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Title
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Session II, July 20, 1976
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Reel/Side
10/1-A
Time
0:00 to 0:20
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Introduction
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Reel/Side
10/1-A
Time
0:21 to 2:58
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Recollection of the Civic and Industrial Council, management-oriented group
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Reel/Side
10/1-A
Time
2:59 to 6:37
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The union and the Janesville Gazette--no coverage of union--information to members by word of mouth--fear of arrest for handing out leaflets
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Reel/Side
10/1-A
Time
6:38 to 8:13
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The union and the police--no union publications
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Reel/Side
10/1-A
Time
8:14 to 9:48
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Company spy system
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Reel/Side
10/1-A
Time
9:49 to 12:59
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“Rumble” for a long time--the trim and cushion departments
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Reel/Side
10/1-A
Time
13:00 to 19:42
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Work pressure--union meetings, recitation of problems--working conditions in 1936, no fans, heat a problem--union membership and finances--membership grew in 1936
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Reel/Side
10/1-A
Time
19:43 to 28:03
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Leadership of UAW Local 95--Wes Van Horn--headliner group as militant--Straus Ellis, took care of himself--Waldo Luchsinger--Les Fay, leader in paint department--department as important factor in union membership, also rural-urban factor
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Reel/Side
10/1-A
Time
28:04 to 29:24
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GM as the real organizer
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
0:00 to 2:20
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D. D.'s recruiting efforts, risky--D. D. determined to force improvements
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
2:21 to 3:35
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UAW international communication with local leaders--need for secrecy
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
3:36 to 7:46
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Development of factionalism in Local 95--Luchsinger and Ellis as “go slow” faction--tension between Van Horn and Lou Adkins--D. D. closer to Van Horn
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
7:47 to 12:12
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Meetings as source of encouragement--taverns as meeting places, especially Beyer's Tavern under union meeting hall
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
12:13 to 16:25
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Unaware of lodge connections--planning for the sitdown strike, handful involved--Adkins, Van Horn, Fay, Jack Johnston--decision to sit down as local--small membership then--some departments strong, some weak
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
16:26 to 17:26
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Company union--formation of GM Alliance
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
17:27 to 21:35
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D. D. and the sitdown--made decision to sitdown earlier, told wife--walking up and down lines during the sitdown--marching around, no sitting during early stages
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
21:36 to 26:31
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Further recollections of sitdown, Jan. 5, 1937--lines shut down rapidly--fear for jobs--many waited to see
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
26:32 to 28:32
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Participation in march around plant as test of support for sitdown--reaction of foremen
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Reel/Side
10/1-B
Time
28:33 to 29:33
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Emotions of strikers--D. D.'s commitment
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
0:00 to 0:12
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Introduction
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
0:13 to 3:05
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Moods of workers during the sitdown--belligerency--slurs toward non-strikers--determination
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
3:06 to 5:12
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No physical violence--reaction of city officials--agreement to evacuate plant--meeting at union hall
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
5:13 to 6:33
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No concern about legality of sitdown
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
6:34 to 11:48
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Community reaction to strike--little sympathy, frequent remarks against strike--little concern for public opinion
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
11:49 to 14:19
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Recollection of the GM Alliance--attempts to break up Alliance meetings
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
14:20 to 15:45
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After the sitdown, celebration--rumors around town
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
15:46 to 19:56
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Wife's attitude toward sitdown and union--her attitudes softened eventually
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
19:57 to 21:12
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Activities in Janesville during strike
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
21:13 to 22:28
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Newspaper handling of the 1937 strike--no other sources of news
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
22:29 to 27:29
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Incidents during the strike--skirmishes--“forceful persuasion”--Alliance buttons--Clyde Arihood--leaders did not discourage skirmishes
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Reel/Side
10/2-A
Time
27:30 to 29:10
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After the strike in the plant, steward system
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Reel/Side
10/2-B
Time
0:00 to 4:05
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Membership increases--wildcat strike, almost every day, centered in trim and cushion departments
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Reel/Side
10/2-B
Time
4:06 to 6:36
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Situation in the body shop, tough superintendent--D. D. lost contact in 1938, daughter ill
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Reel/Side
10/2-B
Time
6:37 to 9:55
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D. D.'s experience as shop steward--no grievance procedure then
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Reel/Side
10/2-B
Time
9:56 to 15:06
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Stable leadership after sitdown--leadership in Local 95 after the strike
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Reel/Side
10/2-B
Time
15:07 to 18:00
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D. D.'s experience as committeeman
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Reel/Side
10/2-B
Time
18:01 to 24:45
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Union involvement in local politics--D. D. ran for city council--Abe Shumacher ran for school board--many union members not living in Janesville--role of the local press--Waldo Luchsinger on city council--importance of union involvement in politics
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