Summary Information
Dane County Labor Defense Council Records
1938-1952
- Dane County Labor Defense Council (Wis.)
U.S. Mss 33A Box 4
0.3 c.f. (1 black box)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Mainly radio scripts, 1941-1944, for broadcasts sponsored by a labor group organized in Dane County, Wisconsin during World War II and reactivated during the Korean War to coordinate union aid to government war programs. War profits, overtime duty, the draft, workers' education, and labor's attitude toward the national war effort are among the topics treated in the radio scripts. Ten items, 1950-1952, relate to the organization's activity during the Korean conflict. The collection also includes a folder of Wisconsin State Employees' Association correspondence, 1938-1941, and a sample copy of a constitution for local chapters.
English
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Biography/History
The Dane County Labor Defense Council was formed in August, 1950, to coordinate the efforts of over a hundred unions and auxiliaries in war defense efforts with the government. At the initial organizing meeting, July 30, 1950, the group planned to set up an association similar to the previous council during World War II, with committees on manpower, labor standards, civilian rights, sanitation, transportation, housing, and food distribution. Papers in this collection dated before 1950 are those of the World War II council of the same nature.
Scope and Content Note
The correspondence file includes only ten items--letters and bulletins, 1950, July 26 - 1952, July 31. In addition, the collection includes scripts of three series of radio programs sponsored by Dane County labor organizations during World War II.
The first series is the “Workers Service Radio Program,” 1941, Dec. 13 - 1942, Aug. 15. These programs are used to express the attitudes of organized labor toward the national war effort as a whole, as well as the point of view on such subjects as war profits, overtime for workers and overtime pay, poor working conditions excused by the war situation, allocation of wages for war bonds, workers' education, and the draft.
The second series, called “Labor's Weekly Broadcast,” 1942, Sept. 19 - 1944, Oct. 21, covers similar subjects as explained by local and international union leaders, Arnold Zander, Professor Ernest Schwarztrauber, and others. They discuss social security, manpower, the International Labor Organization, and the anticipated conversion of industry to a peacetime economy.
The third series of programs, “Labor Speaks,” 1943, Dec. 2 - 1944, Sept. 4, discusses the structure of trade unions on the local, state, and national levels, as well as subjects enumerated above. In addition, there are two separate radio scripts, “Labor Day,” 1942, Sept. 5, and “Poppy Day,” 1943.
Also included in this collection is a folder of papers of the Wisconsin State Employees Association containing correspondence, 1938, June 16 - 1941, June 19, and a sample copy of a constitution for local chapters.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Presented by Marvin Erickson, Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, Madison, Wisconsin, July 29, 1960.
Contents List
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Radio Scripts
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“Workers Service Radio Program,” 1941, Dec. 13-1942, Aug. 15
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Folder
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“Labor's Weekly Broadcast,” 1942, Sept. 19-1944, Oct. 21
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Folder
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“Labor Speaks,” 1943, Dec. 2-1944, Sept. 4
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Folder
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Wisconsin State Employees Association Correspondence, 1938, June 16-1941, June 19
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Folder
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Korean War Correspondence, 1950, July 26-1952, July 31
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