HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

DEC

4 a 1940

DOG

っ

SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVENTE

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

PURSUANT TO

H. Res. 258

(76th Congress)

A RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE
TO INVESTIGATE THE NATIONAL LABOR
RELATIONS BOARD

Volume 2

DECEMBER 13-DECEMBER 14, 1939

Printed for the use of the Special Committee to Investigate
the National Labor Relations Board

MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE

HOWARD W. SMITH, Virginia, Chairman
ARTHUR D. HEALEY, Massachusetts

ABE MURDOCK, Utah

CHARLES A. HALLECK, Indiana
HARRY N. ROUTZOHN, Ohio

CONTENTS

WITNESSES

Testimony of—

Page

438-442

Crouch, George O., Sharon, W. Va.; employee, Wyatt Coal Co., and member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.. Donahue, Joseph, Shamokin, Pa.; organizer, Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. 451-456 Eccher, Hermann F., Pittsburg, Kans.; unemployed, and member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__

437-438

435-437

469-493

Enke, Willard, Mulberry, Kans.; employee, McNally Manufacturing
Co., and member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America,
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor..
Frey, John P., Washington, D. C.; president of the Metal Trades
Department of the American Federation of Labor.
Hagler, Tom, Whitman, W. Va.; employee, Island Creek Coal Co.,
and member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor..
Harger, Henry, Williams, Okla.; member, Progressive Mine Workers
of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor...
Henniger, Orville, Shamokin, Pa.; member, Progressive Mine Workers
of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor
Hunter, Walter, Holden, W. Va.; employee, Island Creek Coal Co.,
and member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor__.
King, Carol, New York City; attorney, and secretary of the Inter-
national Juridical Association

445

456

456

448-450

464-469

McCallister, Homer, Big Creek, W. Va.; unemployed, member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. --

447-448

Moore, Mary, Boston, Mass.; employee of the National Labor Relations Board__.

458-464

Ozanic, Joseph, Mount Olive, Ill.; president, International Union,
Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor.

345-435

Robb, Roger, Washington, D. C.; associate counsel of the Special
Committee to Investigate the National Labor Relations Board 493-498
Shepard, Charles E., Coalwood, W. Va.; employee, Carter Coal Co.,
and member of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated
with the American Federation of Labor..
Shifflet, Eugene, Ward, W. Va.; unemployed, and member of the
Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor..

450-451

442-445

Smith, Arnold, Whitman, W. Va.; unemployed, and member of the
Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor. -

446-447

Wilkinson, John, Oklahoma City, Okla., former regional director of organization of the Progressive Mine Workers of America, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor__

457-458