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Mark Litchman letter to Emmanuel Slater and others regarding tensions in the Seattle labor movement, particularly surrounding Harry Ault and the Seattle Union Record, April 25, 1921
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| Title | Mark Litchman letter to Emmanuel Slater and others regarding tensions in the Seattle labor movement, particularly surrounding Harry Ault and the Seattle Union Record, April 25, 1921 |
| Author | Litchman, Mark M., 1887-1960 |
| Date of Publication | 1921 |
| Notes | This letter, written on April 25, 1921, was sent by Mark Litchman to Emmanuel "Reb" Slater, and to two others addressed only as "Gene" and "Browett" (a handwritten note on the first page suggests the correspondents are a Eugene "Reb" Slater and a Gene Browett, but Slater's first name is known from other correspondence to be Emmanuel, and "Gene" and "Browett" are clearly separate individuals based on the text of this letter). In the letter, Litchman updates his correspondents on the latest developments relating to the internal struggles in the Seattle labor movement -- what he calls "the battle in the Council", referring to the Seattle Central Labor Council. The two sides, which he names "the Rebels" and "the Vested Interests", seem to be evenly matched. Litchman establishes background for his readers, by explaining the structure of the Seattle Union Record's ownership, which includes the Central Labor Council as majority shareholder, whose authority is exercised by a group of seven trustees -- among them, Harry Ault, Frank Rust, and Frank Turco, all of whom have been prominent in the struggle thus far. Litchman describes recent developments involving the selection of new trustees, and the issuing of new credentials for Frank Turco and James A. Duncan, both of whose "integrity and sincerety [sic]" is under attack as a result of their actions.
Litchman then relates a series of events surrounding the Council's president, Jack Mundy, and the attempt by the Rebels to get American Federation of Labor (A. F. of L.) President Samuel Gompers involved. He is concerned that the Capitalists will move to oust non-A. F. of L. unions from the Council, a division which the Rebels are likely to seek on their own, regardless. Litchman discusses the outcomes of elections within labor organizations, and predicts that the Seattle Union Record "has but a short life", given the economic climate, the tension within the labor movement sapping financial support, and the looming threat of Hearst's intentions to seize control of the Seattle newspaper market. |
| Contextual Notes | The document ends abruptly at the bottom of the page, and it is not clear if (or how much) additional material originally in the letter is missing. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Litchman, Mark M., 1887-1960--Correspondence; Slater, Emmanuel--Correspondence; Labor movement--Washington (State)--Seattle; Labor unions--Washington (State)--Seattle; Central Labor Council of Seattle and Vicinity; Ault, Harry E. B. (Harry Erwin Bratton), 1883-1961; Seattle union record (Seattle, Wash. : 1918); Rust, Frank; Turco, Frank; Duncan, James A.; Mundy, Jack |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State) |
| Digital ID Number | PNW01135 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: photos@u.washington.edu. |
| Digital Collection | Pacific Northwest Historical Documents Collection
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Mark M. Litchman. Accession No. 0165-001. Box 1/31 |
| Object Type | Letter (correspondence)
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| Physical Description | 1 leaf; 33 x 22 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original text or image at 150 dpi saved in TIFF format, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2011. |
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