Federation of Labor convention; formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations; Communist Party and the labor movement; Martin Dies Committee; San Francisco strike, 1941; International Association of Machinists; World War II manpower and production; National Association of Manufacturers; mobilization in World Wars I and II; relations of labor with political parties and Catholic Church; craft unionism; organizing Negroes. Impression of Harry Bridges, James J. Davis, Samuel Gompers, William Green, Herbert Hoover, John L. Lewis, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William H. Taft

Subjects

• African American labor union members.
• Albertson, Dean, 1920-1989, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• American Federation of Labor.
• Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
• Frey, John P. (John Philip), 1871-1957--Interviews.
• Industrial Workers of the World.
• Internal security--United States.
• Interviews.
• Labor laws and legislation.
• Labor unions--Officials and employees.
• Labor unions and communism.
• National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.)
• New Deal, 1933-1939.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Strikes and lockouts.
• United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
• United States. National Labor Relations Board.
• United States. National Recovery Administration.
• World War, 1939-1945--Manpower.

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