University of
Minnesota Libraries. University of Minnesota Archives
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Lowenthal, Max.
Max Lowenthal papers
1855-1975
28 boxes (28.5 cubic
feet)
Collection contains the
papers of Max Lowenthal, alumnus of the University of Minnesota. A successful
attorney who devoted his life to public service, Lowenthal served as counsel to
a series of government committees in the 1930s and 1940s. Lowenthal may be best
known for his work with the National Committee on Law Observance and
Enforcement (the Wickersham Commission), the Senate Committee on Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. His second
book, The Federal Bureau of Investigation (1950),
was highly critical of the Bureau's covert political operations and director J.
Edgar Hoover. Lowenthal was also a trusted friend and advisor to President
Harry S. Truman and played a key role behind the Truman administration's
recognition of Israel in 1948.
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Collection material in English.
Administrative Information
Use of Materials
Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house
only.
Copyright
Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision
of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). Requests to publish should be
arranged with the University of Minnesota Archives.
Preferred citation
Max Lowenthal papers, University Archives, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities.
Source of acquisition
The collection was donated to the University of Minnesota Archives by
Max Lowenthal's children, David Lowenthal, John Lowenthal and Betty Levin, in
1972. An additional accretion was donated in 2011.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Susan Hoffman with funds donated by Harold
Rosenthal, James Rosenthal and Brent Rosenthal.
Arrangement
The collection is divided into the following series:
- Law Practice
- Legal Activities
- Government Service
- Israel
- Elections
- Civil Liberties
- Correspondence
- Manuscripts
- Subject Files
In addition, the Government Service series is divided into the
following subseries:
- War Labor Policies Board
- Wickersham Commission
- Senate Banking and Currency Committee Counsel
- Interstate Commerce and Railroad Investment Commission
- Board of Economic Warfare
- Special Envoy, Restitution of Stolen Jewish Property
- Informal Presidential/White House Advising
Scope and Content
The Max Lowenthal Papers consist of memoranda, dairies, manuscripts,
documents, and correspondence - personal and professional - donated to the
University of Minnesota Libraries by the Lowenthal Family. The collection spans
the years 1855 to 1970, with the bulk of the collection covering 1929 to 1954,
beginning with Lowenthal’s work in Washington as Secretary to the National
Commission on Law Observation and Enforcement through his work in the Truman
White House as a political advisor and strategist in the United State's
recognition of Israel. In addition, the collection includes several
manuscripts, one unpublished, on subjects of interest to Lowenthal throughout
his career, including stock manipulation in the railroad and banking
industries, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the history of sedition
laws in the United States. The collection also includes documents,
correspondence and research materials created by Eleanor Mack Lowenthal.
The collection is divided into eight series. The first two series
contain material from Lowenthal’s career as a lawyer and legal counsel to a
presidential commission and several Senate committees and executive branch
departments. These are arranged chronologically. The next three series contain
material on Post War Palestine and Lowenthal’s role advising the Truman
Administration on recognition of Israel; on Lowenthal’s role as a political
strategist in Democratic politics during the Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower
administrations; and on a wide range of issues and events concerning the abuse
of civil liberties by the federal government, with particular emphasis on the
FBI’s role in perpetrating these abuses. The remaining three series include
correspondence between Max Lowenthal and several prominent politicians and
jurists, including Harry S. Truman, Justice Felix Frankfurter, and Montana
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, as well as general correspondence files; a
manuscript series; and a subject series including materials on University of
Minnesota professor William Schaper, The Lincoln School/Columbia University
dispute and Eleanor Mack‘s (Lowenthal) materials.
The original donation included ninety boxes of materials, a
substantial portion of which included government publications, news commentary,
and clippings and published court records of cases Lowenthal consulted for his
first book, The Investor Pays, published in 1932.
In addition, there were multiple boxes of manuscript edits for
The FBI, published in 1950. Because the newsprint
had degraded on many of the clippings, and the government documents, news
articles and court cases are available in research collections, the collection
was extensively weeded. Some clippings were retained for their informational
value and to give the researcher some idea of the extent to which Lowenthal
collected news of the day and relied on news reporting to document his
investigative writing.
Law Practice, includes formal and
informal notes, correspondence, memos and commentary on various cases Lowenthal
researched and litigated as a private attorney. Lowenthal’s law practice was
conducted between 1912, the year he graduated from Harvard Law School, through
1932, when he was appointed as counsel to the Senate Banking and Finance
Committee. During this twenty year period, Lowenthal was involved in a wide
variety of litigation, including workers rights, defense of right-to-strike
legislation and shareholder rights in receivership cases.
Legal Activities, focuses on Lowenthal's
activities as a legal advisor. This series includes materials relating to the
Second Hill Road Radio Tower, where Lowenthal served as a legal advisor as well
as a plantiff in the lawsuit, and his work with the Missouri Pacific (MoPac).
Government Service documents
Lowenthal’s government service. This series is the largest of the collection,
covering a 30-year period bracketed by WWI and WWII. It includes formal memos,
personal and committee correspondence, written and typed notes, research
materials, published government documents and news and commentary from papers
and periodicals. There are seven subseries in this series. Subseries 1
(1918-1919) covers Lowenthal’s work with War Labor Policies Board, an amalgam
of government departments engaged in war production that determined labor
policy for government contractors. Subseries 2 (1929-1930) covers Lowenthal’s
work as Secretary to the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement,
better known as the Wickersham Commission, which investigated crime and the
criminal justice system during Prohibition. The third subseries (1933-1934)
covers the period Lowenthal acted as Chief Counsel for the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee, drafting securities legislation which led to the creation
of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Subseries 4 (1935-1942) covers
Lowenthal’s service to the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce. The
committee, chaired by Senator Burton K. Wheeler, investigated railroads and
holding companies. Between 1939 and 1940, Lowenthal was placed in charge of
preparing legislation for regulation of railroad finance and holding companies,
as well as advising on railroad reorganization legislation. It was also during
his work with this committee that Lowenthal meet and formed what became a
lifelong friendship with Senator Harry S. Truman. Subseries 5 covers 1942-1943
and Lowenthal’s work for the Board of Economic Warfare, a coordinating board
for Allied procurement of strategic war-related resources. In 1946, Lowenthal
was appointed Special Envoy for the Restitution of Stolen Jewish Property. In
addition to the official memos generated during Lowenthal’s fact-finding trip
to Germany, Lowenthal kept an extensive personal diary recording his
observations of several Displaced Persons camps in the US Occupied Zone. There
are also eight pocket-sized notebooks containing long-hand notes taken during
his two month fact-finding trip. Subseries 6 includes memos advising Truman and
his associates on a variety of legislative and political matters.
Israel documents Lowenthal’s role
as Truman’s advisor on Palestine and Israel during a critical period in US
international diplomacy . This section focuses primarily on the period between
November 1947 and 1949, and contains memos, a personal diary of events,
correspondence, interoffice communication and a substantial number of
clippings. Researchers will find Lowenthal’s typescript “diary” for the weeks
leading up to the Truman Administration’s recognition of Israel especially
valuable, particularly in light of Truman’s letter in the Correspondence Series
identifying Lowenthal, not Truman, as the person "... who did the job.” The
series includes official and unofficial memorandum, hand written notes,
clippings, and correspondence between Lowenthal and Clark Clifford, David
Niles, Matt Connelly and members of Israeli delegations involved in
negotiations.
Elections covers Lowenthal’s
activities as a Democratic Party advisor, strategist and stalwart. Included are
memos, correspondence and party literature from Democratic Conventions of 1944,
1948, 1952 and 1956, with the bulk focusing on the 1946 campaign, convention,
and election. Of particular interest are Lowenthal's communication with Truman
and his advisors as they barnstorm across the US in summer of 1948 prior to the
Democratic convention. The material is arranged chronologically.
Civil Liberties, is composed of
materials related to Lowenthal’s life-long interest in the conflict between
civil liberties and government policing. Lowenthal wrote on a wide range of
topics that fall under the umbrella of civil liberties, including government
surveillance of citizens and government employees, immigration policy,
espionage, sedition and use of investigative committees against citizens. He
was particularly critical of J. Edgar Hoover and the activities and
institutionalizing of the FBI in American culture. This section contains
Lowenthal’s some of professional writing - exclusive of his books, manuscripts
and periodical articles - on civil liberties, including memos, correspondence,
and typed notes. Materials related to his book, The
FBI, and the manuscript on the history of sedition law, tentatively
titled A Mirror to Congress will be found in
Series VII. This section also contains documentation - memos, notes, letters,
news accounts - related to Lowenthal’s appearances before the Senate House
Un-American Activities committee in 1950 and 1952.
Correspondence contains
correspondence between Lowenthal and three prominent Americans: Harry S.
Truman, Senator Burton K. Wheeler and Justice Felix Frankfurter, as well as
many others, including politicians, lawyers, writers and fellow government
advisors. The Truman, Wheeler and Frankfurter materials are each treated as
subseries, and are arranged chronologically. Additional letters between
Frankfurter and Lowenthal can be found in the Government Service subseries for
the Wickersham Commission and Senate Currency and Banking Commission. The
remaining correspondence is arranged alphabetically. Among those included in
the Miscellaneous correspondence are John Carson, Charles and Mary Beard,
William O. Douglas, Monte Lehman, Robert Szold, Max Branwen, Max Seaham,
Anthony Lewis and various editors of The Nation,
The New Republic, and Harper’s Weekly.
Manuscripts contains material
related to Lowenthal’s two published books and one unpublished manuscript:
The Investor Pays, The
FBI, and A Mirror To Congress
(unpublished.) Because Mirror was never published,
all of the drafts have been retained. For the other two books, the collections
of drafts and galleys that were part of the original accession have been weeded
to reflect a smaller selection of materials. At least one draft of each
manuscript has been retained in its entirety. Correspondence between Lowenthal
and his readers and publishers for these publications was also retained. The
series also contains drafts of Lowenthal’s other writing, which include law
journal articles and popular news commentaries such as appear in
Harpers, New Republic
and The Nation. Scholarly and popular material are
interfiled by the publication title and date.
Subject Files covers a wide
variety of subjects, interests and activities important to Max Lowenthal
throughout his life and work. The Professor William Schaper materials will be
of interest to researchers exploring the issues of academic freedom and wartime
dissent, as well as those interested in University of Minnesota during
Lowenthal’s student years there. Anyone engaged in a fuller treatment of Max
Lowenthal’s life will be interested in the contents of his library and the
systematic and thoughtful way he went about building and dispersing its
content. Biographers will have access to copious material documenting the
Lincoln School/Columbia Teacher’s College conflict. The school and college
became embroiled in litigation in the late 1930s, and several of the principles
involved in the lawsuit where prominent New Yorkers, including Nelson
Rockefeller. Lowenthal served for a brief time as counsel for the parent
litigants. Towards the end of his career in government service, Lowenthal
became involved in a number of philanthropic endeavors, including the
administration of the Julian Mack Scholarship Fund at Harvard Law School,
scholarship funds for Israeli and Palestinian secondary school students, and
funding for agricultural and food-production projects in Israel’s Negev region.
This section also contains files reflecting the Lowenthal's sponsorships of
numerous European Jews who applied for travel visas during the Nazi rule in
Germany and occupation of Poland and Hungary. The Subject series also includes
Eleanor Lowenthal’s papers such as were contained in the original accession.
This portion includes correspondence, notes, and memoranda from her work with
the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union and research for a possible publication
on merchant seamen and their working conditions.
The collection provides a detailed overview of Max Lowenthal's work,
his influence on important mid-century American political legislation and his
deep concern over abuses of American civil liberties by the government. It is
especially rich in several areas: the detailed and daily account of the
internal turmoil in the Truman Administration in the run-up to the US
recognition of Israel; materials related to investigations leading to
securities regulation and the creation of the SEC (Lowenthal is referred to as
the “father” of the SEC in at least one admirer’s letter) and transportation
legislation. The collection is also valuable for anyone interested in the
history of wiretap and sedition legislation in the United States. Periods and
materials not well-represented in the collection include family correspondence,
photographs, and Lowenthal's early years in Minneapolis and his Minneapolis law
practice.
Max Lowenthal's original order and folder titles were maintained as
much as possible. Many times he included the exact same document(s) in multiple
files, and had materials from one person or organization divided into multiple
files under different headings. Thus material do overlap between many of the
series. For example, correspondents with letters in the Correspondence Series
may also be represented in the Subject and/or Government Service Series.
Biographical Sketch of Max Lowenthal (1888-1971)
Max Lowenthal, B.A. (1909) University of Minnesota, J.D. (1912)
Harvard Law School; attorney and lifelong public servant. A close associate of
Felix Frankfurter, Harry Truman and Louis Brandeis, he served on the National
Committee on Law Observance and Enforcement (the Wickersham Commission), the
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, and the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Lowenthal was an advisor and personal friend of President
Harry S. Truman, and was influential in President Truman's recognition of the
State of Israel. His publications include
The Investor Pays (1933), and
The Federal Bureau of Investigation,
(1950), an expose of the Bureau and its operations, detailing a history of
political spying, red-baiting and harassment of foreigners and radicals.
Max Lowenthal was born 26 February 1888 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His
parents, Nathan (Naphtali) Lowenthal and Gertrude (Nahamah Gitel) Lowenthal
immigrated from Kovno, Lithuania to Minnesota in the 1870s. Max Lowenthal was
the youngest of three sons. The eldest died in Lithuania and a second son,
Archie (Yecheskel) was born in 1887 in Minneapolis. Max Lowenthal’s given name
was Mordechai - like his brother Archie, his name was Americanized in
elementary school, and he was referred to as Max thereafter. Nathan and Gertie
Lowenthal were active members of North Minneapolis’s Orthodox Jewish community.
As a founder and trustee of the North Side’s first synagogue, Kenesseth Israel,
Nathan Lowenthal figured large in community life, owning and running a modestly
successful home furnishings store, acting as a go-between for the community and
downtown politicians and police, and serving occasionally as a Democratic
precinct chair. Gertie Lowenthal ran the family business and was a devoted
synagogue member. Max Lowenthal attended Minneapolis Public schools where he
excelled at Latin and literature, and graduated first in his class from North
High School in 1905. He also attended the Talmud Torah, where he learned
Hebrew.
He attended the University of Minnesota, graduating in 1909. That same
year he was accepted into Harvard Law School. During his three years at
Harvard, Lowenthal formed what became a lifelong friendship and working
relationship with Felix Frankfurter.
Upon graduation from Harvard in 1912, Lowenthal clerked for Judge
Julian W. Mack, a noted jurist, social progressive and Zionist. In 1914, he
worked as a law clerk for the New York firm of Strong & Cadwalender.
Lowenthal established his own successful law practice in 1915, which he
subsequently left after three years when asked by Felix Frankfurter to travel
to Spain in July 1917 as part of the confidential Morgenthau Mission. Upon
returning, Lowenthal traveled with Frankfurter to the American west and
southwest, serving on President Wilson’s Mediation Committee settling war-time
management–labor disputes. Lowenthal also served as Frankfurter’s assistant in
1918 when Frankfurter chaired the War Labor Policies Board, which formulated
uniform wartime labor policies, advocated for war industry workers, and studied
domestic and foreign wartime labor conditions.
From 1919 to the fall of 1920, Lowenthal returned to private practice
in New York. During that time, again on a recommendation from Felix
Frankfurter, Lowenthal oversaw the successful defense of Sidney Hillman and the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union in a landmark labor injunction suit.
Lowenthal intention was to return to Columbia University to study philosophy
and geology or astronomy. He joined the Szold Brandwen law firm, assuming it
would be a six month association, but remained with the firm for nine years,
handling a variety of cases involving the film, aviation, manufacturing and
retail industries, and simultaneously writing a study on receiverships that
would be published in 1933 as The Investor Pays.
He also worked on the founding of the Amalgamated Bank, the first labor-union
supported bank to service smaller borrowers by offering unsecured loans to
immigrant and working peoples.
In 1922, Max Lowenthal married Eleanor Mack, a niece of Judge Julius
Mack. The first of three children, David, was born in 1923, followed by John in
1925 and Elizabeth (Betty) in 1927. The family moved from New York to
Washington, D.C. in 1929. From 1929 to 1930, Lowenthal served as Executive
Secretary to the National Committee on Law Observance and Enforcement, known as
the Wickersham Commission. The Commission had been created by President Herbert
Hoover to investigate the causes of rising crime rates in the United States,
and to determine if and how increased crime was related to Prohibition.
Lowenthal resigned from the Commission in the summer of 1930. After his
resignation, Lowenthal returned to working on his receivership manuscript and
the Lowenthal Szold & Brandwen law practice. His time away from public
service was, however, short-lived. In 1933, again at Felix Frankfurter’s
recommendation, Lowenthal was appointed as Research Director to Ferdinand
Pecora’s Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. The committee,
created in 1932, was charged with investigating the underlying causes of the
1929 stock market crash. The Pecora Commission uncovered a wide range of
abusive practices on the part of banks and bank affiliates. The hearings
galvanized broad public support for new securities laws. As a result of the
Pecora Commission's findings, Congress passed the Securities Act of 1933 and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, requiring financial disclosures from
companies seeking public financing. The Securities Exchange Commission was
created to carry out the reforms. Lowenthal was asked by Commission Chair
Senator Duncan Fletcher to draft the original stock exchange regulations bill.
In 1935, Lowenthal became Chief Counsel for the Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC), chaired by progressive Senator Burton Wheeler. During that
same year, Lowenthal was at the hub of legal activities initiated by a group of
activist Missouri Pacific (MoPac) bondholders, led by Charles Beard. Lowenthal
continued to advise the Banking Committee during the Railroad Financial
Reorganizations investigation in 1936, playing a key advisory role in ongoing
legislation through 1942.
In his first year at the ICC, Lowenthal met Harry Truman, the newly
elected junior senator from Missouri. Truman was appointed to the ICC in 1935,
and became the vice chair of the Committee to Investigate Railroad Finances in
1937. During their shared years on the committee, Truman and Lowenthal cemented
a political and personal relationship that was to last until Truman’s death in
1968. Lowenthal introduced Truman to Justice Louis Brandeis, a connection that
proved to be a turning point for point for the senator, who found that he
shared with Brandeis and Lowenthal “…agreement on the dangers of bigness.” In
1939, the Wheeler-Truman Bill was introduced in Congress. The bill sought to
regulate all segments of the transportation industry, with a continued special
emphasis on railroads. Lowenthal’s experience documenting and analyzing
railroad finances, mergers and receiverships and advising the MoPac bondholders
lead Truman to rely on his expertise, both legally and strategically. The bill
passed congressional scrutiny and became the Transportation Act of 1940.
Lowenthal left the ICC in 1941. From February to July of 1942, he was
the Chief Consultant to the General Council of the Board of Economic Warfare
(BEW). For the remainder of 1942 until January of 1944, he served as head of
the Re-Occupation Division of the BEW. The BEW had been commissioned by
President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the prewar years and was responsible for
the procurement and production of all imported materials necessary both to the
war effort and the civilian economy. The Bureau, renamed the Office of War
Management in 1943, was set up to streamlined purchasing for the war effort.
Political struggles between BEW head Vice President Henry Wallace and the State
Department led to the dissolution of the Office of War Management in late 1943.
In January of 1944, Lowenthal left BEW.
In 1945, a bi-partisan sub-committee of the Senate Inter-State
Commerce Commission asked Lowenthal to serve as a special advisor on railroad
reorganization questions and legislation. He continued to consult with members
of the ICC and the House Judiciary committee for another two years.
In August 1946, Lowenthal was asked to perform a different type of
governmental service. General Lucius D. Clay, the Deputy Governor of Germany in
the Allied Military Government had asked representatives of American Jewish
organizations to recommend counsel to assist him in drafting legislation on the
return of property seized by the Nazis. Lowenthal was selected for the job, and
spent six weeks in the fall of 1946 touring parts of Germany taking testimony
and drafting his report. While in Germany he toured several displaced persons
camps, recording what he saw there in diaries and letters home.
Upon his return, Lowenthal continued to advise the Truman
Administration informally. During the spring of 1948, the administration was
embroiled in an internal struggle focused on Palestine. The pro-Arab U.S. State
Department backed a plan that maintained Palestine as a trustee state of the
United Nations past a deadline that had been set for the creation of the state
of Israel. Close advisors to Truman, including Lowenthal, Clark Clifford and
David Niles, backed implementation of a U.N. mandated recognition of the new
nation in May of 1948. Ultimately, the White House advisors prevailed over the
State Department. Letters between Truman and Lowenthal reveal that the
President saw Lowenthal’s arguments - in the form of memos used in briefings -
as critical in influencing his actions. In a series of letters written during
the early 1960s Truman stated that Lowenthal is the “…one who should have the
credit” [23 April 1962] and “…I [Truman] don’t think it’s proper for me to take
the program as mine when you set it up” [3 April 1962]. Lowenthal continued to
advise the Administration through the end of Truman’s second term in 1952.
Lowenthal was a delegate to both the 1952 and 1956 Democratic Conventions.
In addition to serving in all three branches of government, Lowenthal
was a dogged and probing investigative writer and researcher. His interest in
writing took shape during his university years, where he reported on university
events for the
Minneapolis Journal. His first book,
The Investor Pays, is based on cases from
his law practice. Between his first and second books, Lowenthal published
opinion pieces on banking, rail and insurance industries and financial reform
in
The New Republic,
The Nation, and
Harpers’. His second book,
The Federal Bureau of Investigation, was
released in 1950. It was the first substantively documented book critical of
the Bureau and its operations, detailing a history of political spying,
red-baiting and harassment of foreigners and radicals. The book’s publication
was preceded by a denouncement of Lowenthal as a communist sympathizer on the
House floor. A barrage of criticism of Lowenthal and The FBI appeared in
syndicated columns. Shortly before the book was released, Lowenthal was
subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee where he was grilled
about his relationships with a number of liberals and communists.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was
not promoted by its publisher, and sold poorly. A final Lowenthal manuscript on
the history of American sedition laws was never published.
After withdrawing from active public service in the late 1950s, Max
Lowenthal remained involved in a variety of political and philanthropic causes,
most notably underwriting educational scholarships for Israeli and Palestinian
high school students, law school scholarships at Harvard Law school, and
research into increasing arable land in the Sinai to reduce regional hunger. He
was also an avid horticulturalist. Max Lowenthal died of heart failure in New
York City on 19 May 1971.
Related Materials in University Archives
William A. Schaper papers
Other Related Materials
A small collection of Max Lowenthal's papers regarding his involvement
with the Wickersham Commission (National Commission on Law Observance and
Enforcement) is held by the Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. The Harvard Law School Library also holds the records of the
Wickersham Commission.
An oral history interview conducted with Max Lowenthal in 1967 and
various correspondence between Lowenthal and President Truman is held by the
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, Independence, MO.
Correspondence with George B. Leonard is held in Leonard's personal
papers collection at the Minnesota Historical Society.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about
related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these
headings.
Persons:
Dondero,
George A.
Douglas,
William O. (William Orville), 1898-
Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965.
Hoover,
Herbert, 1874-1964.
Lowenthal,
Max -- Archives.
McCarthy,
Joseph, 1908-1957.
Schaper,
William August, 1869-1955.
Truman,
Harry S., 1884-1972.
Wheeler,
Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975.
Wickersham,
George W. (George Woodward), 1858-1936.
Organizations:
Allied
Military Government.
Bureau of
Economic Warfare.
Foreign
Economic Administration.
National
Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement.
United
States. Dept. of Justice.
United
States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
United
States. Interstate Commerce Commission.
United
States. Senate. Committee on Banking and Commerce.
United
States. War Manpower Commission.
Places:
Israel --
History -- 1948-1967.
Palestine --
History -- Partition, 1947.
Subjects:
Banks and banking.
Civil rights.
Railroads --
Finance.
Refugees, Jewish.
Sedition.
Wiretapping.
Detailed Contents
The following section contains a detailed list of the materials in the
collection.
Law Practice,
1917-1941
Covers private practice and encompasses materials from the early
years of Lowenthal's involvement with the War Labor Policy Board.
1
1
Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, Stockholder
Communications,
1931.
1
2-7
Filene,
1928-1932.
3
4-6
Filene,
1927, 1929.
1
8-13
Twentieth Century Fund,
1929-1932.
1
14-34
Habershaw Wire and Cable Corporation,
1927-1932.
Includes court briefs, correspondence, stockholder
communications, plans of reorganization, and stockholder meeting minutes.
3
7-18
Habershaw Wire and Cable Corporation,
1919, 1924-1930.
Includes financials, balance sheets, notes, lists of
stockholders, court briefs, correspondence, stockholder communications, and
meeting minutes.
1
35
Sam Finkelstein and Company vs Sidney Hillman, et al,
undated.
1
36
Labor Law, Current Labor Case,
1923-1924.
1
37-38
Labor Injunctions, Walter Nelles,
1925.
Includes typed copy of draft for book and correspondence.
2
1
Receivership - Milwaukee, Chicago and St. Paul
Railroads,
1917-1925.
Includes memos, maps and court documents.
2
2-6
Railroad Receiverships,
undated, circa 1921, 1925-1932.
Includes research materials, case notes and miscellaneous
documents.
2
7-14
St. Louis/San Francisco Railroad Receivership and
Reorganization,
1930s.
Includes research materials, case notes, and court documents.
2
15
Draft "Reorganization through Receivership,"
1927-1928.
Also includes research notes.
2
16
Railroad Receivership, Merger Proposal notes,
circa 1927.
2
17
Receivership - Correspondence,
circa 1927.
3
1
Court briefs in labor cases, chiefly ACWU,
circa 1921.
3
2-3
Bellanet Aviation,
1932.
3
19
National Electric Products Corporation,
1928-1930.
Includes annual reports, correspondence, and court documents.
3
20-21
Holed-Tite Paper/Packing Corporation,
1931.
3
22
Phelps-Dodge Corporation,
1930.
3
23
Silver Company - H.L. Green Company,
1934-1935.
3
26
MoPac,
1927.
Handwritten notes.
12
43-44
Court Briefs - Various litigation involving Sidney
Hillman and Amalgamated Clothing Workers,
undated, 1925.
12
45
Map of St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad track lines,
undated.
14
41
Railroad Receivership, "St. Paul Digest,"
undated.
14
42
ICC hearings on Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad,
1926.
14
43
Bankruptcy, correspondence with George Leisure,
1929.
14
44
Reorganization,
November 1930.
Correspondence with Felix Frankfurter. See also Correspondence
Series.
14
45-46
St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad bankruptcy and
reorganization,
1934-1935.
14
47
Supreme Court ruling on ICC control of funds from
Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Receivership,
1931.
Contains correspondence, memos and clippings.
14
48
Court processes for businesses in debt,
undated.
Procedures and essays.
14
49
"Memo on the Relationship between Equity Receivership
and Analogous Administrative Remedies in Equity,"
undated.
14
50-51
Receivership court cases and research notes,
undated.
14
52
Clippings index to "Financial Periodicals,"
undated.
14
53
Bayuk Cigars Board,
March-April 1941.
25
Chicago-Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway News Clippings,
1920s.
2 volumes
26
Chicago-Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Financial
Periodicals,
1920s.
2 volumes
Legal Activities,
1950-1975
Second Hill Road Radio Tower,
1955-1959
28
5
State Highway Surveys,
November 1955-August 1958.
28
6
Motorola Response Clippings,
July 1958.
28
7
Second Hill Radio Tower Controversy Clippings,
July 31-August 4, 1958.
28
8
Vonderviet Conversations with Highway Department
Personnel,
July 1958.
28
9
Memo to Governor Ribicoff From Amy Swinberg
(plaintiff),
August 1958.
28
10
Lowenthal Transcripts of Conversations with Radio
Tower Project Engineer,
August 1958.
28
11
Lowenthal Notes Regarding Letter to Motorola,
August 5-6, 1958.
28
12
Lowenthal Daily Notes,
August 5-August 21, 1958.
28
13
Complaints, Second Hill Road Radio Tower Controversy,
August 1958.
28
14
Written History of the Second Hill Radio Tower
Controversy for the New Milford Times,
August 1958.
28
15-18
Correspondence,
July-September 1958.
28
19
Correspondence, AT&T,
July-August 1958.
28
20
Correspondence, Second Hill Road Committee to
Motorola,
July-August 1958.
28
21
Correspondence, Max Lowenthal to Donald Keefe and
George Mackie,
August 1958.
28
22
Chronology of Controversy and Correspondence with John
Corson,
August 14-15, 1958.
28
23
Correspondence, Max Lowenthal and Leonard Simpson,
August 1958.
28
24
Correspondence, Federal Trade Commission,
August 1958.
28
25
Correspondence, Jack Stock,
January 1959.
Missouri Pacific (MoPac),
1950-1975
27
18
Commentary On Board Challenges, Allegheny Corporation,
undated.
27
19
Commentary, "The Factual Picture,"
undated.
27
20
Commentary, "The Immense Advantage of Control Over the
Missouri Pacific System," draft,
undated.
27
21
Commentary, "Subordinate Court Agents in Equity
Receiverships,"
undated.
27
22
Seventeen Analyses concerning MoPac,
undated.
27
23
Commentary, "What Interpretation Is To Be Put On the
SEC Regulators,"
undated.
27
24
Commentary, "The Factual Picture of the Van Swearingen
Motif," draft,
undated.
27
25
MoPac--Analysis, clippings, handwritten notes and
data,
1950-1953.
27
26
"B" Stock Share Enrichment,
January 1951.
27
27
Clippings, MoPac hearings Before the Interstate
Commerce Commission,
March-December 1951.
27
28
Miscellaneous Writings, primarily on MoPac Stock
Controversy,
1951-1953.
27
29
Missouri Pacific Rail Road and Cotton Belt (St Louis
Southwestern Railway): Materials for Legal Brief,
November 1955.
27
30
Correspondence, Charles Goldfus,
November-December 1955.
27
31
Correspondence, Max Brandwen regarding Class "B" MoPac
Stocks,
1955-1961.
27
32
Freight Car Loading,
1956.
27
33
MoPac Board of Directors,
1956.
27
34
Sale of Bus Company, part of MoPac Transportation,
1956.
27
35
Correspondence, Charles Goldfus,
January-May 1956.
27
36
Correspondence, Max Lowenthal concerning MoPac Stocks,
January-May 1956.
27
37
Letters to MoPac Board of Directors,
February 1956.
27
38
Correspondence, MoPac Shareholders,
February 1956.
27
39
Survey,
March-May 1956.
27
40
Draft of Letter to Board and list of Questions,
1956.
27
41
Correspondence,
August 1956.
27
42
MoPac Stockholders Information,
1956, 1972.
27
43
Clippings Regarding Political and Financial Events
Impacting Railroad Stock Prices,
1957.
27
44
Correspondence, Lowenthal to Ralph Hocker (SEC),
Regarding the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
1957.
27
45
Correspondence, MOPSC Temporary Injunction,
1957.
27
46
Commentary, "A Giant Asleep at the Switch,"
February 1956.
27
47
Correspondence, Charles Goldfus,
January-May 1956.
27
48
Correspondence, MoPac Board of Directors Regarding
Board Elections,
February 1957.
27
49
Registration Obligations Questions, draft writing,
March-April 1957.
27
50
Letters to MoPac Board from Goldfus, et al.,
February 1957.
27
51
MoPac Board of Directors Meeting,
1957.
27
52
Correspondence, MoPac Stock,
1957-1958.
27
53
Clippings, Rate Raises, Rate Predictions, Carloading,
1957-1959.
27
54
Commentary on MoPac Stocks,
January-May 1958.
27
55
Railcar Loading Figures,
November 1958.
27
56
Correspondence, Charles Goldfusand Harold Pinska,
1959-1961.
27
57
Correspondence and clippings, Charles Dearmont to
MoPac Shareholders,
1958-1960.
27
58
Commentary drafts on "B" Stock Growth,
1958-1963.
27
59
"B" Stock Shares Recap,
1959.
27
60
Commentary, "How Much is the "B" Stock Likely to
Earn?"
March 1960.
27
61
Commentary, "The Future of "B" Stock,"
September 1960.
27
62
Notes and Correspondence, Mississippi River Fuel
Company,
1960-1961.
27
63
Allegheny-MoPac,
1961.
27
64
"Six Year record of MoPac Board Members,
1961.
27
65
MoPac Commentaries and Mississippi River Fuel Company,
1962-1963.
27
66
Correspondence, Class "B" Stocks,
1963.
27
67
Marbury vs. Kalb, Voorhis and Company,
May 1963.
27
68
Marbury and Jenks Profiles in Forbes and Miscellaneous
Notes,
June 1963.
27
69
Allegheny Opposed Merger,
December 1963.
27
70
Commentary, "Stock Class "B" Hs Only Nominal
Participation" and Accompanying Article,
December 1963.
27
71
Allegheny Corporation Clippings,
1963-1964.
27
72
MoPac "B" Stocks,
1963-1964.
27
73
Marbury's Remarks to Analysts,
July 1964.
27
74
MoPac Clippings,
1964.
27
75
Transcript of Conference In Judge's Chambers,
March 1964.
27
76
Correspondence, Charles, Hymie and Joel Goldfus, Class
"B" Stock,
1966.
27
77
Mississippi River Fuel Company Suit, Supreme Court
Briefs,
1966.
27
78
MoPac Stock Clippings,
1967.
27
79
MoPac Stocks, Miscellaneous,
1967.
27
80
MoPac Stock Clippings,
1968.
27
81
Correspondence, Max Lowenthal and Charles Goldfus
Regarding Stocks and Miscellaneous,
1967-1968.
27
82
Mississippi Fuel and MoPac Agreement,
July 1974.
27
83
Briefs, United States Circuit Court of Appeals,
District 2 and United States Supreme Court, Betty Levin and Allegheny
Corporation v Class B Stockholders of Missouri Pacific Railroad Company,
1974-1975.
28
1
Reorganized MoPac,
1943.
28
2
MoPac Proxy Statement Log,
1957.
28
3
Briefs, United States Court of Appeals, Eighth
Circuit, Mississippi River Fuel Company v. Betty Levin, et al.,
undated.
7 volumes
28
4
Briefs, Supreme Court of the United States. Betty
Levin v Mississippi River Fuel Company,
1966, 1968.
11 volumes
Government Service,
1914-1949
Some topics flow from one area of government service to another,
including Railroad Finances and Consolidation.
War Labor Policies Board,
1914-1919
5
1
Munitions Expenses, WWI,
1914-1917.
5
2
Correspondence regarding U.S. loan to France,
1915-1916.
5
3
Mediation Commission - Mooney case,
1918.
Reprint of The Official Bulletin
dated Monday, January 28, 1918.
5
4
Foreign Labor Situation,
1918-1919.
21
1
Allied Indebtedness to U.S., World War I,
circa 1917-1918.
21
2
Anglo-French loan, Munitions Investigation,
undated.
21
3
U.S. loans to France,
1915-1916.
Wickersham Commission,
1929-1932
Includes Lowenthal's personal correspondence and internal memos
of the Commission. Reports of the Commission's activities are not present.
Lowenthal left his post in the Summer of 1930.
4
1
House of Representatives and Senate Bills,
1930.
4
2
Correspondence with Felix Frankfurter,
March 1929-July 1930.
See also the Correspondence Series for additional
correspondence with Felix Frankfurter.
4
3
Miscellaneous correspondence among various committee
members,
1929-1930.
4
4
Crime Statistics,
1929-1930.
4
5
Lawlessness of Officials and Police Brutality memo and
correspondence,
April-October 1929.
4
6
List of circulars to the Commissioners,
25 July 1930.
4
7
Miscellaneous Memos,
1929-1930.
4
8
Minutes of meeting and account of breach with Dean
Roscoe Pound,
March-April 1930.
4
9
Miscellaneous notes and writings,
undated.
4
10
Correspondence,
30 March-22 May 1930.
4
11
National Code and Model Crimes definitions,
1929-1930.
4
12
"Police Problems,"
undated, October 1929.
4
13
Prison Parole Problems,
October 1929-1930.
4
14
Progress Report and Related Memos,
October 1929-March 1930.
4
15
Prohibition and Lawlessness,
1928-1930.
4
16
Lowenthal's Resignation as Executive Secretary,
July-September 1930.
4
17
War Veterans Bureau pensions,
1927-1930.
Contains reports and Lowenthal's hand written notes.
4
18
Correspondence with Sam Bass Warner,
December 1930.
4
19
Commission Administration memos,
undated, 1929.
4
20
Agendas for meetings and chair's notes,
October 1929-July 1930.
4
21
Correspondence with Eleanor Lowenthal and Felix
Frankfurter,
June-July 1929.
See also Correspondence Series for additional correspondence
with Felix Frankfurter.
4
22
Court Procedures Study on Court Congestion,
October 1929.
4
23
Conference on the National Conference on Law
Observance and Enforcement, Report of Discussions,
3 June 1930.
4
24
Correspondence with Felix Frankfurter,
June-November 1929.
4
25-26
Desk calendar,
June 1929-July 1930.
4
27-28
Diary and Journal,
August 1929-May 1930.
4
29
Illegal Activities in the Department of Justice,
Investigation Report,
May 1930.
4
30
Juvenile Delinquency memos,
1929-1930.
4
31
Lawlessness of Law Officers, memos,
1929.
4
32
Miscellaneous documents, including correspondence,
December 1929-July 1930.
4
33
Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole, Reports,
undated.
4
34-35
Personal Correspondence,
1929-1930.
4
36
Prohibition, Memos and reports,
1929-1930.
4
37
Statistics on Crime,
November 1929-May 1930.
4
38
William Van Vleck Memo - Outgrowth of Wickersham
Commission work,
1931-1932.
22
1
Miscellaneous documents,
1929.
22
2
Press Releases,
1930.
22
3-8
Miscellaneous notes,
undated, 1929-1930.
Contains notes on prohibition enforcement, Solicitor General's
Office and the U.S. Supreme Court.
22
9
Edited manuscript of resignation,
September 1930.
Also includes correspondence with Felix Frankfurter.
22
10
Reaction to resignation,
1930.
22
11
Preliminary draft of report on Prohibition,
undated.
22
12
Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1929.
22
13-14
Crime,
1929-1930.
Senate Banking and Currency Committee Counsel,
1933-1934
5
5
Financial Reform, article from New Republic,
undated.
5
6
Life Insurance Companies and Relations to Banks and
Banking, manuscript,
undated.
5
7
Financial Reform - Correspondence and Writings,
1931-1932.
5
8
New York Stock Exchange Indictments, clippings
regarding Lowenthal's opinion,
December 1930.
5
9
Financial Reform, Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1919-1934.
5
10
Life Insurance Companies, Correspondence with
Frankfurter, Brandeis and others,
1931-1934.
See also Correspondence Series for additional correspondence
between Lowenthal and Frankfurter / Brandeis.
5
11
Bankruptcy Reform, Memos and Correspondence with
New Republic and Frankfurter,
1932.
See also Correspondence Series for additional correspondence
with Felix Frankfurter.
5
12
Financial Reform, Memo and write-up for Basil O'Conner
on the subject of "The Bonus,"
1932.
5
13
Financial Reform, Guarantee of Securities by Issuing
Banks,
1932.
5
14
Insurance Companies, Basis of Valuing Securities,
1932.
Contains clippings, correspondence and memos.
5
15
Utilities Regulation Conference,
1932.
5
16
Treasury Financing, Correspondence with Frankfurter
regarding Walter Lippman column,
1931-1932.
See also Correspondence Series for additional correspondence
with Felix Frankfurter.
5
17
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Memos and
Correspondence,
1932.
5
18
Financial Reforms, Lowenthal memo on "Money Regime,"
27 February 1932.
5
19
"Tax on Bigness" Memo and Related Correspondence,
March 1932.
5
20
Securities Exchange Listings, Memos and Correspondence
with Judge Mack and Frank Altschul,
August 1932.
5
21
Securities Act and Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Memo,
undated.
5
22
Securities Exchange Act Miscellaneous Correspondence
and Memos,
undated, 1932-1933.
5
23
Financial Regulation, Correspondence with John Higgins
on Van Sweringen testimony,
1933.
5
24
Securities Act of 1933, Miscellaneous handwritten
notes,
undated.
5
25
Bank Relief Program,
1933.
Contains correspondence, memos, notes and news releases.
5
26
Finance Research,
January-July 1933.
5
27-28
Memos, Press Releases and other Communications
regarding the Committee,
undated, 1933.
5
29
Receivership Correspondence with Felix Frankfurter and
Emmanual Celler,
July-August 1933.
See also Correspondence Series for additional correspondence
with Felix Frankfurter.
5
30
Speech by Winthrop Aldrich,
November 1933.
5
31
Paramount Publix Corporation - Kuhn, Loeb Activities,
1933-1934.
5
32
Securities and Banking Reforms,
1933-1934.
5
33
Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1933-1934.
5
34
Correspondence with William O. Douglas,
1933-1934.
See also Correspondence Series for additional correspondence
with William O. Douglas.
5
35
Federal Laws Relating to
Securities and Public Utilities,
1935.
Official Publication.
5
36
Correspondence regarding article in
Harpers on Corporate Mortgage Indentures,
1934.
5
37-38
Miscellaneous Correspondence, Articles and Memos,
1934.
5
39
Stock Market "Propaganda" - Senator Fletcher's remarks
to Congress,
24 February 1934.
5
40
Anti-Semitism, Ben Cohen and Securities Exchange
Commission (SEC),
1934.
5
41
Pecora Bank Inquiry, Correspondence,
April-November 1934.
5
42
Munitions Investigating Committee, Correspondence,
1934-1935.
5
43
Stock Exchange and Protective Securities,
Correspondence,
1934-1937.
6
1
Railroad Consolidation, Committees on Interstate
Commerce,
December 1930.
6
2
Railroad Receivership, Jude Wilkenson decisions,
December 1931-March 1932.
Contains miscellaneous correspondence.
6
3
Railroad Reorganization - Milwaukee Railroad
Stockholders,
1933.
6
4
Railroad Reorganization Bill,
November 1933.
Lowenthal article and correspondence.
21
4-6
Financial Reform,
1927-1935.
Contains correspondence, memos and notes on Northern Pacific
vs. Boyd, Foltis-Fischer, Inc., and other miscellany.
21
7
Utilities Regulation, Wisconsin,
1931.
Includes correspondence with Felix Frankfurter. See also the
Correspondence Series for further correspondence with Frankfurter.
21
8
Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
1932.
21
9
Railroad securities and banking,
1931-1932.
21
10
American Commercial Alcohol Corporation, Third Listing
Application, A-10117,
undated.
21
11
"Spider" Chart,
1932.
Used by Senator Norris of Nebraska to illustrate financial
manipulation on Wall Street.
21
12
Milk pricing, contracts,
1933.
21
13
Stock Exchange Bill,
1933.
21
14
Resolution creating Banking Investigation,
1933.
21
15-18
Senate Committee on Banking and Currency,
undated, circa 1933-1934.
Contains clipping file, memos, correspondence, and notes on
the Pecora Bank inquiry, Wall Street inquiry, and other miscellany.
21
19
Railroad Reorganization - Research Files,
1925.
21
20
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Case,
1934.
21
21
North German Lloyd Bond,
1934.
21
22
Paramount Publix Corporation, Index to Exhibits,
undated.
25
Clipping system for Railroad hearings,
1934-1935.
1 folder
Interstate Commerce and Railroad Investment Commission
(ICC),
1935-1942
5
44
Beard Committee,
1935.
Beard Committee was an independent committee for Missouri
Pacific Railroad Company bondholders.
5
45
William O. Douglas and Wall Street, Memos and
clippings,
1935.
5
46
Authorization of Lowenthal for Wheeler Railroad
Investigation,
25 July 1935.
5
47
Deficiency Bill Rider, Memos,
1937.
Attempt to prevent Congressional Committee borrowing from
Executive Board.
5
48
Wheeler Committee Investigation, Guarantee Trust
Company,
1937.
5
49
Congressional Investigative Committees, Memos
December 1936-January 1937.
5
50
Correspondence to Harold Laski regarding
Collier's article,
8 January 1937.
5
51
Dictated Notes regarding B.K. Wheeler's relationship
with Roosevelt and Select Legislation,
1937-1941.
5
52
Richard Whitney Trial, Clippings, and Correspondence,
1938.
5
53
New York Stock Exchange Reform, Correspondence,
1938-1939.
5
54
Miscellaneous Railroad Reports and Clippings,
1941.
5
56-57
Defense Procurement, Industry Regulations, Memos,
1940.
5
58
John Hanes appointment as Trustee, Associated Gas and
Electricity,
1940.
5
59-60
Senate Resolution 309,
1940.
Senator Wheeler proposal to investigate national defense.
6
5
Memos are related materials regarding ICC Railroad
Investigation,
1933-1940.
6
6-10
Memorandum on Railroad Investigations, Numbers 1-163,
undated, 1937.
Lowenthal hired someone to number his various memos, most
likely to help in organization and tracking. Most memos are undated.
6
11
Miscellaneous notes and memos,
undated.
6
12
Railroad Reorganization correspondence with Felix
Frankfurter and Leslie Craven,
October 1934.
Leslie Craven served as counsel to Federal Coordinator of
Transportation. See also Correspondence Series for additional correspondence
with Felix Frankfurter.
6
13
Senate Investigative Committees, Memo
10 March 1936.
6
14
Committee of Six Report,
1938.
Appointed by Roosevelt to Study U.S. Transportation System.
6
15
Railroad Reorganization Bill, Lowenthal's Diary,
1938.
6
16
Railroads and Banks,
1938.
Contains clippings, correspondence, reports and memos.
6
17
St. Paul Railroad Receivership and Judge Wilkenson,
1938.
Contains materials collection by Lowenthal.
6
18
Railroad Finance Investigations Memos,
April 1938.
6
19
National Labor Relations Board Investigations,
1939.
6
20
War Resources Board - Earl Bailee,
1939.
Bailee was a Special Assistant to Morgenthau at Treasury.
6
21
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Correspondence,
October 1941.
Correspondence with A.F. Whitney regarding railroad income
statements.
6
22
Railroad Brotherhood News Releases,
1941-1942.
6
23
Newspaper editorials concerning railroad accidents,
1944.
6
24
Railroad Reorganization Memos for 1946 Report,
undated.
6
25
Railroad Reorganization Report "Main Street, Not Wall
Street,"
1946 supplement.
6
26-29
Railroad Reorganization, Memos and List of Trustees,
1946-1947.
Contains miscellaneous memos and correspondence, list of
railroad trustees, and correspondence with Edward Cooper.
6
30
Railroad Reorganization - HR Subcommittee on
Reorganization,
1947.
Includes testimony and correspondence regarding hearings.
6
31
Wheeler Committee Investigation, Memo on Lawrence
Brown article in The Nation,
1938.
21
23
Rifle Industry, Munitions Committee,
1935.
21
24
Munitions Investigation, Testimony, JP Morgan,
1936.
21
25-26
Lowenthal's Memos, #1-40,
1936-1937.
21
27-28
Lowenthal's Notes,
undated, circa 1930s.
21
29
Augustus Bule, Railroads,
1933-1938.
21
30
JP Morgan and Guarantee Trust Company,
1937-1938.
22
15
Railroad Wage Case Hearing, Emergency Wage Board,
1938.
22
16
Coal Strike,
1941.
Board of Economic Warfare,
1942-1943
5
55
Lowenthal oath of office for War Manpower Board,
1 June 1942.
6
32
"Measures and Men - Historic Parallels in the Present
Drive to War" Report,
circa 1941.
Also includes newspaper clippings.
6
33
"A Proposed Study of the Potentialities of Democratic
Processes in a Period of Mobilization" by Robert S. Lynd, Columbia University,
undated.
6
34
War Preparedness Reports and Correspondence,
1940.
6
35
Lend-Lease Bill,
1941.
Includes clippings and reports.
6
36
War Manpower Commission, Railway Union Representation,
1942.
6
37
War Planning - Latimer memo on transfer of agencies
and personnel from Washington,
undated.
6
38
Meeting and talks regarding war preparation,
1942.
6
39
Correspondence to Alfred,
3 January 1944.
6
40
Dies and Kerr Committees, Memos, Correspondence and
Clippings,
1943.
Committees were investigating loyalty, security and
government employment.
Foreign Economic Administration (FEA)
6
41
List of Re-Occupation Division Reports,
8 December 1943.
6
42
Lowenthal's Civil Service Clearance for FEA Post,
1 September 1944.
7
5
Lowenthal's Reports - Not Submitted,
circa 1942.
7
6
Correspondence with Alfred regarding Leo T. Crowley,
1943.
6
43
North Africa laws relating to the Nazi Occupation,
undated, 1942-1943.
Contains clippings, news articles and memos regarding racial
laws, Jews, Cremieux Decree.
Airplane Industry Strike
7
1
Anti-Strike Scare and Labor Response,
1941.
7
2
Lowenthal's Notes and Research,
1941.
7
3
Electric Chair Bill, Memos and Articles,
1941.
7
4
Senator Truman's letters to Secretary of State
regarding wiretaps,
June 1942.
Also includes letter to Lowenthal from Justice Brandeis as
well as various newspaper clippings.
7
7
Employees - Civil Service Commission,
1945.
Meader Report
7
8
Memos,
1946.
Also includes memos regarding the Brewster Committee.
7
9
Clippings and Memos,
1946.
7
10
Memos, Reports,
November 1946.
Also includes clippings regarding the Kilgore Committee.
Lowenthal labeled as "Master File."
7
11
Clippings,
1946.
7
16
Germany, Army Occupation and Displaced Person Camps,
1946.
7
12
Committee Chronology and Memos,
1946.
7
13
Senate Investigation Committee Memos,
September-November 1946.
7
14
National Defense Program, Race Bias,
December 1946-January 1947.
7
15
Miscellaneous Reports and Memos,
1946-1947.
7
19
"Committee Powers" Memo,
undated.
21
38
Aluminum,
1941.
21
39
Pay raises and arbitration for workers in defense
industries,
1941.
21
40
Job application, personal history and letters of
recommendation,
1942-1944.
Special Envoy, Restitution of Stolen Jewish Property,
1946
7
17
Displaced Persons, Reports and Memos from various
sources,
1946.
7
18
UN Spy Scare,
December 1946.
Senate Judiciary Committee and Senator Revercomb.
7
20
Appointment, Leave Extension, Resignation,
1946-1947.
7
21
Correspondence,
August-September 1946.
Includes letters home to family, introductory letters for
Lowenthal, correspondence from President Harry Truman to Lowenthal. See also
Correspondence Series for further correspondence with Harry S. Truman.
7
22
Talk with President Truman,
3 October 1946.
Typescript of diary entry.
7
23
Correspondence and Telegrams,
1946-1948.
7
24
Copies of Correspondence regarding Lowenthal's
appointments with General Lucius Clay,
1946-1947.
7
25
Irwin and Helen Mason Correspondence,
1946-1949.
7
26
Miscellaneous notes, primarily contact information,
undated, 1946.
Includes letter from Felix Frankfurter. See also
Correspondence Series for additional correspondence with F. Frankfurter.
7
65
Daily Journals - Germany Trip,
August-September 1946.
Informal Presidential/White House Advising,
1944-1957
7
27
Denver and Rio Grande Western Reorganization,
1946.
7
28
Congressional Investigations, Status and Budget
Reports,
June 1947.
7
29
Congressional Investigations, H.R. 4564,
November-December 1947.
7
30
Federal Trade Commission, Correspondence and
Miscellaneous with John Carson,
February-April 1947.
7
31
Railroad Monopoly Bill,
1947.
7
32
Deportations and Labor,
May-June 1948.
7
33
Nixon - Mundt Bill,
May-June 1948.
7
34
Taft-Hartley-Labor Publication,
1948.
7
35
Spy Activities and Politics,
circa 1948.
7
36
Displaced Persons Bill,
June 1948.
7
37
Suggested Revisions of the Displaced Persons Act,
1948.
7
38
Draft of Bill and Correspondence regarding Displaced
Persons Act,
1948.
7
39
Hilmer Memo regarding Legislation,
circa 1949.
Sedition Legislation
7
40
Senator McCarren, Correspondence and Notes,
1946-1949.
7
41
Memo and Correspondence,
1949.
7
42
81st Congress, Bill Text and Memos,
1949.
7
43
Miscellaneous Correspondence regarding letter to
Senator Scott Lucas,
August 1950.
7
55
Lowenthal memos for White House staff,
1949-1950.
22
34
Sedition Bills and Commentary,
1950.
7
44
White House Related, Reconstruction Finance
Corporation (RFC) Investigation
circa 1949.
7
45
Transfer of Immigration Service to Department of
Justice,
undated.
7
46
Interstate Crime - Interstate Gambling Bill,
April 1950.
7
47
Railroad Unions and Rail Strike,
May 1948.
Government seizure of railroads.
7
48
"The President and the Charter of the United Nations,"
4 November 1948.
Lowenthal memo.
7
49
Art Lyon, Railway Labor Executives,
November 1948.
7
50
Correspondence with John Hastings on Railroad
Reorganization,
October 1949.
7
51
Hoover Commission,
1949.
7
52
Munt-Nixon Wiretap Bill, memo to Harry S. Truman,
1949-1950.
7
53
Unemployment, Memos,
June 1949.
7
54
Congressman Woods Police Bill, Memo Against,
April 1949.
7
56
Anti-Crime Bills,
April 1950.
7
57
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC),
1951.
Materials relating to Senate investigation, including
Lowenthal's memo.
7
58
Railroads MoPac, Memo to Edward Wheeler,
1951.
7
59
Natural Gas Bill Memo,
6 January 1950.
Includes copy of Natural Gas Act from 1938.
7
60
Transportation Union, Memo,
December 1952.
7
61
Defense Department and Labor Problems, Memos,
January 1952.
Materials relate primarily to the clothing industry.
22
17
Senate and Local Elections,
1949-1950.
22
18
Spy Scandal Scare, Elizabeth Bently,
1948.
22
19-21
Interstate Commerce Act,
1945-1946.
Contains notes and drafts.
Railroad Reorganization
22
22
Denver and Rio Grande Western,
undated.
22
23
New York Central and Declaratory Order,
1955-1957.
22
24
Approval/Disapproval of S.1253,
1946.
22
25-27
Memos,
1946-1947.
22
28
Research Files,
1947.
22
29
Tax Exemption,
1947.
22
30
Political Strategy,
1947.
22
31
Copies of Legislation,
1947.
22
32
HR Subcommittee Hearings on HR3227, Testimony,
1947.
22
33
Nixon-Mundt Bill and Deportation Bills,
1948.
22
35
Truman statement on National Security and Bill of
Rights,
1950.
Statement includes Lowenthal's suggestions.
22
36
Congressional election campaigns,
1944.
22
37
Acknowledgment of political contributions from
national candidates,
1944-1945.
Israel,
1947-1949
7
62
U.N. Special Committee on Palestine: Report to the
General Assembly,
1947.
Lowenthal's personal copy.
7
63
United Nations Resolution on Truce Violations,
4 November 1948.
7
64
Senator Arthur Vandenberg influence on foreign
relations, chiefly Israel,
1948.
8
53
Excerpts from telegrams regarding British forces and
withdrawal from Palestine,
undated.
8
54
Palestine-American Economic Interests, Potash,
1948.
Contains correspondence.
8
55
Arab military strength, Communism and Communist leaders,
1948.
8
56
Papers regarding establishment of Independent Jewish
State,
1948.
8
57
Palestine Situation, Memos,
1948.
8
58
Memo to and copy of letter by Dr. Weizman regarding UN
Resolution to establish and independent Jewish State,
1948.
Memo from Matt Connelley on behalf of President Truman, dated 12
February 1948.
8
59
Israel / Palestine Correspondence,
April 1948.
8
60
Israel / Palestine Correspondence and Clippings,
May 1948.
Includes copy of letter to Secretary of State George C. Marshall
from Moshe Shertok, dated 8 May 1948.
8
61
Letter from Lowenthal to Clark Clifford,
26 March 1948.
8
62
Lowenthal's diary of events,
11 May-24 June 1948.
8
63
Palestine Situation - Memos,
May-June 1948.
8
64
U.S. State Department Correspondence Regarding Israel,
May-June 1948.
Also includes copy of report entitled "British Connections with
TransJordan Arab Legion."
8
65
Palestine Problem - Article by Meir Grossman in New York
Jewish daily newspaper,
13 May 1948.
8
66
Correspondence regarding Israel / Palestine,
June 1948.
8
67
Transcripts of discussions between Lowenthal and Clark
Clifford and Dave Niles,
24-25 June 1948.
8
68
British action against Jewish detainees in Cyprus,
June 1948.
8
69
Memos used for 17 June 1948 statement on Palestine
Situation,
May-June 1948.
8
70
US Statements at UN Assembly,
February-May 1948.
Includes draft of statements and press releases.
8
71
Palestine Situation Memos,
May-June 1948.
Additional information can be found in the Elections Series when
Lowenthal was serving as an advisor for Truman's presidential campaign.
8
72-78
Newspaper clippings regarding Palestine,
March-July 1948.
Topics include Marshall and Austin statements on U.S. position
and resolutions regarding cease fire.
8
79
Cease Fire,
June 1948.
8
80
Memoranda,
July 1948.
24
33
Research Materials,
1947-1948.
24
34
Displaced Persons Act of 1948,
February, April 1949.
Includes correspondence with George Hexter, Irving Engle and
Judge Proskauer.
24
35
Memos and Correspondence,
January-July 1948.
24
36
Clippings,
12-30 April, 15-16 June 1948.
24
37
Miscellaneous Notes,
circa 1948.
24
38
Memos and diary entries,
June-November 1948.
Elections,
1933-1956
Lowenthal worked on electing Democratic party candidates and
nominating Harry S. Truman for the vice-presidency and presidency. Included are
materials related to the 1944, 1948, 1952, and 1956 national elections.
8
1
Congressional Voting Records - National Defense,
1935-1944.
8
2
Democratic Platform, memo,
1936.
8
3
Correspondence with National and Local Candidates
regarding 1938 election,
Fall 1938.
8
4
Congressional Voting Records, General Welfare,
1933-1943.
8
5
National Independent Committee for Roosevelt and Truman,
1944-1952.
Contains background essay, letters and reports.
8
6
William O. Douglas bid for Vice Presidential Nomination,
1944.
Contains clippings and articles.
8
7
Lists of Appointments,
undated.
List of original appointments by President Roosevelt retained by
President Truman.
8
8
Vice Presidential Selection, Memos and Correspondence,
1944.
Contains copy of congratulations letter to Truman, telegram to
Lowenthal, and clippings regarding selection.
8
9
Smith-Connelley Act and 1944 election,
undated.
8
10
Senator Charles Tobey voting record,
undated.
8
11
Senator Scott Lucas voting record,
undated, 1944.
Also includes correspondence.
8
12
Senator Lestor Hill voting record,
undated, 1944.
Also includes correspondence.
8
13
Senator Carl Hayden voting record,
undated.
8
14
Senator James Curley voting record,
1943-1944.
8
15
Roy McKittrick legislative record,
undated.
8
16
Senator Bennett Champ Clark voting record,
undated., 1940-1944.
Also includes copies of Roosevelt and Hull letters.
8
17
Senator George Aiken voting record,
undated.
8
18
Senator Samuel Jackson background information,
undated.
8
19
Reports and memos on the issue of International Peace,
May 1948.
Peace, and the process to obtain in on an international level,
was a campaign issue in the 1948 election.
8
20
William O. Douglas / Tom Corcoran memos regarding 1948
elections,
undated.
8
21
Miscellaneous memos regarding 1948 election,
undated.
8
22
Memo regarding 1948 election,
1948.
Topics include ADA and Civil Rights.
8
23
Memos sent by Lowenthal to White House Staff on Truman
Campaign Train,
1948.
Includes clipping regarding Minnesota political situation at
that time.
8
24-29
Special Session of the 80th Congress,
undated, July-November 1948.
Includes Lowenthal's daily notes, memos and letters. Subjects
include railroads and housing.
8
30
Senate's refusal to seat Homer Ferguson,
1948.
Includes memo by T. Duncan and various newspaper clippings.
8
31
William O. Douglas as candidate for president, memo,
1948.
8
32
CIO-PAC, Memo to Kroll and Zon,
4 November 1948.
8
33
Republican National Convention Platform,
1948.
8
34-35
Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Includes information regarding W.O. Douglas for president,
Lowenthal's diary, and news articles.
8
36
Post Election Program,
1948.
8
37
Notes from Lowenthal to Matt Connelley regarding
Congressional Voting Record,
1949-1950.
8
38
Correspondence regarding elections,
1950.
8
39
Congressional Voting Records,
1950.
8
40
Elections, Local and by State,
1949-1950.
8
41
Correspondence regarding Wiretapping,
1950.
8
42
Correspondence regarding 1950 election during visit to
Minnesota,
October 1950.
8
43
Correspondence regarding 1950 election during visit to
Wisconsin,
October 1950.
8
44
Correspondence with Lou Harris regarding Congressional
Campaign Fundraising,
1952.
8
45
Notes and correspondence regarding elections,
1952.
Includes materials relating to the Eisenhower-Nixon campaign.
8
46
Handwritten notes with 1952 state election tallies,
31 October 1952.
8
47
McCarthy Hearings, memos regarding effect on 1952
election,
1950.
8
48
Memos regarding Nixon on Eisenhower presidential ticket,
undated, July-September 1952.
8
49
Democratic National Convention, Chicago,
July 1952.
8
50
Railroad Brotherhood and 1954 elections,
October 1953.
8
51
Letters from candidates acknowledging the Lowenthals'
contributions,
1954.
8
52
Notes on Democratic National Convention,
1956.
24
30
National Independent Committee for Roosevelt and Truman,
1944.
24
31
"Truman in the Senate,"
circa 1948.
24
32
Labor's role in Connecticut election,
1950.
Civil Liberties,
1910-1960s
Materials arranged alphabetically, retaining Lowenthal's supplied
folder headings. The bulk of the materials date from the 1930s and 1940s. There
is some overlap between subjects, such as the case against Harry Bridges; it is
separated out as a subject, but additional information regarding the case can
be found under Civil Service Commission.
9
1
ACLU - Federal Prosecutions for Political Purposes,
1940.
Contains clippings and reports.
Academic Freedom
9
2
Faculty Demonstrations, Montana State University,
1939-1940.
23
1
Dismissals at Montana State University,
1939.
23
2
General information,
circa 1917-1940.
Alien Immigration
9
3
Alien Control Board - Stewart Bill,
1941.
9
4
Hearings before Special [House] Committee on
Un-American Activities,
1934.
9
5
Lowenthal's research materials,
circa 1920s.
Contains copies of House and Senate bills and various reports.
23
3
Alien Deportation Act, HR 6250,
1942.
23
4-5
Registration,
1940-1941.
9
6
Allegations of Subversive Organizations,
circa September 1942.
9
7
American-Canadian Border Crossing for ACWU Officers and
Workers,
May 1948.
Amherst Speech
9
8
Correspondence,
February-April 1953.
9
"Loyalty in a Democratic State,"
1953.
Contains drafts and notes.
9
10
Anti-Semitism,
circa 1950.
See also Government Service, Senate Banking and Currency
Committee, Box 5, folder 40 for letter to Ben Cohen regarding Anti-Semitism.
9
11
Benava Case,
undated.
Materials relate to FBI procedural illegalizations regarding
wiretapping.
Bill of Rights
9
12
Memos, clippings, and speeches,
1941.
9
13
Memorandum on the historical and philosophical
background,
undated.
Harry Bridges
Materials relate to the 1941 deportation hearing of labor leader
Harry Bridges.
9
14
Defense Materials,
1940-1941.
9
15-16
Deportation Appeal,
1940-1942.
Includes news excerpts, Lowenthal's notes on J. Edgar Hoover
and a copy of the appeal.
9
17
Copies of J.M. Landis's correspondence for reference,
1940-1941.
9
18
Pamphlets,
1941.
9
19
Two court briefs,
undated.
23
6
Defense,
1941.
23
7
FBI wiretap,
1941.
23
8
"An Act to Direct the Deportation of Harry Renton
Bridges,"
1940.
23
9
Centralia Case,
1930.
9
20
Citizenship,
1942.
Civil Liberties - Government Involvement
9
21
Indexes of House and Senate Hearings,
1932-1939.
Contains Lowenthal's personal notes.
9
22
McCarthy Hearings,
1950.
9
23
National Defense,
1940-1941.
Includes typed excerpts from press, news and other commentary.
9
24
Naturalization,
1941.
9
25
Justin Miller resignation from Hoover Commission,
1950.
9
26
Research Materials for publication "Civil Rights in
Times of Stress,"
1940-1943.
10
1-7
Dies Committee,
1938-1942.
23
11
Dies Committee,
1943.
23
10
Civil Liberties and Labor,
1940-1941.
Civil Service Commission
Materials relate to employee relations, including firing cases
and loyalty oaths.
9
27
Case of Karl Borders,
1943.
9
28
Attorney General opinion of Harry Bridges firing,
1940-1943.
9
29-30
Case of Lyle Cooper (BEW),
1940-1943.
9
31-32
Case of Lincoln Fairley (BEW),
1940-1944.
9
33
Case of John Marshall Franz (OPA),
1940-1943.
9
34
Case of Katharine Kellock,
1940-1943.
9
35-36
Case of Susan Park,
1940-1944.
9
37-38
Case of Dr. Maurice Parmelee / Case Before the
Railroad Retirement Board,
1944.
9
39
Case of Truman F. Peebles (FEA),
1940-1943.
9
40
Case of John Rackliffe (OEW),
1940-1943.
9
41
Case of Emily Sanchez (OWI),
1940-1943.
9
42-43
Case of David Wahl (FEA),
1940-1945.
9
44
Case of George Shaw Wheeler,
1940-1943.
9
45
Miscellaneous Cases,
1940-1943.
9
46
Federal Employee Firings,
1940-1943.
9
47
Interdepartmental Employee Investigations,
1943.
9
48
Investigations of Workers,
1940-1941.
9
49-50
Loyalty Oaths,
1947-1948, 1950
9
51-52
Employee Loyalty,
1947-1950.
Commentary
27
5
"Another Bill that is Un-Necessary and Dangerous to a
Free Press and National Security,"
March 1948.
27
6
"The So Called Spy Bill,"
January 1949.
9
53
Communications Act,
1934.
9
54
Conscientious Objectors, Department of Justice News
Release,
April 1941.
9
55-56
Deportation,
1935-1936, 1938-1939, 1948.
9
57
Detention Camps in the U.S. and Abroad,
1940-1941.
10
8
"Does Department of Justice Invite Civilian Snooping?"
circa 1940.
10
9
Dondus, Rep. George (Michigan) House Speech on Harry S.
Truman's "socialistic tendencies,"
1948-1949.
10
10
Durr, Clifford, Correspondence regarding FBI Files and
Loyalty Investigation,
1942.
See also Civil Liberties - Federal Bureau of Investigation.
10
11
Electric Chair Bill,
undated.
10
12
"Enemies of America,"
7 May 1941.
10
13
Erosion of Civil Liberties,
1941.
Lowenthal's memos on concentration camps, wiretaps and police
states.
10
14
Espionage,
undated.
10
15
Federal Employees,
1941-1942.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
10
16
Copper Strike Activities,
1941.
10
17
Summary of material on Alibis,
undated.
10
18
Anti-Union Activities,
1941.
10
19
Arrest of Aliens,
undated.
10
20
Mary Beard / Alexander Holtzoff Correspondence,
1940.
10
21
"Brooklyn Plot,"
circa 1940.
10
22
Communists in Government,
1940.
Materials relate to Grant Cannon, National Labor Relations
Board (NLRB) field examiner accused of spying.
10
23
Illegal Detention,
1940.
10
24
Investigation of Citizens-Durr, Clifford,
1942.
10
25
Editorials on FBI illegalities,
1940.
10
26
G-Man's Pledge,
undated.
10
27
J. Edgar Hoover letter to George Seldes in
In Fact and Lowenthal response,
May 1941.
10
28
J. Edgar Hoover,
1964.
Clippings.
10
29
Remarks of Senators and Representatives regarding J.
Edgar Hoover,
undated.
10
30
J. Edgar Hoover remarks on Communists,
circa 1940.
10
31
Notes on J. Edgar Hoover's responsibility for Palmer
Raids,
circa 1940.
10
32
Copies of Hoover speeches with cover letters to
Lowenthal from Hoover,
1938-1939.
10
33
Hoover Spoof - "Mister Hoover Get Off the Line,"
1940
10
34
Hoover's 11 October 1941 Speech, Memo,
undated.
10
35
Indexing System,
undated.
10
36
Infiltration at Defense Plants,
circa 1941.
Contains correspondence and New
Republic article.
10
37
Informers, Miscellaneous,
undated, 1940.
10
38
Attorney General Jackson's activities,
undated.
10
39
Problem raised by Attorney General Jackson's letter of
1 March 1940 to Senator Norris,
undated.
10
40
Legal Powers,
undated.
10
41-58
Memos on Miscellaneous Activities of FBI,
undated, 1910s, 1940s, 1950s.
Topics include J. Edgar Hoover, investigative work, sedition
laws, spying, power of, and publicity.
10
59
New York Post series on
J. Edgar Hoover's FBI,
October 1959.
10
60
"Publicity for the FBI,"
undated.
10
61
Publicity in general press,
1940-1941.
10
62-63
Raids on Michigan Abraham Lincoln Bridge,
undated, March 1940.
10
64-65
Raids in Detroit,
1940, 1941.
Contains information on the Schweinhaut Report.
10
65
"Raw Materials,"
undated, 1940-1942.
Research materials collected by Lowenthal on Hoover, crime
investigations, right to counsel, and war-time employment.
10
66
Rhyme on Hoover to Calypso beat,
undated.
10
67
Sabotage of the Normandie,
1942.
10
68
Schweinhaut Investigation,
1940.
10
69
Senate Line-up in the FBI Battle,
undated.
10
70
Statistics, Excerpts from Appropriations Hearings,
1930-1941.
10
71
Attacks on Supreme Court and Democrats,
14-20 August 1957.
Includes correspondence with Felix Frankfurter.
10
72
Thefts at Ford Plant,
December 1941.
10
73
True Detective Magazine
Articles on Spies, Gestapo, etc.,
1939-1940.
10
74
Letter to President Truman, regarding remarks about
Hoover at Press Conference,
16 June 1949.
10
75
Unassigned Cases,
1939.
10
76
Statement on Wiretapping,
undated.
23
12
Court case involving FBI illegalities,
1940.
23
13
J. Edgar Hoover,
3 June 1925.
Lowenthal's notes.
27
7
Correspondece regarding the FBI,
July 1952.
10
77
Fish Committee Hearings, Notes,
undated.
10
78
Harvard Alumni Bulletin -
Subversives at Harvard,
March, April, June 1949.
Hobbs Bill
Bill regarding U.S. Concentration Campus.
10
79
Labor Activity Against,
October-November 1941.
10
80
Memos and commentary by Hobbs foes,
1941-1942.
10
81
Memos and reports,
November 1941.
10
82
Research on Hobbs's Voting Record, 75th and 76th
Sessions.
10
83
Index of notes on House Appropriations hearings,
1942.
10
84
Research Materials, Public Relations,
1941-1942.
10
85
Memos,
circa 1940-1941.
11
1
Reprints, memos, clippings,
1939-1941.
11
2-3
Research Materials and Memos,
1943.
11
4
Holtzoff Advisory Committee,
1941.
Materials regarding Holtzoff support for wiretap legislation and
use.
11
5
Attorney General Alexander Holtzoff and Mary Beard,
March-April 1940.
Correspondence regarding J. Edgar Hoover.
House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC)
11
6
Chicago Tribune Clipping
on Lowenthal Testimony,
19 November 1950.
11
7
Clippings of Testimony,
1950.
11
8
Dondero - Correspondence,
1947-1952.
11
9
Dondero - Justin Miller for Attorney General,
1952.
11
10
Dondero - "The McGrath Story,"
1952.
11
11
Goldwater Speech in Senate regarding Lowenthal,
24 March 1954.
11
12-15
"Gunning for Max Lowenthal, "Testimony - Transcripts
of Phone Conversations,
1948-1956.
Materials relate to HUAC investigation of Lowenthal; folders
include transcripts of telephone conversations, correspondence, and newspaper
clippings.
11
16
Transcript of Testimony,
15 September 1950.
11
17
Miscellaneous,
February 1962.
Includes clippings from film "Operation Abolition" shown in
Bridgewater, Connecticut.
11
18
Morris Inquiry,
March 1952.
11
19
Notes on B. Crum testimony,
undated.
11
20
Testimony, Miscellaneous,
1950.
11
21
Supena to Appear Before Senate Judiciary Committee,
June 1953.
11
22
Grand Jury Testimony,
12 June, 3 October 1952.
23
14
Testimony,
16 September-20 November 1950.
11
23
Senator Hughes Speech - "Some Observations on the
Democratic Process,"
1920.
11
24
Immigration Service participating in Anti-Strike
Activities,
1941.
11
25
Index of News Articles on Civil Liberties related
topics,
1938.
Card files.
11
26
Industrial Sabotage,
1940-1941.
11
27
"Inaccurate Basis for Requests that American Civil
Rights be Surrendered," essay,
undated.
11
28
Inquiries into Beliefs and Opinions,
August 1941.
11
29
Attorney General Robert Jackson,
1941.
Contains clippings, articles and correspondence.
11
30
Jencks Case and Attack on Supreme Court, Memo,
1957.
11
31
Justice Department Appropriations Hearings,
February 1941, February 1943.
11
32
Library of Congress, Requests for FBI Related Materials
and Notes,
1940-1941.
11
33
David Lilienthal, Clippings,
1947.
Loyalty and Loyalty Oaths
11
34
Government Employees,
1939.
11
35
Federal Employees, especially Atomic Energy
Commission,
1948.
11
36
White House Staff,
1949.
Senator Joe McCarthy Investigation
11
37
Digest of McCarthy quotes from Congressional Record,
February 1950.
11
38
Two versions of Green statement,
1950.
11
39
Homosexuals in State Department,
March 1950.
11
40
Loyalty Files, S.R. 231,
1950.
11
41
McCarthy Saga, Four Chapters,
March 1950.
11
42
Notes, memos regarding disclosure of files, Tydings
sub-committee,
1950.
11
43
Tydings subcommittee, S.R. 231,
1950.
11
44-45
Memos,
undated, March 1950.
11
46
Lowenthal's chronology of McCarthy's activities,
18-23 March 1950.
11
47
Memo on Investigations,
March 1950.
11
48
Press relations, interviews,
March 1950.
11
49-50
Memos regarding Senator Smith's procedural reform
suggestions,
March, April 1950.
23
15
Speeches by George Gabrielson - Chair, Republican
National Committee,
March-April 1950.
23
16
Miscellaneous,
1950-1952.
Includes memos and correspondence on labor, Henry Zou and HUAC.
11
51
National Security League Investigations,
1919.
11
52
Nazi Propaganda, Investigation of Activities, Special
Committee on Un-American Activities,
August 1939.
11
53
Neutrality Laws Unit - Department of Justice,
March 1940.
11
54
Attorney General Palmer,
1920.
11
55-56
Pearl Harbor, FBI failure,
1942.
Includes memo and correspondence on wiretap controversy.
11
57
American Security - Espionage and Police Powers,
undated.
23
17
Bill requiring Poll Tax as voting prerequisite,
1940-1941.
11
58
Radio Operators Bill (Blacklist Bill),
December 1941.
11
59
Paul P. Rao, Attorney General,
1941-1942.
Clippings and memos regarding hearings against.
23
18-19
"Raw Materials,"
1940-1941.
Clippings and memos on civil liberties, communists and Coded
Secrets Bill.
27
11
Right Wing Literature Samples,
1958.
23
20
Sabotage,
1941.
Clippings and memos on civil liberties, communists and Coded
Secrets Bill.
11
60
"Safeguarding American Liberties,"
circa 1940.
Memo on the Justice Department.
Sedition
11
61-63
Bills and Laws,
circa 1947-1954.
23
21
Miscellaneous,
1910-1920.
11
64-67
Senate Resolution 231,
1949-1950.
S.R. 231 was introduced to allow the Senate to study the loyalty
of past and present employees of the State Department. Folders contains memos,
clippings, correspondence and a confidential memo from Lowenthal regarding
Senator McCarthy cases against communism (folder 64).
23
22-25
Spies and Communists,
1940s.
11
68-69
Subversives,
1940-1941.
Includes information regarding Minneapolis trial of
Trotsky-ites.
11
70
Hatton W. Summers advocates Electric Chair for Strikers,
1941.
11
71
Representative Thorkelson, Colonial E.M. House letter in
Congressional Record,
1939.
11
72
Truman's civil rights record,
January 1949.
23
26
U.S. vs. Popper affidavit,
1960.
Case involving refusal to testify before HUAC.
11
73
Vultee Aircraft Strike,
1940.
11
74-76
Wartime Civil Liberties - Speeches,
1940-1941.
11
77
Walter Winchell,
December 1940.
Columns and clippings regarding personal attack on Lowenthal.
12
1
"Wartime Hysterial and Civil Liberties."
Clipping scrapbook.
12
2
Wartime issues.
Wiretap
12
3
Legislation history,
1940s.
12
4
Congressman Cellar,
1940.
12
5
Committee justifications,
1941.
12
6
Correspondence with Cy Anderson,
1961.
12
7-8
General Correspondence,
1940-1942, 1949.
12
9
Correspondence, Harry S. Truman to FCC,
June 1942.
12
10
Eliot Bill,
1941.
12
11
Examples of FBI violations of the law,
1940-1941.
27
8
General,
1953-1956.
12
12
Hart and Dice transcript, B.K. Wheeler to Senator
Truman,
June 1942.
12
13
Hoover song satirizing FBI wiretap,
1941.
12
14-16
House Rules and Judiciary Committee,
1941.
12
17-18
Legislation,
1940-1942.
12
19
S 605 Legislation,
undated.
12
20-22
House Resolution 2266,
1941.
Includes testimony, list of members, clippings, memos and
correspondence.
12
23
Senate Bill and Resolution,
April 1941.
12
24
Master Index to wiretap content in personal files,
1940-1941.
12
25-38
Memos,
undated, 1940s, 1960s.
Contains various memos by Lowenthal on wiretapping laws,
activities of those in and outside of government, and committees.
12
39
Newspaper editorials and clippings,
1940-1941.
12
40
President Roosevelt,
undated, 1941.
12
41
Stewart Committee,
1940.
12
42
Willey Rutlage Supreme Court nomination,
1939.
23
27
Birkett Report,
1957.
Includes correspondence with Felix Frankfurter.
23
28
House and Senate Reports, ICC Hearing,
1941.
23
29
Miscellaneous,
1940s-1950s.
Correspondence,
1914-1960s
Miscellaneous, A-Z
Organized in alphabetical order by correspondents last name.
Lowenthal also maintained correspondence regarding certain organizations,
publication, and activities, such as the Harvard Law
Review, the FBI and his investments. These materials are also listed
alphabetically by name of the organization, etc., instead of by the actual
correspondent. There is also one very small amount of correspondence not
divided out by correspondent. The bulk is from the 1930s and 1950s with a
smattering from the 1940s and 1960s.
13
1-2
A,
1940s-1950.
13
3-15
B,
1930s-1960s.
Includes correspondence with Chief Justice Louis Brandeis and
Adele Brandwen.
13
16-28
C,
1930s-1960s.
27
10, 17
C,
1954, 1964.
Correspondence with Marquis Childs and Ed Cooper.
13
29-35
D-E-F-G,
1930s-1950s.
Includes correspondence with Jonathan Daniels regarding Truman
biography, and letters regarding the family farm.
13
36-53
H,
1930s-1960s.
Includes correspondence regarding the Harvard Law Review and the Judge Julian Mack scholarship
fund set up at Harvard University.
13
54-63
I-J-K,
1930s-1960s.
27
9
K,
1954.
Memo regarding Senator Kilgore.
13
64-71
L,
1930s-1960s.
Includes correspondence with family members.
27
12
L,
1959.
Correspondence regarding David Lowenthal's book George Perkins
Marsh.
13
72-81
M-N,
1914, 1930s-1960s.
Includes 4 folders entitled "Miscellaneous."
13
82-88
O-P-Q-R,
1930s-1940s, 1960s.
13
89-98
S-T,
1930s-1960s.
Includes correspondence with the Truman Presidential Library.
27
3-4
S,
1940, 1948.
Includes correspondence with Samuel Seresevski.
13
99-102
W,
1919, 1934, 1942.
Includes correspondence with George Wickersham.
21
33-37
General Correspondence,
1930s-1940s, 1960.
Felix Frankfurter,
1911-1968
Correspondence with and about Felix Frankfurter.
14
1
Liva Baker regarding Frankfurter biography,
1968.
14
2
Wickersham, excerpt from Frankfurter diary,
1911.
14
3-10
General Correspondence,
undated, 1930s, 1940-1941, 1948-1964.
21
31
General Correspondence,
1956-1963.
14
11
Regarding W. Mendelsohn,
1963-1964.
14
12
Memorial meeting at the Supreme Court after the death
of Justice Frankfurter,
Summer 1965.
14
13
Donation of Felix Frankfurter "Working Library" to
Hebrew University,
1965.
Harry S. Truman,
1945, 1948-1968.
The bulk of the correspondence is with Harry S. Truman during
his tenure as President and after. Also includes correspondence with Truman's
aides.
14
14
Charlie Ross, Matt Connelley, Bess Truman and Eleanor
Roosevelt regarding Harry S. Truman's first days as President,
1945.
14
15-22
Correspondence with Truman and his aides,
1948-1952.
14
23
Copy of Washington
Afro-American newspaper given to Lowenthal from Truman,
18 June 1952.
14
24-27
General Correspondence,
1953-1968.
31
32
General Correspondence,
1960-1966.
Burton Wheeler,
1935-1968
14
28
Frances Sayler (nee Wheeler) regarding biography of
her father,
1951-1957.
14
29
Introductory note and memo regarding staff and work of
Senate, ICC,
1935-1941.
For further information on ICC see also Government Service
Series.
14
30
Regarding Thomas Committee, Alger Hiss,
1948-1949.
14
31-40
General Correspondence,
1950-1964, 1967-1968.
Manuscripts,
1909-1970.
3
28-31
The Investor Pays,
undated, 1933.
Includes draft chapters, correspondence and book contract.
18
25-45
The Investor Pays,
undated, circa 1932-1933.
Includes correspondence, draft chapters, appendix, and mailing
lists.
20
The Investor Pays,
1933.
2 copies
27
15
The Investor Pays copyright
renewal,
1961.
3
32-33
Mirror to Congress,
1952-1953.
Includes draft chapters and off casts.
16
7-50
Mirror to Congress,
undated, 1949-1958, 1964.
Includes correspondence, draft chapters, prologues, off casts,
and proposals.
15
1-33
Sedition Hunting,
1956-1958.
Additional draft of what would become Mirror to Congress.
16
1-6
Sedition Hunting,
1910s-1920s.
Research files.
3
34-36
The FBI,
1948-1952.
Includes drafts, correspondence and index of House and Senate
appropriations for FBI (1916-1948).
17
1-39
The FBI,
1909-1950, 1970.
Contains file headings, drafts, permission to reprint (1970) and
research materials, specifically copies of appropriations.
18
1-24
The FBI,
1949-1955.
Contains columns, commentaries and reviews after the book's
publication, news releases, correspondence, mailing lists, letters of receipt,
and book contract and royalty payment.
3
24-25
"Life Insurance Companies" drafts,
1938-1939.
3
27
"The Case of the Missouri Pacific" drafts, notes and
final copy,
undated.
27
84
"The Case of the Missouri Pacific,"
Harpers Magazine,
December 1934.
16
51
Articles for The Nation and
the New Republic,
August 1933.
Correspondence and text.
16
52
Article in Harper's on Bond
Indentures,
1934.
Correspondence and drafts.
16
53
Harvard Law Review,
circa 1920s.
16
54
Harper's article "Wall
Street and the Investor,"
1934.
Galleys and raw materials.
16
55
Letters acknowledging receipt of article on Railroad
Reorganization in Harvard Law Review,
1933.
16
56
"Scenario for a Play,"
undated.
Satirical manuscript by Lowenthal.
16
57
Manuscript on Wiretapping,
undated.
16
58
"Police Methods in Crime Detention and Counter
Espionage,"
1951.
27
14
"How to Gag the Ordinary Middle Class Investor and How
He is Being Gagged by the Great Government of the United States through the
Government reform Agency, the SEC" draft,
1957.
Subject Files,
1855-1969
Arranged alphabetically by subject. Materials include
correspondence regarding the dismissal of University of Minnesota professor
William A. Schaper, correspondence and other papers regarding the controversy
of the Lincoln School and Columbia Teachers College, a group of papers on
Minnesota politics, and correspondence and reports on Lowenthal's philanthropy.
27
1
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, Eleanor Mack,
1921.
19
1-2
Anti-Semitism,
undated, 1942.
19
3
Ralph Becker,
March 1950.
Correspondence and memos regarding party politics affected by
McCarthy.
19
4-15
Bibliographies,
circa 1920s-1950s.
19
16-17
Francis Biddle, Attorney General,
1940s.
19
18
Hugo Black, Supreme Court Justice,
1930s.
19
19-21
Book Gifts,
1944-1953.
19
22
Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice,
1941.
Memorial issue of The New
Palestine.
27
16
Maxwell Brandwen and Free Speech,
1962.
19
23-26
Owen Brewster, Senator,
1940s.
19
27
Calendars in Hebrew,
1914-1915.
19
28
John Carson,
1949.
In regards to his nomination to Federal Trade Commission.
19
29
Conference on Jewish Relations, Report,
1935.
19
30
Constitutional Issues,
1950.
19
31
Thomas Corcoran,
circa 1944.
19
32
Costigan-Wagner Bill,
1934.
19
71
Detective Magazines,
1940.
27
2
William O. Douglas Appointment to the Supreme Court,
1939.
19
33
El Fatah and State Department,
1968.
19
34
Federal Theater,
undated.
19
35
Filing System Outline,
1936.
28
26
Film, unidentified,
undated.
19
36-41
Felix Frankfurter
circa 1910s, 1950s-1960s.
Materials regarding work and life of Justice Felix Frankfurter,
including casebooks, appointments, and articles. Correspondence between
Lowenthal and Frankfurter is in the Correspondence Series.
23
1-2
Felix Frankfurter
undated, 1915-1916.
Casebooks.
27
13
Adolph Held and International Ladies Garment Workers
Union Investments,
1961.
19
42
Homer Ferguson, Senator,
1948.
19
43
Alger Hiss,
1950.
19
44
Martin Hutchinson,
1950.
In regards to his nomination to the Federal Trade Commission.
19
45
Judicial Reform,
1932.
19
46
John T. King case,
circa 1926.
23
3-5
Judson King,
1920.
19
47
Dr. Harold Laski,
1949.
19
48-70
Lincoln School Controversy,
1917-1927, 1939-1940.
23
6-14
Lincoln School Controversy,
1939-1941.
20
73-80
Eleanor Mack Lowenthal,
1920-1926.
23
23-29
Eleanor Mack Lowenthal,
1910s-1920s.
20
1
Mack Family,
1855-1909.
Typescripts of the originals.
20
2-3
Julius Mack, Judge,
1927-1934, 1969.
20
4
George C. Marshall, General,
1945-1950.
20
5-8
Minnesota Politics,
circa 1936-1941.
23
15-16
Minnesota Politics,
circa 1939-1940.
20
9
Moral Leadership,
1952.
20
10-11
NAACP,
1934, 1948.
20
12
National Popular Government League,
1920.
Inscribed to Lowenthal by Judson King.
20
13-14
Negroes and Civil Rights,
1947-1948.
23
17
Negroes and Civil Rights,
1965-1966.
20
15
New York Times Indexing,
1952.
20
16, 62
New Milford (Connecticut) Hospital,
1962, 1965.
20
17-27
Personal Files,
1920s-1960s.
20
28-46
Philanthropy,
1950s-1960s.
23
18-21
Philanthropy,
1939-1941, 1960s.
20
47-48
Political Contributions,
1955, 1958.
20
49
Propaganda - Right Wing,
circa 1920.
20
50
Permanent U.N. Headquarters,
1948.
20
51
Public Speaking,
1930.
20
52-53
Photographs / Postcards,
1938, 1959, 1964.
20
54
Railroad Crisis,
1957-1958.
20
55-56
Roosevelt Administration,
undated, 1941.
20
57-60
William Schaper, Professor,
1917-1918, 1937-1938, 1955-1958, 1961.
20
61
Seamen's Strike,
1936.
20
63
Subways,
1938.
20
64
Supreme Court Tampering by Senate,
1958.
20
65
WQQW - Washington Radio Station,
1947.
23
22
Wheeler for President,
1940.
20
66
Wickersham - Brandeis article,
1963.
20
67-71
Witchcraft,
undated, 1954.
20
72
Zionism,
undated.