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W. B. Storey, president, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad (AT&SF) of Chicago writes Governor Reed of Topeka, Kansas, concerning the AT&SFs use of foreign labor, particularly Mexicans. He is responding to the Governor's request that railroad companies in Kansas use American labor only during a period of high unemployment. Storey describes the railroad's practice of recruiting and laying-off seasonal Mexican labor and the company's recent efforts to employ only "white men." He describes why in some cases employment of strictly American labor is inadequate and defends the right to employ Mexicans who are U.S. citizens. President Herbert Hoover's Employment Commission originally prompted the Governor to make his request. See Governor Clyde Reed to railroad executives dated November 20, 1930. See J. F. Lucy, President's Employment Commission, to Governor Clyde Reed dated November 18, 1930.
Creator: Storey, W. B.
Date: November 22, 1930
Item Number: 207810
Call Number: Governor's Records--Reed, Box 3 Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 207810
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Transportation
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees - Track
Business and Industry - Railroad - Tracks
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Reed, Clyde Martin
Date - 1930s - 1930
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Reed, Clyde Martin
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Reed, Clyde Martin, 1871-1949
Places - Cities and towns - Hutchinson
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Reno
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Illinois
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Employees - Track
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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