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DeCaux, Len (fl. 1944-) to Sidney Diamond

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09120.458 Author/Creator: DeCaux, Len (fl. 1944-) Place Written: Washington D.C. Type: Typed letter signed Date: 17 July 1944 Pagination: 2 p. ; 21.2 x 28 cm. Order a Copy

Letter written from the publicity director of the Congress of Industrial Organizations in response to a letter that Diamond had written on July 2. The letter answers some of Diamond's questions pertaining to membership of CIO unions, postwar plans and the range of issues that affect servicemen that the organization are active in.

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