OHB 0064 | Oral History

OHB 0064

Labor arbitrator, Lubbock, Texas; director of regional War Labor Board, Dallas, Texas. Family background; farming near Beach, North Dakota; activities as principal in Dodge, North Dakota; employment in political science department at University of North Dakota, 1937; experiences during the Great Depression; research on crop insurance and liberty concepts in labor relations; activities as director of regional War Labor Board office in Dallas and as vice-chairman of the Board, 1943-45; contributions of War Labor board to bargaining process; employment in political science department at Texas Tech, 1947; discussion of “ad hoc” and “permanent” arbitrators; comments on arbitration process and selection of cases to arbitrate; comments on operating requirements of professional arbitrator; comparison of 1940s and 1980s arbitration processes; views on injection of legalism in arbitration process; explanation of expedited procedures; comments on differences in arbitrating in Northeast and Southwest; “ego security” as a factor in arbitration cases; discussion of origin of full-time professional arbitrators; purposes of and involvement with the National Academy of Arbitrators.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 119 pp. plus documents (4 pp.)
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Sam Barton, Floyd Jenkins
Date of Interview January 6, 1981

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