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In this letter Boeing Vice President J. Earl Schaefer writes to Kansas Governor Andrew Schoeppel requesting a meeting to discuss labor issues effecting the Boeing manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas.
Creator: Schaefer, Julius Earl
Date: November 17, 1942
This article can be used to help students understand that labor was one of Boeing's main concerns during the companies efforts to build airplanes in support of the U.S. war effort.
KS: 11th: 2.4.: understands the role of Kansas aviation companies in World War II
Item Number: 213851
Call Number: Correspondence, Gov. Andrew Schoeppel 1943-1947, Box 46, Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 213851
Business and Industry - Aviation - Production - Boeing
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Aviation companies in World War II (Indicator 4)
Date - 1940s - 1942
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank
Military - Wars - World War II - Homefront
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Schoeppel, Andrew Frank, 1894-1962
People - Notable People - Schaefer, Julius Earl
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Cities and towns - Wichita
Places - Counties - Sedgwick
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
Transportation - Air Travel - Aeroplanes
Transportation - Air Travel - Companies - Boeing
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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