The James Lindahl Papers Papers, 1930s-1950s 29 linear feet Accession #1061 OCLC # DALNET # James Lindahl was born in Detroit in 1911. He served as Recording Secretary for the UAW-CIO Packard Local 190 and edited its newspaper in the 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Lindahl left the local in 1951 feeling that the labor movement no longer had a place for him. He earned a Master's degree from Wayne State University in Sociology in 1954 and later earned his living as a self-employed publisher in the Detroit area in various fields including retail, banking, and medicine. The James Lindahl Collection contains proceedings, reports, newspaper clippings, and election information pertaining to the UAW-CIO and its Packard Local 190 from the 1930s into the early 1950s. It also contains Mr. Lindahl's graduate school papers on local union membership and participation. The collection also contains publications, including pamphlets, books, periodicals, flyers and handbills, from many organizations such as the UAW, CIO, other labor unions and organizations, and the U.S. government from the 1930s into the early 1950s. Important subjects in the collection: UAW-CIO Packard Local 190 Union political activities Union leadership Ku Klux Klan Union membership Packard Motor Car Company 2 James Lindahl Collection CONTENTS 29 Storage Boxes Series I: General files, 1937-1953 (Boxes 1-6) Series II: Publications (Boxes 7-29) NON-MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL Approximately 12 union contracts and by-laws were transferred to the Archives Library. 3 James Lindahl Collection Arrangement The collection is arranged into two series. In Series I (Boxes 1-6), folders are simply listed by location within each box. They are not arranged, so any given subject may be dispersed throughout several boxes. The materials in Series II (Boxes 7- 29), are not arranged in any order; they are maintained in the original order received. Series I Box 1 1. Packard; Disputes, 1946-50 2. ; Plant (printed material), 1940-50 3. ; Company contracts with Local 190 4. ; Local Right Wing campaigns, 1937-51 5. ; Unity Caucus, 1937-39 6. ; clippings, 1947-59 7. LU 190; Caucus minutes, 1938-51 8. ; Special meetings, 1948-50 9. ; Homer Martin Progressive Caucus, 1937-39 10. ; Murdock Caucus, 1939-43 11. ; Unity Caucus, 1937-39 12. ; Urban Caucus, 1946-51 13. Labor-related clippings, 1941-66 14. LU 190; East Side Region Caucus, 1947 15. UAW-CIO; Committees, 1943 16. ; Education Meetings, 1940-50 17. ; Executive Board Recommendations, 1940-49 18. LU 190; Membership minutes, 1937-43 19. ; Executive election, 1947 20. ; Membership minutes, 1946-51 21. ; Resolutions, 1938-45 22. ; Membership participation, 1937-51 23. ; Union participation, 1937-51 24. ; Election, 1952 25. ; Election results, 1938-50 26. ; Chief stewards, 1939-50 27. ; minutes, 1939-50 28. ; Steward's list, 1938-40 29. ; District Stewards, 1942-50 30. ; Election slates; Local 190, 1937-39 31. ; Guaranteed annual wages, 1950-55 32. ; Local 190 by-laws, 1940-50 4 James Lindahl Collection Box 2 1. Michigan CIO Labor Council News Service, 1947-48 2-3. UAW-CIO negotiations, 1937-48 4. UAW-CIO International Executive Board (IEB) minutes, 1936-48 5. UAW letters/CIO Political Action Committee Newsletter, 1936-56 6-7. UAW-CIO conventions, 1937-42 8. ; paperwork/files, 1935-55 9. ; News Release, 1940-50 10. "Voice of the CIO" Broadcast, 1936-42 11. UAW-CIO letters, reports, 1938-51 12. ; pension plans for Ford, Stesard, Packard, 1950 13. ; resolutions, to the IEB, 1938-51 14. ; meetings of the IEB, 1938-51 15. ; grievance notices, 1948-52 16. Legislation, 1940-50 17. UAW-CIO election sheets, tallies, 1942-47 18. ; quotations, 1938-39 19. ; Committees, 1938-51 20. International Union Workers; memos and corr., 1935-42 21-22. UAW-CIO memos and corr., 1935-42 Box 3 1. Negro discrimination clippings, 1935-51 2. UAW clippings, 1937-50 3. Carbon Copy, 1941-47 News Flash, 1946-48 PAC, 1946-48 4. Far Eastern Survey, 1945-47 5. The Hour, 1941-43 6-7. In Fact, 1944-48 8. "Research Bulletin," 1940-41 9. Ku Klux Klan; clippings, letters, agreements, 1930-50 10. United Automobile Worker, 1940-50 11. Packard Local 190 newspaper, 1939-56 12. Citizen CIO Vote Labor, 1937-49 13. Detroit Free Press clipping, 1943 14. Detroit News clippings, 1937-43 15. Local 190 newspaper clippings, 1937-63 16. Leaflets, 1944-48 17. Flyers, bulletins, comics, 1930-53 5 James Lindahl Collection 18. "PAC Pipeline," bulletins, 1946-48 19. Work to Win newspaper, 1942 20. Detroit Times, 1942-50 21-22. Clippings and comics, 1939-49 23-24. Flyers and bulletins, 1930-53 Box 4 1. UAW Washington's Newsflash, 1943-44 2. PAC Political Action, 1940-49 3. The Score labor mag., 1947-49 4. Packard Local 190, Local Union Election Slates, 1945-47 5. Clippings and letter, 1938-53 6. CIO Pamphlets; John Lewis, 1945-47 7. Packard Local 190; Executive Board minutes, 1936-46 8. History of Trade Unions in Russia, 1944 9. Local 190 leaflets, 1935-51 10. ; EB minutes, 1947-51 11. UAW-CIO corr. to local unions, 1937-46 12. International UAW Research Bulletin, 1941-44 13. International Union UAW-CIO communications, 1940-49 14. Packard Motor Car Co., 1937-53 Box 5 1. Bargaining Bulletin for Chrysler Workers, 1961-64 2. War Policy Division Bulletin, 1942-43 3. UAW-CIO Administrative Newsletter, 1948-50 4. "Some Institutional Factors in Union Decision Making," by J. Lindahl, 1953 5. "Membership participation in a Local Union," by J. Lindahl, 1954 6. "An Ecological Study of Seniority Workers," by J. Lindahl, 1954 7. "Processes of Decision-Making in a Local Union," J. Lindahl M.A. thesis, 1954 8. "The Union Official as an Urban Type," by J. Lindahl, 1953 9. KKK letters to members, 1940-41 10-11. Buehrle v. Murdock proceedings, 1942 12. Ford Motor Co. NLRB cases, 1940 13. "Bases of Future Labor-Mgt. Cooperation," paper of Lindahl, 1952 14-15. LU 190 Grievance notices, 1947-50 6 James Lindahl Collection Box 6 1. Civil rights and women’s issues 2. Clippings, 1930s-1940s 3. Correspondence, undated and 1937-1944 4. Correspondence, 1945-1951 5. Dodge Main News, 1937 March 6. Greater Detroit & Wayne County Industrial Union Council 7. Labor’s Non-Partisan League, Michigan and Wayne County 8. Labor’s Non-Partisan League, National 9. Martin, Homer 10-11. Meeting minutes, various organizations 12-14. Michigan CIO Council 15. Michigan State CIO Council Political Action Committee 16. Michigan State Industrial Union Council 17. People’s Institute of Applied Religion 18-19. Reports and proposals, various organizations 20-21. Statements and speeches 22. Tenerowicz, Congressman Rudolph 23-26. UAW-CIO, 1930s-1940s 27. Union activities, Detroit and Michigan 28. Union resolutions, statements, agreements 29. United Automobile, Aircraft, Agricultural Implement Workers of America, undated and 1942-1944 30. United Automobile, Aircraft, Agricultural Implement Workers of America, 1945-1951 31. United Automobile Workers of America, undated and 1937 32. United Automobile Workers of America, 1938 33. United Automobile Workers of America, 1939-1950 Series II Box 7 • Victory Through Unionism, Pile Drivers, Bridge, Wharf and Dock Builders Local Union No. 34, undated (2) • The American Way of Life, by Ralph B. Putnam, undated • Songs for Seamen, National Maritime Union, CIO, September 1947 • Price Tag on the Ballot, International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW-CIO, undated • The Answer to …”Unions in Politics,” Michigan C.I.O Council, undated • The CIO and the War, Congress of Industrial Organizations, December 1939 • CIO’s 1941 Legislative Program, CIO Executive Board, January 1941 • CIO: What it is…and How it Came to Be, 2d ed. February 1939 • CIO: What it is…and How it Came to Be, 3d ed. May 1941 7 James Lindahl Collection • Charting the Victory, by Philip Murray, May 1943 • Wages and Profits, speech by Philip Murray, CIO, February 1941 (2) • It Makes Sense, United Fund, United Health and Welfare Fund, undated • Murray and Addes: Always Working Together for the Membership of the UAW and CIO, 1947 • Security for the People, Congress of Industrial Organizations, April 1940 • CIO’s 1940 Legislative Program for Jobs, Security and Peace, January 1940 • Remember Taft-Hartley, CIO Political Action Committee, probably 1947 • A Guide to the Preparation of By-Laws for Local Unions of the UAW-CIO, Legal Department, International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW-CIO, 3d ed., November 1946 • Workers and National Defense, U.S. Department of Labor, September 1940 • Radio Handbook, C.I.O. Political Action Committee, undated • PAC Radio Handbook, by Joseph Gaer, CIO Political Action Committee, probably 1946 (2) • Farmers in 1944, by Charles J. Coe, Farm Research Inc., March 1944 • The People’s Plan for Reconversion, CIO Political Action Committee, after 1944 • The Enemy at Home, National Maritime Union of America, February 1943 • Compiled Michigan law to Regulate Labor Unions, Greater Detroit & Wayne County Industrial Union Council-CIO, circa 1949 • Michigan CIO’s 1941 Legislative Program, Legislative Committee, Michigan State Industrial Union Council, February 1941 (2) • The CIO and Labor Unity, Congress of Industrial Organizations, undated (2) • Subsidies are Fire Engines, Consumers Division, UAW-CIO, undated • Political Primer for All Americans, Department of Research and Education, CIO, after 1943 • WPA Must Be Maintained for Victory and Post-War Period, WPA & Welfare Department, UAW-CIO, circa 1942 • Everything We Have, CIO Political Action Committee, undated • The CIO and National Defense, Executive Board of the CIO, June 4, 1940 • What is PAC?, CIO Political Action Committee, after 1948 • UAW Contract Clauses, UAW-CIO International Correspondence Course, Lesson 7, undated • You Want Unity, International Education Department, UAW-CIO, undated • America Today: An Economic Review, District Eleven, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, February 14, 1949 • Came the Revolution, by Howard Brayman, Institute of Economic Affairs, New York University, 1953 • A Speech and a Pledge by the Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau Jr., September 9, 1941 • We Are For H.R.