wide range of labor history and related projects has involved a variety of scholars, union members, and the general public during the past several months. History Society has taken the lead in most of the significant activities. Society sponsored a highly successful conference in November, cele brating 100 Years of Organized in Illinois (reported in the previous issue of ILWCH). ILHS is also involved in two projects funded by the Humani ties Council: one, a history of carpenters' unionism in Illinois, now being completed by Richard Schneirov and Thomas Suhrbur in conjunction with the 100th anniver sary of the founding of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters; and the other, the production of a documentary film, Pullman Town, directed by filmmaker Martin Buechley. Society also raised the funds necessary to restore the Haymarket Martyrs Monument in Forest Home Cemetery, which was defaced by unknown vandals. rededication ceremony in May attracted some one hundred persons, including O. W. and James Neebe, grandsons of Oscar Neebe, one of the martyrs. French television crew filmed the ceremonies. In March three officers of the Society presented a Back-to-Basics labor history program for the Peor?a Building Trades Council. ILHS president Leslie Orear talked about A Century of Struggle; William Adelman of the University of presented his popular illustrated talk on Labor History Rediscovered, and William Bork of Roosevelt University dis cussed The Building Trades in the Open Shop Drive of the 1920s. Stephen Freedman of the University of Chicago traced the history of the Peor?a labor movement. In May, the Society inducted two new members into its Union Hall of Honor at a dinner attended by some 150 union people and friends. Ralph Helstein, president-emeritus of the United Packinghouse Workers was present to be honored, and Milton P. Webster, chairman of the executive board of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was honored posthumously. ILHS plans two major events during the coming months. On November 7 in cooperation with Roosevelt University, a public program celebrating the 50th anniversary of the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president will be held, featuring a panel of historians, a specially-created slide show, and a discussion of veteran workers of the New Deal era. Society is also cooperating with the Chicago Federation of in sponsoring a Day Parade in comm?mora