Among the materials left in the trunk was an envelope titled, “Maurer, James H., Penn State Federation of Labor, Article on the Open Shop.” The envelope contained a printed copy of this article–from a speech that Maurer gave before the Miners’ Special Convention, DuBois, Pennsylvania on February 22, 1921. In addition, the envelope contained three letters from Maurer to Earl Davis confirming a meeting for the two of them on March 9, 1921. Unfortunately, the envelope did not contain Earl Davis’ side of this correspondence, nor anything about the meeting on March 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
James Maurer was President of the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is a scan of the printed version of the speech:<\/p>\n\n\n21ArticleJamesMaurerTheOpenShop22Feb1921<\/a>\n Here is a scan of the correspondence from James Maurer to Earl Davis:<\/p>\n\n\n21CorrespondenceJamesMaurer1921<\/a>\n Here is a scan of the outside of the envelope:<\/p>\n\n\n21EnvelopeCorrespondenceAndArticleJamesMaurerTheOpenShop1921<\/a>\n Among the materials left in the trunk was an envelope titled, “Maurer, James H., Penn State Federation of Labor, Article on the Open Shop.” The envelope contained a printed copy of this article–from a speech that Maurer gave before the … Continue reading