Memorandum on Matters to Be Discussed with Regional Director McKnight

Mr. Will Maslow

Clarence M. Mitchell

Matters to be Discussed with Regional Director Mc Knight

Sept. 28, 1944

During my stay in Columbus, I shall discuss the following matters with Regional Director McKnight1 at your request:

    The status of his plans for naming consultants in his region.

    Whether he believes a sub-office should be established in Cincinnati.

    The status of the problems involving the Detroit trucking industry.2

    Travel problems due to shortage of funds.

    The possibility of obtaining from WMC a statement on discriminatory hiring patterns similar to that recently announced by Region II of WMC.

    Prospects of State legislation providing for a Michigan FEPC.

    Personnel matters—including Examiners, Abbott, Weitz, Clore, and Swan.

    Status of case load.

    Cutback problems in the region.

    Present relationship with WMC.

MS: copy, HqR38, Central Files. Memoranda, Maslow, Will, 1944

[1] For an overview of FEPC actions in Region V, in which McKnight was regional director and Edward Swan examiner in charge of the Detroit suboffice, see Kersten, Race, Jobs, and the War 75–111.


[2] On the problems of the Detroit trucking industry, see the section on the Teamsters in the headnote on the FEPC and Unions and the sources cited there.

Additional Details

Object Type:

Memorandum

Manuscript Type:

Copy

Volume:

Volume 2 (1944-1946)

Volume Page Number:

370

Source:

Central Files of the FEPC. Aug. 1941-Apr. 1946

Source Variation:

HqR38, Central Files. Memoranda, Maslow, Will, 1944.