Summaries of Telephone Conversations

Washington, D. C. October 17, 1945 CO SUMMARY 9:46 AM TOM CORCORAN unable to get Senator PEPPER's office. Was transferred to Senator GUFFEY's office and 'spoke to BILL BATLEY. CORCORAN told BATLEY that JOSH (LEE) collapsed; that he went over to the other side and enabled the other side to get a 3 to 1 decision against allowing a rehearing (for Pennsylvania Central Airlines before CAB). CORCORAN said that POGUE was tickled pink. CORCORAN said that POGUE had sent the thing down and said there should be no discretion; that the applica- tion for a rehearing had to be turned down. BAILEY said that FRANK MULCAHY had told him that it was turned down because of a 2 to 2 vote. CORCORAN said no, that JOSH had voted with the other side in ignorance of the law. CORCORAN asked BAILEY to call JOSH and razz the hell out of him. 10:13 AM TOM CORCORAN unable to reach JIM CLEMENTS in Senator PEPPER's office. Spoke to BOB FOLKS (phonetic) and told him about JOSH LEE going over to the other side in favor of RICKENBACKER. 10:16 AM TOM CORCORAN to JIM CLEMENTS (Secretary to Senator PEPPER) at TEmple 7261. CORCORAN tells him about JOSH LEE's going over to the other side. CORCORAN said that JOSH turned "flip-flop" on CLAUDE (PEPPER). CORCORAN said that WAYNE PARRISH, a Pan-Am man, wrote a tough article about JOSH in the Aviation Journal about his connection with TWA, and that WELCH POGUE was smart enough to throw it up to JOSH and get a vote on the rehearing on the same day. CORCORAN suggested that JIM send a cable to CLAUDE with a copy to JOSH telling CLAUDE about JOSH letting him down. JIM didn't think this was a good idea. 10:34 AM TOM CORCORAN to HERZOG at N.L.R.B. CORCORAN said he wants to keep HERZOG appraised on the Owens-Illinois situation and that a strike is apparently coming at the Streeter, Ill., plant where the A F of L, CIO, and District 50 were in a plant of about 700 people. CORCORAN said that District 50 won by 25 votes and that the company has negotiated with District 50 although they did not have a majority. CORCORAN advised that there is no argument about wages, etc., but that District 50 wants a closed shop and wants to kick A F of L out; that the skilled workers are A F of L men who will strike and withdraw if District 50 gets a closed shop. CORCORAN said he had asked WARREN, N.L.R.B. Conciliator, to send a man in and if necessary to take a strike vote. CORCORAN said that District 50 is threatening to do the same thing at the Fairmount, West Virginia, where the plant has been completely organized by A F of L, an initial organization. District 50 will contest through the Pittsburgh District. CORCORAN said that Owens-Illinois will meet with the conciliator at 3:00 PM today and will try to get a strike vote. CORCORAN said he just wants HERZOG to watch the Pittsburgh situation. CORCORAN said that the unskilled workers at Fairmount were organized about a month ago