(List of Exhibitors and Exhibits).

Re advertisements, subscriptions, finance and format.

Correspondence with C B Tyler, Secretary of BWTU, Herbert A Wyeth, General Organising Secretary of the Amalgamated Building Trades Union of S Africa, branch secretaries of BWTU and African National Congress.

Subjects:

1926.

Need for a notional organisation of Building Trade Unions.

1928.

Question of allowing the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) to he affiliated to SATUC.

Workers race Speech Committee formed to protest against the imprisonment of 5 members; of ICU who spoke out against the persecution of blacks.

Organisation of coloured workers.

1929.

Donation to the British coal miners fund.

1928.

Agenda for conference.

Delegates for ILO conference in Geneva.

Hull and Lewis Dependants Fund.

Protest against the Riotous Assemblies Bill.

Request to Johannesburg City Council to honour its pledge of land for a 1913 Strike Victims' Memorial, given previously to SAIF.

National Anti-Pass Conference.

All-in-Conference, Cape Town: report from the delegate, W Blake.

Invitation to give evidence to the Low Grade Ore Commission.

Support for the Laundry Workers Union.

Correspondence with E H Dutton and H Boyder, Secretaries of the Society, the Minister of Railways and with Johannesburg municipal officials.

Subjects:

1926.

Protest by the Society against the government's acceptance of the African Iron and Steel Products Ltd's tender for 5000 brake blocks, under clause 12 of tender conditions - "Fair Wage Clause".

1927.

Protest To Johannesburg Municipality for giving a sewerage contract to A Proudfoot, who has sub-contracted to African Iron A. Steel Products Ltd. Thin firm does not comply with conditions agreed upon by the Transvaal Engineers and Founders' Association and the Ironmoulders Society, in that blacks are employed on moulding machines.

Withdrawal of the Society from SATUC.

1929.

Application by the Society for re-affiliation to SATUC.

1930.

Protest against conditions of service of the foreman of the Johannesburg Municipal Power Station, which include giving up his trade union membership.

Correspondence with W Wienns, Secretary of the Arbeiter-Verbandes fur Sudwest-Afrika.

Subjects:

1928.

Trade unionism in South West Africa and its representation in parliament.

Co-ordination with SATUC and possible affiliation.

Apprenticeship conditions.

Anti-German feeling in South Went Africa.

1929.

Depression, particularly in the, diamond industry where workers have been paid off.

Correspondence with W S Citrine and W Gillies, Secretaries of British TUC, the British Labour Party and R Palme Dutt, editor of The Labour Bulletin.

Subjects:

1927.

Reply by SATUC to questionnaire from the British TUC.

1928,1930.

Arrangements for British Commonwealth Labour Conference.

Correspondence with the Department of Labour and Defence, the Prime Minister's office, Albert Thomas, Director of ILA., MLAs H W Sampson and T Boydell and individual unions.

Subjects:

1925.

Nomination of H W Sampson and report back by him.

Resolution by NEC to the Prime Minister, expressing displeasure at the Government's delegates voting against and so helping to defeat the Glass Workers Convention.

1926.

Replies by unions to question of representation at Geneva. Nomination of John Curran.

1929.

Nomination of W H Andrews.

Draft questionnaire on forced labour, for the guidance of the South African delegation.