1. Volumes 1 & 2 (1942-1946)
  2. Volumes 1 & 2 (1942-1946): Table of Contents

Volumes 1 & 2 (1942-1946): Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreward
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The FEPC Years
Editorial Method and Abbreviations
FEPC Chronology
FEPC Personnel List
  • Jurisdictional Issues
  • Relationships with Federal Agencies
  • Post Office Department
  • Creedal Discrimination
  • National Origin, Alienage and Loyalty
  • Race, Creed and National Origin on Employment Application Forms,
  • Japanese Americans
  • Mexican-Americans
  • The Mining Industry
  • The Oil Industry
  • The Aircraft Industry
  • The Shipbuilding Industry/Boilermakers Union
  • The Steel Industry
  • Street and Local Railways
  • The Telephone Industry
  • Major Cases in St. Louis
  • The FEPC and Unions
  • Strikes and Work Stoppages

Volume 1

Prologue: The Home Town’s Race Problem

Memoranda of Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. as Field Assistant and Assistant Chief
under Robert C. Weaver, Chief of the Negro Employment and Training Division,
Office of Production Management and War Production Board

  • January 23, 1942, Memorandum on COFEP Complaint against the International Telephone and Radio Manufacturing Corporation and the Federal Telegraph Company, East Newark, N.J.
  • January 27, 1942, Memorandum on Westinghouse Employment Situation
  • February 2, 1942, Memorandum on COFEP Request from Mr. Eugene Davidson
  • April 23, 1942, Memorandum on the Brecon Bagloading Plant, Flora, Mississippi
  • Memoranda of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., as Principal Fair Practice Examiner, Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC)ca.
  • October 10, 1942, Memorandum on Portland, Oregon Shipyards
  • November 28, 1942, Memorandum on Suspension of War Training for Negroes in Alabama
  • December 4, 1942, Memorandum on Wage Rate for Harvesting Sugar Cane in Florida and Louisiana
  • December 14, 1942, Memorandum on U.S. Postal System
  • December 17, 1942, Memorandum on Proposed Directive to Mr. F. G. Seulberger, Chairman Department of Industrial Relations, Northwestern University
  • December 23, 1942, Memorandum on Tennessee Valley Authority Employment Practices
  • December 28, 1942, Memorandum on Railroad Complaints
  • December 28, 1942, Memorandum on Complaints against the Chesapeake and Potomac Company in Baltimore, Maryland.
  • January 11, 1943, Memorandum on Firms with Fair Employment Practices
  • January 11, 1943, Memorandum on Aircraft Training in Atlanta, Georgia
  • January 18, 1943, Memorandum on Request for Information from Mr. Kasper, Editor of the Employment Security Review
  • January 18, 1943, Memorandum on Telephone Conversation with Cy W. Record
  • January 19, 1943, Memorandum on Stabilization Agreements
  • January 25, 1943, Memorandum on National Defense Research Committee
  • February 5, 1943, Memorandum on Telephone Call from Mr. Cy Record in Atlanta, Georgia
  • February 24, 1943, Memorandum on Savannah Shipyards
  • March 3, 1943, Memorandum on Employment of Negroes in Savannah, Georgia
  • March 5, 1943, Memorandum on Susceptibility of Negroes to Industrial Diseases
  • March 10, 1943, Memorandum on [Section 35(A) of United States Criminal Code]
  • March 13, 1943, Memorandum on Additional Members of the President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice
  • March 16, 1943, Letter to Lee Seitzer on Discriminatory Practices of Shipyards
  • March 23, 1943, Memorandum on Visit to New Britain Machine Company, New Britain, Connecticut, March 18, 1943
  • March 24, 1943, Memorandum on Declaration of Citizenship
  • March 29, 1943, Memorandum on Conversation with Cy W. Record.
  • [March 1943], Memorandum on Material to be Submitted for the War Manpower Commission Report
  • April 5, 1943, Memorandum on Staff Meeting of March 29, 1943
  • April 13, 1943, Memorandum on Labor Stabilization Plans
  • April 16, 1943, Memorandum on Defense Training in States with Separate Schools
  • April 17, 1943, Memorandum on Civil Service Regulations on Japanese Employment
  • April 26, 1943, Memorandum on Agreement on Importation of Bahamian Workers
  • April 28, 1943, Memorandum on Staff Meeting of April 12, 1943
  • May 1, 1943, Memorandum on Compliance and Analysis Report on Six New England Companies
  • May 4, 1943, Memorandum on Stabilization Agreements
  • May 6, 1943, Memorandum on Staff Meeting of April 26, 1943
  • May 8, 1943, Memorandum on Employment of Negroes in Street Railways
  • May 10, 1943, Memorandum on Staff Meeting of May 3, 1943
  • June 1, 1943, Memorandum on Conditions at the Alabama Shipbuilding and Drydock Company as of May 31, 1943
  • June 28, 1943, Memorandum on Executive Order 8802 as It Affects Bahamian Labor
  • June 28, 1943, Memorandum on Long Distance Call to Lewis W. Clymer, Region IX ca. July 1943, Memorandum on Supplementary Training at the Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
  • July 5, 1943, Memorandum on Conference regarding Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
  • July 5, 1943, Memorandum on Complaint of Mrs. Laurence Walker, Milton, Pennsylvania, against the Philco Radio Corporation, Watsontown, Pennsylvania

Reports and Headquarters Memoranda of Clarence M. Mitchell Jr.
as Associate Director of Field Operations, FEPC

  • July 12, 1943, Memorandum on Conference with the War Department Representatives, July 12,1943
  • July 16, 1943, Memorandum on Strike at American Steel Foundry Plant, East Chicago, Indiana
  • July 19, 1943, Memorandum on Employment Conditions Affecting Negroes in West Virginia ca.
  • July 24, 1943, Memorandum on Sample of Cases Handled Successfully by the President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice
  • July 24, 1943, Memorandum on Sample of Cases Handled Successfully by the President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice [Revised Version]
  • July 28, 1943, Memorandum on Proposed Field Trip to Cincinnati during the Month of August for Ernest G. Trimble
  • August 5, 1943, Memorandum on Relationship between Western Electric Company and American Telephone and Telegraph
  • August 7, 1943, Memorandum on Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
  • August 9, 1943, Memorandum on Conference Concerning Employment of Negroes as Telephone Operators in Baltimore, Maryland
  • August 16, 1943, Memorandum on Complaint of Point Breeze Employees Association.
  • August 23, 1943, Memorandum on Complaints of Sabbatarians
  • August 26, 1943, Memorandum on Complaint of the Point Breeze Employees’ Association Against the Western Electric Company, Baltimore, Maryland
  • September 1, 1943, Memorandum on Complaint of Miss Estelle L. Lingham vs. the Civil Service Commission.
  • September 4, 1943, Memorandum on War Production Board Report on Jones and Laughlin Steel Plant, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
  • September 9, 1943, Memorandum on Jones and Laughlin Steel Plant, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
  • September 13, 1943, Memorandum on Conference with Admiral C. W. Fisher, Chief of Shore Establishment, Navy Department
  • September 23, 1943, Memorandum on Complaint of Miss Estelle Lingham against the United States Civil Service Commission
  • September 25, 1943, Memorandum on Personnel in Region V
  • September 27, 1943, Memorandum on Candidates for Region X
  • September 28, 1943, Memorandum on Ford Motor Company, Willow Run Plant
  • September 29,1943, Memorandum on Progress Report from G. James Fleming on Jones and Laughlin Company, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
  • October 8, 1943, Memorandum on Conference of the National Urban League
  • October 8, 1943, Memorandum on Regional Office, Chicago, Illinois
  • October 8, 1943, Memorandum on Conference with Frank Rarig, Regional Director, WMC, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • October 11, 1943, Memorandum on Field Visit to Dallas, Texas
  • October 12, 1943, Memorandum on Field Visit to Dallas, Texas
  • October 18, 1943, Memorandum on Interviews with Officials of the Oregon State Employment Service
  • October 18, 1943, Memorandum on Report on Plan to Admit Welders to Electrical Workers Union
  • October 18, 1943, Memorandum on Witnesses Recommended for Hearings
  • October 18, 1943, Memorandum on Testimony in Connection with Complaint of Shipyard Negro Organization for Victory, Portland, Oregon.
  • October 20, 1943, Memorandum on Information on Boilermakers Locals 72 (Portland), 401 (Vancouver), Auxiliary A-42 (Portland), and Auxiliary A-32 (Vancouver)
  • October 21, 1943, Memorandum on Corporate Structure and Other Information on the Kaiser Corporation and the Oregon Shipbuilding Company
  • October 21, 1943, Memorandum on Complaints against Portland Shipbuilders
  • October 22, 1943, Memorandum on Attached Complaints Regarding Boilermakers Union
  • October 23, 1943, Memorandum on Auxiliary A-32, Boilermakers Union
  • October 23, 1943, Memorandum on Information on the Kaiser Company’s Swan Island, Vancouver, and Oregon Shipbuilding Yards
  • October 23, 1943, Memorandum on Stabilization Plans in the Portland Area
  • October 26, 1943, Memorandum on Conference with Officials of Auxiliary A-35}October 27, 1943, Memorandum on Meeting with White Members of Boilermakers Local 92
  • October 27, 1943, Memorandum on Conference with Mr. George Toll, Local Manager, USES, Long Beach, California
  • October 27, 1943, Memorandum on Case of Thomas Madison Doram
  • November 1, 1943, Memorandum on Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Corporation, Sparrows Point, Maryland
  • November 1, 1943, Memorandum on Western Pipe and Steel Company Complainants
  • November 1, 1943, Memorandum on California Shipbuilding Company Complainants
  • November 5, 1943, Memorandum on War Contractors Failing to List Number of Non-whites on ES 270 Reports, Region IX
  • November 6, 1943, Field Investigation Report on California Shipbuilding Corporation, Western Pipe & Steel Company’s Shipbuilding Division, and Consolidated Steel Corporation’s Shipbuilding Division
  • November 8, 1943, Memorandum on OPA Policy Statement Regarding Executive Order 8802
  • November 9, 1943, Memorandum on War Department Forms 6 and 6a
  • November 11, 1943, Memorandum on War Labor Board Panel Hearing on Case of Point Breeze Employees Association vs. Western Electric Company, Baltimore, Maryland
  • November 13, 1943, Weekly Report
  • November 13, 1943, Memorandum on Western Electric Company, Baltimore, Maryland
  • November 13, 1943, Memorandum on Complaint of Robert Nelson Craig
  • November 15, 1943, Memorandum on Final Disposition Reports
  • November 17, 1943, Memorandum on Conference at General Accounting Office in re 6-GR-248, Employment of Japanese Americans
  • November 20, 1943, Weekly Report, Week of November 13, 1943
  • November 20, 1943, Weekly Report, Week of November 20, 1943
  • December 4, 1943, Memorandum on Conversation with Dr. Castaneda Concerning his New Appointment
  • December 6, 1943, Memorandum on Transcripts of Fact Finding Conferences in Corpus Christi, Texas
  • December 8, 1943, Memorandum on Consolidated Aircraft
  • December 9, 1943, Memorandum on Conference with WMC re New Orleans, Louisiana, and Other Problems
  • December 9, 1943, Memorandum on Expression of Appreciation for Dr. Castaneda’s Work [ca. December 14-15, 1943], Report on Visit to Western Electric Plant by Mr. Clarence Mitchell
  • December 21, 1943, Memorandum on Pittsburgh Telephone Cases

Volume 2

Reports and Headquarters Memoranda of Clarence M. Mitchell Jr.
As Associate Director of Field Operations,
Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC)

  • January 5, 1944, Memorandum on Conference with General Accounting Office
  • January 7, 1944, Weekly Report
  • January 8, 1944, Memorandum on Telephone Conversation with J. B. Knotts, of Bethlehem Steel Company, and Alexander Allen, Baltimore Urban League
  • January 8, 1944, Memorandum on Jurisdiction Over Employees in Motion Picture Theaters
  • January 10, 1944, Memorandum on Illinois Ordnance Plant Strike, Herrin, Illinois
  • January 12, 1944, Memorandum on Employment of All-Negro Deck Crew by Texas Oil Company
  • January 14, 1944, Weekly Report
  • January 14, 1944, Memorandum on Wilhelm Klasing vs. General Chemical Company
  • January 18, 1944, Memorandum on H.C.R. 105, Texas
  • January 21, 1944, Memorandum on Discrimination in Shipyards
  • January 21, 1944, Memorandum on Discriminatory Practices in Standard Oil Building
  • January 22, 1944, Weekly Report
  • January 25, 1944, Memorandum on Important Unadjusted Cases in Region X
  • January 26, 1944, Memorandum on Unions at the Federal Cartridge Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • January 27, 1944, Memorandum on Cases Referred to Director of Field Operations
  • January 27, 1944, Memorandum on Mrs. Joy Davis’s Comments [on Cases]
  • January 29, 1944, Weekly Report
  • February 4, 1944, Memorandum on Field Instructions of General Accounting Office Regarding American Citizens of Japanese Ancestry
  • February 5, 1944, Weekly Report
  • February 9, 1944, Memorandum on Monthly Summary Reports
  • February 10, 1944, Memorandum on Experiences with the War Manpower Commission, as Reported by FEPC Regional Directors
  • February 12, 1944, Memorandum on Information on Charles L. Horn
  • February 16, 1944, Memorandum on Visit to Baltimore on Western Electric Case
  • February 17, 1944, Weekly Report
  • February 19, 1944, Weekly Report
  • February 21, 1944, Memorandum on Committees Determining Essentiality of Industries
  • February 22, 1944, Memorandum on Jurisdiction over Hospitals
  • February 24, 1944, Memorandum on Complaints against the Panama Canal
  • February 26, 1944, Memorandum on Successful Cases Recommended for the New York Times Article
  • February 28, 1944, Weekly Report
  • February 28, 1944, Memorandum on the Policies of the Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Georgia
  • March 1, 1944, Request for Further Action, Shell Oil Refinery, Houston, Texas
  • March 6, 1944, Weekly Report
  • March 11, 1944, Memorandum on Cases on Which a Hearing Is Requested by the Regional Office
  • March 14, 1944, Weekly Report
  • March 18, 1944, Weekly Report
  • March 21, 1944, Eleanor F. Rogers, Memorandum to Clarence Mitchell on His Telephone Call to Mr. James Grady, WSA
  • March 22, 1944, Memorandum on Cutbacks in Ammunition Production
  • March 27, 1944, Weekly Report
  • March 27, 1944, Memorandum on Appointment of a Hearing Commissioner
  • March 30, 1944, Memorandum on Staff Conferences
  • April 3, 1944, Weekly Report
  • April 5, 1944, Eleanor F. Rogers, Digest of Telephone Call from Mr. Blackwell, Non-Partisan Committee, Baltimore, Maryland
  • April 5, 1944, Eleanor F. Rogers, Digest of Clarence Mitchell’s Telephone Call to Mr. Alexander Allen, Baltimore Urban League, Baltimore, Maryland
  • April 12, 1944, Memorandum on Forthcoming Meeting of Division Heads
  • April 12, 1944, Memorandum on Conference with WMC Officials
  • April 13, 1944, Weekly Report
  • April 17, 1944, Weekly Report
  • April 21, 1944, Memorandum on Important Cases Being Handled at Regional Level
  • April 24, 1944, Weekly Report
  • April 28, 1944, Memorandum on Railroad Settlements by Regional Offices
  • May 1, 1944, Weekly Report
  • May 3, 1944, Memorandum on Philadelphia Post Office
  • May 4, 1944, Memorandum on Strike at Hazelwood By-Products Plant, Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • May 5, 1944, Memorandum on Conference with Mr. L. R. Sanford, Director of Construction, Gulf Region, U.S. Maritime Commission, Regading Delta Shipbuilding Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • May 5, 1944, Memorandum on Jurisdiction in Hospital Cases
  • May 8, 1944, Weekly Report
  • May 11, 1944, Memorandum on Western Cartridge Company, East Alton, Illinois
  • May 17, 1944, Weekly Report
  • May 20, 1944, Memorandum on Hospital Cases, Region 1
  • May 24, 1944, Weekly Report
  • May 29, 1944, Memorandum on National Lead Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • June 6, 1944, Eleanor F. Rogers, Digest of Mitchell’s Telephone Conversation with Mr. William T. McKnight, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • June 9, 1944, Eleanor F. Rogers, Memorandum on Mitchell’s Telephone call to William T. McKnight, Cleveland, Ohio, Regarding Strike at Wright Aeronautical Corporation
  • June 10, 1944, Memorandum on Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
  • June 26, 1944, Memorandum on West Coast Shipbuilding Companies
  • June 30, 1944, Memorandum on Strike at Pratt Whitney Plant, Kansas City, Missouri
  • June 30, 1944, Memorandum on WMC Priority Referral System
  • July 3, 1944, Memorandum to Will Maslow on Matters Requiring Action during His Absence
  • July 7, 1944, Memorandum on Jurisdiction over Radio Stations
  • July 7, 1944, Eleanor F. Rogers, Memorandum of Mitchell’s Telephone Call from Mr. Roy A. Hoglund and Mr. Ernest G. Trimble, St. Louis, Missouri
  • July 10, 1944, Memorandum on Conference with Representatives of Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers Regarding Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock Company, Jacksonville, Florida.
  • July 14, 1944, Memorandum on Conference with Judge Charles M. Hay, Executive Director, War Manpower Commission
  • July 17, 1944, Memorandum on Area-Wide Mining Industry Investigation in the Southwest
  • July 19, 1944, Memorandum on Complaints against the Seafarers International Union
  • July 19, 1944, Memorandum on Complaints against the International Association of Machinists
  • July 21, 1944, Memorandum on Associated Shipyards, Seattle, Washington
  • July 22, 1944, Memorandum on Conrady Construction Company
  • July 25, 1944, Memorandum on Evansville Shipyard
  • July 27, 1944, Eleanor F. Rogers of July 27, 1944, Memorandum on Call from Mr. Roy A. Hoglund. St. Louis, Missouri, Regarding Strike at National Lead Company, St. Louis
  • July 28, 1944, Memorandum on Services of Mr. Bloch for Field Operations
  • July 31, 1944, Memorandum on Strike at American Steel Castings Company, Granite City, Illinois
  • August 2, 1944, Memorandum on Strike at National Lead Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • August 2, 1944, Memorandum on Case of Miss Olga Tate vs. War Department, Gravelly Point
  • August 4, 1944, Report on Investigation of Philadelphia Transit Company Strike
  • August 4, 1944, Report on Conference with Jonathan Daniels Regading Philadelphia Transit and Los Angeles Street Railway
  • August 7, 1944, N. Jeanne Clifton’s Memorandum to Clarence Mitchell of his Conversations on Philadelphia Transportation Company Case.
  • August 7, 1944, Memorandum on Sub-regional office, Seattle, Washington
  • August 7, 1944, Memorandum on Arnold Agency
  • August 8, 1944, Memorandum on Strikes in the St. Louis Area.
  • August 8, 1944, Memorandum on Montgomery Ward and Company
  • August 10, 1944, Memorandum on Los Angeles Railway Directive
  • August 11, 1944, Memorandum on Goodyear Aircraft Company
  • August 14, 1944, Memorandum on Retail Credit Company
  • August 14, 1944, Memorandum on Delta Shipbuilding Company
  • August 18, 1944, Memorandum on Mr. Lawson’s Request on DFO Cases
  • August 19, 1944, Memorandum on WMC Clearance for Bell Aircraft in Atlanta, Georgia
  • September 6, 1944, Memorandum on FEPC Complaints Involving International Association of Machinists
  • September 7, 1944, Memorandum on Complaints against the Post Office Department
  • September 16, 1944, Memorandum on General Baking Company and Ward Baking Company Cases
  • September 18, 1944, Weekly Report
  • September 18, 1944, Memorandum on General Motors’ Policy on Supplying Employment Statistics
  • September 23, 1944, Memorandum on Visit of Los Angeles Complainant in Post Office Cases
  • September 23, 1944, Memorandum on Additional Personnel in Regional Offices
  • September 25, 1944, Weekly Report
  • September 27, 1944, Memorandum on Phelps-Dodge Relationship with WMC
  • September 28, 1944, Memorandum on Matters to be Discussed with Regional Director McKnight
  • October 7, 1944, Memorandum on Industries with Post-War Significance
  • October 9, 1944, Weekly Report
  • October 10, 1944, Memorandum on FEPC Cases with Post-War Significance
  • October 11, 1944, Memorandum on Contact with Smith Committee re: NLRB Visit
  • October 12, 1944, Memorandum on DFO Cases
  • October 16, 1944, Weekly Report
  • October 19, 1944, Memorandum on Line Material Company
  • November 1, 1944, Memorandum on Conference with War Manpower Commission, Region X
  • November 1, 1944, Memorandum on Regional Views on R.D. No. 124
  • November 1, 1944, Memorandum on Appointment of Regional Director for Dallas Office
  • November 13, 1944, Weekly Report
  • November 17, 1944, Memorandum on Suggested Field Trip for Mr. Beall
  • November 18, 1944, Memorandum on Seventh Day Adventists against Delco Remy Division, General Motors
  • November 20, 1944, Weekly Report
  • November 21, 1944, Memorandum on the Status of DFO Cases
  • November 22, 1944, Memorandum on Strike of Negro Teamsters in New Orleans
  • November 22, 1944, Memorandum on Sacramento Air Service Command
  • November 22, 1944, Memorandum on Proposed Hearing on Machinists Local 834, Case 12-UR-174
  • November 25, 1944, Memorandum on Conference with Postmaster General and Postal Officials
  • November 27, 1944, Weekly Report
  • December 2, 1944, Memorandum on Committee Cases Against Telephone Companies
  • December 4, 1944, Weekly Report
  • December 6, 1944, Memorandum on Telephone Conversation with Mr. Dillard Lassiter, War Manpower Commission
  • December 6, 1944. Memorandum on Telephone Conversation Regarding General Cable Company
  • December 8, 1944, Memorandum on Strike at Pullman Standard Car Shipbuilding Division, Chicago, Illinois
  • December 9, 1944, Memorandum on Complaints Against the Los Angeles Post Office
  • December 11, 1944, Weekly Report
  • December 11, 1944, Memorandum on Strike at Pullman Standard Car Shipbuilding Division, Chicago
  • December 12, 1944, Memorandum on Minutes of the Meeting with the Post Office Operations Board
  • December 14, 1944, Memorandum on Current DFO War Department Cases
  • December 14, 1944, Memorandum on Threatened Strike at McQuay Norris Core Plant, St. Louis, Missouri
  • December 18, 1944, Weekly Report
  • December 18, 1944, of Telephone Conversation with Mr. Theodore Brown Regarding McQuay Norris
  • December 19, 1944, Memorandum on Meeting with the Maritime Commission on Gulf Region Shipbuilding Companies
  • December 20, 1944, Memorandum on Conference with Dr. L. S. Hawkins, U.S. Office of Education
  • December 27, 1944, Weekly Report
  • December 29, 1944, Memorandum on Conference with U.S. Office of Education, December 21, 1944.
  • December 30, 1944, Memorandum on International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen of American, Local 533
  • January 2, 1945, Weekly Report
  • January 2, 1945, Memorandum on Excerpts from Reports on Discriminatory Practices of Shipyards in the Southeast
  • January 4, 1945, Memorandum on Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas
  • January 6, 1945, Memorandum on General Cable Company
  • January 8, 1945, Memorandum on Types of Complaints against the International Association of Machinists
  • January 8, 1945, Memorandum on Employment of Negro Welders at Delta Shipbuilding Company
  • January 9, 1945, Weekly Report
  • January 12, 1945, Memorandum on Telephone Conversation with Mr. Ring Regarding Delta Shipbuilding Company
  • January 15, 1945, Weekly Report
  • January 23, 1945, Weekly Report
  • January 23, 1945, Memorandum on Case Load of Region VII
  • January 25, 1945, Memorandum on Matters Discussed with Director of Region VII
  • January 25, 1945, Memorandum on Region VII’s Suggested Revision of Complaint Form
  • January 30, 1945, Weekly Report
  • February 5, 1945, Memorandum on Negro Trainees Finishing Vocational War Training in Tampa, Florida
  • February 6, 1945, Memorandum on Problems of FEPC-WMC Relationships in Regions IV and X
  • February 6, 1945, Weekly Report
  • February 8, 1945, Memorandum on Joint FEPC-WMC Action in Denial of Priority Referral
  • February 9, 1945, Memorandum on Conference with Paul V. McNutt, Chairman of the War Manpower Commission
  • February 12, 1945, Memorandum on Information on Consolidated Vultee Aircraft, Ft. Worth, Texas
  • February 14, 1945, Weekly Report
  • February 19, 1945, Memorandum on Conference with War Department on St. Louis
  • February 19, 1945, Memorandum on Complaints against Major St. Louis War Department Contractors
  • February 20, 1945, Weekly Report
  • February 26, 1945, Weekly Report
  • February 28, 1945, Memorandum on Conference with Robert Goodwin, Executive Director of the War Manpower Commission
  • March 5, 1945, Weekly Report
  • March 8, 1945, Memorandum on Telephone Company Cases
  • March 10, 1945, Memorandum on Southern Pacific Railroad and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Cases.
  • March 13, 1945, Weekly Report
  • March 13, 1945, Memorandum on General Cable Case
  • March 13, 1945, Memorandum on Conference with Navy Department re Norris Stamping and Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles, California
  • March 20, 1945, Weekly Report
  • March 22, 1945, Memorandum on Norris Stamping and Manufacturing Company
  • March 26, 1945, Memorandum on Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas
  • March 28, 1945, Memorandum on Conference with WMC Executive Director
  • March 29, 1945, Weekly Report
  • March 31, 1945, Otome Saito, Memorandum of Mitchell’s Telephone Conversation with Mr. Ellinger, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • April 3, 1945, Weekly Report
  • April 3, 1945, Memorandum on Kurz-Kasch Company
  • April 12, 1945, Weekly Report
  • April 12, 1945, Memorandum on Appointment of Rutledge as Examiner-in-Charge of the San Francisco Office
  • April 12, 1945, Memorandum on Communication from War Department Regarding Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation at Fort Worth , Texas
  • April 12, 1945, Memorandum on Conference with Oil Workers Re: Shell Oil
  • April 14, 1945, Memorandum on Continental Can Company, Norwood, Ohio
  • April 23, 1945, Memorandum on Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas
  • April 23, 1945, Memorandum on Norris Stamping Case
  • April 24, 1945, Bi-Weekly Report
  • May 2, 1945, Memorandum on Action on Machinists Cases
  • May 7, 1945, Bi-Weekly Report
  • May 9, 1945, Summary of Meeting on Capital Transit
  • May 17, 1945, Memorandum on Report of WMC on Capital Transit Company
  • May 18, 1945, Memorandum on Meeting with Mr. Ivan Willis of Curtis-Wright Corporation
  • May 21, 1945, Bi-Weekly Report
  • May 26, 1945, Memorandum on Portsmouth Navy Yard
  • May 26, 1945, Memorandum on Conference with Navy Department Re Employment of Niseis in West Coast Navy Yards, May 23, 1945
  • May 31, 1945, Memorandum on Processing of Cases in Which Complainants Are No Longer Available for Employment
  • June 5, 1945, Bi-Weekly Report
  • June 6, 1945, Memorandum on U. S. Cartridge Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri
  • June 19, 1945, Bi-Weekly Report

Reports and Memoranda of Clarence Mitchell Jr.
as Director of Field Operations, FEPC

  • July 24, 1945, Memorandum on Todd-Johnson Shipbuilding Company
  • July 25, 1945, Memorandum on War Department Inquiry Concerning Designations of Race and Religion on Application Forms
  • July 28, 1945, Memorandum on Meeting on Todd Johnson Dry Docks [ca. July 31, 1945], Proposed Program for Division of Field Operations
  • August 3, 1945, Memorandum on Discrimination in Organized Baseball
  • August 8, 1945, Memorandum on Conference with Robert Goodwin of the War Manpower Commission
  • August 9, 1945, Memorandum on Civil Service Regulation on Employment of Americans of Japanese Ancestry on West Coast Naval Establishments
  • August 17, 1945, Memorandum on Adapting Local Employment Office Operations to Meet Reconversion Requirements
  • August 17, 1945, Memorandum on George M. Johnson’s August 1 on Cases Recommended for Hearing
  • August 18, 1945, Memorandum on FEPC Case Activity-July
  • August 20, 1945, Memorandum on Important Active FEPC Cases
  • August 24, 1945, Memorandum on Jurisdiction Over Federal Bureau of Prisons
  • August 25, 1945, Memorandum on Important Activities and Trends Reported by Field Offices
  • August 28, 1945, Memorandum on WMC’s Program on Minority Groups
  • August 28, 1945, Memorandum on Apprentice Training Program for Building Trades
  • September 6, 1945, Memorandum to Regional Directors
  • September 12, 1945, Memorandum on Meeting with the First Assistant Postmaster General
  • September 14, 1945, Memorandum on Proposed Budget for Division of Field Operations for the Fiscal Year 1946
  • September 26, 1945, Memorandum on Conversation with Robert Goodwin, Executive Director, War Manpower Commission
  • September 27, 1945, Memorandum on Important Activities and Trends Reported by Field Offices
  • October 9, 1945, Memorandum on Future Operations of Western Cartridge Company and McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
  • October 22, 1945, Memorandum on Closing of Philadelphia Office
  • October 29, 1945, Memorandum on Proposed Amendment to Executive Order 9346
  • November 2, 1945, Memorandum of Clarence M. Mitchell and John A. Davis on Decisions of Conference between Clarence Mitchell, Marjorie M. Lawson, and John A. Davis with regard to the proposed Chicago Hearing.
  • November 8, 1945, Memorandum on Cases Against the Post Office Department
  • April 8, 1946, Memorandum on United Steelworkers of America, CIO
  • April 8, 1946, Memorandum on United Automobile Workers of American, CIO
  • April 8, 1946, Memorandum on United Packinghouse Workers of America, CIO
  • April 8, 1946, Memorandum on National Maritime Union, CIO
  • April 8, 1946, Memorandum on Oil Workers International Union, CIO
  • Epilogue: Labor Problems Affecting Negroes

1. Related Documents

From the opening statement of Mark F. Ethridge, chairman of the FEPC, at the committee’s hearing on October 20 and 21, 1941

Executive Order No. 8802 – “Reaffirming Policy of Full Participation in the Defense Program by all Persons, Regardless of Race, Creed, Color, or National Origin, and Directing Certain Action in Furtherance of Said Policy. June 25, 1941

Report on Discrimination in the Southwest, by Ernest G. Trimble, [ca. December 1942]Executive Order No. 9346, Further Amending Executive Order No. 8802, a New Committee on Fair Employment Practice and Defining Its Powers and Duties. Executive Order 9346. May 27, 1943 Field Investigation Report on Alabama Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company by Ernest G. Trimble and Clarence Mitchell, Jr. June 8, 1943 Office of Labor Production Report on Committee on Fair Employment Practice. July 13, 1943 Memorandum on Mitchell’s Telephone Report on Bethlehem Shipyard at Sparrows Point. July 31, 1943 Analysis of Executive Oder No. 9346. [ca. July 1943] Memorandum on Telephone Calls on Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company at Sparrrows Point. August 1, 1943 Field Investigation Report on Bethlehem Steel and Shipbuilding Company, Baltimore, Md. August 6, 1943 Cases Currently Being Handled by Clarence Mitchel. September 14, 1943 Bibliography on the Negro Worker and the War [ca. September 1943] Field Instruction No. 19 on War Department. October 4, 1943

Attachments –

  1. War Department Memorandum for All President and Prospective Army and Navy Contractors and Subcontractors signed by James Forrestal and Robert P. Patterson. June 4, 1942
  2. Robert P. Patterson to Lawrence W. Cramer, June 5, 1942
  3. Memorandum of Understanding between the President’s Committee on Fair Employment Practice, the War Manpowerr Commission, and the Provost Marshal General, War Department. March 10, 1943

Field Instruction Revision 1: Field Instruction No. 19-A. April 21, 1944

Field Instruction Revision 2: Field Instruction No. 19-B. November 24, 1944

Field Instruction Revision 3: Robert B. Patterson to Malcolm Ross,

November 23, 1944

National Policy against Racial or Religious Discrimination. [February 8, 1944]
Important Cases Being Handled at the Regional Level. April 22, 1944
Report on FEPC Action in Race Strikes. May 25, 1944
Memorandum on Congressional Debate on FEPC Appropriation. May 27, 1944
Memorandum on Power of the President to Issue Executive Order No. 9346.
[ca. May 1944]

Memorandum on General Motors, Delco-Remy Division. November 30, 1944

2. List of Documents Not Published

3. FEPC Organizational Chart

4. Processing a Complaint

5. FEPC Progress Charts

6. Corporate Directory

7. Biographical Directory

Bibliography
Index

Volumes 1&2 Sample Documents