Box 12: Money (1938) - Supreme Court (1934, 1937, 1940)
F1: Money (1938).
a. Radio Broadcast. The Corporative State (Rev. Charles E. Coughlin). Published by Condon Printing of Detroit.
b. Weekly Review of Periodicals, August 2 and 30, 1938. Compiled at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
c. Pamphlet. The Commodity Dollar (Harry D. Gideonse). Public Policy Pamphlet No. 26.
d. Business and Legislation Report, February 5, 1938; October 26, 1938.
e. Monthly Bulletin of the American Tariff League, No. 117, August 1938, with supplement.
f. Booklet. A Study of Depressions: 1938 Report of the National Association of Manufacturers' Committee on the Study of Depressions.
F2: Money and Silver (1938).
a. Book. Manifesto by "Ivangels": Calling for a New World Economic Conference. Published by the Central China post, in Hankow, China.
b. Internal Newsletter Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce.
c. Booklet. Digest of Mackenzie Plan for Business Recovery (Charles S. Mackenzie). Originally published in 1938, this work had excerpts from its supporting thesis and general comments.
F3: Money and Silver (1939).
a. Correspondence.
b. Government Document. United States Department of Labor Bulletin on Wholesale Prices.
c. Business and Legislation Report, August 30, 1939.
d. Articles. Extracts from Articles (Frank D. Graham and Charles R. Wittlesey) Has Gold A Future.
e. Booklet. The Key to the Economic Riddle: Equalization and Stabilization of Raw Material Barter Credit, The Only Remedy for National and World Deflation (Social and Economic Research Group).
f. Clippings on railroads.
g. Pamphlet. "Managed" Currency. Distributed by the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy.
h. Booklet. Gold (American Mining Congress).
F4: Money (1940).
a. Annual Report of the Chase National Bank.
b. Clippings.
c. Published photos of Federal Reserve and Fort Knox.
d. Pamphlet. Why Gold (Edwin Trent). Published by the Research Institute of Industry and Economics.
F5: Money (1941).
a. Booklet. Know Your Money (U. S. Secret Service).
b. Booklet. 26th Annual Review of the Silver Market (Handy & Harman).
c. Booklet. The United States Gold Purchase Program: Its Failure and an Alternative Proposal (Bronson Trevor).
d. Booklet. Debts: the Dragon's Teeth of War (Cyril J. Bath).
F6: Money (1933-1942).
a. Typescript of a bill authorizing the use of silver for industrial purposes to aid the war effort.
b. Public Law 77-421. Checking price fluctuations for national defense.
c. "Here's What Axis Victory Would Mean to You: A Proclamation" (article in the American Legion Magazine).
d. Draft of speech or statement on agricultural relationships to the war effort.
e. Credit and Currency Management and Price Level (address by Chester C. Davis - Federal Reserve System to the annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation). Typed copy.
f. Congressional Record. Speech by Elmer Thomas on farm relief, May 9, 1929.
g. Typescript on the internal debt of the U.S. (edited by Evans Clark for Twentieth Century Fund).
h. Booklet. Will America Have to Jack Up Its 29,000,000 Automobiles? (John L. Collyer - B. F Goodrich Co.).
i. Booklet. Prosperity Is Within Our Grasp (Raw Materials National Council).
j. Typescript. "Heart of the Problem: Credit Control" (Carl Snyder). Chapter in Snyder's book, Capitalism, the Creator.
k. Clippings.
F7: Money and Silver (1942).
a. Correspondence.
b. Booklet. Inflation and the Federal Reserve Banks (Dr. Karl F. M. Sandberg).
c. Booklet. Silver (Great Plains correspondent of the Baltimore Evening Sun). Reprinted and distributed by the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy.
d. Pamphlet. An Appraisal of the President's "Anti-Inflation" Program (Dr. Benjamin M. Anderson). Reprinted and distributed by the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy.
e. Leaflet. An Open Letter on Silver: A Reply to a Letter from Hon. Compton I. White, Member of Congress from Idaho, Read into Congressional Record of April 30 (Walter E. Spahr). Published by Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy.
f. Circulation Statements of United States. Money, March-June 1942.
g. Clippings.
F8: Money (1942).
Transcript of hearing before the Special Silver Committee, U.S. Senate on the industrial use of silver.
F9: Money (1944).
Typescript. United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference Final Act (Bretton Woods - New Hampshire). July 1 to July 22, 1944.
F10: Money (1944).
a. Government Document. Existing Federal Taxes as of December 1, 1944. (compiled by J. LeRoy Smith and Gunhild A. Kenny of the staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation).
b. Booklet. Managed Currency (George Francis Ogilvie). Published by Elko Independent, Elko, Nevada.
c. Economic Council Review of Books, vol. 2, no. 3. Published by the National Economic Council.
d. Newsletter. Economic Council Letter, no. 127. Published by the National Economic Council.
e. Newsletter. Monetary Notes (Walter E. Spahr). Published by the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy.
f. Reprint. Commercial and Financial Chronicle. Discusses the first year after World War I; a retrospect of the year 1919 as a guide to postwar planning.
F11: Money (1945).
a. Statement by Elmer Thomas on the metallic base for United States monetary system. Printed in the Congressional Record.
b. Booklet. International Financial Cooperation (address by W. Randolph Burgess, vice chairman of the National City Bank of New York and president of the American Bankers Association, before the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the state of New York).
F12: Money (1946).
a. Book. No Inflation Coming (William J. Baxter). Published by the International Economic Research Bureau.
b. United States News, vol. 21, no. 6, August 9, 1946.
F13: Money (1947).
a. Correspondence.
b. Essays on money by unknown author.
c. Newsletter. Monetary Notes (Walter E. Spahr). Published by the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy.
d. Booklet. "Money: America and the World Muddle" by Harold Isaacs." This was reprinted from the February 10, 1947 issue of Newsweek.
e. United States News, vol. 23, no. 12, September 19, 1947.
f. Booklet. Brief on Silver as Money by Francis H. Brownell, Chairman of Board of Directors of American Smelting and Refining Company. Before the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund.
F14: Money and Silver (1948).
a. Correspondence.
b. Booklet. An Approach to the Stabilization of Our Home Building Economy (address by Herman T. Stichman, commissioner of housing for the state of New York, before the 60th Annual Convention of the Ohio Savings and Loan League).
c. Third Report for the Public Advisory Board of the Economic Cooperation Administration.
d. Pamphlet. The Gold Fleece (B. F. Pitman, Jr.)
e. "How to Control Inflation" (R. C. Leffingwell). Reprint from Fortune.
f. Newsletter. Monetary Notes (Walter E. Spahr). Published by the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy.
g. Typescript. "A Statement on the United States Currency" (Harry K. Fowler).
h. Newsletter. "Our Irredeemable Paper Money" (Howard H. Buffett), Human Events, July 28, 1948.
i. Typescript. "Can Business Cycles Be Controlled?" (Walter E. Spahr).
j. Leaflet. The Future of Monetary Gold. Compiled and written by A. K. G. Reid. Published by the Western City Company, Limited of Vancouver, Canada.
k. "Fort Knox Gold Not Worthless" (Roy Garis). Reprint from Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
F15: Money (1949).
a. Booklet. Conditions of a Dynamic Economy (address by William J. Kelly). Published by Machinery and Allied Products Institute.
b. "Difficulties in Restoration of Monetary Stability" (Philip Cortney). Reprint from Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
c. "Business Needs Gold Base and Realistic Exchange Rates" (Philip Cortney). Reprint from Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
d. Pamphlet. Inflation and Postwar Profits (Machinery and Allied Products Institute).
e. Booklet. Trends in Our Competitive System (As Seen by Industry) (address by A. W. Peake, president of Standard Oil Company of Indiana before the 23rd Regional Agriculture-Industry Conference at DeKalb, Illinois).
f. Leaflet. What You Are Worth Industrially (University of Economics Foundation).
g. Leaflet. Why You Don't Propose Something Constructive (University of Economics Foundation).
h. Booklet. Gold and the Monetary Problem in 1949 (Francis H. Brownell).
i. "Gold, Monetary Management and the Banking System," Monthly Review Supplement, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, vol. 31, no. 12 (address by Allan Sproul, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the 75th Annual Convention of the American Bankers Association).
F16: Money and Silver (1949).
a. Booklet. Not "Gold" But "Labour" as the Measure of Value (W. C. Sickesz - Amsterdam). Printed in The Netherlands by Holdert and Company. Booklet has No. 4 on the front.
b. "Government Responsibility in Monetary Affairs" (Philip LeBoutillier). Reprint from Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
c. "How to Return to the Gold Standard Now" (Philip M. McKenna). Reprint from Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
d. "Gold Coin Standard - Mechanism for World Trade and Investment" (Leland Rex Robinson). Reprint from Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
e. What Is the Gold Coin Standard?" (William W. Cumberland). Reprint from Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
f. Remarks by Hon. Robert F. Rich on the financial situation of the government.
g. Booklet. Jobs and Taxes: A Tax Study Submitted by the New York Stock Exchange.
F17: Money and Silver (1949).
a. Kiplinger Washington Letter. November 26, 1949.
b. Booklet. A Federal Tax Program to Promote Full Employment (Department of Education and Research of the Congress of Industrial Organizations).
c. Public Affairs Bulletin No. 72: Federal Excise Taxes (Raymond E. Manning). Published by the Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service.
d. Newsletter. Economic Council Letter, No. 226: "There Is No Peace."
e. Newsletter. Economic Council Review of Books, vol. 6, no. 11.
f. List of important federal taxes falling on persons of low income. Provided by the Library of Congress.
g. Newsletter. Economic Council Letter, No. 225: "It's a Crime to Keep Your Food Bill Down."
h. Newsletter. Business Action: A Weekly Report from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, vol. 6, no. 38.
i. Circulation statement of United States money, December 31, 1949.
j. Newsletter. Monetary Notes (Walter E. Spahr).
F18: Money and Silver (1950).
a. Federal Trade Commission Press Release re Proposed Trade Practice Rules Covering the Automobile "Pack" and Related Practices.
b. Correspondence re Spear's "1950 Forecast on Business and Stocks".
c. The Midyear Economic Report of the President Transmitted to Congress July 26, 1950, Together With a Report to the President, the Economic Situation at Midyear 1950 by the Council of Economic Advisers.
d. Booklet. Strengthening Congressional Fiscal Control (N.Y. Chamber of Commerce).
e. Booklet. To Defend America We Must Avoid Inflation (address by Lewis H. Brown, chairman of the board of the Johns-Manville Corporation, before the Mobilization Congress of American Industry).
f. Pamphlet. Our Irredeemable Currency System (Walter E. Spahr). Publication 253 of the Economists' National Committee on Monetary Policy.
g. "The Defense of the Dollar" (Marriner S. Eccles). Reprint from Fortune.
F19: Money (1951).
a. Speech by Hubert Humphrey on the facts about our budget. Published in the Congressional Record.
b. "American Inflation Spells International Disaster!" (Philip Cortney). Reprint from Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
c. "The Age of Inflation." Reprint from the Economist.
d. "Inflation Concerns Everyone" (Samuel B. Pettengill). Reprint from Reader's Digest.
e. Booklet. The Banker and Inflation (lecture W. Randolph Burgess delivered before the student body of the Graduate School of Banking at its Seventeenth Resident Session at Rutgers University).
f. Leaflet. Preparedness Against Both War and Inflation (statement by Marriner S. Eccles before the Joint Committee on the Economic Report on its hearings on the president's economic program).
g. Address on a strong military by Marriner S. Eccles before the Executives' Club of Chicago.
h. Chart on federal finances 1790-1950. Prepared by Dun and Bradstreet.
F20: Money (1952).
a. Newsletter. The Guaranty Survey (Guaranty Trust Co. of New York), vol. 31, no. 10. Re: The Price of the Gold Standard.
b. Clippings from the Washington Times-Herald comparing Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman and their economic policies.
F21: Money (No Date).
Miscellaneous materials.
F22: Oil (1928).
Leaflet. Regulative Problems (address by William A. Prendergast, chairman of the Public Service Commission of the state of New York, before the American Gas Association.
F23: Oil (1930).
a. Correspondence.
b. Booklet. Remarkable Experiences of H. F. Sinclair with His Government, Some Dangerous Precedents: A Review by Robt. L. Owen. Booklet compliments of Harry H. Rogers.
F24: Oil (1930).
Appendix of Exhibits to the Secretary of the Interior. Concerns oil on public land of Colorado.
F25: Oil (1931).
a. Leaflet. Natural Gas Problems (address by Alexander Forward before the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners). Printed by the executive board of the American Gas Association.
b. Pamphlet. An Analysis of the Current Petroleum Situation (J. Edward Jones).
c. Clippings.
F26: Oil (1934).
Newsletter. J. Edward Jones Monthly Petroleum Statement, vol. 4, no. 39.
F27: Oil (1935).
Press release of the Petroleum Administrative Board.
F28: Oil (1936).
a. Government Document. U.S. Department of Interior: Regulations Concerning Oil and Gas Permits and Leases and Rights of Way for Pipe Lines. Approved 1936.
b. Government Document. U.S. Department of Interior: Regulations Concerning Oil and Gas Permits and Leases (Including Relief Measures) and Rights of Way for Oil and Gas Pipe Lines. Approved 1920.
c. Press release of the U.S. Department of Interior re crude petroleum report by refineries.
F29: Oil and Gas (1937).
a. Press releases of the Bureau of Mines re Forecast of Demand for Motor Fuel and Crude Oil, May 1937; November 1937, January 1938.
b. Press releases of the Department of the Interior re Crude Oil Stock, May 13, 1937; May 22, 1937; October 27, 1937; November 9, 1937; November 17, 1937.
c. Press release of the Department of the Interior re: F.D.R. Signs "Hot Oil" Bill.
d. Press release of the Department of the Interior re: Crude Petroleum Report by Refineries.
F30: Oil (1938).
a. Correspondence.
b. Press release of the Bureau of Mines re: Forecast of Demand for Motor Fuel and Crude Oil, November 1938.
F31: Oil (1939).
a. Pamphlet. Sanctioned Self-Regulation (statement by Frank Phillips, chairman of the board of Phillips Petroleum). Compliments of Charles F. Roeser, president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America.
b. Typescript. Statement by Ernest O. Thompson, member of the Texas Railroad Commission and chairman of the nterstate Oil Compact Commission re conservation movement's effect on the production of oil and gas.
F32: Oil (1942).
a. Press release of the Office of Price Administration re: registering passenger automobiles.
b. Program. Osage Oil Leases: Public Auction.
c. Interstate Oil Compact Quarterly Bulletin: Report of the Autumn Quarterly Meeting Featuring Conservation and Utilization of Natural Gas. Published by the Interstate Oil Compact Commission.
F33: Oil (1943).
Journal of the Research and Coordinating Committee, vol. 1, no. 8 (Interstate Oil Compact Commission).
F34: Oil (1944).
Booklet. Petroleum Marches On! (address by William R. Boyd, Jr., chairman of the Petroleum Industry War Council and president of the American Petroleum Institute, to the winter meeting of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission). Published by the American Petroleum Institute.
F35: Oil (1949).
a. The Independent Petroleum Association of America Monthly. October 1949.
b. Booklet. The Capabilities and Limitations of the Petroleum Industry for War (Bruce K. Brown). This booklet is a condensation of an address presented by Brown before the Air War College at Maxwell Field and before the industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort Leslie J. McNair.
c. Program. Osage Oil Leases: Sale No. 86.
d. Typescript. Statement of Russell B. Brown, general counsel of the Independent Petroleum Association of American on extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Program.
e. Transcript. The Foreign Threat to Our Independence in Oil. Participants include Mr. Coar, Mr. Tucker, Senator Thomas.
F36: Oil (1949-1950).
a. Notebook. Petroleum Import Problem (Independent Petroleum Association of America).
b. Booklet. Oil Competition in the Midwest: A Case History (address by Robert E. Wilson to the 47th Semi-annual Meeting of the National Petroleum Association). Published by the National Petroleum Association.
c. Booklet. Mergeritis (W. W. Vandeveer, a member of the American Petroleum Institute).
F37: Oklahoma (1924-1925).
Hearing Transcripts on Red River Oil-Land Royalty Payments to the Kiowa Tribe. H. R. 178, 68th Congress, Parts 1 & 2.
F38: Oklahoma (1927).
Magazine. The Young Democrat, vol. 1, no. 3, October 1927. Senator Thomas on the cover. This is the official publication of the State League of Young Democrats of Oklahoma.
F39: Oklahoma (1930).
Newsletter. The Young Democrat, vol. 1, no. 8, February 1930. Woodrow Wilson on the cover. This is the official publication of the State League of Young Democrats of Oklahoma.
F40: Oklahoma (1937).
Directory of Federal and State Departments and Agencies in Oklahoma (National Emergency Council).
F41: Post Office (1937).
United States Official Postal Guide. June 1937.
F42: Post Office (1941).
Executive Calendar Nominations.
F43: Post Office (1944).
Quarterly Supplement to Parts 1 & 2, United States Official Postal Guide. October 1944.
F44: Post Office (1947).
a. Newsletter. The National Rural Letter Carrier Association, April 12, 1947.
b. Newsletter. United National Association of Post Office Clerks, March 25, 1947.
F45: Post Office (1948).
Magazine. The Union Postal Clerk, December 1948.
F46: Post Office (1949).
a. Continental Headlines Air Mail News Letter, October 15, 1949.
b. Newsletter. The National Rural Letter Carrier Association, October 8, 1949.
F47: Post Office (1950).
Correspondence from the National Association of Post Office and R.M.S. Mail Handlers.
F48: Supreme Court (1934, 1937, 1940).
a. Opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Guy T. Helvering et al vs. George P. Davis. Case concerns the Social Security Act.
b. Opinion of Supreme Court in the case of Albert A. Carmichael, individually and as Attorney General of the State of Alabama, et al, vs. Southern Coal and Coke Company and Albert A. Carmichael, Individually and as Attorney General of the State of Alabama, et al vs. Gulf States Paper Corporation. Case concerns the Unemployment Compensation Act of Alabama.
c. Opinion of the Supreme Court in the case of Chas. C. Steward Machine Company vs. Harwell G. Davis. Case concerns the Social Security Act.
d. Brief of Petitioner: Norman C. Norman vs. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co.
e. The Journal. The Oklahoma Bar Association.
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