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Stephen Early, secretary to President Franklin Roosevelt, forwarded to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins a telegram from the passengers of the SS President Hoover. The ship was unable to land in San Francisco due to the Pacific Coast Longshoremen's…

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Proposed speech for FDR

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FDR letter to Frances Perkins re Comm on Eco Security

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FDR speech by Frances Perkins on Industry & Labor

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Frances Perkins statement on CIO-AFL meeting

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This was the Secretary of Labor’s statement on the meeting of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations officials.

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FDR letter to Frances Perkins re State Council of Maryland

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State Council of Maryland letter to FDR

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FDR memo to Frances Perkins re Bailey tel.

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Bailey telegram to FDR

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A telegram in favor of extending Emma Goldman's visa, signed by many members of the University of Chicago faculty and religious leaders around Chicago. The name of Edith Abbott, professor at the School of Social Administration at the University of…

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George Rosenberger wrote to then Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to express his opinion that Emma Goldman should not be allowed into the United States.

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An anonymous letter to Perkins concerning antisemitism and the whispering campaign against her, sent “from one who knows.”

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In this “Personally Written” letter to Perkins, the Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, New Jersey, asks “Why have you stopped alien deportations?” calling for her to give a “full biographical statement,” and asking “Why is your…

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Letter with attached newspaper clipping: "Germany Is Too Easy on Jews, Goebbels Asks Stronger Attack" reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and written in Cologne on April 25 [1933?]. Source publication of clipping unknown.

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Martin Dies, Chairman, House of Representatives Special Committee on Un-American Activities, wrote to Frances Perkins, then Labor Secretary, requesting the file on the Harry Bridges case.

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This eight-page typescript appears to be the copy that Perkins used in her hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. In conclusion, she stated: “It is because I share the confidence of other Americans in the capacity of our institutions to…

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The formal charge for the impeachment of Frances Perkins, along with two other Labor Department employees, was made by Mr. Thomas of New Jersey, on grounds that they “have failed, neglected, and refused to enforce the … immigration laws of the United…

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Mount Holyoke President Mary Wooley presented this statement, probably to the House Judiciary Committee, writing: “As a believer in fair play I respectfully request that your committee investigate … who is responsible for the widespread distribution…
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