N. L. R. B. EXHIBIT NO. 437-D TEXTILE WORKERS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF THE C. I. O. JOHN MADDEN, MARCH 8TH, 1938. National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D. C. 'EAR MR. MADDEN: Enclosed please find copy of a letter sent to us by our esentative in Portland, Oregon. It expresses completely his attitude. I e great confidence in this report. I would greatly appreciate your investing the entire affair as well as ordering that the case be brought to the Board ctly and passed upon by the body. he case is in the same category as the Oregon Worsted Company since the hership is identical. We urge you strongly to take this matter under advisent and to take action after investigation. Ènc. Fraternally yours, (s) SOLOMON BARKIN, Director of Research. N. L. R. B. EXHIBIT No. 437-E MARCH 9, 1938. >: Mrs. B. M. Stern. om: Nathan Witt. bject: Washougal Woolen Mills, Case No. XIX-C-115. I am sending you herewith memorandum of G. L. Patterson, dated March 5, 38, on the above case. In view of the facts set forth by him, I should think that e advisable course would be to transfer the case to the Board. Please take this > with the Board. We are having a pleasant trip, with nothing sensational to report. I hope to ave an opportunity to write you in some detail when we get to Seattle. Sincerely, NW:lb:Enc. (s) ΝΑΤ. (Proposed Findings of Fact, Proposed Conclusions of Law, and Proposed Order In the Matter of Washougal Woolen Mills, C-469, was received in evidence, marked "N. L. R. B., Exhibit No. 437-F", and is on file with the committee.) (Entire folder labelled "19th Region Encomia," was received in evidence, marked 'N. L. R. B. Exhibit No. 441," and is on file with the committee. A list of the Hocuments follows:) 19th REGION ENCOMIA Letter, 12/17/35, to Chas. W. Hope from Terminal Flour Mills Co. by Harry Letter, 11/21/36, to Chas. W. Hope from Sperry Flour Co., by Paul Hirsh. Letter, 6/7/37, to Chas. W. Hope, from Preston-Shaffer Milling Co., by W. H. Letter, 9/27/37, to Chas. W. Hope, from Montgomery Ward, by W. M. Rose. Letter, 2/5/38, to Chas. W. Hope, from Farmers Mutual Telephone Co., by L. A. Jones. Letter, 12/21/38 (Photostat), to Kenneth McClaskey, from Seattle Post-Intelligencer, by John Boettiger. Letter, 4/20/39, to Patrick H. Walker, by Lombardi, C. E., of Lombardi, Robertson, Fligg & McLean. Letter, 12/9/39, to Robert Davies, from Kesterson Lumber Co., by Irving E. Kesterson. Letter, 12/11/39, to Arthur Hailey, from Long Bell Lumber Co., by R. F. Morse. Letter, 12/19/39, to Kenneth McClaskey, from F. M. Martin Grain & Milling Co., by E. G. Goerling. Letter, 12/28/39, to Elwyn J. Eagen, from Barker-Knapp Lumber Company, by S. W. Barker. Letter, 1/20/40, to Elwyn J. Eagen, from Andron Logging Co., by S. Nord. Letter, 5/12/36, to Chas. W. Hope, from Lumber & Sawmill Workers Locs! #2632, by E. J. Brasch. Letter, 9/29/36, to Chas. W. Hope, from Lumber & Sawmill Workers Local #2632. by E. J. Brasch. Letter, 6/9/37, to Chas. W. Hope, from Preston Shaffer Milling Co., by W. H. Younger. Letter, 6/10/37, to Chas. W. Hope, from Federal Labor Union No. 20261, Flour Mill Workers, by Fay S. Baird. Letter, 7/30/37, to Chas. W. Hope, from International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union No. 77, by Geo. A. Mulkey. Letter, 8/27/37, to Chas. W. Hope, from M. H. Jones. Resolution, International Association of Machinists, Hope Lodge No. 79, received 1/29/38. Letter, May 20, D. Campbell, A. F. of L., to A. C. Roll. Letter, May 7, 1936, I. A. Sandvigen, International Association of Machinists, to Charles W. Hope. Letter, June 30, 1936, M. J. Murray, Amalgamated Asso. of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America, to Charles W. Hope. Letter, July 6, 1936, Jean V. Matheny, Columbia River District Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers to Maurice W. Howard. Letter, March 9, 1937, Hugh R. Bradshaw, Weighers, Warehousemen and Cereal Workers, to Chas. W. Hope. Letter, May 11, 1937, J. Okazaki, Alaska Cannery Workers Union, No. 20454, to Charles W. Hope. Letter, May 12, 1937, Florence E. Brost, Stenographers, Typists, Bookkeepers and Assistants Local Union No. 16821, to Chas. W. Hope. Letter, May 18, 1937, Hugh R. Bradshaw, Weighers, Warehousemen & Cereal Workers, to Charles Hope. Letter, June 7, 1937, Fay S. Baird, Federal Labor Union No. 20261 Flour Mill Workers, to Charles W. Hope. Letter September 12, 1937, Frank A. Erb, National Fed. of Post Office Clerks, to National Director. Letter, October 11, 1937, to J. F. Klein, Journeymen Tailors' Union of America, to 19th Regional Office. Letter, February 8, 1938, J. S. Hofmann, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, to Charles Hope. Letter, February 26, 1938, Leslie Allred and R. D. Stevenson, Truck Drivers Union, Local No. 483, to Charles W. Hope. Letter, July 1, 1938, J. W. Reardon, International Association of Machinists, Mt. Hood Lodge No. 1005, to E. J. Eagen. Letter, July 7, 1938, L. Presley Gill to Kenneth McClaskey. Letter, September 20, 1938, Č. A. Paddock, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, to Elwyn Eagen. Letter, July 7, 1939, O. W. Peterson, Boot and Shoe Workers Union Local #437, to Elwyn J. Eagen. Letter, August 5, 1939, Warren C. Stubblefield, Lumber & Sawmill Workers Union Local 2627, to Elwyn J. Eagen. Letter, November 30, 1939, J. L. McBreen, International Assn. of Machinists, Local #86, to Kenneth McClaskey. Letter, February 1, 1940, K. C. Tanner to E. J. Eagan. Letter, no date, Virgil E. Kenyon, Local 56, I. W. A., to Patrick L. Walker. Letter, September 14, 1937, T. J. Van Ermen, American Radio Telegraphists' Assn. to President Roosevelt. Letter, October 18, 1937, M. J. Wilson, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local Union # 35, to National Labor Relations Board, Wash. Letter, January 17, 1938, Thos. F. McGuire, International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, to Charles W. Hope. Letter, January 22, 1938, Chester Lovelett, Local 18, International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers, to Chas. W. Hope. Letter, March 12, 1938, G. G. Lobb, International Woodworkers of America, to Patrick Walker. Letter, Mar. 25, 1939, Jack Ruark to Elwyn J. Eagan. Letter, April 20, 1938, Ralph W. Peoples and Howard M. Huffman, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union Local No. 63, and G. L. Truitt and R. H. Rich, Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union Local No. 2803, to J. Warren Madden. tter, April 28, 1938, Fred A. Stocking, Jr., A. R. T. A., Local 44-B, to Robert M. Gates. tter, May 14, 1938, Ralph W. Peoples, Lester S. Sutter, and Howard M. Huffman, Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Local Union No. 63, I. W. of A., to Charles W. Hope. tter, December 13, 1939, Wm. H. Ashfield, Scalers, Drydock, Dredgeline & Levee Workers Union, I. L. W. U. 1-33, to Arthur Hailey. etter, January 16, 1940, Earl E. Carter, Klamath Basin District Council No. 6, International Woodworkers of America, to Edgar J. Egan. N. L. R. B. EXHIBIT No. 438 1. L. R. B. Supplement to Exhibit No. 1623, introduced into evidence in Volume 24, Part I, August 1, 1940] MATERIAL ON ADMINISTRATION N. L. R. B. EXHIBIT No. 438-A 'o: All Regional Directors. `rom: Nathan Witt, Secretary. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Subject: Appointment of Alexander B. Hawes as Chief Administrative Examiner. Alexander B. Hawes, now Assistant General Counsel in the Review Division, as been appointed by the Board as Chief Administrative Examiner, effective March 1, 1940. Attached hereto you will find copy of press release concerning the appointment for tomorrow morning's papers. The classification sheet for this position reads as follows: "National Labor Relations Board-Administrative Division Title: Chief Administrative Examiner Under the immediate supervision of the Secretary: To act as a deputy of the Secretary in the following operations: 1. To supervise the handling of all cases in their administrative phases, consisting of a. Case development, b. Authorization for issuance of complaints and for orders directing investigation and hearing, c. Maintenance of compliance records and the supervision of the obtaining of compliance by field officers with intermediate reports, Board decisions, and court decisions. 2. The direct supervision of the field offices by liaison officers. To supervise directly the activities of at least two administrative examiners in the actual performance of the above functions and of at least three liaison officers to be known as Special Examiners. To exercise and to supervise the exercise of authority delegated by the Board to the Secretary and by the Secretary to the Chief Administrative Examiner in the authorization of issuance of complaints and orders directing investigation and hearing." At this time, there is nothing to add to this description of Mr. Hawes' duties. However, after Mr. Hawes assumes his duties on March 1, you will receive further advice from time to time concerning his work and its relationship to the Regional Offices. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD Release for morning papers, Thursday, February 22, 1940. NLRB APPOINTS CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE EXAMINER (R-2660) Alexander B. Hawes, Assistant General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, has been appointed by the Board to the newly created position of Chief Administrative Examiner. He will assume his duties on March 1st. Mr. Hawes was born in New York City December 3, 1906. He is married to the former Elizabeth Armstrong of Hampton, Virginia, and New York City, and has two children. He received his preliminary education at Roxbury Latin School in Boston, where his father was Associate Director of the city's Museum of Fine Arts. Mr. Hawes was graduated with honors from Harvard College i 1928, and from Harvard Law School in 1931, also with honors. While at la school, he was Case Editor of the Harvard Law Review. Upon graduation ! served as law clerk to Judge Learned Hand of the Federal Circuit Court Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, and later practiced law in Bosto with the firm of Choate, Hall and Stuart. Mr. Hawes entered government service in 1933 as an attorney in the Securiti Division of the Federal Trade Commission. He was transferred to the Securitie and Exchange Commission when that agency was established in 1934. In 1935 he was appointed Assistant General Counsel of the Puerto Rico Recor struction Administration, with legal and administrative duties both in Washinz ton and in Puerto Rico. He returned to the Securities and Exchange Commissio in 1936 as Assistant Director of its Registration Division, where he shared the responsibility of supervising the work of a staff of about 50 examiners, accountants and lawyers. He joined the staff of the National Labor Relations Board in 1937 as a review attorney. In August 1939 he was appointed Assistant General Counsel of the Board. In his new office Mr. Hawes will act as deputy of the Secretary of the Board in the supervision of the handling of cases in their administrative phases. This will include case development, the authorization of issuance of complaints in unfair labor practice cases and of orders directing investigation and hearing in representation cases, maintenance of compliance records, and supervision of the Board's 22 Regional Offices by coordinating their work with that of the Board's Washington headquarters. N. L. R. B. EXHIBIT No. 438-B NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, To: All Regional Directors. Subject: Appointment of Special Examiners and Administrative Examiners. All of you know Messrs. Gates, Warner and Krivonos. Mr. LeBaron has been a Field Examiner in the Fort Worth office. Another Administrative Examiner will be appointed shortly. All of these persons will work under the direct supervision of Chief Adminis trative Examiner Hawes. In the very near future, you will be further advised concerning Mr. Hawes' duties and his relationship to the Regional offices. N. L. R. B. EXHIBIT NO. 438-C NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, To: All Regional Directors. Subject: Duties of Chief Administrative Examiner Hawes. Under separate cover, you are receiving revisions of the forms for authorization memoranda, with instructions for their use (Memorandum M-538-A). You will note that the new forms require submission of authorization memoranda to Mr. Hawes, as Chief Administrative Examiner, instead of to the Secretary. The Chief Administrative Examiner, with the assistance of the Administrative Examiners, will be directly responsible for the handling of the following matters: 1. Authorization memoranda. 2. Recommendations for dismissal or withdrawal of petitions under Section 9 (c). 3. Appeals from refusals of Regional Directors to issue complaints. 4. All settlements negotiated in the field which, under present instructions, are addressed to the Secretary. 5. Problems arising under Memoranda M-1089 and M-1118. This transfer of duties will not require any change, in so far as the Regional offices are concerned, in the routine concerning the handling of appeals. With respect to all other matters mentioned, however, please note that all communica is should be addressed to the Chief Administrative Examiner, effective August 1940. To this extent, previous memoranda dealing with such matters are dified. With respect to all of the subjects discussed in this memorandum, the Chief ministrative Examiner will consult with the Board and the Secretary concerning tters of policy. You will, therefore, receive advice and authorization on any these matters either from the Chief Administrative Examiner or the Secretary. For the time being, there will be no further changes in the routine of your nmunications to this office, with respect to personnel or other matters. Hower, from time to time you may receive further work concerning changes in the ief Administrative Examiner's duties. By memorandum dated July 17, you were advised of the appointment of Special aminers Gates and Warner, Senior Administrative Examiner Krivonos, and Iministrative Examiner LeBaron. An additional Administrative Examiner 11 be appointed in the near future. All such examiners will be directly responsie to the Chief Administrative Examiner. N. L. R. B. EXHIBIT NO. 438-D MINUTES OF EXECUTIVE MEETING OF THE BOARD Present: The Board, Nathan Witt, Beatrice M. Stern. The Board considered a suggested classification of the position of Administrave Assistant in Charge of Authorization and Appeals, and requested that classications for the entire field operation setup to accord with the suggestions made 1 both majority and minority proposals of the department committee on admintration be presented for its consideration. Dated, Washington, D. C., October 30, 1940. Approved: JWM/ESS/WML BEATRICE M. STERN /sgd Assistant Secretary. N. L. R. B. EXHIBIT NO. 439 [N. L. R. B. Supplement to Exhibit No. 1628, introduced into evidence in Volume 24, Part I, August 1, 1940]. BERCUT-RICHARDS CASE N. L. R. B. EXHIBIT NO. 439-A WESTERN MECHANICS INDUSTRIAL UNION 120 E. 25th Street, Los Angeles, California JANUARY 6, 1937. Dr. TOWNE NYLANDER, Los Angeles, Calif. DEAR SIR: Northrop Corporation employees have become extremely impatient as the result of delays in the hearings concerning the Western Mechanics Industrial Union and Northrop Corporation. They are ready for strike action and we fear we cannot control them much longer. Aircraft workers in other plants in this area have been watching developments in the Northrop case with keen interest and undoubtedly would be strongly affected by any strike action at Northrop. We feel a positive statement from the National Labor Relations Board to the effect that hearings will begin within a few days can save the situation. If this step is not taken we cannot answer for what may happen shortly. We have no desire to call a strike, but something must be done to keep the men in line. The case is urgent. Please give it your immediate attention. Sincerely yours, A. N. SCHMOLDER, Organizer. (Stipulation In the matter of Bercut-Richards Packing Co., et al, Case No. 883, was received in evidence, marked "N. L. R. B. Exhibit No. 439-B", and is on file with the committee.) 1 Mr. Hawes is on vacation until August 19, 1940. |