THE GEORGE LUTZAI COLLECTION

14 Manuscript Boxes

Processed: May, 1967 Accession Number 19 By: PCG

The papers of George Lutzai were deposited with the Labor History Archives in Oct.,1961 and March, 1965 by George Lutzai.

George Lutzai was a member of UAW Local 314 (Long Manufacturing Co., , and served as a delegate to some UAW Conventions.

The George Lutzai Collection covers the period from 1919 to 1965. -2- THE GEORGE LUTZAI COLLECTION Description of Series

Series I USSR BOXES 1 & 2 This series contains communist literature, material on the Revolution, Lenin, Stalin and labor in the USSR, often from a radical point of view. For example, among the books and magazines are "the Russian Revolution" by the Socialist Party of Canada and "the Crushing of the Russian Revolution" by the anarchist Emma Goldman. Box 2 contains books on the USSR.

Series II Religion Boxes 3-5 The material in this series is alphabetically arranged by topic or title and is entirely of an anti-religious nature. Included are humanist, rationalist and free-thought journals and periodicals from the 1950's and 1960's. In addition, there are anti-religious pamphlets and booklets . Box 5 contains books on religious problems.

Series III General Files Boxes 6-8 Contained in this series are alphabetically arranged files on a great variety of topics including the ACLU, Ralph Chaplin's prison poems, Father Coughlin's lectures on social justice (1935), Max Eastman's address to the jury in the Masses trial (1918), GM, health, homeowners ordinance, an economic program for the auto workers (1937) and senior citizens.

Series IV Periodicals and Newspapers Boxes 9-11 This series is broken down into two parts: labor publications and miscellaneous publication. The labor publications are mainly from the 1960's and are alphabetically arranged by title, and include "AFL-CIO News," "Catholic Worker," "Detroit Labor News," "UAW Solidarity," and "WBF Solidarity." The miscellaneous pub1ications, also mainly from the 1960's includes "Civil Liberties," "Michigan Democrat," "New Leader," "The Progressive" and "Senior Citizens News."

Series V Books Boxes 12-14 Box 12 contains 96 "Little Blue Books" (literary philosophical and scientific works.) Boxes 13 and 14 contain literary works and volumes on philosophy, science, grammar and World War I. -3- THE GEORGE LUTZAI COLLECTION

BOX Inventory

Box 1 USSR

Communist Manifesto Dzerjinsky, Felix "Is the Russian Revolution a Bourgeois Revolution?" Labor in the USSR "Lenin, Nicolai" by G. Zinovieff Lenin's Works "May Day, 1921: The Red Album" Russian Revolution Series (No. 1-3) "Why did They Confess?" Books and Magazines on USSR

Box 2 USSR

Books on the USSR

Box 3 Religion

"The American Rationalist" (1960-1962) "The American Rationalist" (1963-1965) Anti-Religious Booklets Anti-Religious Pamphlets ”The Free Humanist" (June, 1960) "The Freethinker" (February, 1959, 1960) "Haldeman--Julius Monthly" (January, 1927) "Humanist World Digest" (November, 1955; Winter, 1964)

Box 4 Religion

"The Liberal" (September, 1958; May, 1959--January, 1965) "Progressive World" (September, 1953; May, 1954-1956; 1958-June, 1959) "Progressive World" (July, 1959--January, 1961) "Progressive World" (February, 1961—January, 1965) "The Ripsaw"

Box 5 Religion

Books on Religion

Box 6 General Files

ACLU ACLU: "Free Speech 1925-1926" Ball, Samuel: "Knowing What and How" By--Law of Local 235 Chaplin, Ralph: "Bars and Shadows" (1922) Cleveland Convention Program (March 27, 1939) Connolly, James: "Socialism Made Easy" (1909) Consumers -4-

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Box 6 con't Coughlin, Charles: "A Series of Lectures on Social Justice" (1935) Currency, German and Japanese "Declaration of Economic Independence 1938" (CIO Rank and File Progressive Unity Committee) Eastman, Max: "Address to the Jury in the Second Masses Trial" (1918) Elections Engels, Frederick: "Socialism, Utopian and Scientific" Gibson, Berman GM

Box 7 General Files

Health Homeowners Ordinance "How Your Senators and Representatives Voted, 1959-1960" (AFL-CIO) "In the Spirit of '37: An Economic Program for the Auto Workers" (PAC) Kropotkin, Peter: "Memorial Edition, An Appeal to the Young" Legislation London, Jack: "The Dream of Debbs" McNamara, Senator: "Report to the People of Michigan" (October, 1964; February, 1965) Madgearu, Virgil: "Taranismul" Markham, Edwin Minutes of International GM Council UAW-CIO (November 11, 12, 1939) Motor City Co-op National Executive Committee Socialist Labor Party: "Politics" "Nazi War Criminals Among Us" (Jewish Currents Reprint) Nearing, Scott: "The Super Race" Nearing, Scott: “The Next Step" "No Strike Pledge" Northern Baptist Convention: "A Christian Industrial Program" Piece Work Poland "Political Memo from Cope" (Feb. 24, 1964) "Push Philosophy" Radical Literature

Box 8 General Files

"Reforma Constitutiei" "Report Card for the 88th Congress (UAW) Right-Wing Groups Rumania Senior Citizens Spain: "The Revolutionary Movement in Spain" Spain: "The Tragedy of Spain" Tischenor, Henry, "The Dictatorship of the Profiteering Class" Toune, Ezra, "Social Problems" Union Pamphlets Union Songs UAW Constitutional Convention (March, 1964) Work, John: "Where You Get Off" -5-

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Box 9 Labor Newspapers

"AFL-CIO News" (Apri1-December, 1964) "The Cadillac Steward" (Feb., 1965) "Catholic Worker (Some issues from 1951, 1952, 1954, 1964, 1965) "Detroit Labor News" (Oct., 1963; April-Aug., 1964) "Detroit Labor News" (Oct., 1964—February, 1965) "The Detroit Teacher" (May, Oct., 1964; Jan., June, 1965)

Box 10 Labor Newspapers

"Ford Facts"(Feb., 19, 1955) "Labor Today" (April-May, 1964) "Michigan AFL-CIO News" (Some issues from 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965) "Search Light" (May-July, Oct., 1964; Jan.,-Feb., 1965) "United Automobile Worker CIO" (April-Oct, 1963; May-Dec, 1964; Jan- Feb, 1965) "UAW-General Motors Local Leadership Newsletter" (Oct. 9, 1964) "UAW Solidarity" (March, 1964-Feb., 1965) "Vanguard" (TULC, July, 1964) "WBF Solidarity" (Some issues from 1962, 1963, 1964, J965)

Box 11 Miscellaneous Periodicals

"Civil Liberties" (May, 1964-Jan., 1965) "Civil Liberties Newsletter" (April, 1962; Winter, 1964-1965) "Glasul Patriei" (May 1, 10, 1964) "Michigan Democrat" (Jan-Feb., 1965) "New Leader" (Some issues from 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960) "Political Affairs" (Feb., 1962) "The Progressive" (April, 1964—Feb., 1965) "The Radical Review" (Jan-March, 1919) "The Road to Freedom" (Oct., 1929) "Senior Citizens News" (March, 1963-Feb., 1965) "Socialist World" (June-August, 1947) "I. F. Stones' Weekly" (April-July, 1961) "The Western Socialist" (1962, 1964) Box 12 Books

"Little Blue Books (96 Books)

Box 13 Books

Literary works, books on philosophy, science and grammar and an Atlas

Box 14 Books

Literary Works and books on the World War I.