Name
Pressman, Lee, 1906-1969 (Interviewee)
Shaughnessy, Donald F (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Lee Pressman, 1958
Abstract
Education, Harvard; assistant general counsel Agricultural Adjustment Administration; Resettlement Administration; general counsel Works Progress Administration, 1935-1936: general counsel Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1936; sit down strikes; General Motors Detroit strike, 1936, U.S. Steel, 1936, Chrysler strike, Fansteel strike, 1938; power struggle and leadership in the United Automobile Workers; Communist influence on Congress of Industrial Organizations; cases before National Labor Relations Board; portal to portal; anti-trust act, Clayton Act; power struggle in Congress of Industrial Organizations: 1940 Congress of Industrial Organizations convention, John L. Lewis' speech supporting Wendell Willkie; World Trade Union movement; Congress of Industrial Organizations struggle for recognition and competition with American Federation of Labor; impressions of John L. Lewis, Philip Murray, Sidney Hillman, Walter Reuther, James B. Carey and others
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Government executives--United States; Lawyers; Strikes and lockouts--United States; New Deal, 1933-1939; Labor laws and legislation; Labor unions and communism; Labor unions--Officials and employees; United States Politics and government 1933-1945; Pressman, Lee, 1906-1969; AFL-CIO
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1958
Physical Description
475 pages
Note (Biographical)
Lawyer
Note
Interviewed by Donald F. Shaughnessy
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
15165342
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-gqpe-v958
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.