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Box 1

 Container

Contains 92 Results:

"Memorandum on the Waller Case", June 1942

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 91
Scope and Contents

Includes information on the shooting and trial, background of the case, appeals, and petition to the President requesting the appointment of a Presidential Commission of Inquiry.

Dates: June 1942

mailer regarding continued work in support of President's Committee on Fair Employment Practice; support of Pepper-Geyer Bill; and "defense of individual workers wherever they are the victims of brutality or community violence" in the aftermath of the execution of Odell Waller, October 3, 1942

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 92
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Workers Defense League Collection (1938-1954) contains 295 items consisting of newsletters; press and news releases; memoranda; mailers; and other documents generated by the Workers Defense League. Included in this collection are issues of News Bulletin; Last-Minute News; Workers Defense Bulletin; Press Service; and News Service as well as single sheet...
Dates: October 3, 1942