OF LABOR

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

THIRD SESSION

PURSUANT TO

S. Res. 266

(74th Congress)

A RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF THE
RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY AND

INTERFERENCE WITH THE RIGHT OF
LABOR TO ORGANIZE AND BAR-

GAIN COLLECTIVELY

PART 34

"LITTLE STEEL"

Republic Steel Corporation

LABOR RELATIONS POLICY AND PRACTICES
ESPIONAGE AND VIOLENCE

REFUSAL TO SIGN UNION CONTRACT

AUGUST 11, 1938

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

CONTENTS

Testimony of-

Page

Butler, W. Earl, Youngstown, Ohio; captain, Republic Steel Cor-
poration police_‒‒‒

13799

Gilroy, Joseph F., Canton, Ohio; captain, Republic Steel Corpora-
tion police---

13799

Girdler, Tom M., Cleveland, Ohio; chairman, board of directors, Re-
public Steel Corporation_-_-

13778,

13784, 13792, 13796, 13818, 13842, 13860
Jones, Dewey W., Cleveland, Ohio; captain, Republic Steel Cor-
poration police__-

13802

Konkowski, Frank, Cleveland, Ohio; former Republic Steel Corpora-
tion employee__

13811

Konkowski, John, Cleveland, Ohio; former Republic Steel Corpora-
tion employee---.

13811

McCulloch, Spencer R., St. Louis, Mo.; reporter, St. Louis Post-
Dispatch

13789

Moore, Frank L., Baltimore, Md.; former lieutenant of Republic Steel
Corporation police force in Buffalo, N. Y_______

13826

Oldham, Wade H., Birmingham, Ala.; manager, southern division,

Republic Steel Corporation....

13858

Patton, Thomas F., Cleveland, Ohio; general counsel, Republic Steel

Corporation__.
13777, 13781, 13805, 13829, 13845, 13891

Sodders, Kenneth J., Cleveland, Ohio; Republic Steel Corporation

policeman and former undercover man__.

Todd, George E., Buffalo, N. Y.; captain, Republic Steel Corporation

police___.

13810, 13818

Torbic, James S., Monroe, Mich.; supervisor, police department, and

in charge of industrial relations department, Republic Steel Cor-

poration (The Newton Steel Co.)--

Voss, Joseph A., Cleveland, Ohio; director of industrial relations,

Republic Steel Corporation---

13839

13795

13861, 13885

White, Charles M., Cleveland, Ohio; vice president in charge of

operations, Republic Steel Corporation. 13784, 13854, 13861, 13877, 13884

Williams, James L., Cleveland, Ohio, superintendent of police, Repub-

lic Steel Corporation----
13795, 13796, 13798, 13841

Thursday, August 11, 1938, a. m..

Thursday, August 11, 1938, p. m.

Testimony relating to the Republic Steel Corporation_.

Policies and activities of the Republic Steel Corporation

Formation of the Republic Steel Corporation__.

Activities of Tom M. Girdler, chairman of board of directors,

in forming corporation, and his prior experience_-

Financial relationships with other corporations__

Compensation and duties of chairman of the board.

13777

13818

13777

13777

---

Experiences at Aliquippa, Pa., with Jones & Laughlin Steel

Corporation

13785

Condition of civil liberties in Aliquippa_

13788

Experience of other officials of the corporation at Aliquippa,

Pa-----

13794

Corporation police officials_

13795

Testimony relating to the Republic Steel Corporation-Continued.

Policies and activities of the Republic Steel Corporation-Contd.

Responsibility for antiunion activities of the corporation police

department__

Announced labor policy of the corporation.

Labor espionage

In Cleveland

Instructions against labor espionage_

Functions of the police department (1933-36)

In the Berger strike (1935) ‒‒‒‒

13796

13797

13799

13802

13819

13826

13834

Development of employee-representation plans-

13842

Participation of corporation in reorganization of (1933) _ 13849

Committee on employee representation.

13854

Associated Industries of Alabama_____

13856

Activities in support of corporation during steel strike

of 1937____.

13857

National Industrial Information Committee of the National

Association of Manufacturers_.

13862

Attitude toward citizens' committees.

13864

Relations between the corporation and Hill and Knowlton_

13869

Services of George Sokolsky__.

13872

Attitude with reference to signing a collective-bargaining agree-

Refusal to make oral agreement with the Steel Workers

Organizing Committee__

NOTE.-References are to pages on which indicated testimony begins.