E. Lloyd Kirby Interview 4

Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: You remember seeing everybody bring their tools down there and go to work to build it piece by piece?

Segment Synopsis: E. Lloyd Kirby discusses building the union hall, the fact that it burnt down, and who belonged to the union.

Keywords: union organizing

Subjects: Labor union locals; Labor union members; Working class women

Partial Transcript: F1: Anyway, after NRA come in they thought it was great.

Segment Synopsis: An unidentified woman and E. Lloyd Kirby discuss the impact of the National Recovery Act,how Kirby was elected as vice president of the local union, union songs, and union organizing.

Keywords: National Recovery Administration; union organizing; union songs

Subjects: Labor union locals; Labor unions--Officials and employees; United States. National Recovery Administration; Wages

Partial Transcript: JUDITH HELFAND: Were you trying to get them to join the strike? That's what you were trying to do right?

Segment Synopsis: E. Lloyd Kirby discusses the textile workers' strike of 1934, and how he was part of a flying squadron during the strike.

Keywords: flying squadrons; lintheads; union organizing

Subjects: Textile Workers' Strike (Southern States : 1934); Textile workers--Labor unions

Partial Transcript: F1: I'll tell you, the working man was really depressed about that time. They just couldn't hardly make a living.

Segment Synopsis: An unidentified woman and E. Lloyd Kirby discuss Franklin Delano Roosevelt's promises, and Kirby's work with the flying squadron.

Keywords: flying squadrons; union organizing

Subjects: New Deal (1933-1939); Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Textile workers--Labor unions