Minutes of Semi-Annual Plenary Session of the General Executive Board (G.E.B) September 6-7, 1941 by Sam Pezvner, with input and approval of Louise Thompson, on IWO support for entry into World War II
- Description:
- Minutes of Semi-Annual Plenary Session of the General Executive Board September 6-7, 1941 by Sam Pevzner with input and approval of Louise Thompson. Once the Soviet Union was invaded, the IWO's post Operation Barbarossa resolutions focus on immediately obtaining needed "Unity in the struggle against Hitler," support for World War II to include the UK and USSR, approval to buy $50,000 of US War bonds, and for the full integration of the armed forces and defense industry. Resolutions are also passed for internal support for the Women's Division, the Young Fraternalists, and the Junior Division. Attendees: Members Bedacht, Benjamin, Derevnuk, Feher, Greene, Haracz, Middleton, Nikolauk, Pevzner, Riback, Rymer, Saltzman, Sandler, Schiffel, Shipka, Vail, Vocila, Vrabel, Vukcevich, Brodsky, Colon, Dicker, Eiseman, Eisner, Jankovic, Katz, Kelner, Landy, Laws, Patterson, Peterson, Pilutik, Shaffer, Gardner, Gordon, Krchmarek, Levin, Lawry, Thompson, Trauber, Schiffer, Melus, Hellman. This text uses the term ‘Negro’ and/or 'Negro Labor' to refer to the concerted efforts made primarily in the 1920s-1940s to fight racial discrimination so as to ensure the fair employment of Black people, in union and other jobs including those in the private sector, civil service, as well as advocacy for the full integration of Black people into the armed services. Black unemployment and under employment were extremely high due to racial barriers. While the term ‘Negro’ might be read as pejorative today, the term was then used in a positive regard, including by Black leftists.
- Date:
- 1941-09-06 to 1941-09-07
- Copyright:
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- Creator:
- Pevzner, Sam (Sam Pevsner)
- File Name:
- 5276b01f08_01
- Identifier:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276, Box 1, Folder 8
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University