LEON EE::WERSON

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Record Group 61

The Papers of Leon Henderson

National Reco""'ry Administration Papers [1934-36]

Box 1.

Box 2.

AdministratiTB Poli~ App:rentioeahip Area Ag:reementa Autcaobile .Fi11.x1oe Companie•

. Automobile Industry Auto Study.,. Clippings. Eakin& Ind.uatry !3anldn& Code . 13aain.~ Point • Report of' :Federal Trade Como.isaion Basins Poi~ • Steel Blue Eagl.• Bolt, D"'*- and Ri.....t Boot and Shoe Brielal and Pric. Fixing Brookinp P.eport on !l:RA ... l'~J. Krepa Memo about: Budget a Buildins ltaterlal.s Prleea

Busineaa Failures Dudnesa Ptu'nitur. Code

~~·· Candy Yanutacturlng Industry Carbon Dioxide Price Filing Cartel a ChAin Storee Clark, J., U. Claasific.,.tion of Cus-bOIIlel"S Claaai£1ed Wa~ Beales Coal Clippings "" NRA

Code A~~hority Organization Code Aut'hori ty Code Authorl ties, Conhrence ot Codu ~ui ring Rend ;n Codified Indun:ries - over 50,000 Collective Bargaining CemPany . Scrl pt; • Compliance Problems Concentration and Price Flexibility Constitutional Righta

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Cotistruction (Division of Economic Construction Industry - Archi teats Cona~rs Ad vi eory Board Reports Consumers' Industries Com~ittee Conauauu•a' Nat-ional Conterence Cooperati Te•

ResearCh and Planning Report)

Copper

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Box s.

Box 6.

Cost Accounting Systems Cotton Garment Trade Credit - Intermediate Credit Proposals Credit Provisions Cost of Li'f'ing Darrow Reports . Debt Distribution and Senioe (Code Authority Conference Report) Distribution Cod.ea - Problema Distribution Project Di Tisional. Report• Drug Industry Durabl• Gooda Industries Committee

Eleotrioal Codea Ero.er@:enoiea .Employmen~ Employment o£ Uinora Enforcement • Will Da~s Report Equipment Clausea Evidence Studies Exemp-tions Federal Trade Cor.mdsaion }~nkelstein Case Food Division Forward Contraota Fur Commission Fur Trade Ga~ Appliance Indust~ General File - BRA Glass Industry Govarrrment Purchasing Greif Case {L. Greif & Bro •• Inc. vs. the United States) Hawaii

Henderson, Leon - Personal Home Work Hours - Simplification Proposal Ice Industry Index o£ P~aearoh and Plannin~ Reports Industr.hal Control - Foreign (Seidlera Reports. Supplement on Australa) IndUstrial Mobilization - Army International Labour Office Interstate Camaerce Imports - Statistics in re imports & domestic production of

bleached & printed dyed or colored cotton goods Import Seoti on Imposition of Codes Japan Johnson. Hugh S. Labor Polioy Q General Lef9-alation - IRA 1 .

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Box 7. Liquidat-d Damagea Li t i9Ltion -. Parkins Case }.temo L'lll:lbel" Industry Lumber Costs and ? rioes }iail Order Housea Marshall, L.c .... Requeate ;;!eana, Ga.rdinel" ~1ll!ner,r . Induatr,y ~i~aral Policy Coami~ 1Jonopoly (Seidler) .. iilmbilit-.r Motor Vehicl• l!aintainance Trade Code 'Nat.iOI:l.al Bunau ot EconO!lio Reseanb Nati onal &\er~ Council - N.?.A Report to • August l9M. ~ational RecoYer,r Administration - Biblio~p~ National R&aourcea Boar<l Neuo Worlmrs

Box a. ifewspapeJ" Code Ntnntprl~ National !nduatrlal !ie¢0T&i'y' :Soard (tf:tRD) Of.f'io. Ol"del" #66 Oil Open ?rlce As1oica:Mona (2 f'olde:os) Operntion ot N .l. 'R.A. .,. Index tl) Charts Organizatio-4 .. NRA Organi:a.tion ~ Res~cll and Plannin~ Division Paint; Varnish and LacqU$J" Pap91' and Pulp

· · · ···Paperboard Box e. Peoan Sh~ling Industry

Personnel - l'fRA Personnel - ResearCh and Pl &nnins Plamdng [Various P.eports, Articles, etc.) Pl. ural lii~ Wage ?..ate a Policy Boarda Pow~rs of the Eonrd Presid.nt's Sta,tosent of June 4, 1935 Prioe. Cabinet Coa:dttee on Price•, affect o.f Codes on. Price Fixing

Bo:z 10. Price P.:earint; -(January 9, 1935 J (2 :t'oldon) ?r1c8 Fle:xibility'- F.elation to Emplopent Prloea ( Curl"8nt atudiee a1·1d reports) Price and Production Control• Price ProTisioJUJ in Codos, etc. Price Policy a.f'ter Price Hearing (J.tl. Cla.xa..c) Prison Labor Production and Capacity Control Producti n Capaoi ty Study Production Control (Drury)

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Box 11. Public Relations Public Works Puerto Rico Purchasing Power Richber~. Donald Reaeuch and Planning Division - General Retail Retail Farm Equi pmen"t Retail !lea~ P:.etail Solid fuel Rubber :uanugaoturins Sal•• Below Con - Waiting Periods Scrip

r:mm~i~laint• Shechter Case Sh.i!pbuilding and Ship repairing

Box 12. Shipping Code Silk Small Enterpri$e8 Social Credit Southern Statea Industrial Council Standards State Industrial R&coTery Acts Statistical Reporting Steel Storage and MoTin~ Trade Structural Steel Code Telegraph Code Telephone Code Textile Code Textiles, Cotton

Box lS. Textiles ~ Work Assi~ents Boards Textile• - Planning Coan:i ttee i Textiles · - Federal Trade Commiaaio. Reports

Textile• - Labor .Depart:nent Report \ Toba.ooo \. ., Trade A .. ooiations \

Box 14. Trad• Practice Transportation - Eastman's Report Truold.n~ Code Unemployment Insurance Wages Wages AboTe Yinimua War Industries Board Waste Paper Industry Wool

Henderson Papers

Box 15. N.R.A~ Work Yaterials P..aporta, l!iscellanaous

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Wa ge Diff'erentiala in the Cap and Cloth Hat Indust~J List of Statistical Tables on Labor Pro~sions in the Coaea Clasaiftoation ot ApproTed Codes in Indistry Groups Tentative Outlines & Summaries of' Studiea in Pro~reas .

A. Industry Studie• B. Labor Studie1 C~ Trade Praotice Studios

19. History of the F.enew Division 24:. Treaty llaldng Power of the United State•

25. Federal Regulation Throu~ the Joint Employr.tent of the Power of Taxation and the Spending Power

27 • Extra Jutlioial J.l:ethods of Enforcement 28. Textilw Industry in the United Kingdom,. FranlJe,. German7,. eto 29. State RacoTery Legislation in Aid ot Federal Reoo~ry

Legislation -- History e.nd Analysis

Box lS. N. 'J.. .A. Work Yaterlals (Continued)

30. Susstitution in eonnaotion with the President's Reemploymen~ Agreement

31 .. Earnings of Fishennen and Fishing Craft

32. Foreign Trade Studu of the Forest Produots Industry

35. The Content ot NIRA. Administrative Ler;islation A. Executive and Administrative Orders E. Agree~ents under Secti ons 4 (e) and 7(d) F. A ~ Casea The Cotton Textile Coda

38.. Information concerning Commodities: A Study in NRA and Related Experience in Control

A. Misrepresentation and Deception

39. Problems of Administration in the Overlapping of Code Definitions of Industries and Trades. Uultiple Code Coverage.,. Classi!'ying of Individual Members of Industries and Trades

~o. The Prison Labor Problem under NRA Administration and the Prison Compact

42. An Explanatory Report on the Study of liatural Areas of Trade in the United States and a Guide to th e

}.{ehhodology U!ed in Its Preparation

Mi&ration Area Wage

A. B.

of Selected Industries as Influenced by Dif"ferentials in the Codes of Fair Competition Boot and Shoe I ndustry Cotton Textile Industry

Hend9rson Papers 6. Box 17. N.R.A. Work Materials (Continued)

Box 18.

Box 19.

Box 20.

No. -i5. C'n.ild Labor Control Under N.R.A.

52. De~igu Piracy- The Problem and Its Treatment Under N.R.~

63. Th& Fertilizer Industry - Vol I.

61. Fertiliser Industry Price Filing Study

68.. Two Studiu or Certain Constitutional PO!J'ters a:s Poasible Bases for Feden.l Regulation o£ Eaplayer - Employee RolationshiFs

A. War Power and Child Labor B. Post Offioea and Post Roads Power

Reaearch and Planning Division Reportt

Adainistration and Er.feota of Produci;ion and Capacity Control Pro'rlsions in N:RA Codea

Res.earc11 end Planning Reports ( Cont'd.)

Extent .of Labor Organization

Code Acllnini stration Studies: Miscellaneous

The Canning Industry '!he Ciga.r Container Industry The Crushed Stone, Sand and Gravel, and Sla~ Industries Th& Fabricated I.retal Products Industry The Fishery Industry The Graphic Arts IndG.stry The E~nJ.cllcerchiel Industry The Macaroni Industry n"ne :len's Clothin~ Industry The Motor Vehicle F.etailing Trade 'l'he Sei:-Up Paper Box. Industry The Pulp and. Paper Industry (extra copy) T'ne Plumbing Prod1:ct.s Industry' (Wholesale) The Portland Cement Industry T"ne Wholesale or Distributin~ Trade

Research and Plannin~ Divi sion Reports (Cont~d.) .

Post Code Analysis F.eports - !iu::tbers 30-B to so-A

Post Code Analysis Repo rts - Numbers 61 to 79

Statement of General Hugh S. Jo}mson before the U. s. Senate Corsmitte9 on F1rumce. April 18. 1935.

l.iiscellaneoua Reports on the Operations of the 11. R. A.

Henderson Papers

Box 21. Iron and Steel Industry Basing Point Reports

Te:aporary Iiational Economic Committee Papers - S.E·C· Papers

Box 22.

Bo:z: 23..

Analysis . of Daily TY3C Hearings Brown Company- Ue~randu:a prOTiding data and analyses Chesape&ks and Ohio Railroad Case Commomr&al th and Southern Co~titive Eiddin~ Consuaers ·Power of Uichigaa

Deyton Power and Light Deprecia:tnon Dissent. - Leon Henderson Fire Insurance Healy~ Robart B. Henderson,.. Leon- :?rewa reaction to appoilltment to SEC Henderson. Leon - Clippi~a on Incandescent Elaotric. Lit;ht Lampa e.nd Bulbs Survey

Box 24. Insurance

Box 25.

Investment Banking McKesson and Robbins, Inc. l'iemos re Department and A?;,encr:T Assignments [7 /7/38] Miscellaneous Yo ley,. P.aynond National Economic Council [3 .folders] Nat i onal Power Policy Commi ttee Necessity of Fin dings Ue~~ York Stock Exr)hanga Philadelphia ~leotric Private Plae·e!'lantl!

Public Service Co1nparxy of Colorado T. :iq . s. C. - :Ji r ec tor.r T.:i .E.c. - !fi nutes T.~.E.C. - Special, Important Transamer!ca Corp,. United Gas lm.proTem.ent Cc.pany Unlisted Securitie• Utilities Power and Li~t Corp.

for advisory report

Mi scellaneous Articles, Pres• P~leasea. etc., re economio condition.

Of'fiee. or Price Adtti.ni stration Papers

Box 26. Adi:rlnistrati ve Directory A~riculture - Controversy

G~tteral Yeats Mise. Co~oditiea Parity Subsidies

Anti -Inflation Byrnes. James F.

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Henderson Papers

Office of Price ~nistration Papers (Cont•d.)

Box 25. (Cont'd.)

Canned Foods Cl'lrk, J. llaurice· - 1leaos to L9un I!ende·rson Cost of Li Ting

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Box 27. "Econoaio De.tenae in the Br:l tish :Ei:tpire and the Western Hemisphere"" RxecutiT& Orden and Lawa

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Box zs.

Box 30.

Gilbert., Richard v:. Henderson - AnsW-er& to !etten [1943 J requ.at!n~: comment on OPA a.tter his reei.g;nation M.iso •. Raportlt . O.P.A.. - About recent Administration O.P • .A. - Or~isation. (John s. Keir)

C.P.A. - Press Con.teren.ces, Yr .. Henderson Price - R. F. C. Price Bill

Pric& Bill (Cont'd.) Rationing Rent Retail Rubber - General Me111:0a. SelectiTe Service Stateaerrta before Con~ressional Ccmmittees

Subaidiea Wage - Price Wage Stabilization Board

War Production Board Papers ' '

\ Box 31. l ·; Administrati Te Orders :· M"Mft ; \ Alcohol i~ \

' AluminUII1 - E4pansion ,1: Automobile Curtailment ~\ Autoaotin Defense Industry Advilfo~. yi; Committee•\\,. Tran.script.-British War Economy Or~ization · '. Budget ; ,· Byrnes,. James F. · ·, Capital Expenditures !!'.· ..

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Henderson Papers War Production Board Papa ra (Con t • cL. )

Box 32. Civilian Allocation Orders Civilian Supply Beoord (to January 1942} Competition Concentration or Production Copp&r daC'~eau Het:lo Dollar-a-year M~- t1PB Economic Co~trol Econo;:dc Ttarfa.re Expenditure ProgrBlll

Fano. Equipment Feasibility o£ Wq Production P!"O~~ Fiscal :Policy F'ood Industz:r Food and Related Items Fowler Ue;ao• Gil boy Ueuoa Gove~ant-owned Plant and Equi~en~: Surpluses Gove~en~ Contracts: Termination, Renegotiation Induatr,r ~ittses

"Labor Lead l!aohine Tools Yan~anese and ~a~esium

Box 34. llanpower Materials Memoranda National Defense AdvisorJ Council: Organi ~ation, etl. lolewsp1· t ut lHckel Non-~ilitary P~qui~ents Office of Y'r:i.ce Administration OPACS - Start Ueetings Oil Seeds Organization Paper Board Pipeline Pos~ar~ Government Postwar Plans Poxer Priori ties - Ari.!lJ" and Na-vy Procedure Production - Clippings P~otion Control Production - 0~: 1941 Fail roads

an.i CiTilian Supply (OPACS)-Executive Ord.era

Rural Electrification Admil"..is~rati. on - Copper for

Henderson Papers

War Production Board Paper3 (Cont~d.}

Box 35. Requiremants Ra£rigerator Curtailment Rubber - Baruch Report$ · Rubber - Campai&n• 19~2. MCLeish Rubber - Congressional Co~ittee Rubber Policie• RubbeJ"., Synthetic Rubber,_ Synthetic. Polish Formula Rubber Report by Anti-Trust Rubber - United Na.tiona Rubber - flaek:ly P.eport to the President. Steel - ExpanaioD Steel. '!'in. TirePurehaae Plan Typewriters Shipping Space Small. Buiines.a

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Box 36. Su.pply Prioritiea and Allocati on Board (SP.A.B) - Formation,; etc.; S?AB - >.iinutea Wage-Price Cont rol War- President's Power HendenJon - lii sc. Speeches Henderson - Personal Corresoondence- Misc. Henderson - Diary: July 19:3S - December l9.W~ I!enderson - Diary Notea and Ue!lloa to Eimsel.f Henderson - l!emos to the i'f.'1i te Rouse [1939 - 19401

Post War Papers

Box 36 (Cont'd.)

Henderson l!e~r.o to F. D. R.L.. re Great Island Conference [1946] and International Hud&on Corporation [194a-49]

[Notes the following relate to the activities of International Hudson~Inc1 Leon Henderson. President.} Airways Engineerin~ Consultants, Inc. - General A.A.C.I. - Con~ ract A.E. C.I. - Data for Pres entation A.E.C.I. - General Data submitted to Export-Import Bank knerican Independent Oil Company ' American Pacific Industrial Corp • .Amerioan iTorld Trades Import-Export, Ine.

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Post War Activities - International Hudson Corp. Papers :

Box 37. de ~1\n~alis, Anthony Bradford~ L. J. 'Brazil Brltis~ Colonies Bur~u of Standards J. Etq and/or Sell Ca3tro-C~s~ Hanriqus Central Americana de Distribucion, N.Y.C. Ccmtpanhia Jiotels Palace C:eeh~alovakian Cotton Deal Department of Justice Departm.ant of State Sllenb&rger,. I. w. Ec~c- Cooperation Administration - Correepond~nee E:xpo::t - In.port Bank l''i shburn., J. Eskdale Formo:J!l Ger:.eral Correspondences 19~8 Gen~ l!e!B.os: [1949 - 1950} Gou~d Brothers Greece Eondur~ Impo~vadoro Cantro-;~rieanG - Expresso Aero Inter-Americano India Indoue~ia, 0~ited States of Icelan:i I nternational. En~;ineers, ln.c. Kahn* W. P. Liberia ~y llacaulay Iuc. {San;:rancisco) ~~lio ~. lle~1ez, Inc. Uyrdahl, Gunn0r · ~ s.t ".onal Security ?es :::lurces Board Portu~al Dolattre-Se~~~ J. Siam Spain Swaden 'furke:f Unlon of South Africa United Kingdom Munitions Board- Stockpile Report to the Con~ss: j uly and Dec. 1949

Eight Scrapbooks Titled as ?ollows:

General - Vola. l and 2 Controls - J;ain.ly 1941 Civilian Supply v:ar Production 'Board Legislation Induatrlal Controls and F.egulation - 2 Vol'UlJI.Ss

I 41 sixteen-inch tranaoriptions o.f Mr. Henderson's radio news pro~r8Jil and 27 tw,el'.T'&-.in.ch rocordin~ and transcri.n:tiona. of his and others' speeohea are 11~ea 1n ~ne aud~o -vlsUa~ coElec~lofi. j

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ACGRETION TO THE LEON HENDERSON PAPERS

DESCRIPTION OF SERIES

Series

International Hudson Corporation Correspondence,. 1946-1955. Four Containers.

The IHC was a private corporation which dealt in international commerce and invest~ents. Leon Hendesson was the president; Isador Lubin, Donald M. Nelson, Beardsley Ruml, Adlai Stevenson, William H. Davis, et al.associated with the Roosevelt administratio: were also members of TIIC. The corporation served as an agent for American businesses interested in foreign markets, and foreign businesses interested in the American market. The majority of Henderson's TIIC corresponence concerns Latin America, and a good deal of this is with Latin American entrepreneurs working as profit sharing agents for the IHC: Angel Rosas, CELTA in Brazil, and Alfonso Martin. General~ the correspondence in this series deals with the nature of the business being represented including information on sal es, products, and financial details; details concerning- the market (in Latin America the market was often the Government); and concerning commissions and stock options for IHC or its agents.

Personal/Professional Correspondence, 1943-1955. One Container.

This series includes letters from fami}Jr, friends, business associates, et al; letters of regret on Henderson's resignation from the OPA in 1943; job offers; in re Henderson's speeches and writings; and concerning legal and non-TIIG business matters. A substantial subseries concerns Henderson's career as chief economist for the Research Institute of America. The RIA generated a serial report for businesses concerning post war trends. Henderson's association with the RIA was based on his expertise as a federal administrator.

Personal Financial Records, 1941-1955 and undated. Two Containers.

THIS MATERHI.L IS CLOSED

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ACCRETION TO THE LEON HENDERSON PAPERS

International Hudson Corporation Correspondence

CONTENTS

A 1949-.54 Acme Coppersmithing Co. 1949-53 Adams Enterpr ises 19 52 Adrianza, Carlos 1952-53 Alderson and Sessions 1947-51 American International Development Co. 1953 American Ligurian Co. , Inc. 19 53-54 Austria B 1946-.54 Bell, James 1951-52 Bio-Ramo Drug Co. 19.54 Bleich, Charles 1952-54 Brazil 1953-54 Bulova Watch Co. 1950-51 c 1946-55 Carr 11achinery Pty. Ltd. 1950 CELTA in Brazil 1949-50 Cherne, Leo 1946, 1953 D 1947-51 Diaperwite, Inc. 1947 .. Dusenberry, James D. 1951 E 1952-.54 Eastern Medal Products Corp. 19 51-52 (two folders) European Production and Supply Corp. 1948-49 F 1950-.54 Fact Finding Se~ce 1.954

G 1948-52 Garden State Racing Assoc. 1950 General Supply Co. 1953 H 1953-54 I-J 1948-54 Intermedico Corp. 1954 International Monetary Fund 1948-49 J.J.&H. Co. 1952 Jerome Jacobson Assoc. 1953-54 Japan 195} K-L. 1953-54 Laserna, Alfonso 1953-54 Leon Henderson Associates Reports 1953-55 M-N 1948-54 ~~ile, Charles W. 1950-53 ~~rquez properties in Colombia 19.54 Martin, Alfonso 1949 · Hartin, Alfonso 1950-52 11artin, Alfonso 1953 Martin, Alfonso 1954-55

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International Hudson Corporation Correspondence - continued

CONTENTS

Martin, James 19.54 (tl-To folders) Massimino, I.udovico F. 1952 Menthol for China 19.54 Me~, Helen 1953

Mexico 1945, 1951-52 Mexico 1953 Mexico 19.54-55, undated Mexico clippings National Association of Manufacturers 1950 Nippon Reizo 1953 Notes (unidentified miscellaneous) 0-P 1949-53 Parkhurst, Alden 1949-51 Parra Motor Fuel 1950-52 Pineapple Development Co. of ~~xico 1952 Posey Iron Works, Inc. 19.54 R,S, T 1948-.54 Rexford Paper Co. 1950 Roper, Elmo 19 52 Rosas, Angel 1949-52 Rosas, Angel 1953 . Rosas, Angel 19.54-55, undated

Roth, Samuel 19 54 .Rudolph, Charles 1951-53 Sawyer, Albert 1948-52 Schermack,Products Corp. 1953-54 Security Benefit Association Hospital 1953 Silver Bell Food Corp. 1953-55 Soutln.restern Sugar and Molasses Co. 1950 Strick Co. 1953-54 · Tenenbaum, Edward 19 53 Tennessee Cold Storage Co. 1953-54 Tin and Copper clippings 1952 Tipon Corp. 1951-53 Toro, Emilio and Amelia de 1949-50 Travis Motor Bike Co. 1953-54 U-Z 1948-54 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization publications 1948-50 u.s. Govt. Dept's. 1949-55 Venice Maid Co. 1951-54 Whitehead, Ned 1949-51

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Personal/Professional Correspondence

CONTENTS

A 1943-45 B 1943-44 Biow, Milton 1943-48 c 1943-53 Christmas Card Notes D 1943-55 Dymaxion Dwelling Machines Inc. E 1943-44 Ernst, Morris 194 3-44 F-G 1943-51 Henderson, Leon 1946-55 H,I,J 1943-55 K-L 1943-44 M-N 1943-55 0-P 1943-53 OPA (post-resignation) 1943-46 Pearson, Drew 1948 R-S 1943-45

1944-46

Research Institute of America, General Correspondence 1943-51 11 11 " , Corr. with Institute Employees 1943-52 " II

" " Rosen, Col. Irving 1951 T-U 1943-51 V-Z 1943-46

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, Jeanne Gaines 1944-46 , Reports and printed material 1945-49

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Personal Financial Records

CONTENTS

Account Books 1941-44 Accounts 1943-LJ4 Accounts 1946,1947,1951 Business Expenses, Cables

11 11 , Hotel Receipts ( tv1o folders) 11

" Miscellaneous Receipts 11 11

, Telephone Bill Receipts " " , Travel Expense Receipts 11

" , Travel Notes Charitable Contributions and Professional Memberships Crane and Fox Properties

Insurance, correspondence and r eceipts Miscellaneous Receipts: cancelled checks, pay stubs, etc. Tax Notes Ta~ Notes 1949-51 Tax forms, receipts and c8rrespondence

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Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

LEON HENDERSON: Memoranda, 1945, 1955 (Ace. No. 55-14)

These notes consist of two parts--an interview with Franklin D.

Roosevelt on March 1), 1945, and notes written by Henderson on April 19,

1955.

Interview with President Roosevelt on March 13, 1945: In this inter-

view, called at the request of the President, Henderson expresses "incredi-

bility" at the atmosphere of the interview. They discussed changes in

European economic conditions since Henderson resigned as Director of the

Office of Price Administration in 1942. The President expressed doubt

that the Russians would work by agreement with the British, French and us

on such matters as coal and transportation. Henderson voiced an express-

ion of apprehension regarding Roosevelt's health.

Notes written by Henderson on April 19, 1955 : These notea describe

Henderson's activities from mid-summer of 1944 to April 1945. He describes

his negotiations with the President in 1944, leading up to his appoint-

ment to be in charge of German econo~ic controls. This appointment never ---materialized but Henderson went- to Europe in December 1944 under the

Foreign Economic- Administration to gain an understanding of the advance ----------. planning of the Allied Governments regarding Germany. His meeting with

--------~ Hopkins and Bohlen in Paris in January 1945 resulted in the March 13

interview with the President. After the interview, Henderson went to

China as assistant to Chiang Kai Shek and T.V. Soong to work on the prob-

lem of inflation. He returned with the Chinese delegation to the San

Francisco United Nations Conference and landed in the United States the

day President Roosevelt died, April 12, 1945.

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INDF.X. -Cabinet 2 - llr&Yel' /, OPA MA'l'miAL IN HYDE .PARK

Agriculture - G~neral " - Subaidie• '' - l'er 1 t:y " - Mine. commodities " - Meate

Jl.:cononde defenae in the Br 1 tiah RlD.Pire Anti-inflation Rubber - general ml!m.oB Gas - technical co~ ttee report Gilbert Price - R.r.c. Selective Service and OPA Agriculture - Controversy Memos on Retail &rices .from Galbraith Byrnes ( one letter ) ~ecuti ve orders end laws Cost ot liTing Rat.ioniDg Rent Ce:tmed tooda Administrative machinery tar conduct ot total war in Great Britain (L.M.Hall

nnd W.S.B.Lacy) C1 Yilia.n Puaenger Cer Tire and Rece.p. RequireMents end Supply Notes • OPM Statf' Organization - Keir Loose notes end ~• on airplane ecbedules and deliveries 1940 Wage Stabilization Board - memos to FDR 'lhe Rationicg of Ci rtl1an. Conaum,pt1on in UD.i ted Kingdom - JDODOgre.ph Br1 t1ah GoYeru.nt Control at Retail Distribution in War tiM - mono. A Plan tor Installment Sellina tor .Post-War Delivery 1942 • mono Current Appraisal ot Instel~nt Selling - Malcolm Merriam 2/3/38 Ret OPA - LH - After rea1SD&tion J. Maurice Clark to L.H. Emergency Price Control Bill 8/l/~1 and explanation OPA ... about recent odJDinistration - elippiDSIJ, etc. Statements before Congreseional Committ~ - 1941-1942 Priee bill - clippings, etc. Bat1on1Dg Wage-price material supplied by OPA and others for Town Hall of the Air broadcast Subsidies OPA press conferences ~ L.H. Price control bill heariags - USGPO, 19!ll Administrative Directory - O.PA

INDEX

Cabinet 2 .. ~sver B W'A.R PRODUCTION DO/~D IN BYDR .VARX

S~eeche8 1 etc. - Po8t War .!:'est War ple.ns Pest War - Gove.roment N.D.~ .c. - Organdzation SP Jl..B - D1gee t of Minutes SPJ'.J3 - .Formation, Dif'f'icultiea 1 Plans OPACS - Executive Order OAACS - Staff Meetings OWMR • r?oduct1on Gov<"rnm.ent Contracts, Termination, Renegotiation Government Owned Plant and Equipment: Surplus Rubber Polic1@&, W P B No . 28 Rubber 1 Synthetic 1 Polish Formula Rubber - Baruch Report 1 September 1942 Ecoll.O!ld.c Welfare Economic Control H. M. Douty - Wage and Price Contl'ol, 1948 Feaa1b1lity of War Production Prosram Food and Illd.ustry, Su_pply War - President'e Powers Manpower Labor - National Defense Advisory Council Byrnes Letter a 88 Machine Tools Cos. - Net Profit ea ~ Net Worth, 1940 C1Yilian Alloeatiana Proposed Steel Allocation tar 1942 NDAC - Secret • British Wer Economic Organization (Arthur Greenl;·ood)

f'.dm1n.'tdtftt1 ve Ol"lers

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Aleo'b.ol

Al\fti~flnoion

Automobile curtailment

Budget

C"'lpitd Expenditu.ree

C~v!Uan allccatiou oriena

C'1T111an OUpply :Neorcl to Jan .. 1942

Coepet1"1oa

COf.ll!entnltion ~ Pl"'duetton

Co-pper

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Dolla~·;year men wP.B

Exptndi turo program

Fan equi'PZ!f"nt

J'iiJODl policy

Food ud related 1 tmp

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IF.A -Copper rar

Requiftrltenta

Refi"1.8Wetor curta 1.l.me:a:t

Rubber-BtJ'UCh report

Rubber - CallJ81sn, 1~, MaaLeleh

Rubber - . Cong. eomm1 tteea

bbbor .. eynthetic

Rubber report by anti-trust

~ubbar - UQ1te4 D~t1ons

Rubber • wekl.:r report to M1B

S"' 1•e'IQ;ll!IM1on

CABilm.' 2 - Drawer C (Continued)

Steel

'!''in

1'1re Pu!'cbue Plan

Typevri tara

Shippil'lg epace

Small ~ 1neee

Page 3

Cop~-report ~nd program tor alloceticn ot copper etc. 19b2

hutaaot1 'V9 det'ense industry advisory Coal!l1 ttoe 1~1, .,.rbets.r, tnn~~cr1pt

CABINJt'l' 2 .. DraWer D

Minute

Me!Z8 to :rnB on TN.EC hear1088 12/9/38 - 5/2/40 "Analyaie ot 'J.'Nl'.C daily ,.,_1'1"68'' Digeat ~ Lite Inauranee Statistics in U Statu SEC to TDC 1~0 (Nf1 Co1111., Meaa., N.J., Fa., o., Ind., Ill., W1ae., Iowa, Calit.)

Me1IIO to 1'8C1 Deftlo~ in In~ taant Dankillg auba. to BaU. Act 1933 from SEC

Scope ot XnTUtaet Bsnlting lraarinas .Before TNEC

Fold4tr ... "TN.B:C special-important .. (memoe, etc. re TIEC and oppo.tition to it) lJ'oliJer .. 71re IuuraDCe

J'o~r - ~ackgro\.lud on) economic counc118 GeDe-.a mwti:ap - 1931 - Econom1c Cou.noit.

Eoonaasc COUDC U - backpG\md

Intro4~t1oa. & 8\DDI81'7 ot Conoluaiona on sale of 1nd1T1dual amm1t1oa tbrough poet ottice

'.rttEC miacellaneoua (C. & 0. R .R. 1 baDkiDa, ew. )

C~th & Southern

Coapetit1T8 Bidding

Conaumers rover of M1ch1gnn

CABim' 2 - Drever D (Cout1nue4)

Bobert ! • Beal7

Necessity ot 11nd1nge

N • Y. S ~oek Excbange

PUblic SerYice Co. of Colorado

Us1ta4 Gas lmproTement Co.

1Jt111t1ea .rover & Light Corp.

Nomination or L.H. to s.x.c. - cl1pp1ft81

Clipp1DQ on L•R· 1 appt. to SiC

u.s .. 'ffditt CCICI• - Incandescent Electric l.ight lampe & BUlbs Suney, 19,38 TNre Propoaale for Studiea

Notec File Cabinet number 1 1a filled with !IRA material to go to IJyde Jark

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N • .R .. A.

R&JEARCli At~D i1AIJUJ2G DIVISION

;p~ COD& ANALYSIS ltli.PQRTS

Volumes l - 8

CO:US A.IIaJIISTJWl'ION STUDIES

'.r1le Rubber M.t.u:a.utaotu.ring Induat17

'l'he Baetc Code tor t P briceted Metal Producte ID4~try

The Fur Ma!Ntacturtng Induatry

Trucking In4WitJ7

Paint, Vamiah & Lacquer Indutry

Crushed Stone, Sand & Gravel & Slag

~ am Timber .Pro6ucto; & Appeodicee A1 B t. C

Cigar Contaimr In4uatry

Bal::tdkerchie1' Iadwt try

GrtlPhiC Arta Iadu.etry

'Wbol~ or Diatr1ou.t1ztt< Trade

Fiabory I~tr1ee

Motor Vehicle Botetltag frede

BusiDeee Jurniture, Stonge EquipG~CJnt a. 111..1J)g Supply

!'.en 'a Cloth1DS

Gee Appliancee & Apparatus

Retail Tade

Conning Indt.wtr7

CaDdy Manutacturins

Construct101l

Wool Textile

J'..acaron1

• ... FOor LOOKER

Silk Tcat'Ule

Set-up l'aper Box

rortl.!!nd Cement + Dupl1c te

fa~r & Pulp 1 Vola. I & II

Iron & Steel Iaduatry

- 2 -

N.R.A. (Cont1nved)

Extent ot lAbor Orgftn1.,t1on + Duplicate wholesaling Pl\JJllb1ug l-roducta 1 Resting rroducta 1 etc.

Con4tmaef. ln1'ol"'llat1on Baae4 on the Operation ot tne National ludustrial RMoftry Act

:BapoJ"t on t'- Optlrat ion o:t the N. I .B ·A.,.

Tablet on the Operation ot tbe N.I .. R.A.

N.R .A· ... DlVISIOll rJ1 R!Vl!W

Induat!"io.l Homevork - by Be'rerly M. Coleman (Work Mater! all !fo. 22)

The Right o~ In41T14ual Ellplo,eea to EDtorco .Prov1a1oua of' CollectiTe Barea1n1D.g A~t4 .. by lHchard c. Manball (work material& No. 23)

.Po .. i'biU.ty ot GoT't. Coutnot i'rovisiou Aa a Meana ot ltataoliehf.Dg Economie Stan4ar4D - by Jm:.a W. l'AV1n (w orlt Me teriala Ito. 26)

Geographic aDd Population Ds.ftorent1ele in Mtn.im'Wl wgea

0t,l61'8t1oa at tbe Buizag Jloint Syatn in t~ Iron & Stool lnc'luatryJ & Appen41cea A +A,. C, D 1 E

Operatio». ot tba Bu ~ l-oint System 1n the lrou & Steel lDduetry; & P.ppondicea A+B, C, D,. E ... Sup-plontent I

Baaing Poin:ta & Competition in Steel (A=r• Iron & Steel Institute)

v.cr.c. - hacticea ot the st«>l Induatry U~r the Code (Chn11'1110n's lntter)

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J.T .. C. -:Report on the Jteel Code, l'•rch 193'',

J' .-r.c. - •port to the Pn"1dont with ReeP"t to Basic Point Syatea rtoT• 1934 (& Dl.lplicete ~

Baeic J.>o1ntll Co=-nte

~o1c l'oinw - Quotation Methoclf

..

SCRAP BOOK:S

Book l• Iatuatr1e1 Control + Begu.letion

2. II

4.

5• No. 2 .. Leg1al8.t1o>l

6. Controls - lo!a1nl.Y 1~1

7. General No. l .. Me111ly m>AC .. 1~0

8. WFB • formerly SP~

9· Oen. No. 2 .. NDAC

1936-7 Proposal• tor NRA eu~titute

1937-8 Monopoly + J'TC cuoe, etc.

OP.a. .!U1l • 1941 .. Rouse - Seu. • Farm Price, 1942

Aug. 1~1 .. Nov. 19l~

Up to OPACS - Price S~biliz • lat Ertorto

1t Jirly coaplete

''Scm}) Book'' .. !Cept by Loon HoDClerson Farl1l7 ~ K1 op ~or tamil.y

''The Majestic Line'' .. Kept by Loon !Iendsraon Femils)