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"Labor-Taft-Hartley", 1954

 File — Box: 140, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning a number of amendments to the Taft-Hartley Act. The Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act of 1947) was a law to restrict the activities and power of labor unions. Senator Maybank voted for the initial law and also voted to over-ride President Truman's veto. In 1954 Maybank opposed a number of proposed changes to the act and successfully voted for the act to be recommitted to the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

Dates

  • Creation: 1954

Creator

Language of Material

From the Collection:

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 241.8 linear feet (149 document boxes, 136 cartons, 8 slim document boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 1 oversize scrapbook)

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

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