Politics

Scope and Contents

This series contains committee correspondence, reports, notes, and minutes, covering the years 1956-1980.

Scope and Contents Sub-series 2 contains files having to do with all other committees, including the Campaign Policy Committee for the 1968 elections, a foreign trade committee, and a defense committee. The Campaign Policy Committee documents reflect the AFL-CIO's view of the 1968 election as a particularly crucial election. These papers also document the AFL-CIO's views on such key issues as the war in Vietnam, the anti-war movement, the urban crisis, and labor-management relations. Executive Council files...

Scope and Contents This series contains clippings, press releases, pamphlets and other printed materials about Richard Nixon and his political career. Dating from 1946 to 1979, but falling mainly in the period 1968-1974, these materials document many aspects of Nixon's career and American politics in general. It is not clear what use COPE made of such sources, but the survival of these records, while other similar collections disappeared, indicates COPE's interest in Nixon, particularly after his election to...

Scope and Contents This series consists of full texts of speeches by George Meany as well as articles or editorial pieces for publication in AFL-CIO and non-affiliated publications, statements to the press and interviews and statements before numerous congressional committees. The speeches and statements are generally in typescript, but also often include official releases and Meany's note cards and sometimes research materials. Interviews and press conferences are complete transcripts. Scattered pieces of...

Scope and Contents Sub-series 1, containing records of standing committees, accounts for the bulk of this series. Section XIII of the 1955 AFL-CIO Constitution provided for the creation of a number of standing committees: Civil Rights, Community Services, Economic Policy, Education, Ethical Practices, Housing, International Affairs, Legislation, Political Education, Public Relations, Safety and Occupational Health, Social Security, and Veterans' Affairs. Other standing committees were established at subsequent...