Research Report 2, Parts 1 & 2: Selected Hoboken, N.J. Companies & National Labor Relations Board. (1935-1946). 2011.

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Research Report 2, Parts 1 & 2: Selected Hoboken, N.J. Companies & National Labor Relations Board. (1935-1946). 2011.

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2011.014.0002

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Research Report 2. Selected Hoboken, New Jersey Companies and National Labor Relations Board. Report and Attachments. Parts 1 and 2. January 7, 2011. Prepared for Holly Metz [Hoboken, N.J.] by Peggy Ann Brown, Ph.D., Alexandria, VA. Three folders. Research at the National Archives was regarding contracts, a strike and fact finding and/or actions by the NLRB primarily focusing on 1935-1946 (1945 not covered.) Full text of the report is below and in notes. Report: cover sheet plus forty-four typed pages. PDF of the report is on file. Report is for both parts 1 and 2, part 2 being only attachments (photocopies) which are listed and summarized in the report. Attachments are legal size photocopies and are listed in the report: part 2: 135 leaves; part 2: 241 leaves. Holographic notes attached by reader. Attachments not imaged. See archives 2011.014.0001 for a related research report: Research Report 1: Sweets Company of America, Hoboken, New Jersey and National Labor Relations Board. Report and Attachments. Companies: American Gydnia Line American Lead Pencil Company Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Shipbuilding Division, Hoboken Yard Continental Baking Company (Hostess) Franklin Baker Company (Baker's Coconut; General Foods) Gdynia American Line General Electric Corporation (Mercury Vapor products) General Foods Corporation (Baker's Coconut; Maxwell House Coffee) Hoboken Land & Improvement Company Holland America Line (or Holland American Line) Hostess Bakery (Continental Baking Co.) Lipton Tea (Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. or Continental Foods, Inc.) Maxwell House Coffee (or General Foods Corp.) Navigazione Liberia Triestan Lines Neumann Leather Company Neumann Leathers R. Neumann & Company R.B. Davis Company (or Davis Baking Powder) Schmalz Bakery (or Continental Baking Company); Hostess Bakery) Sweets Company of America (Tootsie Roll) Todd Shipyards Corporation (of Todd Dry Dock Corp.) Wilson Line (Ellerman's) ______________ 2011.014.0002 Text of Report Peggy Ann Brown, Ph.D. 3000 OLD Dominion BLVD. ALEXANDRIA, VA 22305 703-820-1234 [email protected] www.peggyannbrown.net January 7, 2011 Prepared for Holly Metz Research Report 2 Selected Hoboken, New Jersey Companies and National Labor Relations Board Report and Attachments Part 1 Table of Contents Report Summary Page 2 Research Findings Page 5 Published Indexes to NLRB Materials Page 5 A1 Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files Page 8 1935-1937 Page 8 1938-1939 Page 12 1940 Page 17 1941 Page 21 1942 Page 25 1943 Page 35 1944 Page 39 1946 Page 40 Recommendations for continuing and further research Page 44 Peggy Ann Brown, Ph.D. 3000 Old Dominion Blvd. Alexandria, VA 22305 703-820-1234 [email protected] www.peqqyannbrown.net Research Report 2 [Part 1] Selected Hoboken, New Jersey Companies and National Labor Relations Board Report Summary Per your e-mail direction, I began looking for information on the Hoboken companies identified by you in the records of the National Labor Relations Board (Record Group 25, NLRB). I followed the same procedure identified in the research for the Sweets Company of America. I again had little success finding the companies in the microfilmed indexes. The exception was an entry for the Wilson Line. However, when I ordered the microfilm volumes for this folder, the staff lost the microfilm between the textual stacks (where they were stored) and the Microfilm Reading Room. I have been assured that the records were found once and should be available. To date, I did not have time to pursue this search. I began going through A1 Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files for the 16 new companies listed in your email, plus Todd Dry Dock. Although this is a straightforward process for 1936-1946 when the files were arranged by year, and thereafter chronologically, the magnitude of ordering the boxes within Archives pull time and box limit constraints (combined with time for photocopying), proved too much for me to complete by your original deadline of January 7. I stand ready to complete these searches at your direction and apologize for not being able to get through all the materials. As you will see from the research findings, there was sometimes more than one folder with the same case number; some materials in these were duplicates but some were not. I tried going backwards, beginning with 1946 to see if I could speed up the process but found this made little difference. I have included the inclusive company names for the individual boxes so that you can search for any other companies that might be of interest and can assume that there are no folders for that company in the specific box as I searched for other Hoboken companies in all ordered boxes. I have kept the materials in the order in which they appeared in the folder; for the most part this means folders are in reverse chronological order. Please note that the Bethlehem Steel and Todd Dry Dock materials often contain information on both the New York and Hoboken yards. Apparently their cases were investigated and pursued both individually and together. To date, I have located files on the following companies: 1935-37 Case No. II-R-49 Davis, (R.B.) Baking Powder, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. II-C-320 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J. 1938-39 Case No. 1 l-C-2406 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J. Case No. 11 -C-2532 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J. 1940 Case No. ll-C-2785 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J 1941 Case No. II-C-4011 Lipton, Thomas J. & Continental Foods, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. II-R-2633 Lipton, Thos. J. Inc., & Continental Foods, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey 1942 Case No. II-R-3026 Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. R-3540 Bethlehem Steel Co. (Shipbuilding Div.), Hoboken, New Jersey 1943 Case No. R-237 Todd Shipyards & Robins Drydock & Repair Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4190 Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbldg. Div., Hoboken Yard, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. II-R-3553 Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4079 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4172 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4293 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. R-5798 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-3905 Hoboken Land and Improvement Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. R-5667 Todd-Dry Dock-Corp., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. R-5668 Todd Dry Dock Corp., Hoboken, New Jersey 1944 [did not complete going through these files as of January 7] Case No. 2-C-5308 Bethlehem Steel, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4453 Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipbuilding Div. Hoboken Yard, ken, New Jersey 1945 [have not yet looked through the 1945 files as of January 7] 1946 [did not complete going through the 1946 files as of January 7] Case No. 2-C-6124 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-6912 Franklin, A.W. Mfg. Corp., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-C-5888 General Electric Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-5833 General Electric Co. Lamp Dept. Hoboken Works, Hoboken New Jersey Case No. 2-R-7244 General Foods Corporation—Franklin Baker Division, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-C-6156 Lipton Tea Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-6276 Lipton, Thos. J. Inc. & Continental Foods, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey The following pages detail the information presented in the above summary. National Archives, College Park, Maryland (Archives 2) Research Findings Published Indexes to NLRB Materials NARA Microfilm Publication A 3358, Index to NLRB Transcripts and Exhibits, 1935-1948 For this examination I used all five rolls Current Location: NA2, Microfilm Reading Room, Cabinet IB / Drawer 10 Hostess Cake Bakery —no card R.B. Davis —no card Franklin Baker —no card [also no cards for Baker's Chocolate or Baker's Coconut] Schmalz Bakery —no card American Lead Pencil —no card Neumann Leathers —no card Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Hoboken —cards for San Francisco and Baltimore but no card for Hoboken Lipton Tea —no card Maxwell House Coffee —no card General Electric Mercury Vapor Lamp Company -no card for this division or for Hoboken Holland-American Line —no card Gdynia-American Line —no card Scandinavian-American Line —no card Navigazione Liberia Triestian Lines —no card Red Star Line —no card Wilson Line —no card Guide to Federal Records, Record Group 25 Microfilmed Bound Briefs, Volumes 1-2.OOP. 1935-61. Re ference Master Microfilm Index Box 1 [contains index and volumes 1-56] Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 36, Compartment 46, Shelf 4 I checked your list of companies in the index to this collection: Hostess Cake Bakery —no card R.B. Davis —no card Franklin Baker —no card [also no cards for Baker's Chocolate or Baker's Coconut] Schmalz Bakery —no card American Lead Pencil —no card Neumann Leathers —no card Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Hoboken -cards for Steelton, Penn., and Sparrows Point but no card for Hoboken Lipton Tea —no card Maxwell House Coffee —no card General Electric Mercury Vapor Lamp Company —no card Holland-American Line —no card Gdynia-American Line —no card Scandinavian-American Line —no card Navigazione Liberia Triestian Lines —no card Red Star Line —no card Wilson Line —no city is given on these 2 cards so copied information to investigate further: Wilson Line, Inc. 3 CCA C-1277,1278 No. 7703 Vol. 286 286-10 Board appendix (no company appendix) 11 Board brief 12 Company brief 13 Board reply brief 14 Company reply brief 15 CCA opinion Wilson Lines Inc. 3 CCA No. 7703 C-1277,1278; contempt Vol. 431 431 -9 Board petition in contempt 10 Company answer to board petition I ordered Volumes 286 and 431 through textual records to follow up on the Wilson Line cards. Thus far these microfilm reels have gone missing, although I have received assurances that they were picked up from the stacks for delivery to the Microfilm Reading Room. I did not have the chance to verify this. Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files After the success of finding the Sweets Company of America, I researched your new companies of interest in these files for 1938-1946. These files are arranged chronologically and thereunder alphabetically. I ordered the companies of interest by year, with the hope that there would be a file in the appropriate file range. You will notice that there is a declassification sticker on some of the photocopies. This was not necessary in the true sense of declassification (such as a State Department document becoming declassified); however, whenever a document has the word "Secret," it is recommended that the researcher obtain a declass sticker so as not to raise the potential of any problems with the guards on exiting. In this entry group, there were "secret ballots" for union elections. 1935-1937 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 14,1935-37, American Insulated Wire Co. thru American Oil Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 35, Shelf 1 —no folder for American Lead Pencil —no other Hoboken companies in this box Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 46,1935-37, Bethlehem Shipbuilding thru Big Four Advertising Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 36, Shelf 1 —no folder for Bethlehem Steel Shipyard —no other Hoboken companies in this box Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 104,1935-37, Dahahy Packing Co. Inc. thru Dayton Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 2 Located folder: Case No. II-R-49 Davis, (R.B.) Baking Powder, Hoboken, New Jersey —folder stamped Case Closed 5/10/1937 and Stored Photocopied all of the following: Case Closed Report, May 15,1937 —re election held May 10,1937, with 130 votes for the union carrying Report on Adjusted Case, petition received May 7,1937 —re election "to determine true choice of employee representation" —Warehousemen's Union Local 19897 New Case, petition received May 7, 1937, week of May 8 report —re election "to determine the true choice of employee representation" —action was election arrangements Report of election, eligibility of voters, instructions, counting of ballots by Elinore Morehouse Herrick, Regional Director, May 7.1937 Report upon Secret Ballot, May 12,1937 by Elinore Morehouse Herrick, Regional Director, Second Region --"In the matter of R.B. Davis Baking Powder Company and Grocery Handlers, Porters, & Warehousemen's Union No. 19897" Ballot for May 10,1937 election for "purpose of collective bargaining" by said Union Petition for Investigation and Certification of representatives Pursuant to Section 9(c) Of the National Labor Relations Act, R.B.Davis Baking Powder Company (did not photocopy multiple copies of reports) A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 132,1935-37, Fox Paper Company thru S.S.Freeman and Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 6 -no folder for Franklin Baker -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 136,1935-37, Gardner Richardson Co. thru General Baking Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 7 -no folder for Gdynia-American Line -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 137, 1935-37, General Baking Company thru General Garments, Inc. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 7 -no folder for General Electric Mercury Vapor Lamp Company -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 198, 1935-37, Lindner Co. thru Marcus Loew Booking Agency Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 2 -no folder for Lipton Tea -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 164,1935-37, Hochstadter, F.G. thru Hollyvogue Knitting Mills Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 38, Shelf 4 -no folder for Holland American Line -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken Elinore Morehouse Herrick, Regional Director, May 7.1937 Report upon Secret Ballot, May 12,1937 by Elinore Morehouse Herrick, Regional Director, Second Region --"In the matter of R.B. Davis Baking Powder Company and Grocery Handlers, Porters, & Warehousemen's Union No. 19897" Ballot for May 10,1937 election for "purpose of collective bargaining" by said Union Petition for Investigation and Certification of representatives Pursuant to Section 9(c) Of the National Labor Relations Act, R.B.Davis Baking Powder Company (did not photocopy multiple copies of reports) A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 132,1935-37, Fox Paper Company thru S.S.Freeman and Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 6 -no folder for Franklin Baker -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 136,1935-37, Gardner Richardson Co. thru General Baking Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 7 -no folder for Gdynia-American Line -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 137, 1935-37, General Baking Company thru General Garments, Inc. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 7 -no folder for General Electric Mercury Vapor Lamp Company -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 198, 1935-37, Lindner Co. thru Marcus Loew Booking Agency Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 2 -no folder for Lipton Tea -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 164,1935-37, Hochstadter, F.G. thru Hollyvogue Knitting Mills Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 38, Shelf 4 -no folder for Holland American Line -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 166,1935-37, Hoosier Lamp and Stamping Co. thru Houston Brass Products Corp. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 38, Shelf 4 -no folder for Hostess Cake Bakery -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1 -Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 214,1935-37, Matson Lines thru McBride Sugar Plantation Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 4 -no folder for Maxwell House Coffee -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 234, 1935-37, Natl Sugar Refining thru Nelson Steamship Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 7 -no folder for Navigazione Libera Triestian Lines -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 235,1935-37, Nelson S.S. Co., thru New Grand Ronde Lumber Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 7 Photocopied all -located folder: Case No. II-C-320 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J. Stamped Case Closed 5-26-1937 Stored January 10,1940 letter from Estelle s. Frankfurter, Administrative Asst. to Anthony Santa Maria re this case and case II-C-2406 December 29,1939 letter from Estelle s. Frankfurter, Administrative Asst. to Anthony Santa Maria re this case and case II-C-2406 Report on Adjusted Case National Leather Workers Association 27 and R. Neumann & Co., petition received May 26,1937 New Case re R. Neumann, mfrs. Of leather goods, re interference, coercion, and refusal to bargain collectively, petition received May 26,1937 Charge, in the matter of R. Neumann & Co., a corporation of New Jersey and National Leather Workers Ass'n, Local 27, date filed May 26,1937 A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 273,1935-37, Rand Rubber Co. thru Regal Cleaners and Dyers Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 40, Shelf 5 -no folder for Red Star Line -no folder for any other Hoboken companies A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 287, 1935-37, Sapolin, Inc. thru Schafer Brothers S.S.Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 7 -no folder for Scandinavian-American Line -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 288,1935-37, Schefer's Bakery thru Schumer, William Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 41, Shelf 1 -no folder for Sehmalz Bakery -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 347, 1935-37, Wilson (Alex) and Co. thru Wisconsin News Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 42, Shelf 2 -no folder for Wilson Line in Hoboken [3 folders for Wilson Line in Wilmington, Del.] -no folder for any other Hoboken company 1938-1939 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 395, 1938-39, American Hide and Leather Co. thru American Mfg Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 43, Shelf 2 --no folder for American Lead Pencil -no folder for any other Hoboken Company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 462,1938-39, Bethlehem Steel Co. thru Big Jack Overall Co., Inc. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 44, Shelf 4 -no folder for Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Hoboken [several folders for Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna, N.Y.; Los Angeles; Sparrow's Point, Md. -no folder for any other Hoboken Company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 589, 1938-39, Davis Granite Co. & Phillips Granite thru D&B Pump and Supply Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 47, Shelf 2 -no folder for R.B. Davis -no folder for any other Hoboken Company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 669,1938-39, Frankenthaler Ribbons, Inc. thru Freedman, Charles Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 48, Shelf 6 -no folder for Franklin Baker -no folder for any other Hoboken Company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 687, 1938-39, General Electric Company thru General Fire Truck Corp. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 49, Shelf 2 -no folder for General Electric Mercury Vapor although there were folders for other General Electric divisions in other states -no folder for any other Hoboken company AI-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 683, 1938-39, Gatwe City Cotton Mills thru Gem-Dandy Garter Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 49, Shelf 2 -no folder for Gdynia American Line -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 747,1938-39, Hogan, T and Sons, Inc. thru Hollingshead, R.M. Corp Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 50, Shelf 3 -no folder for Holland American Lines, Hoboken although there are several folders for the company location in New Orleans -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 754,1938-39, Horni Signal Mfg. Corp thru Hotel Pennsylvania Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 50, Shelf 4 -no folder for Hostess Cake Bakery in Hoboken, although there is one folder each for Hostess New York and Cincinnati -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 837,1938-39, Harris J. Ripman thru Little Gem Coal Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 52, Shelf 3 -no folder for Lipton Tea -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 876,1938-39, Matusow Mfg. thru May Knitting Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 53, Shelf 2 -no folder for Maxwell House in Hoboken although there are 2 folders for Maxwell House in Brooklyn -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 932, 1938-39, Naumkeag Steam Cotton co. thru Nekoosa Edwards Paper Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 54, Shelf 2 -no folder for Navigazione Libera -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 933,1938-39, Nekoosa Edwards Paper Co., thru Newark Rivet Works Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 54, Shelf 2 Located folder for: R. Neumann & Co., 1 l-C-2406 Hoboken, N.J. Stamped Case Closed, Stored Photocopied all the following: January 10,1940 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter, Administrative Assistant to Anthony Santa Maria, Jersey City re R Neumann & Co., II-C-2532, II-C-2406, II-C-320 December 29,1939 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter, Administrative Assistant to Anthony Santa Maria, Jersey City re R Neumann & Co., II-C-2532, II-C-2406, II-C-320 December 29,1939 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter, Administrative Assistant to Dr. J.R. Steelman, Director of Conciliation, Dept. of Labor re communications with Anthony Santa Maria December 19,1939 letter from J.R. Steelman to Nathan Witt, Secretary, NLRB re communications with Anthony Santa Maria December 13, 1939 letter from Anthony Santa Maria to Honorable President re unfair labor practices at R. Neumann & Co. October 11,1939 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter to Anthony SantaMaria acknowledging letter October 4,1939 letter from James T. Godwin, Anthony Santa Maria et al to J. Warren Madden, Chairman of NLRB re affiliation with AFL due to unfair labor practices at R. Neumann & Co. Closed Case Report re R. Neumann & Co., petition received May 31,1939 Weekly Report on Pending Cases, June 17,1939 re R. Neumann, with chronology of June actions New Case, Weekly report, June 3,1939 re R. Neumann & Co. "interference and coercion; refusal to bargain collectively resulting in a strike" Charge, June 6,1939 docketed re R. Neumann & Co. and International Fur & Leather Workers Union Located 2nd folder for R. Neumann & Co., 1 l-C-2532, Hoboken, N.J. Stamped Case Closed, Stored Photocopied all of the following: Closed Case Report, R. Neumann & Co., Oct. 30,1939 docketed Weekly Report on Pending Cases, week of Oct. 7,1939 for R. Neumann & Co. with chronology Weekly report on Pending Cases, week of September 23,1939 for R. Neumann & Co., with chronology Weekly report on Pending Cases, week of September 9,1939 for R. Neumann & Co., with chronology Weekly Report on Pending Cases, week of August 26,1939, for R. Neumann & Co., with chronology New Cases, week ending August 12,1939 for R. Neumann & Co. for "interference and coercion; company union; discriminatory discharge of James I. Godwin and Anthony Santa Maria for union activity January 15,1940 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter to Dr. J.R. Steelman, Director, Conciliation Service, Dept of Labor re letter from Anthony Santa Maria to the President January 12,1940 letter from J.R. Steelman to Nathan Witt, Secretary, NLRB, re Santa Maria's letter to President January 6,1940 letter from Anthony Santa Maria to F.D. Roosevelt January 10,1940 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter, Administrative Assistant, to Anthony Santa Maria re confusion about replies re R. Neumann & Co. January 3,1940 letter from Antony Santa Maria to Frankfurter December 28,1939 memo from Beatrice M. Stern to Elinore M. Herrick re "R. Neumann & Company.. .the Board considered the appeal from your refusal to issue complaint and decided to sustain your position." December 28,1939 letter from Beatrice M. Stern, Assistant Secretary to Emanuel Sosnow, Esquire, re R. Neumann re regional director's refusal to issue a complaint December 11,1939 inter-office memo from Thomas I. Emerson, Associate General Counsel, NLRB, to Beatrice M. Stern, Assistant Secretary re regional director's Refusal to issue complaint in matter of R. Neumann & Company and James I. Godwin and Anthony Santa Maria. Case No. II-C-2532 [with detailed background] November 14,1939 interoffice memo from Elinore M. Herrick, regional director, 2nd Region to E.S. Frankfurter re R. Neumann & Co. November 3,1939 memo from Dockets to Alice Nelson re request for review of regional Director's dismissal of R. Neumann case November 13,1939 memo from E.S. Frankfurter to NLRB 2nd Region, re refusal to Issue complaint in R. Neumann case November 13,1939 letter from Frankfurter to Smanuel [sic] Sosnow, Esquire re R. Neuman [sic] case re request for review re Regional Director's refusal to issue complaint November 10, 1939 letter from Emanuel Sosnow to NLRB with enclosure re R. Neumann case: United States of America Before the NLRB in the matter of R. Neumann & Company and James I. Godwin and Anthony Santa Maria re Request for Review, dated November 10,1939 November 3,1939 letter from Frankfurter to Sosnow re acknowledgement of October 31 letter October 31,1939 letter from Emanuel Sosnow to NLRB re his being retained by James Godwin and Roco Santa Maria [note first name used here] re Case II C-2532, R. Neumann & Co. September 30,1939 letter from Elinore M. Herrick, Regional Director, to Local 21088 of the AFL, Jacob Friedland re charges against R. Neumann re investigation of complaint; findings that case is not sufficiently strong to w... [truncated due to length]

Acquisition

Accession

2011.014

Source or Donor

Metz, Holly

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1935 - 1946

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: 2011 Date(s): 1935-1946

General Notes

Note

Notes: 2011.014.0002 Text of Report Peggy Ann Brown, Ph.D. 3000 OLD Dominion BLVD. ALEXANDRIA, VA 22305 703-820-1234 [email protected] www.peggyannbrown.net January 7, 2011 Prepared for Holly Metz Research Report 2 Selected Hoboken, New Jersey Companies and National Labor Relations Board Report and Attachments Part 1 Table of Contents Report Summary Page 2 Research Findings Page 5 Published Indexes to NLRB Materials Page 5 A1 Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files Page 8 1935-1937 Page 8 1938-1939 Page 12 1940 Page 17 1941 Page 21 1942 Page 25 1943 Page 35 1944 Page 39 1946 Page 40 Recommendations for continuing and further research Page 44 Peggy Ann Brown, Ph.D. 3000 Old Dominion Blvd. Alexandria, VA 22305 703-820-1234 [email protected] www.peqqyannbrown.net Research Report 2 [Part 1] Selected Hoboken, New Jersey Companies and National Labor Relations Board Report Summary Per your e-mail direction, I began looking for information on the Hoboken companies identified by you in the records of the National Labor Relations Board (Record Group 25, NLRB). I followed the same procedure identified in the research for the Sweets Company of America. I again had little success finding the companies in the microfilmed indexes. The exception was an entry for the Wilson Line. However, when I ordered the microfilm volumes for this folder, the staff lost the microfilm between the textual stacks (where they were stored) and the Microfilm Reading Room. I have been assured that the records were found once and should be available. To date, I did not have time to pursue this search. I began going through A1 Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files for the 16 new companies listed in your email, plus Todd Dry Dock. Although this is a straightforward process for 1936-1946 when the files were arranged by year, and thereafter chronologically, the magnitude of ordering the boxes within Archives pull time and box limit constraints (combined with time for photocopying), proved too much for me to complete by your original deadline of January 7. I stand ready to complete these searches at your direction and apologize for not being able to get through all the materials. As you will see from the research findings, there was sometimes more than one folder with the same case number; some materials in these were duplicates but some were not. I tried going backwards, beginning with 1946 to see if I could speed up the process but found this made little difference. I have included the inclusive company names for the individual boxes so that you can search for any other companies that might be of interest and can assume that there are no folders for that company in the specific box as I searched for other Hoboken companies in all ordered boxes. I have kept the materials in the order in which they appeared in the folder; for the most part this means folders are in reverse chronological order. Please note that the Bethlehem Steel and Todd Dry Dock materials often contain information on both the New York and Hoboken yards. Apparently their cases were investigated and pursued both individually and together. To date, I have located files on the following companies: 1935-37 Case No. II-R-49 Davis, (R.B.) Baking Powder, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. II-C-320 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J. 1938-39 Case No. 1 l-C-2406 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J. Case No. 11 -C-2532 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J. 1940 Case No. ll-C-2785 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J 1941 Case No. II-C-4011 Lipton, Thomas J. & Continental Foods, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. II-R-2633 Lipton, Thos. J. Inc., & Continental Foods, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey 1942 Case No. II-R-3026 Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. R-3540 Bethlehem Steel Co. (Shipbuilding Div.), Hoboken, New Jersey 1943 Case No. R-237 Todd Shipyards & Robins Drydock & Repair Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4190 Bethlehem Steel Company, Shipbldg. Div., Hoboken Yard, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. II-R-3553 Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4079 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4172 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4293 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. R-5798 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-3905 Hoboken Land and Improvement Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. R-5667 Todd-Dry Dock-Corp., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. R-5668 Todd Dry Dock Corp., Hoboken, New Jersey 1944 [did not complete going through these files as of January 7] Case No. 2-C-5308 Bethlehem Steel, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-4453 Bethlehem Steel Co. Shipbuilding Div. Hoboken Yard, ken, New Jersey 1945 [have not yet looked through the 1945 files as of January 7] 1946 [did not complete going through the 1946 files as of January 7] Case No. 2-C-6124 Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-6912 Franklin, A.W. Mfg. Corp., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-C-5888 General Electric Co., Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-5833 General Electric Co. Lamp Dept. Hoboken Works, Hoboken New Jersey Case No. 2-R-7244 General Foods Corporation—Franklin Baker Division, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-C-6156 Lipton Tea Company, Hoboken, New Jersey Case No. 2-R-6276 Lipton, Thos. J. Inc. & Continental Foods, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey The following pages detail the information presented in the above summary. National Archives, College Park, Maryland (Archives 2) Research Findings Published Indexes to NLRB Materials NARA Microfilm Publication A 3358, Index to NLRB Transcripts and Exhibits, 1935-1948 For this examination I used all five rolls Current Location: NA2, Microfilm Reading Room, Cabinet IB / Drawer 10 Hostess Cake Bakery —no card R.B. Davis —no card Franklin Baker —no card [also no cards for Baker's Chocolate or Baker's Coconut] Schmalz Bakery —no card American Lead Pencil —no card Neumann Leathers —no card Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Hoboken —cards for San Francisco and Baltimore but no card for Hoboken Lipton Tea —no card Maxwell House Coffee —no card General Electric Mercury Vapor Lamp Company -no card for this division or for Hoboken Holland-American Line —no card Gdynia-American Line —no card Scandinavian-American Line —no card Navigazione Liberia Triestian Lines —no card Red Star Line —no card Wilson Line —no card Guide to Federal Records, Record Group 25 Microfilmed Bound Briefs, Volumes 1-2.OOP. 1935-61. Re ference Master Microfilm Index Box 1 [contains index and volumes 1-56] Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 36, Compartment 46, Shelf 4 I checked your list of companies in the index to this collection: Hostess Cake Bakery —no card R.B. Davis —no card Franklin Baker —no card [also no cards for Baker's Chocolate or Baker's Coconut] Schmalz Bakery —no card American Lead Pencil —no card Neumann Leathers —no card Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Hoboken -cards for Steelton, Penn., and Sparrows Point but no card for Hoboken Lipton Tea —no card Maxwell House Coffee —no card General Electric Mercury Vapor Lamp Company —no card Holland-American Line —no card Gdynia-American Line —no card Scandinavian-American Line —no card Navigazione Liberia Triestian Lines —no card Red Star Line —no card Wilson Line —no city is given on these 2 cards so copied information to investigate further: Wilson Line, Inc. 3 CCA C-1277,1278 No. 7703 Vol. 286 286-10 Board appendix (no company appendix) 11 Board brief 12 Company brief 13 Board reply brief 14 Company reply brief 15 CCA opinion Wilson Lines Inc. 3 CCA No. 7703 C-1277,1278; contempt Vol. 431 431 -9 Board petition in contempt 10 Company answer to board petition I ordered Volumes 286 and 431 through textual records to follow up on the Wilson Line cards. Thus far these microfilm reels have gone missing, although I have received assurances that they were picked up from the stacks for delivery to the Microfilm Reading Room. I did not have the chance to verify this. Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files After the success of finding the Sweets Company of America, I researched your new companies of interest in these files for 1938-1946. These files are arranged chronologically and thereunder alphabetically. I ordered the companies of interest by year, with the hope that there would be a file in the appropriate file range. You will notice that there is a declassification sticker on some of the photocopies. This was not necessary in the true sense of declassification (such as a State Department document becoming declassified); however, whenever a document has the word "Secret," it is recommended that the researcher obtain a declass sticker so as not to raise the potential of any problems with the guards on exiting. In this entry group, there were "secret ballots" for union elections. 1935-1937 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 14,1935-37, American Insulated Wire Co. thru American Oil Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 35, Shelf 1 —no folder for American Lead Pencil —no other Hoboken companies in this box Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 46,1935-37, Bethlehem Shipbuilding thru Big Four Advertising Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 36, Shelf 1 —no folder for Bethlehem Steel Shipyard —no other Hoboken companies in this box Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 104,1935-37, Dahahy Packing Co. Inc. thru Dayton Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 2 Located folder: Case No. II-R-49 Davis, (R.B.) Baking Powder, Hoboken, New Jersey —folder stamped Case Closed 5/10/1937 and Stored Photocopied all of the following: Case Closed Report, May 15,1937 —re election held May 10,1937, with 130 votes for the union carrying Report on Adjusted Case, petition received May 7,1937 —re election "to determine true choice of employee representation" —Warehousemen's Union Local 19897 New Case, petition received May 7, 1937, week of May 8 report —re election "to determine the true choice of employee representation" —action was election arrangements Report of election, eligibility of voters, instructions, counting of ballots by Elinore Morehouse Herrick, Regional Director, May 7.1937 Report upon Secret Ballot, May 12,1937 by Elinore Morehouse Herrick, Regional Director, Second Region --"In the matter of R.B. Davis Baking Powder Company and Grocery Handlers, Porters, & Warehousemen's Union No. 19897" Ballot for May 10,1937 election for "purpose of collective bargaining" by said Union Petition for Investigation and Certification of representatives Pursuant to Section 9(c) Of the National Labor Relations Act, R.B.Davis Baking Powder Company (did not photocopy multiple copies of reports) A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 132,1935-37, Fox Paper Company thru S.S.Freeman and Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 6 -no folder for Franklin Baker -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 136,1935-37, Gardner Richardson Co. thru General Baking Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 7 -no folder for Gdynia-American Line -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 137, 1935-37, General Baking Company thru General Garments, Inc. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 7 -no folder for General Electric Mercury Vapor Lamp Company -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 198, 1935-37, Lindner Co. thru Marcus Loew Booking Agency Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 2 -no folder for Lipton Tea -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 164,1935-37, Hochstadter, F.G. thru Hollyvogue Knitting Mills Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 38, Shelf 4 -no folder for Holland American Line -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken Elinore Morehouse Herrick, Regional Director, May 7.1937 Report upon Secret Ballot, May 12,1937 by Elinore Morehouse Herrick, Regional Director, Second Region --"In the matter of R.B. Davis Baking Powder Company and Grocery Handlers, Porters, & Warehousemen's Union No. 19897" Ballot for May 10,1937 election for "purpose of collective bargaining" by said Union Petition for Investigation and Certification of representatives Pursuant to Section 9(c) Of the National Labor Relations Act, R.B.Davis Baking Powder Company (did not photocopy multiple copies of reports) A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 132,1935-37, Fox Paper Company thru S.S.Freeman and Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 6 -no folder for Franklin Baker -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 136,1935-37, Gardner Richardson Co. thru General Baking Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 7 -no folder for Gdynia-American Line -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 137, 1935-37, General Baking Company thru General Garments, Inc. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 37, Shelf 7 -no folder for General Electric Mercury Vapor Lamp Company -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 198, 1935-37, Lindner Co. thru Marcus Loew Booking Agency Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 2 -no folder for Lipton Tea -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 164,1935-37, Hochstadter, F.G. thru Hollyvogue Knitting Mills Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 38, Shelf 4 -no folder for Holland American Line -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 166,1935-37, Hoosier Lamp and Stamping Co. thru Houston Brass Products Corp. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 38, Shelf 4 -no folder for Hostess Cake Bakery -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1 -Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 214,1935-37, Matson Lines thru McBride Sugar Plantation Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 4 -no folder for Maxwell House Coffee -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 234, 1935-37, Natl Sugar Refining thru Nelson Steamship Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 7 -no folder for Navigazione Libera Triestian Lines -no folder for any other companies located in Hoboken A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 235,1935-37, Nelson S.S. Co., thru New Grand Ronde Lumber Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 7 Photocopied all -located folder: Case No. II-C-320 R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J. Stamped Case Closed 5-26-1937 Stored January 10,1940 letter from Estelle s. Frankfurter, Administrative Asst. to Anthony Santa Maria re this case and case II-C-2406 December 29,1939 letter from Estelle s. Frankfurter, Administrative Asst. to Anthony Santa Maria re this case and case II-C-2406 Report on Adjusted Case National Leather Workers Association 27 and R. Neumann & Co., petition received May 26,1937 New Case re R. Neumann, mfrs. Of leather goods, re interference, coercion, and refusal to bargain collectively, petition received May 26,1937 Charge, in the matter of R. Neumann & Co., a corporation of New Jersey and National Leather Workers Ass'n, Local 27, date filed May 26,1937 A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 273,1935-37, Rand Rubber Co. thru Regal Cleaners and Dyers Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 40, Shelf 5 -no folder for Red Star Line -no folder for any other Hoboken companies A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 287, 1935-37, Sapolin, Inc. thru Schafer Brothers S.S.Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 39, Shelf 7 -no folder for Scandinavian-American Line -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 288,1935-37, Schefer's Bakery thru Schumer, William Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 41, Shelf 1 -no folder for Sehmalz Bakery -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 347, 1935-37, Wilson (Alex) and Co. thru Wisconsin News Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 42, Shelf 2 -no folder for Wilson Line in Hoboken [3 folders for Wilson Line in Wilmington, Del.] -no folder for any other Hoboken company 1938-1939 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 395, 1938-39, American Hide and Leather Co. thru American Mfg Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 43, Shelf 2 --no folder for American Lead Pencil -no folder for any other Hoboken Company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 462,1938-39, Bethlehem Steel Co. thru Big Jack Overall Co., Inc. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 44, Shelf 4 -no folder for Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in Hoboken [several folders for Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna, N.Y.; Los Angeles; Sparrow's Point, Md. -no folder for any other Hoboken Company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 589, 1938-39, Davis Granite Co. & Phillips Granite thru D&B Pump and Supply Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 47, Shelf 2 -no folder for R.B. Davis -no folder for any other Hoboken Company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 669,1938-39, Frankenthaler Ribbons, Inc. thru Freedman, Charles Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 48, Shelf 6 -no folder for Franklin Baker -no folder for any other Hoboken Company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 687, 1938-39, General Electric Company thru General Fire Truck Corp. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 49, Shelf 2 -no folder for General Electric Mercury Vapor although there were folders for other General Electric divisions in other states -no folder for any other Hoboken company AI-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 683, 1938-39, Gatwe City Cotton Mills thru Gem-Dandy Garter Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 49, Shelf 2 -no folder for Gdynia American Line -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 747,1938-39, Hogan, T and Sons, Inc. thru Hollingshead, R.M. Corp Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 50, Shelf 3 -no folder for Holland American Lines, Hoboken although there are several folders for the company location in New Orleans -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 754,1938-39, Horni Signal Mfg. Corp thru Hotel Pennsylvania Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 50, Shelf 4 -no folder for Hostess Cake Bakery in Hoboken, although there is one folder each for Hostess New York and Cincinnati -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 837,1938-39, Harris J. Ripman thru Little Gem Coal Company Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 52, Shelf 3 -no folder for Lipton Tea -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 876,1938-39, Matusow Mfg. thru May Knitting Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 53, Shelf 2 -no folder for Maxwell House in Hoboken although there are 2 folders for Maxwell House in Brooklyn -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 932, 1938-39, Naumkeag Steam Cotton co. thru Nekoosa Edwards Paper Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 54, Shelf 2 -no folder for Navigazione Libera -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 933,1938-39, Nekoosa Edwards Paper Co., thru Newark Rivet Works Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 54, Shelf 2 Located folder for: R. Neumann & Co., 1 l-C-2406 Hoboken, N.J. Stamped Case Closed, Stored Photocopied all the following: January 10,1940 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter, Administrative Assistant to Anthony Santa Maria, Jersey City re R Neumann & Co., II-C-2532, II-C-2406, II-C-320 December 29,1939 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter, Administrative Assistant to Anthony Santa Maria, Jersey City re R Neumann & Co., II-C-2532, II-C-2406, II-C-320 December 29,1939 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter, Administrative Assistant to Dr. J.R. Steelman, Director of Conciliation, Dept. of Labor re communications with Anthony Santa Maria December 19,1939 letter from J.R. Steelman to Nathan Witt, Secretary, NLRB re communications with Anthony Santa Maria December 13, 1939 letter from Anthony Santa Maria to Honorable President re unfair labor practices at R. Neumann & Co. October 11,1939 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter to Anthony SantaMaria acknowledging letter October 4,1939 letter from James T. Godwin, Anthony Santa Maria et al to J. Warren Madden, Chairman of NLRB re affiliation with AFL due to unfair labor practices at R. Neumann & Co. Closed Case Report re R. Neumann & Co., petition received May 31,1939 Weekly Report on Pending Cases, June 17,1939 re R. Neumann, with chronology of June actions New Case, Weekly report, June 3,1939 re R. Neumann & Co. "interference and coercion; refusal to bargain collectively resulting in a strike" Charge, June 6,1939 docketed re R. Neumann & Co. and International Fur & Leather Workers Union Located 2nd folder for R. Neumann & Co., 1 l-C-2532, Hoboken, N.J. Stamped Case Closed, Stored Photocopied all of the following: Closed Case Report, R. Neumann & Co., Oct. 30,1939 docketed Weekly Report on Pending Cases, week of Oct. 7,1939 for R. Neumann & Co. with chronology Weekly report on Pending Cases, week of September 23,1939 for R. Neumann & Co., with chronology Weekly report on Pending Cases, week of September 9,1939 for R. Neumann & Co., with chronology Weekly Report on Pending Cases, week of August 26,1939, for R. Neumann & Co., with chronology New Cases, week ending August 12,1939 for R. Neumann & Co. for "interference and coercion; company union; discriminatory discharge of James I. Godwin and Anthony Santa Maria for union activity January 15,1940 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter to Dr. J.R. Steelman, Director, Conciliation Service, Dept of Labor re letter from Anthony Santa Maria to the President January 12,1940 letter from J.R. Steelman to Nathan Witt, Secretary, NLRB, re Santa Maria's letter to President January 6,1940 letter from Anthony Santa Maria to F.D. Roosevelt January 10,1940 letter from Estelle S. Frankfurter, Administrative Assistant, to Anthony Santa Maria re confusion about replies re R. Neumann & Co. January 3,1940 letter from Antony Santa Maria to Frankfurter December 28,1939 memo from Beatrice M. Stern to Elinore M. Herrick re "R. Neumann & Company.. .the Board considered the appeal from your refusal to issue complaint and decided to sustain your position." December 28,1939 letter from Beatrice M. Stern, Assistant Secretary to Emanuel Sosnow, Esquire, re R. Neumann re regional director's refusal to issue a complaint December 11,1939 inter-office memo from Thomas I. Emerson, Associate General Counsel, NLRB, to Beatrice M. Stern, Assistant Secretary re regional director's Refusal to issue complaint in matter of R. Neumann & Company and James I. Godwin and Anthony Santa Maria. Case No. II-C-2532 [with detailed background] November 14,1939 interoffice memo from Elinore M. Herrick, regional director, 2nd Region to E.S. Frankfurter re R. Neumann & Co. November 3,1939 memo from Dockets to Alice Nelson re request for review of regional Director's dismissal of R. Neumann case November 13,1939 memo from E.S. Frankfurter to NLRB 2nd Region, re refusal to Issue complaint in R. Neumann case November 13,1939 letter from Frankfurter to Smanuel [sic] Sosnow, Esquire re R. Neuman [sic] case re request for review re Regional Director's refusal to issue complaint November 10, 1939 letter from Emanuel Sosnow to NLRB with enclosure re R. Neumann case: United States of America Before the NLRB in the matter of R. Neumann & Company and James I. Godwin and Anthony Santa Maria re Request for Review, dated November 10,1939 November 3,1939 letter from Frankfurter to Sosnow re acknowledgement of October 31 letter October 31,1939 letter from Emanuel Sosnow to NLRB re his being retained by James Godwin and Roco Santa Maria [note first name used here] re Case II C-2532, R. Neumann & Co. September 30,1939 letter from Elinore M. Herrick, Regional Director, to Local 21088 of the AFL, Jacob Friedland re charges against R. Neumann re investigation of complaint; findings that case is not sufficiently strong to warrant complaint Amended charge, filed September 26,1939 against R. Neumann & Co. Charge, filed August 2,1939 -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 1020,1938-39, Read Machinery Co. thru Red Line, Inc. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 55, Shelf 7 -no folder for Red Star Line [Red Line is in Roanoke, Virginia] -no folder for any other Hoboken company A1-Entry 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 1021,1938-39, Red Lands Power and Water Co. thru Red Top Cab Co. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 37, Compartment 55, Shelf 7 -no folder for Red Star Line -no folder for any other Hoboken company Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files. 1938-48 Box 1062, 1938-39, Scandinavian-American Line thru Schacht Rubber Co., Inc. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 38, Compartment 1, Shelf 6 -no folder for Scandinavian-American Line in Hoboken, only for New Orleans office -no folder for any other Hoboken company Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 1064,1938-39, Schick Dry Shaver thru Leonard J. Schrader and Co., Inc. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 38, Compartment 1, Shelf 6 -no folder for Schmalz Bakery -no folder for any other Hoboken company Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfair Labor Practices and Representation Case Files, 1938-48 Box 1161,1938-39, Titan Valve & Mfg. Co. thru Todd Shipyards Corp. Current Location: NA2, RG25, Stack Area 530, Row 38, Compartment 3, Shelf 6 -no folder for Todd Dry Docks in Hoboken; folders for Todd-Johnson Dry Docks in New Orleans and for Todd Shipyards Corp., Brooklyn -no folder for any other Hoboken company Al-Entrv 155 Formal and Informal Unfa... [truncated due to length]