This general subject file, arranged alphabetically by topic and chronologically
thereunder, includes correspondence of President Emil Rieve and of his staff. Other
communications are in the form of telegrams, mimeographed circulars, form letters,
and related papers, a few of which are printed. Most of the letters are staff
communications with various national offices or with locals and joint boards,
although there is some correspondence with other unions, politicians, and
businessmen.
Subjects of papers in the file include administration and financial affairs of the
union at all levels, wages, negotiations, strikes, internal strife, politics, and
testimony before congressional committees. Proposed methods of coping with the many
problems in the textile industry, usually written from the viewpoint of union
members and officers, are the subjects of many of the letters and memoranda in this
file.
