Speech to a Meeting or Convention
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- Title (English):
- Speech to a Meeting or Convention
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Conferences, Conventions, Meetings
- Creator:
- Unknown Executive Committee Member
- Organization:
- Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order of the I.W.O. (U.S.)
- Date:
- 1944-07
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b63f08_05
- File Name:
- 5276b63f08_05.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Work Type:
- manuscripts (document genre)
political campaigns
political ideologies and attitudes
historical figures
communism
organization files
world wars
conferences
speeches
handwriting
conferences - Subject:
- Soviet Union
US Foreign Policy
Bilingualism
Intelligentsia
Communism
Postwar Order and Social Contract
Political
Jewish Left
Jewish Culture- U.S.
Nazism and Fascism
Jewish Lodges
Americanization
Wartime Jewish Unity
World War II Homefront
World War II- War Effort - Description:
- 20 plus pages (additions on the back of page 18). Translated Summary: Salutation added in pencil on top: "Delegates and Guests". Talk addresses foreign policy including US-Soviet Relations, including the Atlantic Charter and the Tehran Agreement, with an eye towards postwar relations. The right wing is criticized as undermining Roosevelt and Churchill. The middle section of the talk decries the treachery of [David] Dubinsky and the Forverts [the Forward], and their support of the Polish government-in-exile in London. A note on the back of p. 18 appears to acknowledge the two parts of American Jewish life, and the need for English speakers to come together in friendship, and mentions English-speaking delegates. That would place the speech as being at, or in anticipation of, the Sixth Convention of July 1944.
- Notes:
- Likely to have been written by a member of the Executive Committee (Jewish American Section of the I.W.O)
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:
- 63
- Folder:
- 8
- 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