Policy for District Financing
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- Title (English):
- Policy for District Financing
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Black Jewish Relations
Conferences, Conventions, Meetings
Popular Front Years - Creator:
- The Organization Committee, National Organization Department
- Organization:
- International Workers Order
- Date:
- 1938-1939
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b49f16_13
- File Name:
- 5276b49f16_13.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Transcription:
- 5 copies; 1 Shipka; 1 Bedacht; Rest Benjamin's
- Work Type:
- organization files
reports
drafts (documents)
immigrants
proposals
historical figures
political ideologies and attitudes
communism - Subject:
- Organizational History of IWO/JPFO
Popular Front
IWO JPFO- Reports, Meetings, and Conferences
Fraternal Orders- Lodges, Activities
Youth
Black Jewish Relations
National Sections
Membership- Benefits, Insurance, Organizing
Americanization - Description:
- 6 pages. Report is an internal document with heavy markups and edits concerning lodges in 1938-39 and improving them organizationally and politically. Discusses National office subsidies of State organizations with clear goal of having State and City organizations (committees) be economically self-sufficient. Emphasis is on a reorganization turning District (State) workers into Field Organizers. Details state and city organizations and numbers of members. Details dollar amounts. Can see efforts put into North East cities, Youth division, Education Department, Polish and "Negro" organizing. Contains redacted list of organizers' names such as Irving Stein (Chicago). Proposes that the Organization Department be in charge of all other Departments. Apparently written in anticipation of the 1940 Convention and of new by-laws in January. May be connected to other proposals from this period to organize more outside of New York and focus on English speaking lodges as opposed to National Sections.
- Notes:
- One of a series of documents proposing a reorganization
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. - Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 49
- Folder:
- 16
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu