Taylor, George W. Papers

Chairman, National War Labor Board, 1945; Chairman, Wage Stabilization Board, 1950

The papers of George W. Taylor consist of letters, memorandums, press clippings, reports, and other items mostly relating to his government service as Chairman of the National War Labor Board and the Wage Stabilization Board, and his involvement in national labor issues during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 10 linear inches (about 1,000 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: No donation of copyright has been received with this collection. Documents prepared by United States government employees in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright that does not fall under this category is presumed to remain with the creators of the documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Erwin J. Mueller (1973).
Updated by: Anna Meyer (2011) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1901 (July 10)		Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1923		B.S. in Economics, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
1924 (June 18)		Married Edith Ayling
1928		Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
1937-1972		Associate Professor and Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1942-1945		Vice-Chairman, National War Labor Board
1945		Chairman, National War Labor Board
1945		Secretary, President's Labor-Management Conference
1946-1947		Chairman of Advisory Committee, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
1950		Chairman, Wage Stabilization Board
1963		Received Presidential Medal of Freedom
1972 (December 15)		Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The papers of George W. Taylor mostly relate to his career as a government official and labor arbitrator during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. The collection consists of one series, a Subject File, arranged alphabetically by folder title.

The collection includes letters, memorandums, press clippings, and reports pertaining to Taylor's service with the National War Labor Board from 1942 to 1945, his Chairmanship of the Wage Stabilization Board in 1950, and his other governmental positions relating to labor disputes during the Truman administration, such as the 1948 coal strike.

Also included are a booklet summarizing the 1945 Labor-Management Conference, contracts for Taylor's services as a labor consultant for the Atomic Energy Commission,  transcripts of proceedings, telegrams, published decisions and findings in labor disputes, a program for a Truman Library Fund Dinner, an invitation to the Gridiron Club, and a certificate signed by Truman. Almost all of the materials relate to Taylor's career in government, and not to his personal life or his career as a professor.

Related collections at the Truman Library include the papers of Beatrice M. Burgoon, who also served with the National War Labor Board as well as the Wage Stabilization Board; the papers of Harry S. Truman (Official File 30: National War Labor Board and Official File 15-K: Wage Stabilization Board); and the papers of John R. Steelman, who was also involved in labor mediation during this period. 

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