Family background, early life; MOLDER'S JOURNAL, 1903-27; Milwaukee Foundry strike, 1906; Thomas Mooney and James MacNamara cases; World War I labor and manpower problems; labor consultant to European allies, 1918; Socialist Party; Industrial Workers of the World; Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor, 1927-50; relations of American Federation of Labor with Labor Department; Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor; National Recovery Administration; 1934 Wages and Hours Bill and Roosevelt administration; National Labor Relations Board; Anaconda Copper strike, 1935; 1935 American Federation of Labor convention; formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations; Communist Party and the labor movement; Martin Dies Committee; San Francisco strike, 1941; International Association of Machinists; World War II manpower and production; National Association of Manufacturers; mobilization in World Wars I and II; relations of labor with political parties and Catholic Church; craft unionism; organizing Negroes. Impression of Harry Bridges, James J. Davis, Samuel Gompers, William Green, Herbert Hoover, John L. Lewis, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William H. Taft
World War, 1939-1945--Manpower; African American labor union members; Internal security--United States; Labor laws and legislation; New Deal, 1933-1939; Labor unions--Officials and employees; Labor unions and communism; Strikes and lockouts; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; Frey, John P. (John Philip), 1871-1957; American Federation of Labor; Industrial Workers of the World; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.); National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.); United States. National Recovery Administration; United States. National Labor Relations Board