Violations of Free Speech and Rights of Labor

1-14) and is divided into the following four sections: Part 15-A, Railway Audit and Inspection Co.,

Part 15 is composed of exhibits supplementary to hearings held by the committee in 1936 and 1937 (pts.

National Corporation Service, National Metal Trades Assn., and the William J. Burns International

Inc.; part 15-C, The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co., the American Bridge Co., Goodyear Tire &

Detective Agency, Inc.; part 15-B, Corporations Auxiliary Co. and Pinkerton's National Detective Agency,

Rubber Co., and Harlan County, Ky.; and part 15-D, the Chicago Memorial Day Incident and Industrial

Munitioning (Federal Laboratories, Inc., the Lake Erie Chemical Co., and the Manville Manufacturing

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

A RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF THE

RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY AND

INTERFERENCE WITH THE RIGHT OF

LABOR TO ORGANIZE AND BAR-

GAIN COLLECTIVELY

PART 15-C

NOVEMBER 18, 1937

THE TENNESSEE COAL, IRON & RAILROAD CO.

THE AMERICAN BRIDGE CO.

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.

HARLAN COUNTY

Corporation).

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

ELBERT D. THOMAS, Utah, Chairman

ROYAL S. COPELAND, New York

WILLIAM E. BORAH, Idaho

DAVID L. WALSH, Massachusetts

ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, JR., Wisconsin

JAMES E. MURRAY, Montana

JAMES J. DAVIS, Pennsylvania

VIC DONAHEY, Ohio

RUSH D. HOLT, West Virginia

CLAUDE PEPPER, Florida

ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Louisiana

JOSH LEE, Oklahoma

EARL B. WIXÇEY, Clerk

KENNETH C. ROBERTSON, Assistant Clerk

SUBCOMMITTEE ON SENATE RESOLUTION 266

ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, JR., Wisconsin, Chairman

ELBERT D. THOMAS, Utah

ROBERT WOHLFORTH, Secretary

II

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.--.

5206-5208, 6299-6345

Exhibits offered for record i

5206-5028

Exhibits 2799–2856_,

6299-6345

Employment of deputies..

6299-6307

Use of National Guard in strikes.

6308-6313

Record of W. J. Hanna as special deputy.

C. J. McDaniels et al.

Strike expenses and company payments to deputies, etc. --6329-6335

Committee correspondence with National Guard..

6335-6337

1936 “red ore" strike..

6339-6342

Statement of munitions holdings (see also pp. 6337-6339) 6343-6345

The American Bridge Co.---

5208–5216, 6347-6451

Exhibits offered for record 1

5208-5216

Exhibits 2857-3063.

6347-6451

Pulaski Highway contract, correspondence and reports--- 6347-6350,

6366-6368

Newspaper clippings.

6350-6355

Litigation (correspondence and other documents). 6355-6360, 6376-6388

Guards and strikebreakers, etc..

6360–6366

Strike expenses.-

6369-6376, 6389-6451

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.---

5216-5218, 6453–6501

Exhibits offered for record 1

5216-5218

Exhibits 3064-3109.-

6453-6501

Affidavits and statements.

6453–6456, 6476–6479, 6496-6501

Sheriff James T. Flower.

6477-6479

L. G. Cleere..

6496-6498

William Howard Parker.

Strike expenses, including lists of deputies and guards, etc.-- 6456, 6457–

6476, 6480-6481
Special conference committee expenses.

6456
Communications with Industrial Assembly and the United
Rubber Workers of America..

6481-6496

Harlan County --

5218-5220, 6503-6734

Exhibits offered for record 1

5218-5220

Exhibits 3110–3406.

6503-6734

Report of Governor Sampson's investigating commission.. 6503-6510

Statistical data on coal companies and coal production. 6511-6535

Table of homicide deaths..

6536-6538

Munitions.

6539-6540, 6550

Green-Silvers Coal Corporation.--

6539

Mary Helen Coal Corporation.--

6539

United States Coal & Coke Co..

6540

Sheriff Theodore R. Middleton..

6550

Clover Splint Coal Co. house lease..

6541-6543
Sheriff Theodore R. Middleton's tax records ..

6545-6548
* Tbe testimony of Robert Wohlforth, who offered these documents for the rec sad, appears in pt. 15-A.

Harlan County-Continued.

Exhibits 3110–3406—Continued.

Page

United States Coal & Coke Co...

6551-6637

Police expenses.--

6551-6590

Bonds for private police.

6591-6607

Appointments of private police..

6607-6637

Harlan County Coal Operators' Association bulletins 6638–6645

Intimidation by deputy sheriffs-affidavits and statements. 6645–6679

Indictments of Walter B. Smith..

6679-6684

Jury commissioners, postmasters and elected county officials. 6684-6686

Transcript of the investigation before Judge James M. Gilbert, on

September 30 and October 1, 1935, in the Harlan circuit, of the

circulation of reports that there “is a reign of terror in Harlan

County---

6686-6735

Knihy

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