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Summary Information
Harold Christoffel Oral History Interview
1987
- Christoffel, Harold, 1912-
UWM Manuscript Collection 40
- 2 audio cassettes
- 2 digital files (1.95 GB)
UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)
An oral history interview by Stanley Mallach and Joseph
Broderick with Harold Christoffel--president of the United Automobile Workers Union, Local
248 at the Allis-Chalmers Corporation (ACC) plant in West Allis, Wisconsin from the late
1930s until February 1945, when he entered military service--at Christoffel's home outside
Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 23 June 1987. The interview deals with the founding and operations
of the CIO News (Wisconsin) and West Allis plant newspapers
and the role of these publications in labor relations at ACC and in the rise of the CIO in
Wisconsin. Also contains information about conflicts between ACC and Local 248 and the rise
and internal operations of the Milwaukee County Industrial Union Council (MCIUC) and the
Wisconsin State Industrial Union Council (WSIUC). The interview deals with the founding,
purposes, effectiveness, editorial policy, story sources, and distribution of the Allis-Chalmers Workers' Union News, the CNW, and the Local 248 page and Local 248 edition of the CNW. Notable in the interview are Christoffel's comments on the purposes of the
publications as information and organizing arms of Local 248 and the MCIUC and WSIUC; on
race relations at ACC and in Local 248; on aspects of labor relations at the West Allis
plant and the CNW coverage of the 1939 and 1941 strikes; on friction between the labor
movement in Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Journal; on the
coverage of union elections and John L. Lewis by the CNW; and
on the stand of Local 248 on American entry into World War II before 7 December 1941 and
attitudes toward the war effort after December 7.
English
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