How to Organize Our Immediate Work
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- Title (English):
- How to Organize Our Immediate Work
- Collection:
- International Workers' Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Conferences, Conventions, Meetings
- Creator:
- International Workers Order (IWO)
- Organization:
- International Workers Order
- Date:
- 1938-1939
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b49f16_16
- File Name:
- 5276b49f16_16.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Work Type:
- proposals
organization files
reports
drafts (documents)
immigrants
political ideologies and attitudes
communism - Subject:
- Americanization
IWO JPFO Organizational History
IWO JPFO- Reports, Meetings, and Conferences
Fraternal Orders- Lodges, Activities
Youth
Black Jewish Relations
National Sections
Membership- Benefits, Insurance
Political
Immigrants
Capitalism
Women [Women's clubs, organizing]
Culture Front- Organizing
Soviet Union
Intelligentsia
Jewish Lodges
Social Security - Description:
- 9 pages. Membership Campaign. Internal document with major markups and edits concerning lodges and what needs to be done to improve them organizationally and politically to kick off a consolidated "Campaign for Social Security." Describes "Need for IWO Geography" of lodges and statistics, and areas of geographic concentration. Members should try to "penetrate organizations" they already belong to. "Mobilize our Friends." "Mass Agitation Needed." Organization structure for lodge mobilization plan. Incentive: "valuable and desirable prizes may be offered. Refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, bedroom sets, automobiles and other selections may be made, likely to inspire whole families into feverish activities in our campaign." Proposes to organize more outside of New York and focus on English speaking lodges as opposed to National Sections. Apparently written in anticipation of the 1940 Convention.
- 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
- Format:
- Image
- 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