This telegram from Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers of America, urges Senator Henry F. Ashurst to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment because it would eliminate "any possiblity for special laws governing and protecting women workers."
This document was digitized by teachers in our Primarily Teaching 2017 summer workshop in Washington, D.C.This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
Full Citation: Telegram to Senator Ashurst from the United Automobile Workers of America; 2/9/1938; Petitions and Memorials Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary during the 75th Congress; (SEN64A-K9); Committee Papers, 1816 - 2011; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/ashurst-homer-martin, March 27, 2025]