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group that were going to raise wages of that group.

Well, this was one of the board's rules - they would accept a petition and act on it in the best interests of all concerned.

These two things were really creating great trouble all over the country. Of course, there were plenty of other rules that did too. Then the accusations began to be made that the National Labor Relations Board threw the cases to the CIO. The accusations were made by the employer groups that the National Labor Relations Board always threw the cases to labor. Then the accusations began to be made that the examiners of the National Labor Relations Board actually helped the unions to prepare their cases, told them what to say in their testimony and their petitions. The accusations were made that the examiners of the Board went out and interviewed witnesses and told them how to testify, what to testify to. There began to be complaints and some of them were probably justified. I don't recall the particular cases and particular names now, but they can be dug up in the records of the National Labor Relations Board, and undoubtedly Bill Leiserson would be able to put his finger or some of them. Certainly Gerard Reilly would be able to put his finger on some of them. Both





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