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July 18th-30th; Correspondence from Harry Slattery to Keating re National Boulder Dam protest, National Electric Light and other power companies; from D.B. Robertson, BLF&E to Keating re_ the negotiation between the Western Railroads and the BLF&E, also contains confidential position papers of the union; from W.W. Royster, Chmn. Minnesota Leg. Bd., BLE to Alex Kinneberg re_ the Federal Inheritance Tax Law.

Scope and Contents Aug. 1st-12th; Correspondence from H.E. Wills to Chairmen of all BLE State Legislative Boards, re_ subscription to Labor, also correspondence to Keating re same; correspondence from Tom Terral, to Grand Lodge, BLF&E re BLF&E assistance to victims of the Mississippi River flood in Arkansas; from W.H. Sheasby to Keating re the effect of farm stabilization on inflation; telegram from D.B. Robertson to Keating informing him that dispute between Conference Committee of Managers Western...

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Aug. 15th-24th; Letter from Citizen's National Committee for Sacco-Vanzetti to Keating re_ same; correspondence from J.F. Cavanaugh to Keating enclosing clippings of one Rev. J.J. Hahn's remarks re Sacco-Vanzetti; between Keating and Myer Schoen re anti-Semitism in Labor's coverage of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial; from A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters re Pullman Co. arbitration with the Pullman porters.

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Aug. 26th-30th; Correspondence from A. Philip Randolph to Keating re Pullman porters organizing strategy and Pullman's refusal to arbitrate, enclosed flyer, " Pullman Porters Fight for Freedom;" from Jacob Yeager, Chmn. , Labor Div. Judge, James H. Gray Campaign Committee to E.J. Manion, Pres. ORT, re_ the breaking of the Mellon "gangs" judicial slate.

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Sept. 1st-23rd; Correspondence from Jacob Yeager to Keating re the Mellon slate for judges of the Court of Common Pleas; from Yeager to Keating enclosing clippings on results of primary election which smashed the Mellon judiciary slate.

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Sept. 24th-29th; Correspondence from D.B. Robertson to Keating re the selection of arbitrators in Western Railroad Wage negotiations of BLF&E; from David Wallerstein to Keating re recent court case in southwest which holds that railroads cannot have company unions.

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Oct. 1st-11th; Clippings re $100,000 bribe offered to then County Controller Charles C. McGovern not to be an independent candidate for county commissioner; press release from the Russell Sage Foundation re_ study by Ben M. Selekman entitled, "Postponing Strikes."

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Oct. 12th-27th; Correspondence from H.E. Rosher, Secretary-Treasurer, Railroad Yardmasters of America, enclosing material about Yardmasters fight for the 8 hr. day; from Keating to Harry Slattery, National Boulder Dam Assn., re the Boulder Dam.

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Nov. 1st-9th; Telegram from W. Wilson to Keating re_ the death of Arthur (Golden Rule) Nash, also includes clipping from the Cincinnati Post; correspondence from George Wylie, Chmn., Nebraska State Leg. Bd., BLF&E to Keating re Senator Norris as presidential candidate; pamphlet, "Giant Power Proposals in Pennsylvania, a Review," printed by Penn. State Chamber of Commerce.

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Nov. 10th-17th; Brief for Employees Before the Federal Arbitration Board, Wages of Firemen and Hostlers Western Railroads, prepared by Donald R. Richberg; clipping from the Philadelphia Record on Mayor-elect J. Henry Stump, Reading, Pa., Socialist Mayor; from D.B. Robertson re the Western Maryland Railway strike, includes memo to Keating by Gil Hyatt re_ same.