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Descriptive Summary
Title: Roy Pearson, Records of the IUMSWA and the War Manpower Commission
Dates: 1938-1950
Date (bulk): bulk 1943-1944
Collection Number: "Consult repository."
Creator:
United States. War Manpower Commission.
Extent:
3 boxes,
[1.25 linear ft]
Repository:
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Archives and Special Collections
Archives & Special Collection
University Library, Room G-145
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, California 90747
Phone: (310) 243-3013
URL: http://www.csudh.edu/archives/csudh/index.html
Abstract:
Records of Roy Pearson, labor representative for the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, or IUMSWA,
from the War Manpower Commission, and other miscellaneous organizations. Included in the collection are meeting agendas, meeting
minutes, memorandums, correspondence, letters, press releases, employment statistics, pamphlets, postcards, reports, and handbooks.
Language: Collection material is in English
Administration Information
Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Publication Rights
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Title of item], ROY PEARSON, RECORDS OF THE IUMSWA AND THE WAR MANPOWER COMMISSION, Courtesy of the Department of Archives
and Special Collections. University Library. California State University, Dominguez Hills
Acquisition Information
Acquisition information is not available.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, and the finding aid written, in March, 2009.
History
Roy Pearson was a labor representative from the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, or IUMSWA,
Local No. 9 in San Pedro, California. The IUMSWA was a labor union that represented all shipyard workers.
Established in the 1930’s, the Congress of Industrial Relations, or C.I.O, was a federation that organized industrial unions,
such as the IUMSWA, in the United States and Canada. The C.I.O. merged in 1955 with the American Federation of Labor and is
now known as the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, or AFL-CIO.
The War Manpower Commission was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt via Executive Order 9139 in 1943. The function
of the War Manpower Commission was to determine the need for employment in various industries, such as agriculture or industrial
manufacturing; formulate programs and plans to recruit and train employees, and establish the most efficient use of its labor
force in a manner that would assist in the war effort during World War II. The commission contained members representing the
Departments of War, Navy, Agriculture and Labor, as well as the War Production Board, the Labor Production Division of the
War Production Board, the Selective Service System, and the United States Civil Service Commission.
The War Manpower Commission corresponded with labor unions, such as the IUMSWA, about programs such as the Employment Stabilization
Plan, which aimed to place workers in industry specific jobs during the war.
Roy Pearson acted as an alternate representing labor in meetings of the Southern California Area War Manpower Committee which,
as a local offshoot of the War Manpower Commission, met weekly or biweekly to discuss labor and management issues in industries
which assisted in the war effort.
Scope and Content
The Records of Roy Pearson, of the IUMSWA, from the War Manpower Commission contain materials from 1938 to 1950. The bulk
of the material stems from 1943 to 1944, and is related to labor issues such as recruitment, training, and employee guidelines
as dictated by the War Manpower Commission, as well as union agreements, the role of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
in the war effort and the state of the shipbuilding industry in Southern California. Included in the collection are memorandums,
meeting agendas, meeting minutes, plans, and correspondence. Also contained are press releases, employment statistics, reports,
pamphlets, postcards, a holiday card addressed to Roy Pearson, and a handbook for Los Angeles ship employees. Five financial
reports for the IUMSWA, C.I.O., Local No. 9 are also included. The collection also contains transcripts from the speeches
of Lt. Col. John K. Collins and Representative Fred A. Hartley Jr., as well as correspondence and reports from miscellaneous
parties such as the State of California Department of Industrial Relations, the Office of War Information, the War Production
Board, and the National War Labor Board.
Arrangement
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Subjects
United States. War Manpower Commission
Labor Unions-United States
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)
California Dept. of Industrial Relations
United States. Office of War Information.
United States. War Production Board.
Shipbuilding-California
San Pedro Bay (Calif:Bay)
Personal Names
Hartley, Fred Allan, 1902-1969
Corporate Names
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.)
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