Report on Membership Drive
Newly created PDFs on this website are accessible. If you have a disability and need this PDF in an alternate format, please email libaccessibility@cornell.edu for assistance.
- Title (English):
- Report on Membership Drive
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Creator:
- Bedacht, Max, 1883-1972
- Recipient:
- IWO G.E.B (General Executive Board)
IWO Organization Board
- Organization:
- International Workers Order
- Date:
- 1939-06-14
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b18f11_04
- File Name:
- 5276b18f11_04.pdf
- Address (recipient):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Work Type:
- historical figures
organization files
educating
reports
political campaigns
political ideologies and attitudes
membership lists - Subject:
- Campaigns
Political
Americanization
Black Jewish Relations- Civil Rights
Culture Front
Postwar Order and Social Contract
Immigration
Naturalization
Membership- Organizing
Fraternal Orders- Lodges, Activities - Description:
- 7 pages. Report on spring membership drive showing recruitment of 28,000 adult and junior members by lodge Builders (registered and unregistered as such) with about a 60% recruitment success rate based on drive goals. Analyzes success of recruitment by Language Section and by District (e.g., New York, Detroit, Pittsburgh). Gives list of largest State and City districts. Proposes better Builder training and organization and that District organizers be given more power relative to National Sections. Written in anticipation of the 1940 Convention. Appears connected to other proposals from this period to organize more outside of New York and focus on English speaking lodges and Districts as opposed to National Sections.
- Notes:
- Drive takes place just prior to Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of August, 1939.
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. - Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 18
- Folder:
- 11
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu