II. THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD A. THE BOARD During the fiscal year 1939, the members of the Board were as follows: J. Warren Madden, of Pennsylvania, chairman; Edwin S. Smith, of Massachusetts, member; and Donald Wakefield Smith, of Pennsylvania, member, until the appointment and confirmation of William M. Leiserson, of Ohio, on June 1, 1939. B. ORGANIZATION-WASHINGTON OFFICE The following major divisions in the Washington office have been established by the Board: Administrative, Legal, Trial Examining, Economic Research, and Information. The Administrative Division, under the general supervision of the Secretary, is responsible for the coordination of all the divisions of the Board and also for the administrative activities of the Board both in the Washington and regional offices. The clerical and fiscal work is under the direct supervision of a chief clerk who is directly responsible for the following sections: Accounts, Personnel, Dockets, Files and Mails, Purchase and Supply, Duplicating and Stenographic. The Secretary, together with the Assistant Secretary and an administrative staff, supervises case development in the field to the extent the Washington office participates therein, to the point where hearings are authorized, and specializes in the labor relations phases of the problems as well as in the formal procedures under the act. executive office conducts liaison activities with other Government agencies and establishments in matters germane to the handling of the Board's cases. The The Legal Division, under the supervision of the General Counsel, has charge of the legal work involved in the administration of the National Labor Relations Act. This work falls into two main sections, Litigation and Review. The Litigation Section, headed by the Associate General Counsel, is responsible for two of the main branches of the legal work. First, it supervises the regional attorneys in the presentation of the Board's case in administrative hearings. Second, it represents the Board in all judicial proceedings, which include in the main proceedings in the United States Circuit Courts of Appeals for the enforcement or review of the Board's orders, as well as in all other types of legal action. It collaborates with the Department of Justice in the presentation of arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States. It prepares briefs for presentation to the courts in all judicial proceedings brought by or against the Board. 192197-40- 2 11 The Review Section, headed by the Assistant General Counsel, assists the Board in the analysis of the records of hearings in the regions and before the Board in Washington. It receives from the Board its opinions, decisions, directions, and orders and is responsible for drafting these in written form, subject to the continuing supervision of the Board. The Trial Examining Division is entirely separate from the Legal Division. It operates under the direct supervision of the Chief Trial Examiner, who is attached to the executive staff of the Board. The Chief Trial Examiner assigns trial examiners to hold hearings as agents of the Board. Staff members of this Division are assigned to preside over hearings on formal complaints and petitions for certification of representatives, to make rulings on motions, to prepare intermediate reports containing findings of fact and recommendations for submission to the parties, and to prepare informal reports to the Board. The Economics Division, under the supervision of the Chief Economist, prepares economic material for use as evidence in the Board's cases, covering at times the business of the particular employer involved in a case before the Board and at times the industry of which this business is a part. It also makes general studies of the economic aspects of labor relations for use of the Board and prepares economic material needed for inclusion in briefs for the courts in cases where the Board is a litigant. The Information Division, under the supervision of the Director of Information, makes available to the public information regarding the activities of the Board, through releases and answers to oral and written inquiries. Résumés of the Board's decisions and orders and similar information are provided to inquirers and to the press. C. ORGANIZATION-REGIONAL OFFICES No substantial modification has been made of the organizational or functional character of the Board's regional offices within the fiscal year. The regional director is the administrative head of each regional office, under the supervision of the Secretary's office in Washington. He is also in charge of the labor relations work, investigating charges of commission of unfair labor practices and petitions for certification of representatives, attempting to secure compliance with the law without formal procedure, issuing complaints, or refusing to issue complaints, after advising with the regional attorney, and conducting elections as agent of the Board. The field examiners aid the regional director in his investigations and efforts to secure compliance, in holding elections as agents of the Board, and in other nonadministrative duties. The regional attorney is the legal officer in the regional office and acts as counsel to the regional director and as counsel for the Board in the conduct of hearings. The regional attorney is assisted in his duties by other attorneys attached to the regional office. D. REGIONAL OFFICES-LOCATION, TERRITORY, AND DIRECTING PERSONNEL Maine; New Hampshire; A. Howard Myers, direc Vermont; Massachu setts; Rhode Island; Region 2, 120 Wall St., Litchfield, New Haven, Region 3, Federal Building, Buffalo, N. Y. Region 4, Bankers Securities Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Region 5, 1109 Standard and Fairfield Counties New York State, except tor; Edward Schneider, attorney. Mrs. Elinore M. Herrick, director; Alan Perl, attorney. Henry J. Winters, director; Edward Flaherty, attorney. Mercer, Ocean, Burling- Bennet F. Schauffler, ton, Atlantic, Camden, Kent and Sussex Counties in Delaware; Maryland; director; Samuel G. Zack, attorney. William M. Aicher, director; Lester Levin, attorney. Region 11, Architects Region 12, Madison Building, Milwaukee, Wis. Region 13, 20 North Region 14, United States Court and Customhouse, St. Louis, Mo. Region 15, Hibernia Bank Indiana, except for Lake, Robert H. Cowdrill, director; Arthur Donovan, attorney. Wisconsin; Gogebic, On- John G. Shott, director; tonagon, Houghton, Lake, Porter, La Porte, Illinois, south of the Louisiana; Arkansas; Mis- Region 16, Federal Court Oklahoma, Texas. Building, Fort Worth, Tex. Frederick P. Mett, attorney. G. L. Patterson, director; Isaiah S. Dorfman, attorney. Miss Dorothea de Schweinitz, director; Thurlow Smoot, attorney. Charles H. Logan, director; Samuel Lang, attorney. Edwin A. Elliott, director; Elmer P. Davis, attorney. |