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W.M. Nelson, a black miner in Croweburg, Kansas, writes Governor Allen about pending legislation involving the Court of Industrial Relations. This legislation would have a panel in charge of hearing both sides of labor disputes. Nelson writes "I did think once when you had this law pass you entruded on the miners of Kansas. But I highly appreciate the action that you taken because it cause many woman an children to get three meals a day." Nelson goes on to say "This is the first time in history that the colored miner had one part of a show in District 17." The Court of Industrial Relations was later passed on January 1920 by special session of the Kansas legislature.
Creator: Nelson, W.M.
Date: February 26, 1920
Item Number: 213490
Call Number: Governors Office Correspondence Governor Henry Allen Box 12 Folder Court of Industrial Relations N
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213490
Business and Industry - Labor
Business and Industry - Labor - Strikes
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Miners
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Allen, Henry Justin
Date - 1920s - 1920
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Civil rights
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Labor movement
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Allen, Henry Justin
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Court of Industrial Relations
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans
People - Notable Kansans - Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950
Places - Cities and towns - Croweburg
Places - Counties - Crawford
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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