Labor unions -- United States.

"Come hear the facts about Fascist and Klan terror in the south, told by leading organizers just returned from the terror area. Presented under the auspices of the National Committee for Defense of Political Prisoners; Committee to Support Southern Textile Organization-Southern District; and International Labor Defense.

"Do You Want to be Told: Think 'Right' or Starve!" Statement of the National Board of the Communist Party, USA. Includes cut-and-mail portion for more information.

"Free the 18 leaders of Minneapolis Truckdrivers Local 544-CIO and the Socialist Workers Party now behind prison bars, sentenced under the anti-labor Smith 'gag' Act." Announcement flyer for a radio address, "Free Speech and Labor's Rights" presented by James T. Farrell on WEVD-Radio.

Cover only of a pamphlet from the League for Industrial Democracy pamphlet series.

"...Some men gamble that they can cross the Atlantic in an airplane. Other men gamle that they can earn enough to do right by their families....GIVE THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE AN EVEN CHANCE."

"We suppose this is a hopeless suggestion. But we wish that Congress by legislation or the Supreme Court by voluntary action would provide for publication of the votes taken in chambers on applications for certiorari...We hold no brief for the Trotskyites and have differed deeply with them on most concrete issues. But we think them unjustly and unfairly condemned, the victims of a cheap bit of labor politics...."

This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.

"...Labor must have its own Political Party...Labour will use its power to secure to every member of the community the Standards of Life and Employment which are necessary to a healthy independent and self-respecting existence...."

"Pins and Needles", America's hit musical revue, combining satire with pro-labor sentiment. The hit revue ran on Broadway from 1937 to 1940.

"...Brings Chaos, Tyranny and Hunger." Leaflet in which Powers Hapgood proposes the plight of the coal miner and the advantages of nationalizing the coal mining industry. Political cartoon caption reads: End Slavery in the Coal Fields!