| Title: |
Reminiscences of Cyrus Stuart Ching
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A52
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Labor relations in United States, 1914-65; supervisor of industrial relations, US Rubber Co., 1919-47: centralizing personnel policies, factory councils, arbitration, industrial and craft unions; boyhood and education, Prince Edward Island; career with Boston Elevated Railway, 1901-19: air brakes, rapid transit unions, Storrow arbitration board, state receivership; a mediator's qualifications; American Management Association; National Association of Manufacturers; US Chamber of Commerce; National Labor Relations Board; National Industrial Recovery Act industrial codes; organization of rubber industry by International Rubber Workers; Bethlehem Steel strike, 1939; 1941 National Defense Mediation Board cases: Allis-Chalmers, North American Aviation, Federal Shipbuilding, Air Associates, mineworkers; closed shop; War Labor Board, 1942-43: Little Steel formula, auto industry; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 1947-52: steel and auto industries, longshoremen, Taft-Hartley Act, General Electric; Atomic Energy Commission Labor Relations Panel, 1953-67; Commerce Department Business Advisory Council; 1966 elections; AFL-CIO merger; Wage Stabilization Board, 1950, United Mine Workers; effectiveness of wage-price controls. Anecdotes of leaders in industry, labor, and government. Memoir includes a joint interview with Ralph T. Seward, executive secretary of National Defense Mediation Board.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 805 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part II, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1967 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Ching, Cyrus Stuart, 1876-1967
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1876
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| Speaker occupation: |
Industrial relations expert
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| Age at speaking: |
91
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| Document date: |
1967
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| Interviewer: |
Trusdale, John
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| Organizations discussed: |
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, DC; Government executives--United States; Labor unions; New Deal, 1933-1939--United States; North America; Strikes and lockouts; U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; United States; United States--Politics and government--1901-1953; United States--Politics and government--1953-1961; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Ching, Cyrus Stuart, 1876-1967; Factory management; Mediation and conciliation, Industrial; Seward, Ralph T. (Ralph Theodore), 1907-; Trade and professional associations; United Mine Workers of America; United States Rubber Company; United States--Economic policy--1933-1945; United States--National War Labor Board (1942-1945); World War, 1939-1945--Supplies
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018294-13737
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