Labor, Civil Rights, and the Hughes Tool Company

Index

Index Photos and tables are indicated with italic type. 255 Abbey, H. T., 113–14 affirmative action programs, 163–65 AFL. See American Federation of Labor (AFL) Alabama, 5, 6, 8, 75–76 Allen, Augustus, 12 Allen, John, 12 Allwright, Smith v, 188 Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employees, 25, 27–30, 50–51 American Association of Independent Labor Unions (AAILU), 90–91 American Can Company, 227n3 American Chain and Cable Company , 227n3 American Federation of Labor (AFL): and CIO organizing, 10, 81, 89; Crittenden’s dismissal, 67– 68; Kennedy’s dismissal, 87; NLRB criticisms, 102; organizing approach , 19, 87–88, 206n15; racial discrimination, 63–64, 89, 213n32; strike at Harriman railway, 31–32; Wagner Act, 83. See also International Association of Machinists (IAM) American Iron and Steel Institute, 91 American Liberty League, 83–84, 91 American plan, origins, 50–51 Amerman, Earl, 44 Andrew, Max, 21–22 Andrews, Kelly, Kurth, and Campbell , 84 Antioch Baptist Church, 89 apprenticeship programs, Davis’ rejection, 167–68, 178. See also decerti fication of IMW Armoc Steel, 147, 234 –35n41 army takeover, 138– 42 Ashley, Lorane, 165, 166, 167, 168–69, 173–77, 179 Atlanta Steel Company, 6–7, 182, 234 –35n41 authorization cards, 103, 117, 124 Baldinger, Ira, 141– 42 Ball, Eddie, 7 Barnett, Garfield, 168 Barnett, J. T., 214n61 Barq’s, 91 Barr, William, 40, 200n20 Bell, Pinkston, 166, 168 Bench, Larry, 135–36 Benson, Charles, 166, 168 Berliner, Leonard, 132 Birmingham, Alabama, 8 Blue Eagle Lodge No. 1303. See International Association of Machinists (IAM) Boehm, Matt, 71, 95, 139 Branch, E. Stanley, 152 Brown, Gerald, 184 Brown, Stanley, 97–98, 99 Brown, U. H., 168 Brown and Sharp Manufacturing Company, 35, 39 Brown vs. Board of Education, 4, 181 Burns, Martin, 135–36, 137 Burns, Waller, 31 Bushfield, Roger, 78 Butler, David, 150 Caffal, J. C., 94, 214n61 Cameron Iron Works, 37 carpenters union, 13 Carr, J. A., 48 Carroll, Thomas, 65, 66, 67–68 Carroll, W. E., 47 Carter, Robert: background, 170– 72; contract negotiations, 180–81; decertification strategy, 172–73, 176–79; grievance dispute, 172, 183; merger proposal, 173–76, 179–80 Casey, Bob, 184 Cawthon, Frank, 139, 140– 41 Chargois, Francis, 120 Childs, William, 44 – 45, 46, 49, 50 Christian American Association, 91, 152–53 churches, 89, 150–51 CIO. See Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) Citizens Alliance, 27–30, 197–98n44 Civil Rights Act, 185 civil rights movement, 4, 184 –91 Clark, Ward, 85–86 Clayton, Woody, 97–98, 116 coal miner study, 6 Coca Cola, 91 Cole, Robert, 63 Communist attack tactics, 45, 91, 95, 149–50 Communist Party (Texas), 86–87, 150 company unions, 51–53, 68–70, 82, 83, 105. See also Employees Welfare Organization (EWO); Hughes Tool Colored Club (HTC) Confederated Unions of America (CUA), 108, 109 Confederation of Independent Unions, 109 Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO): contract negotiations, 125– 29, 141– 43, 154 –55; dues money, 109; election campaigns, 118–21, 124 –25, 186; FEPC claim, 134 –36; formation and early organizing, 10, 81, 87–91, 94 –97, 212n25; and IMW organizing, 114 –17; integration efforts, 140– 41; layoff conflict, 97–98; leadership positions , 214n61; maintenance of membership disputes, 128–33, 136– 40; NLRB hearings, 98–107, 117–19; post-election response, 121–23; strikes, 137– 40, 143–51, 153–54 Connally, Tom, 139– 40 Constitutional Educational League, 91 Continental Can Company, 227n3 contracts and negotiations: CIO, 125–29, 135, 141– 43, 154 –55; EWO, 92–94, 105–106, 125; government, 163–65, 166–67, 234n33; HTC, 93, 256 index 105–106, 110–12, 125; IMW, 123– 24, 157–59, 165–67, 180–81, 232n10 Cooley, Denton, 202n43 cotton industry, 23–24 Crittenden, J. W., 67–68, 72 Crown Central Petroleum, 91 CUA (Confederated Unions of America), 108, 109 Cullinan, Joseph, 34 –37, 198–99n4 Curtis, A. L., 159–60 Dallas Regional War Labor Board, 132 Dare, A. P., 147– 48 Davis, Ivory: apprenticeship grievance dispute, 3– 4, 168–69, 170, 172, 178; decertification hearing, 176–77; IMW contract proposal, 165, 167; merger proposal, 173–76, 179; photos, 166, 190; on union integration importance, 190 Davis, Tom: apprenticeship grievance , 169, 183; decertification hearings, 177–79, 182; IMW development , 112; merger proposal, 173–75, 179; unfair labor practices hearings, 99, 102–104, 105 decertification of IMW: Carter’s strategy, 172–79; significance, 3– 4, 184 –87, 188–91 Dedman Foundry, 227n3 De...