UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS - CITIZENSHIP DEPARTMENT ROY REUTHER FILES. Papers, /2 Linear Feet

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1 UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS - CITIZENSHIP DEPARTMENT ROY REUTHER FILES Papers, /2 Linear Feet Accession Number 191 On August 15, 1957 the Political Action Department was reorganized, and the name was changed to the Citizenship Department. Roy Reuther remained the director of this department. He was assisted by William Dudds and Edward Purdy. In December, 1962 the Citizenship Department, and the name was changed to the Citizenship-Legislative Department. For convenience of description, the Citizenship-Legislative files are in a separate collection. In 1960, Mr. Reuther took a leave of absence to become Dupty Director for the National Voter Registration Committee of the Democratic Party. In 1962, he took another leave of absence to become National Director for the Voter Registration Campaign of the AFL-CIO. These records are not in this collection; it only contains the records of the UAW Citizenship Department.

2 2 Correspondence Include: Baskin, Al Connor, Edward Dingell, John Douglas, Paul Ferency, Zolton Freeman, Orville Griffiths, Martha Hart, Philip Humphrey, Hubert Jeffrey, Mildred Lesinski, John Mazey, Emil McDevitt, James McGovern, George McNamara, Patrick Morse, Wayne Murry, James Newberger, Richard Oliver, William Proxmire, William Reuther, Walter Reuther, Victor Scholle, August Sexton, Brendan Sifton, Paul Staebler, Neil Swainson, John Williams, G. Memmen Woodcock, Leonard

3 3 Important subjects include: AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education. Civil Rights legislation and enforcement, Detroit City Government, Detroit municipal elections, Congressional elections, Michigan constitutional convention elections, Michigan elections, including campaign contributions, governor, primaries, United States Congress, voter registration, and Wayne County, Michigan elections - 14th District special election, February, Michigan Taxation Legislation, Reapportionment of Michigan legislative districts, UAW Convention, Resolutions.

4 CONTENTS 4 FORTY-ONE MANUSCRIPT BOXES Boxes 1-6 Series I Outgoing correspondence, These records consist of letters from Roy Reuther and from his assistants, William Dodds, Edward Purdy, and Salome Williams. 6-7 Series II Non UAW individuals and organizations, Office files of Mr. Reuther consisting mostly of correspondence from miscellaneous individuals Series III UAW departments, and 1959 convention. Correspondence and other records relating to UAW staff personnel Series IV UAW regions, Correspondence and other records relating to UAW staff personnel. Most of this material pertains to the role of the UAW in congressional election campaigns Series V AFL-CIO departments, state labor councils and unions, Correspondence and other records relating to AFL-CIO staff personnel. With the exception of the Committee on Political Education, there is very little material on the departments. There is very little material on the unions Series VI Elections and election issues, Research material relating to congressional elections Series VII Michigan elections and election issues, Correspondence and other records relating to elections in the state of Michigan. The records in the second part of this series concern election issues, most of which pertain to legislation.

5 Series I 5 Outgoing Correspondence, Boxes 1-6 Copies of letters sent and circular letters sent to UAW staff members. The records of this series comprise of the outgoing correspondence of Roy Reuther, William Dodds, Edward Purdy, and Salome Williams. It should be pointed out that there is little correspondence from Roy Reuther, William Dodds, and Edward Purdy for the year Box 1 Folder 1-48 Copies of letters sent - Roy Reuther, Copies of letters sent - Roy Reuther, Circular letters to staff - Roy Reuther, Copies of letters sent - William Dodds, Copies of letters sent - William Dodds, Copies of letters sent - William Dodds, Circular letters to staff - William Dodds, Copies of letters sent - Edward Purdy, Copies of letters sent - Edward Purdy, Circular letters to staff - Edward Purdy, Circular letters to staff - Edward Purdy, Copies of letters sent - Salome Williams, Series II Non UAW Individuals and Organizations, Boxes 6-7 Correspondence, press releases and reports. These records consist mostly of correspondence from miscellaneous individuals. There is some correspondence from organizations. The records are arranged alphabetically. Box 6 Folder 16 Miscellaneous individuals - A, Miscellaneous individuals - B, Miscellaneous individuals - C, Community Health Association, Congress of Racial Equality, Miscellaneous Individuals - D, Democratic National Committee,

6 Box 6 Folder 29 Miscellaneous individuals - E, Miscellaneous individuals - F, Miscellaneous individuals - G, Miscellaneous individuals - H, Miscellaneous individuals - I, Miscellaneous individuals - J, Miscellaneous individuals - K, Kennedy, Robert Miscellaneous individuals - L, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Box 7 Folder 1 Miscellaneous individuals - M, Metropolitan Research Bureau of Detroit - Carl Westman, Miscellaneous individuals - N, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, North Dakota Farmers Union, Miscellaneous individuals - 0, Miscellaneous individuals - P, President's Committee on Equal Employment Opoortunity, Miscellaneous individuals - R, Miscellaneous individuals - S, Southeastern Michigan Research Corporation, Southern Regional Council, Miscellaneous individuals - T, United States Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, Miscellaneous individuals - V, Valerio, Olga - Macomb - County Government, Miscellaneous individuals - W, White House, Miscellaneous individuals - XYZ,

7 Series III 7 UAW Departments, and 1959 Convention Boxes 7-14 Correspondence, reports, press releases, financial statements, drafts of resolutions, and clippings. Most of these records consist of correspondence with staff members of the departments and to aid the researchers. There are secondary entries which indicate the names of the staff members. There is a large amount of correspondence with William Oliver and Paul Sifton. At the end of this series, there are three folders of drafts of resolutions for the 1959 Convention. Civil rights legislation and its enforcement is a topic which is particularly well documented. Box 7 Folder Accounting Department - Charles Yaeger, Agriculture Department - Patrick Greathouse, Citizenship Department - Citizenship Councils by-laws Revision, Citizenship Department - Clerical and Maintenance Staff, Citizenship Department - Edward Purdy Leaves of Absence, Citizenship Department - Roy Reuther Leaves of Absence, Citizenship Department - Staff Meetings, Citizenship Department - Edward Tonat, Folder 1-6 Community Relations Department - Mildred Jeffrey, Community Services Department - Andrew Brown, Compensation Department - Clayton Johnson, Education Department - Carroll Hutton, Education Department - Brendan Sexton, Fair Employment Practices Department - Detroit Commission on Community Relations, Fair Employment Practices Department - Lillian Hatcher, Fair Employment Practices Department - William Oliver, Fair Employment Practices Department - William Oliver, Ford Motor Department, Ford Motor Department - Kenneth Bannon, International Affairs Department, Kohler Boycott Committee - Archambault, Legal Department, Legal Department - Joseph Rauh, Legislative Department - Samuel Jacobs,

8 Box 10 Folder Legislative Department - Paul Sefton, Legislative Department - Paul Sefton, Legislative Department - Civil Rights Legislation, Legislative Department - Ralph Showalter, Miscellaneous Departments, President - Administrative and Hiring Policies, President - Irving Bluestone, President - Jack Conway, President - Election Campaign Program, President - Lawrence Gettlinger, President - Harry Kranz, President - Walter Reuther, Folder 1 President - Paul Scbarde, Public Relations Department, Public Relations Department - Richard Kelly-report on Kenya, South Africa, Public Relations Department - Frank Winn, Radio Department - Albert Hamilton, Radio Department - Guy Nunn, Recreation Department, Recreation Department - Olga Madar, Research Department, Research Department - Woodrow Ginsburg, Research Department - Woodrow Ginsburg, Research Department - UAW contract negotiations, Retired Workers Department - Charles Odell, Secretary-Treasurer - Emil Mazey, Secretary-Treasurer - Strike Assistance Program, Skilled Trades Department, Social Security Department - James Brindel, Social Security Department - Martin Cohen, Social Security Department - Social Security Legislation, Vice-President - Leonard Woodcock, Washington Office, Leo Goodman,

9 Box 13 Folder Washington Office - Victor Reuther, Washington Office - Victor Reuther, UAW Convention, Series IV UAW Regions, Boxes Correspondence, reports, press releases, financial statements, notes, and clippings. Most of these records consist of correspondence with staff members of the regions. To assist the researcher secondary entries indicate the names of the staff members. There are some other records relating to citizenship councils and local unions. With the exception of Michigan, there are records relating to election campaigns and to correspondence with United States congressmen about their campaigns. These records are in folders which are placed at the end of each region. The records concerning congressional elections in Michigan are found in Series VII. The records of Series IV are arranged numerically by number of region. The staff members are listed first and the other catagoriescitizenship councils, local unions and elections and correspondence with congressmen are listed next. To assist the researcher, the folder entries provide information about the geographical location of the regions. For space purposes, some of the states within a given region are abbreviated. Most of those states which are abbreviated are ones in which the UAW did not actively engage in election activity. Most of the records in this series relate to the role of the UAW in congressional elections within each region, and this topic is well documented. Box 14 Folder 10 Region 1 - Detroit and Eastern Wayne County, Region 1 - Edgar Lee, Region 1 - George Merrelli, Region 1 - Ken Morris, Region 1 - Local unions, Region 1 - White House Regional Conference in Detroit, Region 1A - Detroit and Western Wayne County, Region 1A - William Bozell, Region 1A - John Burton, Folder 1 Region 1A - John Canfield, Region 1A - Edward Cote, Region 1A - Douglas Fraser, Region 1A - Joseph Hattley,

10 Box 15 Folder 8-9 Region 1A - Russell Leach, Region 1A - Joseph McCusker, Region 1A - Theodore Pankowski, Region 1A - John Penczak, Region 1A - Horace Sheffield, Region 1A - John Tutro, Region 1A - Joseph Velosky, Region 1A - Local unions, Region 1B - Battle Creek, Jackson, Pontiac, Region 1B - Charles Curry, Region 1B - Newman Jeffrey, Region 1B - William McAulay, Folder * Region 1C - Flint, Lansing 1 Region 1C - Robert Carter, Region 1C - Robert Frost, Region 1C - Jack Holt, Region 1C - E.S. Patterson, Region 1C - Local unions, Region 1D - Bay city, Grand Rapids, Port Huron, Region 1D - John Annulis, Region 1D - Robert Doen, Region 1D - Robert Jenkins, Region 1D - Florence Peterson, Region 1D - Robert Reid, Region 1D - Kenneth Robinson, Region 1D - Local unions, Region 1D - Michigan Farmers Union, Region 2 - Ohio and Western Pennsylvania-Arkerson, Cleveland, Erie. 27 Region 2 - Patrick O'Malley, Region 2 - Jack Wise, Region 2 - Local unions, Region 2A - Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia- Columbus, Pittsburg, Region 2A - Ray Ross, Region 2A - Eugene Souders, * NOTE: There is no folder containing records of general data for Region 1C.

11 Box 17 Folder 1-7 Region 2A - Eugene Souders, Region 2B - Toledo, Ohio, Region 2B - Charles Ballard, Region 2B - Harold Mouch, Regions 2, 2A, 2B - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen, Region 3 - Indiana and Kentucky, Region 3 - Daniel Bedell, Region 3 - Raymond Berndt, Region 3 - Elmer Blankenship, Folder 1-3 Region 3 - Elmer Blankenship, Region 3 - David Hutchinson, Region 3 - Local unions, Region 3 - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen, Region 4 - Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Region 4 - Willoughby Abner, Region 4 - Samuel Guzzardo, Region 4 - Charles Johnson, Region 4 - Robert Johnson, Region 4 - Robert Mason, Folder 1-5 Region 4 - Edris Owens, Region 4 - John Yolton, Region 4 - Citizenship Councils, Region 4 - Local unions, Region 4 - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen, Region 4 - Paul Douglas - Civil Rights Legislation, Region 5 - Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Region 5 - Edward Coffey, Region 5 - Eldon Cooper, Region 5 - Theodore Hawks, Region 5 - David Hutchison,

12 Box 20 Folder 1-5 Region 5 - David Hutchison, Region 5 - Russell Letner, Region 5 - Howard Lipton, Region 5 - Robert Mason, Region 5 - John O'Hara, Region 5 - Citizenship ouncils, Region 5 - Local unions, Region 5 - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen, Region 6 - Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Region 6 - Charles Bioletti, Region 6 - Arnold Callan, Region 6 - Richard Cartwright, Region 6 - William Lawson, Region 6 - Ralph Showalter, Region 6 - Spencer Wiley, Folder 1-9 Region 6 - Spencer Wiley, Region 6 - Citizenship Councils, Region 6 - Local unions, Region 6 - Elections and correspondence with Congressmen, Region 7 - Canada, Region 7 - Arthur Shultz, Folder 1 Region 8 - Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Region 8 - B. W. Bothe, Region 8 - Herbert Green, Region 8 - James Harden, Region 8 - E. T. Michael, Region 8 - Paul Wagner, Region 8 - Elections and correspondence with Congressmen, Region 9 - East Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Region 9 - Martin Gerber, Region 9 - Edward Gray, Region 9 - Charles Guensch,

13 Box 23 Folder 1-2 Region 9 - Edward Halter, Region 9 - Bernard Rifkin, Region 9 - Patrick Ward, Region 9 - Jay Watkins, Region 9 - Local unions, Region 9 - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen, Region 9A - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York City, Rhode Island, Vermont, Region 9A - John Dillon, Region 9A - Martin Greenberg, Region 9A - Stanley Greenspan, Region 9A - Charles Kerrigan, Region 9A - Mitchell Svirdoff, Region 9A - Robert Walkinshaw, Region 9A - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen, Region 10 - Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Region 10 - Clayton Carpenter, Region 10 - Harvey Kitzman, Region 10 - Ralph Koenig, Box 24 Folder 1-11 Region 10 - Ralph Koenig, Region 10 - Edward Murnane, Region 10 - Elections and Correspondence with Congressmen, Series V AFL-CIO Departments, State Labor Councils and Unions, Boxes Correspondence, reports, contribution lists, and handwritten notes. The records of this series are divided into three sections - departments and committees, state labor councils, and unions. There is a large amount of material relating to the committee on political education, including three folders on contributions for the 1958 election. (A few of the records in these folders list UAW contributions). There are, however, almost no records relating to other departments. Most of the data on state labor councils relates to Michigan. There are only three folders of records relating to unions.

14 Box 24 Folder Committee on Political Education, Committee on Political Education, Contribution lists for the 1958 election. 11 Industrial Union Department, Miscellaneous departments, Alabama State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Arizona State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Arkansas State AFL-CIO Labor Council, California State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Colorado State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Delaware State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Illinois State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Indiana State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Kansas State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Massachusetts AFL-CIO Labor Council, Michigan State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Box 26 Folder 1-14 Michigan State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Michigan AFL-CIO - Flint Labor Council, Michigan AFL-CIO - Miscellaneous County Labor Councils, Michigan AFL-CIO - Oakland County Labor Council, Michigan AFL-CIO - Washtfnaw County Labor Council, Michigan AFL-CIO - Wayne County Labor Council, Michigan AFL-CIO - Wayne County Labor Council - Detroit Municipal Election, Minnesota State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Miscellaneous State AFL-CIO Labor Councils, Missouri State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Montana State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Nebraska State AFL-CIO Labor Council, New Jersey State AFL-CIO Labor Council,

15 15 Box 27 Folder 1 New Mexico State AFL-CIO Labor Council, North Carolina State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO - Bucks County Labor Council, Ohio State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Tennessee State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Texas State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Utah State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Virginia State AFL-CIO Labor Council, West Virginia State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Labor Council, Miscellaneous unions, Series VI Elections and Election Issues, Boxes Reports, press releases, voting records, drafts of speeches, handwritten notes, and clippings. These records relate to national congressional and presidential elections. They were probably used as research material for speeches. There is little correspondence. The records are arranged chronologically by year of election. There are some folders which contain material on specific issues, and secondary entries indicate them. Box 27 Folder Elections Elections - AFL-CIO Legislative Conference Elections - Civil Rights Legislation Elections - Composition of Congressional Committees Elections - Barry Goldwalter. 28 Folder Election - Labor - Management Relations Legislation Election - Marginal Congressional Seats Election - McClellan Committee Anti-Union Charges Election - Recession Election - Republican Party Election - State Labor Legislation Election - Voting Records of Congress.

16 Box 28 Folder Elections Elections - Civil Rights Legislation Elections - Foreign Policy Issues Elections - Inflation Elections - John F. Kennedy - Speeches Elections - Labor - Management Relations Elections - Marginal Congressional Districts Elections - Mexican Farm Labor Elections - Midwest Democratic Conference Elections - President Elections - Republican Party Elections - Unemployment Elections - Unemployment - AFL-CIO Conference Elections - Unemployment - UAW Conference Elections - Unemployment Compensation. 30 Folder Elections - Voter Registration Elections - Voting Record of Congress Elections Elections - Right Wing Groups Elections - Unemployment Elections - Unemployment - Midwest Conference Elections - Voter Registration Elections - Voting Record of Congress.

17 Series VII 17 Michigan Elections and Election Issues, Boxes Correspondence, minutes, reports, press releases, election statistics, publicity material, handwritten notes, and clippings. These records relate to election activity within the state of Michigan, including the city of Detroit. These records are divided into two sections. The records of Section I pertain to election campaigns. They are arranged chronologically, and secondary folder entries indicate particular elections. The records relate to various state and congressional elections, and correspondence with candidates about their campaigns is included. Since the records are arranged by date of election, some folders may contain records which are dated the year before or the year after the election. Some of the correspondence in folders labeled 1958 Elections, for example, is actually dated 1957, and a few of the records are dated prior to August 16. The records of Section II relate to campaign issues, and they are arranged alphabetically. There is a large amount of material on the Governor's election of 1960, on the Constitutional convention elections of , on voter registration in Wayne County, on election issues in Detroit, on industrial development, on proposals to reapportion the state legislative districts, and on taxation legislation. Box 30 Folder Elections - Detroit Municipal Election Elections Elections Elections - Constitutional Convention Elections - Detroit School Millage Elections - Governor Elections - Governor's Office Correspondence, Elections - Hamtramck Elections - Macomb County Elections - Oakland County Elections - August 5, Primary Elections - Republican Party Program Elections - State Central Democratic Committee Elections - State Central Democratic Committee - Correspondence, Elections - State Government Positions Elections - United States Congress - Correspondence, Folder Elections - Voter Registration Elections - Wayne County Democratic Committee Elections - Detroit Municipal Election.

18 Box 32 Folder Elections - Primary, April Elections - 11th Congressional District Elections Elections - Appointments Elections - Campaign expenditure reports Elections - Candidate endorsements Elections - County registration reports Elections - County registration reports Elections - Democratic campaign contributions and expense statements Elections - Democratic State Convention Elections - Flint, Lansing results Elections - Governor Elections - Grand Rapids Elections - John F. Kennedy - Campaign trip to Detroit and suburbs Elections - Local union fund raising Elections - Macomb County Elections - Primary, August Elections - Republican party program Elections - State Central Democratic Committee Elections - State Central Democratic Committee Correspondence, Elections - State government positions Elections - United States Congress - Correspondence, Box 34 Folder Elections - United States Congress - Correspondence, Elections - Voter registration Elections - Wayne County Democratic Committee Elections - Wayne County - Republican contributions Elections - Wayne County - United States President Elections - Women's activities Elections - Constitutional convention.

19 19 Box 35 Folder Elections - Constitutional convention - Coordinating Committee Elections - Detroit municipal elections Elections - Primary, April Elections Elections - Allen Park Elections - Constitutional convention. 36 Folder Elections - Constitutional convention Elections - Democratic State Central Committee, Reference books for chairmen Elections - Governor Elections - Governor's office correspondence Elections - Local union fund raising Elections - Macomb County Elections - Miscellaneous counties Elections - Oakland County Elections - Primary, August Elections - Primary, January 23 and special elections, February 13, 14th District. 37 Folder Elections - Republican party program Elections - St. Clair County Elections - Secretary of State Elections - United States Congress correspondence Elections - Voter registration Elections - Wayne County Elections - Women's activities.

20 20 Box 37 Folder 8 Civil rights, Constitutional convention, legislative proposals, Defense Procurement, Detroit City Government, Detroit City Government - Crime prevention, Detroit City Government - Economic growth, Detroit City Government - Ethnic leaders, Detroit City Government - Home Rule, Detroit City Government - Income tax proposals, Detroit City Government - Police Community Relations, Detroit City Government - Population Decline, Detroit City Government - School budget, Fair Employment Practices Commission, Farm union program, Grand Rapids Fire Fighters salaries, Health Services Appropriations, n.d. - ca Housing discrimination, Housing planning, Highway construction, Industrial development, Miscellaneous legislative issues, Port of Detroit Commission, Reapportionment of state legislature, Reapportionment of state legislature - Michigan Supreme Court case, Recession - Automobile industry, Reorganization of state executive agencies, St. Lawrence Seaway project, Taxation legislation,

21 Box 40 Folder 1-20 Taxation legislation, Taxation legislation, Unemployment, Unemployment compensation, Wayne County reorganization, Worker education,