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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/1
Time
0:00
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Introduction
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/1
Time
0:21
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Work experience at a battery-making shop--the process of making
batteries
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/1
Time
4:51
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Health hazards in the battery shop--state inspection resulted in the shop's
closing
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/1
Time
8:01
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Work at the Walsh Prothers Farm--New Deal public works projects--removing
wooden blocks from downtown streets--sewer line on west side--Riverside
Park
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/1
Time
14:11
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Getting a job at Fairbanks-Morse in 1938--casting molds for the YLA
engine--work as a chipper and grinder--hazards, “a jungle to work
in”--pouring as especially dangerous work, the death of a friend
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/1
Time
22:11
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Work in the F-M brass foundry--dangers of brass fumes, brass
chills--alcohol as antidote for brass chills--construction or new brass
foundry--long term effects of brass fumes
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/2
Time
0:00
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The process of casting brass--pay--the hierarchy of jobs at F-M
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/2
Time
3:43
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Black workers confined to the foundry--also jobs in the power house for
black workers--high noise level in power house--further comments on health
hazards--effects of OSHA regulations--wearing goggles
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/2
Time
9:33
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Little done about health hazards until recent years--working overtime in
“the hole,” George Hilliard--sand slinger accident
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/2
Time
12:34
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Organization of the Steelworkers local at F-M--Ben Gordon enthusiastic
supporter of union--many feared losing jobs
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/2
Time
15:11
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The company union--tearing up the company union cards
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/2
Time
16:18
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Jack Davis as the union leader--sitdown--company promotion of Jack
Davis
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Tape/Side/Part
24/1/2
Time
21:24
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Company reaction to union after the sitdown strike--the development of Ben
Gordon's interest in the union, influence of the Chicago
Defender
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/1
Time
0:00
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Introduction
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/1
Time
0:11
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The union and discrimination--eventual breakdown of job discrimination at
F-M, government rules for defense contractors during World War II
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/1
Time
2:50
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AFL craft unions at F-M, no black members--interracial cooperation in
organising the CIO local, forced by national leadership--Neal Harris and Herron
Johnson as black union leaders
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/1
Time
10:03
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Neal Harris as a grievance committee man--job classification under the
union, grievances
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/1
Time
12:59
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Need for union, wages and working conditions--broke power of foremen--Ben
Gordon fired, took case to Industrial Commission and won--foremen lose
power
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/1
Time
17:45
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Company reaction to the union--community reaction to the union, much
support--running grocery bills--exploitation by some grocers and support from
others
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/1
Time
25:24
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Leaving Fairbanks-Morse for Walsh brothers Farm--George Zabel wanted B.G.
to stay at F-M--pay cut at Walsh's, but free home and produce--Ben Gordon as
herdsmen for prize swine--good experience for Gordon children, son became a
veterinarian
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/2
Time
0:00
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The swine business--offers to Ben Gordon from other producers--purebred
breeding stock, sold nationwide--B.G. as the swine manager--fellow
workers
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/2
Time
5:39
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Ben Gordon made a partner in the Walsh Farm--Walshes as prosperous
farmers--Gordon children at the state fair, blue ribbon winners--left farm in 1954
after first wife's death--schooling for children
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/2
Time
12:05
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Back to F-M, opposed piston division--then into the atomic energy
project--subsequent work experiences
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Tape/Side/Part
24/2/2
Time
16:06
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Story of half-brother James H. Gordon, hurt by foundry work in St.
Louis--reason for James leaving Mississippi, refused to call a white friend
“Mister,” became an issue between the families, James eventually left as
a result
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