Volume 492, February 4 – February 5, 1942

DIARY Book 492 February 4 and 5, 1942 - - Book page Addresses. Public See Public Addresses Appointments and Resignations Stone, Lawson: HMJr discusses with him possibility of job - 2/4/42 492 111 a) Declinee appointment - 2/24/42: See Book 500, page 253 - B - Brasil See Latin America Budd, Halph See Foreign Funds Control: General Aniline and Film Corporation - C - Canada Labor Problems: Miss Kistler's memorandum - 2/5/42 377 China Chiang Kai-shek to visit India and Burna - - 2/4/42 197 Stabilization Board: Central Bank's request for loan discussed in Adler cable - 2/4/42 198 Loan: Congressional Record excerpt - 2/4/42 203,287 Customs, Bureau of Merchandise and baggage imported on naval aircraft: Regulations concerning 2/5/42 338 Merchandise and baggage imported on military aircraft Regulations concerning - 2/9/42: See Book 494. page 186 - D - Defense, National Justice, Department of Establishment of special unit to examine cases of criminal conduct called to the attention of division heads by HMJr - 2/4/42 146 Defense Savings Bonds Sea Financing, Government Deferments, Military Conference; present: HMJr, McReynolds. Herehey, Stevenson, Thompson, and Patterson - 2/4/42 82 a) Basis (as worked out by McReynolde) discussed b) Draft of order from FDR to heads of Departments 109 c) Memorandum on procedure to FDR signed by HMJr, Stimson, Knox, Hershey, and McReynolds - - 2/5/42 327 d) FDH's memorandum to heads of all Departments - 2/9/42: Book 494, page 115 - INC. - Economic Stabilization Board Minutes of meeting - 2/5/42 316-B Exchange Market Resunds - 2/4-5/42 228,390 Exports Freight Situation - Hass memorandum - - 2/4/42 221 Regraded Unclassified - 7 - Book Page Financing, Government Flynn, John T. Plan of war finance as proposed in 1935 - 2/5/42 492 334 Defense Savings Bonds: Agents' report - 2/4/42 139 Stock of Series 3 Savings Bonds on hand, January 20 to date - 2/4/42 142 Panama desires to buy bonds; clarification of restrictions requested - 2/4/42 237 Patterson, Richard C.: HMJr's congratulations on job well done, and Farley's letter to HMJr concerning - 2/5/42 342,343,345 Buttons: Rosenman-HMJr conversation concerning - 2/5/42 346 Payroll Savings Plan: Report - 2/5/42. 348 (See also Book 493, page 113 - 2/6/42; Book 494, page 76 - 2/9/42) Flynn, John T. Sec Financing, Government Foreign Funds Control Latin America: Sending representatives to explain discussed at 9:30 meeting - 2/4/42 28 General Aniline and Film Corporation: Conference; present: HMJr. Swope, Foley, and Bernstein - 2/4/42 51,116 a) Mack-Williamson meeting with General Aniline and Film Corporation executives - O'Connell memorandum 61 b) Mack-Treasury correspondence 64,127 c) Memorandum for FDR (not signed) 72 d) Budd's (Ralph) discussion of situation with Foley reported 116 e) Knollenberg (Bernhard) connection with case reviewed by HMJr 118 f) "Difficulties with the Present Management" - unsigned memorandum. 124 g) Foreign-owned stock (97% of stock now out- standing) to be vested in Secretary of Treasury - 2/6/42: Book 493, page 156 Freight, Export See Exports - G - General Aniline and Film Corporation See Foreign Funds Control - H - Henderson, Leon See Steel - J - Justice, Department of See Defense, National Regraded Unclassified - E - Book Page Knollenberg, Bernhard See Foreign Funds Control: General Aniline and Film Corporation - L - Latin America See Foreign Funds Control Opium: Trade from Great Britain discussed at 9:30 meeting - 2/4/42 492 29 Brasil: Sympathy with United States on war front reported - 2/5/42 233 Panama: See Financing, Government (Defense Savings Bonds) Lend-Lease Allocations and obligations for week ending January 31, 1942, 194 British delay in ratifying over-all agreement worries State Department - 2/4/42 211 a) HMJr's urgent message to Sir Kingsley Wood 213 1) Acheson-HMJr conversation 302 2) Conference with Phillips - 2/5/42 314 3) HMJr's statement that he did not see copy of agreement before sending message to Wood - 2/6/42: See Book 493, page 176 4) Wood's reply - 2/9/42: Book 494, page 193 b) Copy of agreement. 214 c) Conference of Treasury group, Stettinium, Douglas, representatives of Army, Navy, and State - 2/12/42: Book 496, page 36 1) British cash contracts prior to Lend-Lease and over-all agreement discussed 2) Estimate of cash to be spent by United States armed forces in foreign territory during 1942: Book 496, page 63 - M - Mack, John E. See Foreign Funds Control: General Aniline and Film Corporation Military Reports Reports from London transmitted by Halifax - 2/4-5/42.. 241,391 Kamarck summaries - 2/4-5/42 247,394 "The War This Week" February 5-12, 1942 - Coordinator of Information report - 2/5/42 396 Morgenthau, Henry, III Correspondence with Senator Barbour (New Jersey) and others concerning draft status - 2/5/42 317 Motion Picture Camera Operators Union See Revenue Revision - 5) Modifications explained - 2/18/42: See Book 498, pages 140 and 14] Regraded Unclassified - I - - Book Page Narcotics Opium: Latin America-Great Britain trade discussed at 9:30 meeting - 2/4/42 492 29 Turkish opium exchanged for American wheat: Anelinger memorandum - 2/5/42 367 National Defense See Defense, National - o - Opium See Narcotics - P - Panama See Financing, Government: Defense Savings Bonds Patterson, Richard C. See Financing, Government: Defense Savings Bonds Public Addresses To be cleared through MacLeish, Office of Facts and Figures - 2/4/42 197 - R - - Research and Statistics, Division of Report on projects during October 1941 153 Revenue Revision Motion Picture Camera Operators Union: Example of cooperation in publicizing income tax program - - 2/4/42, 137 Social Security: American Federation of Labor-- Treasury correspondence concerning inclusion of extended coverage in new Revenue Bill - 2/4/42 149 War Production Board: Amortization Committee abolished and functions transferred to Production Division of War Production Board - 2/4/42 190 - S - Social Security See Revenue Revision Stabilisation Fund Gold transactions with Central Banks and Governments of foreign countries, January 1942. 220 Staff: Change of room space - White memorandum - 2/5/42 341 - S - (Continued) Book Page Steel Wage increase discussed by HMJr and Henderson - 2/4/42 492 35 a) Viner memorandum. 38 b) Phillip Murray--HMJr conversation - 2/10/42: See Book 495, page 1 1) Henderson (Leon) discussed Stone, Lawson See Appointments and Resignations - T - Turkey See Narcotics - W - War Production Board See Revenue Revision 1 February 4, 1942 9:30 a.m. GROUP MEETING Present: Mr. Foley Mr. Viner Mr. Graves Mr. Schwarz Mr. Haas Mr. Swope Mr. Buffington Mr. Morris Miss Chauncey Mr. Thompson Mr. Gaston Mr. Blough Mr. Kuhn Mr. Bell Mr. Sullivan Mr. White Mr. Odegard H.M.JR: Norman? MR. THOMPSON: I have been trying to get action on this matter of sirens for the District. I had 8 telephone call this morning from Mr. Knowlson's office, and he stated that the Navy has 8. priority on sirens which ties up the plant manufacturing the sirens for the D.C. for about five months. H.M.JR: Would you consult with Mr. Swope? Maybe he can get you a little more help. MR. THOMPSON: They asked if you would feel free to Regraded Unclassified 2 - 2 - give them a letter stating that the D.C. should have priorities here over the Navy. I didn't know whether you wanted to do that or not. (Mr. Odegard entered the conference). H.M.JR: Well, I think the thing to do - it is seven, isn't it? MR. THOMPSON: Eleven. H.M.JR: Eleven sirens for the District of Columbia. I wouldn't want to give it in 8 letter, but we might ask somebody in Frank Knox's office whether they wouldn't be willing to let eleven come to the District. MR. THOMPSON: They thought they had it settled by shifting to Westinghouse, but we found out the Westing- house sirens have to use some parts of the other sirens. H.M.JR: See whether Mr. Swope can't help you on that. It is very important, eleven sirens for the District. MR. THOMPSON: That is all I have. H.M.JR: All right. I wouldn't write a letter. MR. THOMPSON: No, I didn't think you would want to write 8 letter. H.M.JR: Dan? MR. FEIL: Marriner Eccles called me late last night on 13 (b). He said that he had talked to Jesse and Jesse said that be would not 20 along on it, he was supposed to it, the legislation that Marriner proposed. H.M.JR: Well, I am not going to take that fight on. MR. BELL: And he said that he did not mention at all the Treasury. Regraded Unclassified 3 - 3 - Marriner didn't mention us to Jesse, so that you are not involved there. He has sent the legislation to the Budget, and the Budget no doubt will ask us for a report on it. H.M.JR: Well, I saw Jesse some place a week or two ago and I mentioned it to him. MR. BELL: Did you? H.M.JR: And Jesse said, "I am opposed to it." He said, "The Federal Reserve will never make the loans." MR. BELL: That is what they say about Jesse. H.M.JR: I know. But for your guidance, I don't want to get in on the fight between Jones and - following my policy - I like to pick my fights. I don't want to pick this one. MR. BELL: Now, when we are asked for a report from the Budget, do you want to say we have no objections to it or - we have got to say something in the reply. You could simply say that we have no objections in the Treasury. H.M.JR: That is all right. I would tell Marriner, I just don't want to get in on that fight. MR. BELL: We have already told him. I told him that you wanted it taken up with Jesse first. He did, and got nowhere. H.M.JR: Harold comes in at eleven. MR. GRAVES: Eleven. I spoke to Ferdie and Chick about the thing that you asked me to take up with them, and perhaps you would like me to have them with me at eleven. H.M.JR: Couldn't the three of you stay behind a minute? Regraded Unclassified 4 - 4 - MR. GRAVES: Fine. H.M.JR: I don't think it is important enough to inch in on your fifteen minutes. MR. GRAVES: I agree. H.M.JR: So let those men stay behind. MR. GRAVES: I would like to have Peter stay behind too, because he was a party to this crime. H.M.JR: He was? MR. GRAVES: He was. H.M.JR: Have you got a copy of my Hearst telegram? ME..GRAVES: Yes. H.M.JR: You have got one? MR. GRAVES: I have, and the letter that you wrote to Hearst. H.M.JR: Now, out of curiosity, these telegrams that go out, do we have those in our files? MISS CHAUNCEY: I think we keep a copy in the files, not in the diary, but in the regular files. H.M.JR: Just show Miss Chauncey that telegram. It brings up that same old question of telegrams going out. MR. KUHN: They were O.K.'d by two out of three of your committee. H.M.JR: Well, I may have to dissolve the committee (laughter). I may have to dissolve the committee. Anyway, we will do that afterward. MR. GRAVES: Fine. We will stay behind. You mean after this meeting? Regraded Unclassified 5 - 5 - H.M.JR: It is just 8. question of this campaign that started in the Post today. MR. BELL: Is that approved by the Treasury too? H.M.JR: In Washington? MR. BELL: Yes. Is that approved by the Treasury? H.M.JR: Evidently. MR. GRAVES: Yes, it was. H.M.JR: Do you want to get in on that? MR. BELL: I think it is bad. H.M.JR: Then you stay afterward, because I think it is bad. I need a little support. You stay afterward. MR. BELL: That is my report. You don't need any support. MR. GRAVES: You are going to have quite a company here if you get everybody that thinks it is bad. H.M.JR: Well, everybody who thinks it is bad is invited to stay on my side, and Mr. Graves can invite his people (laughter). Let's do it now. Come on, there are so many people interested. Come on, Harold. MR. GRAVES: Well, I will state the history of this, if I may. H.M.JR: Evidently there are a lot of people interested. Go ahead. MR. GRAVES: The Hearst papers throughout the country had started a campaign quite on their own account to take up cash collections, subscriptions, in what they referred to as 8. "Buy 8 Bomber" campaign, and our people Regraded Unclassified 6 - 6 - approached the - those campaigns in the Hearst papers were not doing well. The amounts contributed were small and the progress made in those campaigns was very slow, and our people approached the Hearst people and suggested that they combine their "Buy & Bomber campaign with the Defense Bond program, and instead of asking people to subscribe in cash toward the purchase of bombers, that they should buy Defense Bonds and Stamps for that same purpose. I might say that prior to the Hearst papers embarking on that campaign, we ourselves encouraged a project at Buffalo whereby the people of Buffalo were encouraged to buy Defense Savings Stamps for the purchase of two bombers. That we all thought was & very successful promotion effort. It certainly did wake the people of Buffalo up to our program. This was prior to Pearl Harbor, by the way, and gave our project a fine start in Buffalo. That was broadcast. I think, Mr. Morgenthau, that you heard that broadcast. That is my present recollection. The Army people participated in that. The representatives of the City of Buffalo made a presentati on of the bombers to the Army. they were accepted on behalf of the Army. H.M.JR: I have no recollection of it, but that doesn't mean anything. MR. KUHN: It was in the "reasury Hour. H.M.JR: I have no recollection. If Harold says I heard it, I will take his word. MR. GRAVES: I wouldn't be sure that you did. My present recollection is that it was something that you heard, and that you knew about. H.M.JR: It might be. MR. GRAVES: Now when it came to this matter of converting the Hearst project into a combination of their own project and a promotion plan for Defense Savings Bonds, a telegram was sent to Hearst. You Regraded Unclassified 7 - 7 - were out of town and I was out of town. It was approved by Mr. Odegard and Mr. Kuhn, endorsing that project. That telegram was printed in the Baltimore American, the launching of the campaign by that paper. Subsequently, when the other programs by the other Hearst papers got under way, you signed a letter to Mr. Hearst, again endorsing that program, and while I don't know, I assume that letter was probably reproduced in all the Hearst papers throughout the country. H.M.JR: Is that a letter I signed a day or two ago? MR. GRAVES: It was dated January 30. H.M.JR: Oh. MR. GRAVES: Now, there were some objections that we made to the way the Hearst people were promoting this campaign, particularly in Chicago, and I think probably elsewhere too. They were undertaking to take credit for all Stamp sales in the community as being derived from their project, and that was objected to by other papers. The representative of the Chicago Times came in to see you and complained about that, and that part of their promotion publicity was eliminated. H.M.JR: Well, I made the flat statement, and Chick stood beside me two days ago, & week ago, that we didn't authorize anybody to sell Defense Bonds in order to pay for a bomber. MR. SCHWARZ: For earmarking purposes. H.M.JR: Yes. MR. KUHN: Mr. Secretary, we never have told any of these people that the money they raise would be earmarked, but we have said that & bomber costs so much and if you people -- H.M.JR: Yes, but that isn't what Mr. Eugene Meyer's paper says today. Regraded Unclassified 8 - 8 - MR. BELL: It gives 8, bad impression. It gives the impression to the public that this money is earmarked specifically for a bomber. H.M.JR: Oh, definitely. MR. BELL: That is what I think we have got to avoid. MR. GRAVES: Well, I think this about the Washington Post campaign. It may be off in some matter of emphasis, but my own opinion is that there is no important decep- tion -- H.M.JR: Can I see the telegram I sent to Hearst? MR. SCHWARZ: The story is in the clippings, Mr. Secretary. MR. GRAVES: Here is the letter you wrote also. H.M.JR: This is what I sent. "Delighted to hear that your newspapers are urging their readers to buy hombers with Defense Stamps. Every little purchase will help if it is repeated every payday. Every stamp we can sell will strike 8 blow for freedom." Well, of course it isn't true. They just can't do it. It is impossible. It isn't true. I mean, my telegram is 8 false statement. MR. GRAVES: I don't think it is essentially false. It is maybe technically false, but it certainly is no more false, in my judgment, than this transaction, which as I suppose, goes on right along. We accept money at the Treasury from people who think that their money is being received and expended for defense purposes. Well, as a matter of fact, of literal fact, it is not. It is credited to miscellaneous receipts, and is not expended -- H.M.JR: I will make 8 test, Harold. Would you let me send a telegram to P.M. and say, "Every Defense Stamp Regraded Unclassified 9 - 9 - that you buy helps to give an unemployed man a job"? MR. GRAVES: Why, I don't see the connection. H.M.JR: Well, the two things are just as true or false, because this money goes into the general fund of the Treasury, and so much of the money, or 80 much of this money goes to WPA. MR. VINER: I think there is another objection to it that seems to me weightier. H.M.JR: A certain amount of it goes to WPA. MR. VINER: It suggests that if they didn't buy these Savings Stamps we would buy less bombers, which isn't true. H.M.JR: Aside from everything else, a bomber for MacArthur, you can't get B. bomber -- MR. GASTON: The point that struck me was that if they are not doing it, it carries the implication either that they are not doing what they can to help MacArthur or -- H.M.JR: Here is the thing, Herbert, under the picture, "A bomber for MacArthur. This is a Martin B-26, dubbed by the British 8. "Marauder". A war plane of this type will be sent to General MacArthur's men in the Phillippines. It costs two hundred thousand dollars. You can join the fight by becoming 8 member of the 'Bomber for MacArthur' campaign beginning today," and 80 forth. It says here, "A war plane of this type will be sent to General MacArthur's men in the Phillip- pines." It is a lie. MR. GASTON: It is terribly unsettling to morale, because it creates the impression the Army and Navy are not doing what they can now to relieve MacArthur. MR. BELL: In other words, if We can get this one over there, why don't we get a lot over there? 10 - 10 - MR. FOLEY: That is different, though, than this thing Harold has just stated, and I think it is just as fair to send the telegram about the Defense Stamps as it is to say, "Pay your taxes to beat the Axis, or "When you pay your taxes, you buy bombers and you buy anti-aircraft guns, and all. It is poetic license, and it is a general statement. MR. GRAVES: It is exactly like that. MR. WHITE: It may be poetic license, but I think it places the tone and the level of Government activity in taxpaying on a low plane, which I certainly think is far beneath the dignity of the Federal Government. MR. GRAVES: You are speaking about Donald Duck? MR. WHITE: No, I am speaking of that whole attempt to indicate to the taxpayer that by the purchase of - or to the bond buyer that by the purchase of bonds, he is enabling more and more planes and more and more guns to -- MR. FOLEY: Well, you have got to popularize the effort. MR. GRAVES: That is literally true. He is. MR. ODEGARD: Mr. Secretary, is this any different from the aluminum campaign? H.M.JR: Thank you. What did I tell Harold this morning? What were the two - what did I say? (Laughter). What did I say this morning? MR. GRAVES: You said this was the same kind of deception that we had in the aluminum campaign. MR. ODEGARD: I don't think it is deception. H.M.JR: And what was the other case? And Harold Ickes on his gasoline. Rearaded 11 - 11 - MR. GRAVES: That is right. (Laughter). My friend, Peter. H.M.JR: I am not going to get down to that level. MR. KUHN: Mr. Secretary, ever since the first of May, though, in your speeches and all the Defense Bond literature you have said we must do this to buy the guns and tanks and planes. MR. GRAVES: That is right. H.M.JR: Ferdie, look, - I forgot Miss Chauncey is here (laughter). You go so far, see. If you say to me, this campaign is to help buy the - and so forth and 80 on, then you give somebody an inch, and they run with the ball, and they have made this thing cheap and they have just cheapened the whole thing, see, I mean, you get to a point where they take a man like MacArthur, who is doing a magnificent job under the greatest handi- caps, and they capitalize on him, and try to make the readers believe that by buying two hundred thousand dollars' worth of Defense Bonds you can send - you will send a bomber. MR. KUHN: But that is not what you ever wrote to Mr. Hearst. H.M.JR: True, but this is what the thing has arrived at. MR. KUHN: Well -- H.M.JR: I mean, it has gotten lower and lower until we are on the level of aluminum scrap, where they said you give your aluminum pots, and that will build bombers, which was a falsehood. It was just a straight falsehood. MR. KUHN: Mr. Secretary, there was no falsehood in your letter to Mr. Hearst. MR. ODEGARD: Mr. Secretary, I wasn't suggesting that this was on the same level as the aluminum campaign. I don't think it is. 12 - 12 - H.M.JR: It is worse (laughter). Because you are capitalizing on a hero, and we don't have to stoop to that level in order to raise money, and gentlemen, I don't care what anybody is going to say, I told Harold Graves I am not asking for advice this morning. I am not going to do it, and I am going to stop it. I am not asking anybody's advice. This is one of the rare occasions. It has only happened once before that I can remember. And this once before - this is the second time. I am not asking. I am just going to stop it. I mean, this is the second time in the nine years that I have said that. I am perfectly willing to call up Eugene Meyers and ask him to stop it, and we will just have to, Harold - I don't know whatever - whatever there is that is necessary, I would please like to - whatever telegrams are necessary, I will send whatever talegrams are necessary to stop it, or anything which will lead up to anything like this to whoever it is, Mr. Hearst or whoever it is. Whoever is doing this thing I would like to send 8. telegram today, but I am not going to sink to that level. I would rather stop the whole defense program. That is the way I feel. I would rather stop the whole program. So if you find out, Harold, please, whatever is neces- sary, and prepare immediate telegrams to whoever -- MR. GRAVES: I should think it would have to go to Mr. Hearst. H.M.JR: Well, wherever it is necessary, please - could you have them by - well, whenever it is ready, bring them in, will you? MR. GRAVES: Yes. H.M.JR: And I will call up Eugene Meyers and I will also call up Secretary Stimson and tell him what I am doing, but I can't be on this level. I mean, I am sorry, but this is one time I am going to do it my way. Regraded Unclassified 13 - 13 - MR. GASTON: The only thing that struck me as bad was the MacArthur angle of it. I thought that was very bad. H.M.JR: But you see what happened, Herbert, we go from this thing where you say - this is to Hearst. The regular purchase of Defense Bonds by every Amer- ican" - I don't see where it is. Oh. ".... has provided funds for military equipment by the purchase of Defense Bonds and Stamps. Now, in this telegram I would say this. There is legislation pending which will make it possible to set up separate funds. MR. GRAVES: That wouldn't affect this, Mr. Morgen- thau. As I understand that legislation, it has to do with donations only. Is that right, Ed? MR. FOLEY: Yes. MR. GRAVES: You wouldn't be earmarking the proceeds of the sale of Government securities. H.M.JR: Then let's stop the whole thing. Let's stop it in all the literature. I feel very strongly about it. MR. WHITE: Isn't there something, Mr. Secretary, that also applies not only to this, but some of the other aspects of the plan? The assumption that the limiting factor in the production of planes and guns and tanks is financial is, I think, 8 definitely erron- eous conception, just as erroneous as this is, and the general emphasis which has been placed on it I think is subject to reconsideration the same way that this is. The reason we can't produce more tanks and planes and guns is not because people aren't buying more Defense Bonds. H.M.JR: You are right. MR. GASTON: There is another aspect of it though, Harry. Isn't it correct that if - in 80 far as the pur- chases come out of current savings, that would otherwise Regraded Unclassified 14 - 14 - be expended in current production, you are increasing our capacity, you are adding to the capacity to produce, so that in that sense the savings and investment of Bonds does contribute to the war production? MR. WHITE: You could argue even that that isn't true. MR. VINER: We oughtn't to rely on that. MR. GRAVES: Well, does that affect what is behind that picture (Donald Duck) there, are you going to kill that picture because it says that your taxes are for guns and tanks and planes? Are you to kill that? MR. WHITE: It depends. I haven't seen the pic- ture, but it depends on how it is presented. H.M.JR: Anyway, would you do that please? MR. GRAVES: Yes. There is one other point apropos of what Harry has just said. If he is right then our whole program is just dishonest, because we call these Defense Bonds. Our literature says "For Defense buy United States Savings Bonds." Well now, literally -- MR. WHITE: No, there is 8. difference. MR. GRAVES: Excuse me. The proceeds of the sale of these securities come into the general fund to the Government. They are not earmarked for defense. The proceeds of the sale of these securities are for all purposes of the Government. Technically, then, you could throw out our whole campaign, even to the name of our security, on his argument, because the proceeds of the sale of these bonds are not in any sense earmarked for defense. H.M.JR: Well, Harold, just so there will be no mis- understanding, no one has talked to me about this, and I have talked to nobody. I don't want you to think that somebody in the room has been talking to me. MR. GRAVES: I understand that. H.M.JR: When I read it in the Post this morning -- Regraded Unclassified 15 - 15 - MR. GRAVES: You sent for me immediately. H.M.JR: All of these things are matters of degree and you see what has happened, they have gone this way until you get this kind of complete deception and they could argue about the aluminum. The argument that they gave about the aluminum was that when you took the scrap aluminum, by accumulating that you released an additional virgin aluminum which is necessary to go into the planes, so, therefore, the campaign was all right, and the scrap aluminum could be made into bucket seats in 8 tank, and you needn't use virgin aluminum for bucket seats, so there was more virgin aluminum to make & plane. But the kick-back was terrible. The kick-back on Harold Ickes - he hasn't got over it yet. He came out and said there was a shortage of gasoline and so forth and 80 on. And all I am trying to do is, in my own sensi- bilities on this thing, all I can go on is, for defense. I think you can go that far. Mr. Hearst goes a little bit further, and, believe it or not, Mr. Eugene Myer goes B. little bit further than Mr. Hearst, and then you get down to this place where it is a complete falsehood, and from the Army's standpoint - I mean, immediately it raises the question, "If the Washington Post can get a bomber for MacArthur, why do we have to wait for the Washington Post to do it and only send one? Why don't we send a thousand?" MR. KUHN: Mr. Secretary, the MacArthur-- H.M.JR: "Why don't we send a thousand bombers? Does the Washington Post have to raise two hundred thousand dollars to send one bomber to MacArthur?" MR. KUHN: The MacArthur thing never emanated from here in any way, Mr. Secretary. H.M.JR: But they are using me. They are using my Defense Bonds to raise the money. MR. KUHN: But they should be stopped from that, from the MacArthur part of it. Regraded Unclassified - 16 - 16 H.M.JR: That is all I am talking about. I want to kill this program in the Post this morning. Harold Graves says you can't do it - you mustn't do it, is what he said. They I want to reexamine the whole thing back to the original point. You remember I took that folder on taxes to the Cabinet which said a gun costs so much, this costs so much, and the whole Cabinet jumped on me-- MR. KUHN: For a different reason, Mr. Secretary, because it was taxes. It was a thing that you had no choice about, but we have a folder on bonds which says the same story. H.M.JR: Look, I can't think of a good example. I can think of one but - do you (Miss Chauncey) mind just leaving the room for one minute? I am handicapped. When I buzz twice, you come back. (Miss Chauncey left the conference temporarily.) (Discussion off the record.) H.M.JR: Well, anyway, Harold, let's kill this this morning and we will kill the Hearst thing, and then let's reexamine the whole thing, see. MR. GRAVES: I understood you to just say that the thing that you objected to was the MacArthur slant on this. MR. VINER: The earmarking. H.M.JR: No, the earmarking. I don't want any ear- marking. MR. VINER: Also, they shouldn't say, "It will buy." They may say, "It will pay for," but there is a difference. H.M.JR: Well, they have gone too far. MR. BELL: "Will be available for." Regraded Unclassified 17 - 17 - H.M.JR: You bring in the Hearst and the other thing. MR. VINER: "Will be available for." H.M.JR: If you want to bring in Kuhn and Odegard at eleven, it is all right with me. Harry? MR. WHITE: I have here a memorandum on the status of the Ecuadorian stabilization negotiations which we aight to proceed with at once. I can either give you the gist of it now or leave this with you or suggest that we go forward with it. H.M.JR: No, I won't look at it or touch it. The next thing that comes is Lend-Lease in reverse. MR. WHITE: Whenever you are ready for that - that is the small part of the larger British problem. When- ever you are ready for that, we will go into it. H.M.JR: When are you ready? MR. WHITE: This afternoon? H.M.JR: No, I am tied up this afternoon. MR. WHITE: Tomorrow? H.M.JR: Yes, I can do it tomorrow. MR. WHITE: Tomorrow. H.M.JR: I will start in at eleven o'clock. MR. WHITE: Eleven o'clock, yes. H.M.JR: But I would like Mr. Bell in on it and Mr. Viner. MR. WHITE: They will be. H.M.JR: And I would like them prepared. Regraded Unclassified 18 - 18 - MR. WHITE: They will be. H.M.JR: So I think, Bell, if you could have a preliminary meeting. MR. BELL: All right. H.M.JR: With the group, so that - supposing you have a preliminary meeting with them in the morning and sort of get together, will you? MR. BELL: Yes. H.M.JR: And be ready for me at eleven. MR. WHITE: The - we have received information-- H.M.JR: That has to do with the buying, isn't it? MR. WHITE: The-- MR. BELL: Our buying. MR. WHITE: The reverse Lend-Lease arrangements, I think you will find, are a small part of the whole issue, but let's raise the whole issue at eleven o'clock. H.M.JR: Well, I would like Mr. Swope in on that, please. MR. WHITE: We have received cabled information that arrangements are being made, in a commercial airplane, to take twenty million dollars of gold a week out of Dakar back into Belgium, probably for Germany. It could be stopped. I am merely informing you about it. If you are interested in going any further with it, we can take it up with the Economic Warfare Board. H.M.JR: A letter to the President, Vice President, State, War, and Navy on it. MR. WHITE: We now receive a montly report which I imagine you would be interested in getting of the break- down of where the Lend-Lease exports are going. Regraded Unclassified 19 - 19 - H.M.JR: Yes. Who gives us that? MR. WHITE: We asked for it from the Lend-Lease people. H.M.JR: O.K. MR. WHITE: Venezeula has bought about eight million dollars more of gold. Gold on earmark is increasing. It is about two billion two. I think you know, I am not sure, that the Minister of Finance of Brazil is coming up. H.M.JR: Oh, only through the papers. Nobody has told me. MR. WHITE: Well, here is B cable. H.M.JR: That Souza Costa was coming? MR. WHITE: Yes. MR. SCHWARZ: I told the State Department yesterday that you hadn't received any word. MR. WHITE: Well, we got it on the twenty-eighth. H.M.JR: But did it - have you got the cable there? MR. WHITE: I have got the letter here. H.M.JR: And it said Souza Costa? MR. WHITE: Souza Costa. He spoke to me down there and told me some of the things he is coming up about. He doubtless will want to see you, but his main reason for coming, I think, is Lend-Lease. H.M.JR: Well, I want to do so-called - the English financial situation next. After all, I may have to testify before the Senate on China, but I promised Sir Frederick Phillips that he would come next. Regraded Unclassified - 20 - 20 MR. WHITE: Yes. We received a copy of a report by the Economic Warfare Board, drawn up in London. We received it from Cassidy. We also received information that there are a large number of those reports, the titles of which would seem to indicate a good many of them are very useful to us. They have all gone to the State Department. Unless you have some reason - dis- approval, we would like to get those that deal with the economic situation. MR. VINER: I have seen B. couple of them, and they are very useful. H.M.JR: By Cassidy? MR. WHITE: Cassidy sent us one. He wanted to send the rest, but the Ambassador said that they had already sent & copy to the State Department and didn't under- stand why we couldn't get it from the State Department. H.M.JR: Are you going to try to get them? MR. WHITE: Yes. H.M.JR: If you need any help, let me know. MR. WHITE: All right, sir. That is all I have except that the silver matter is stirring up a good deal of opposition in quarters that you would have expected. H.M.JR: You know they came, Ed, within two votes of killing it yesterday in the House. MR. BELL: Yes, fifty-one to fifty-three. H.M.JR: They put a bill through and only missed it by two votes. MR. WHITE: To kill the silver purchase? H.M.JR: To kill the silver purchase. What was it, fifty? Regraded Unclassified - 21 - 21 MR. KUHN: Fifty-five to fifty-three. MR. BELL: Yes, something like that. Somebody offered an amendment to the Treasury appropriation and Post Office appropriation. MR. WHITE: Ed told you about yesterday's report. H.M.JR: O,K., Harry? MR. WHITE: That is all. H.M.JR: Chick? MR. SCHWARZ: Two young lady editors of the Vassar paper want to interview you on Saturday. Will you be here? H.M.JR: Oh, I won't make any appointments for Saturday. MR. SCHWARZ: They may stay over Monday and maybe I can bring them in to the press conference. H.M.JR: I won't make any appointments. I expect to be here, but I don't want to make any appointments. Last Saturday I made no appointments, and it was the worst day I had had in a week. I want to talk with you and Ferdie and Gaston for a minute afterward on this particular editorial in Time. I would like to get your advice. There is a certain way I would like to handle it. You men may disagree. George? (Mr. Haas handed reports to the Secretary.) Would you give copies of that to Mr. Swope, because he is interested in that. How many cars back up in New York. Is it bad? MR. HAAS: They have about two thirds of the space Regraded Unclassified - 22 - 22 filled and the movement there is increasing. There is a sharp increase both in to New York and out of New York. H.M.JR: Well, he is watching that in connection with Procurement for me. MR. HAAS: All right. H.M.JR: Give him a copy, please. How is Dave doing? MR. HAAS: Pretty good. H.M.JR: How is he coming? Where are corporations? MR. HAAS: The corporations are there. MR. MORRIS: I think this is the breakdown of the corporations. H.M.JR: Right. Thank you. MR. BELL: In that connection, Mr. Secretary, Rouse called me and said that a Mr. Wolfe of the Farmers City National Bank, vice president, is suggesting that we might use the churches in this campaign, that the preachers have really put across a good story. H.M.JR: For what? MR. BELL: For the campaign on Defense Savings. H.M.JR: Well, you had better talk with Harold about that. (Laughter) MR. BELL: I don't know whether you have heard of it or not, but he has given quite & lot of study to it. H.M.JR: Who, Harold? MR. BELL: No, Mr. Wolfe. 23 - 23 - H.M.JR: I would let Harold digest that. Peter? MR. ODEGARD: I haven't anything. H.M.JR: Jack? Roy? Ferdie? Dave? MR. MORRIS: No. MR. BUFFINGTON: I wrote - telephoned Mr. Berkshire about that Calvert advertisement. He has written to the Calvert Distilling Company telling them to stop it and stop the literature they already have out. I would like to go to New York on Friday to meet with the Publicity Committee of the War Activities Committee, if I may. H.M.JR: You saw the full page in PM last night? MR. BUFFINGTON: Yes, sir. H.M.JR: How did that get in? MR. BUFFINGTON: Through Miss Spitzer of the Disney organization. You asked me to check with the motion picture operators' organizations. I did that. H.M.JR: Good. MR. BUFFINGTON: I was sorry about that signature of yours which will be corrected next week in the next issue. MR. SULLIVAN: You remember at one of the press conferences the question of what would happen to these workers in Detroit who had been put out of employment by the conversion, how they would meet their taxes? We have a mimeograph to go out to collectors which I spoke about early last week, and you said to bring it up later. I have that any time you want to go over it, 24 - 24 - or I can give you the substance of it now. H.M.JR: I would rather have it - I mean, I have got only half way through with you yesterday. MR. SULLIVAN: That is right. H.M.JR: Where is Paul? MR. SULLIVAN: I don't know. MR. BELL: He is sick, someone said. MR. SULLIVAN: He was ill over the weekend and Monday and yesterday he seemed to be better, but he said he wished he had time to stay out another day or 80 and I suppose it came back on him. H.M.JR: We will get together today. MR. SULLIVAN: And there is the Green letter, too. H.M.JR: Well, I will give you now eleven-fifteen. MR. SULLIVAN: Thank you, sir. H.M.JR: Thank you. Edward? MR. FOLEY: Here is the copy of that committee report. Here is a reply to the Attorney General to his letter saying that he has set up a crime section to handle frauds perpetrated on the Government through the defense program. (Reply dated February 4, 1942) H.M.JR: What do we say? MR. FOLEY: We thank him for bringing it to our attention and tell him we will cooperate and there is 25 - 25 - 8. memorandum for you to sign to the Bureau chiefs call- ing his letter to their attention. MR. WHITE: While you are on that, Mr. Secretary, do you have any ideas as to whether you want the same statement before the Senate Committee or would you want a different one. H.M.JR: Same is good enough. MR. VINER: Well, Mr. Bloom used, I gather from the newspaper report, large chunks of yours so that you will be repeating him rather than yourself. (Laughter) MR. FOLEY: We didn't use much. You can see there we only used a couple of paragraphs, and used a couple of paragraphs from Hull's and the rest we dictated. MR. WHITE: We can change those. H.M.JR: What I would do in that case, Jack, is simply say, "Gentlemen, I have got the same statement that I gave before the House. Would you like me to read it or have you seen it?" In most cases they say, "We haven't seen it, you read it." But I make that state- ment. There is no reason to change it. MR. VINER: Even though the Committee-- MR. FOLEY: There was no record taken down yester- day. MR. VINER: But if the Committee has used any para- graphs, you won't repeat those paragraphs? MR. FOLEY: In the report? Sure. H.M.JR: There won't be any record before the Senate either. MR. WHITE: But his point is that Bloom's report contains a few sentences, about four sentences-- 26 - 26 - MR. VINER: Those are the ones the newspaper quoted. MR. FOLEY: That is all right. MR. WHITE: It is all right. They are good. MR. FOLEY: They will now know where they came from. H.M.JR: Well, anyway, Jack has made a suggestion. Take it under advisement. MR. FOLEY: I am ready on General Aniline and Film. I have the letter to John E. Mack. H.M.JR: I am ready, too. MR. FOLEY: All right. Let's fix a time. H.M.JR: Mr. Sullivan, fifteen minutes, do you think? MR. SULLIVAN: Yes, sir. H.M.JR: That would bring Mr. Foley down to eleven- thirty. MR. FOLEY: At eleven-thirty I will be here. H.M.JR: And has Swope been brought up to date on it? MR. FOLEY: I will bring him up to date? H.M.JR: Would you bring him up to date? I would like to have him here. MR. FOLEY: Sure. That is all. MR. GASTON: I wrote you a memorandum. I don't know whether you have had a chance to see it yet. Miss Chauncey says no. Donovan would like to have commercial attaches restored to the neutral countries of Europe. Regraded Unclassified 27 - 27 - That is Spain and Portugal and Sweden and Switzerland. He would much prefer to have Treasury attaches, and he has cleared it with the State Department and with other agencies interested. The purpose of having those attaches would be to report information which is generally available, not undercover stuff. They would have an open status and it would be general information that could be picked up from general sources. They would not do undercover work, and they would do some work for the Treasury Department. H.M.JR: Would it be above-board? MR. GASTON: Entirely above-board. They would have status as Treasury attaches. Their main function, as far as Donovan is concerned, he would be willing to pay their salaries. I don't think that is necessary, but their function, as far as he was concerned, would be commercial information. MR. FOLEY: I think it would be very helpful if We could have some people in these missions that under- stood freezing control and could give us reports on things that are going on in those countries in relation to freezing control, and I think you ought to make very sure that Donovan has it really cleared with the State Department and that they are willing to do it, because they have never been willing to do it so far and that is how he got in trouble with the State Department. MR. GASTON: I suggested in my memorandum to the Secretary that we would, of course, clear it with the State Department before we did anything. Would you like me to talk it over with Harry White and Ed and-- H.M.JR: Yes. MR. GASTON: And perhaps we will get John Wiley. I understand he is the man who is pushing it. We will get him in and get him to tell us everything that is in his mind on this thing. MR. FOLEY: If we could have somebody in Portugal, 28 - 28 - Sweden, Switzerland, and South America, it would help us a great deal. H.M.JR: Whatever you agree on, go ahead. You don't have to bring it back to me. MR. WHITE: That was your idea, Mr. Secretary, six months ago, if you will remember. (Laughter) MR. GASTON: There is another question that is in my mind and that is that South American thing. Should we explore that question of putting people in South America. H.M.JR: Yes. MR. GASTON: I think it is worth while. H.M.JR: Yes. MR. WHITE: That is pertinent to another point, Mr. Secretary. While I was down there, the question arose of the inadequacy of the information that is present at all the South American countries on the commercial attaches' staff and the State Department staff with respect to freezing control. We talked it over in Brazil and the suggestion arose there that it might be possible either to send somebody down to the key countries who would travel in a certain area, break it up into about five areas, or to have them send their men up here and run a school up here for about three or four weeks, 80 the problem is much to the information. H.M.JR: Anyway, if you three gentlemen want to take it on, whatever you decide, Bell and I will be satisfied. MR. BELL: I will. H.M.JR: You don't have to bring it back. Just tell me what you do. MR. GASTON: Yes. You might be interested to know. Unclassified 29 - 29 - I think I told you about 8. proposal that came from Turkey to trade opium for wheat. We put it up to the Board of Economic Warfare, and it was turned down, because they did not want wheat to go to turkey. Harry has learned that the British made the deal and sent, they said, corn to Turkey. I don't know whether corn means maize or wheat. At any rate they made the deal. MR. VINER: Wheat. H.M.JR: We turned it down? MR. GASTON: We turned it down and the British made the deal. H.M.JR: What did they do with the opium? MR. GASTON: Apparently they sell it to South America and then get opium from us. (Laughter) They don't get it, as a matter of fact, but they did come to Harry within the last few days and ask for some opium supplies for - to be sent to Britain under Lend-Lease, and he told them, "How about the opium that you are selling to South America?" H.M.JR: I would like a little memo on this. MR. GASTON: I will be glad to give you a memo on that. They are now limiting their purchases to surettes. That is this new one-shot treatment that doesn't require 8. separate syringefor war purposes. H.M.JR: Are you implying that they are selling drugs to addicts? MR. GASTON: No, I am merely stating that the fact is that they have long supplied the South American market for opium. H.M.JR: Legitimate trade? Regraded Unclassified 30 - 30 - MR. GASTON: Legitimate trade from Great Britain. They want to continue to do that and keep up their trade with South America and because of a shortage of opium would like to get opium from us, that is, opium products from us so that they can continue to sell to South America. H.M.JR: I would like-- MR. WHITE: Because they get them from us under Lend-Lease. MR. GASTON: That is right. I will give you a memo on it. H.M.JR: Anything else? MR. GASTON: That is all. H.M.JR: Mr. Swope? MR. SWOPE: Nothing. H.M.JR: Thank you all. I did want to see Gaston and the others. 31 February 4, 1942 Dear Mr. Meyer: This morning's Washington Post has given prominent display to & new campaign to "Buy 8. Bomber for MacArthur" through the purchase of Defense Bonds and Stamps. This campaign was prompted by the Treasury Department, and the Fost was in no way responsible for it. On careful reconsideration, however, I feel that the continuance of this campaign in its present form would tend to give the American people a false and misleading impression. It might suggest that the mere purchase of Defense Bonds and Stamps would, by itself, send one or more bombers to Ceneral MacArthur. This impression would not be true, and I should not like to be responsible in any way for spreading A false Impression among the American people. I should appreciate it, therefore, if the Post could change the character of this campaign 80 as to delote any reference to General MacArthur. After all, our object is to encourage the American people to pay for the war effort generally, and for the planes, tanks, ships and guns which are needed to defent our enemies. I feel sure that you can work out some way of doing this without the emphasis which you used this morning and which I feel was unfortunate. Sincerely, (Signed) 1. 22. Mr. Eugene Meyer, Editor, Washington Post, Washington, D. C. FR/ogk n.m.c capie a Thompson Delivered by Kulu in person Regraded Unclassified 32 The Washington Post FEB 4 1942 B.S.V.P. 'Bomber for MacArthur' Drive Started Via Defense Bonds H ERE is your chance to help Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his valiant men. A "Bomber for MacArthur" campaign to send a $200,000 war- plane from Washington to the gallant defenders of the Philip- pines is begun today by The Washington Post, Radio Station WJSV and the Junior Board of Commerce. The campaign has the approval of the Army Air Forces. The bomber will be christened "The City of Washington." It will go to the Pacific theater of war, there to aid MacArthur's forces in the fight for our way of life. You may do your part by buying United States Defense Savings Bonds on as special "Bomber for MacArthur" form. H ERE'S how you do it: Go to one of the following places and ask for a "Bomber for MacArthur" form-the front counter of The Post, 1337 E Street Northwest; the WJSV- Junior Board of Commerce booth at the corner of Thirteenth end E Streets Northwest, or to any bank or building GEN. MacARTHUR and loan association. This form is similar to the regular Defense Bond except for a picture of il plane and the words "Bomber for MacArthur" surprinted across it. Fill it out for a bond of your choosing. Most popular am the Series E bonds, whose denominations of $25, $30, $100, $500 and $1000 sell respectively for $18.75, $37.50, $75, $273 and $750 and mature in ten years. The "Bomber for MacArthur" bonds you buy will go toward the purchase of a $200,000 Martin B-26. This is the deadle medium bomber the British have dubbed "The Marauder." 11 is the fastest bomber of its class in the world. I' you can't buy bonds to help purchase the plane, you buy stamps. If you buy them at The Post's counter or at the W.ISV-Junen Board of Commerce booth, the total purchase will go to M pay for the bomber. Regraded Unclassified 32 The Washington Post FEB 4 1942 R.S.V.P. 'Bomber for MacArthur' Drive Started Via Defense Bonds H ERE is your chance to help Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his valiant men. A "Bomber for MacArthur" campaign to send a $200,000 war- plane from Washington to the gallant defenders of the Philip- pines is begun today by The Washington Post, Radio Station WJSV and the Junior Board of Commerce. The campaign has (he approval of the Army Air Forces, The bomber will be christened "The City of Washington." It will go to the Pacific theater of war, there to aid MacArthur's forces in the fight for our way of life. You may do your part by buying United States Defense Savings Bonds on a special "Bomber for MacArthur" form. H ERE'S how you do it: Go to one of the following places and ask for a "Bomber for MacArthur" form-the front counter of The Post, 1337 E Street Northwest; the WJSV- Junior Board of Commerce booth at the corner of Thirteenth and E Streets Northwest, or to any bank or building and loan association. GEN. MacARTHUR This form is similar to the regular Defense Bond except for a picture of a plane and the words "Bomber for MacArthur" surprinted across it. Fill It out for a bond of your choosing. Most popular are the Series E bonds, whose denominations of $25, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 sell respectively for $18.75, $37.50, $75, $375 and $750 and mature in ten years. The "Bomber for MacArthur" bonds you buy will go toward the purchase of a $200,000 Martin B-26. This is the deadly medium bomber the British have dubbed "The Marauder." 11 is the fastest bomber of its class in the world. z I' you ean't buy bonds to help purchase the plane, you CHIT buy stamps. If you buy them at The Post's counter or at the WJSV-Junior Board of Commerce booth, the total purchase will go to help pay for the bomber. Regraded Unclassified The Washington Post FEB Stamps bought at the bank and building and loan amorie= time will go to the purchase of the bomber In the proportion LF54 LA6198 3E GOVT=G WASHINGTON DC 3 (5) new 5 - 7 : WASHINGTON POST* 4337 € ST NW WASHINGTON DC= PR 258 STOP ON BEHALF OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES 1 WISH SH TO COMME ND MOST HIGHLY QUOTE BOUBER FOR MACARTHUR UNQUOTE CAMPLIGN NOW BEING CONDUCTED BY YOUR NEWSPAPER COMUA RADIO STATION WJSV AND JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE END+ ARNOLD. Commendatory Telegram from Lieut. Gen. Henry H, Arnold, chief of Army Air Corps, sent last night to The Post that the amount of "Bomber for MacArthur" bonds bought at these places bears to the total amount of bonds purchased us them. Thus if 50 per cent of the bonds sold at a bank are "Bomber for MacArthur" bonds, 50 per cent of the stamps sold as that bank will go toward buying the plane, WJSV will have its opening official program in the compaign at 7:30 o'clock tonight. Officials of the Defense Savings Staff and Air Corps and representatives of the radio station and The Post will take part in the program. 243 M EMBERS of the Junior Board of Commerce will appeal on a preliminary program in connection with Bob Pace's variety show al 4 p. m. today over the station. Minute-inen speakers from the board are scheduled thrice daily until enough money for the bomber comes in. MacAthur is doing much for us. A bomber to aid htm is one of the best ways of saying "Thanks" in capital Introve Regraded Unclassified The Washington Post 34 Send Your Regards for Japs in a Bomber "A BOMBER FOR MacARTHUR"-This is a Martin B-26 bomber, dubbed by the British as "The Marauder." A warplane of this type will be sent to Gen, Douglas MacArthur's men in the Philippines. it costs $200,000. You can join the fight by becoming a member of the "Bomber for MacArthur" campaign begun today by The Post, Radio Station WJSV and the Junior Board of Commerce. (Story on Page 1) Regraded Unclassified Copies to: Mr. Bell Dr. White Dr. Viner 35 February 4, 1942 10:15 a.m. HMJr: Hello. Leon Henderson: This is Leon, Henry. HMJr: Good morning. H: Say, this wage increase business in the steel industry HMJr: Yes. H: effects both of us very, very much. HMJr: Right. H: Now I talked to Harry on Monday. HMJr: Yeah. H: and told him that I thought the boes ought to call you and me HMJr: Harry Hopkine? 6: Yeah. HMJr: Yeah. H: You probably know that I couldn't get to see the boss. HMJr: That's right. H: A good reason. HMJr: That's right. H: Well, I talked to Harry, because tomorrow morning they're going to have a little meeting with this joint CIO Committee. HMJr: Yeah. Regraded Unclassified 36 - a - in Now we've looked into 10, and 12's just about set up this way, If there's A substantial wage increase, the nteel price geta Increased. Yes. Well, even If ey could pay it - and I take the position that that money belongs to you..... HMJr: Yeah. MY HMJr: Right. and we've got a reasonable stability hare. Now I mean, I just talked to Harry on the fly, and was waiting to hear about it. I told him I wanted to make the case 8.6 to why we should have an administration labor policy. Yeah. Now, I suggested first we - I wanted to get in on the inflationary aspects of it with you before anybody else got in, but Wayne Coy's running around with good intent - the ваше kind of intent.. HHJr: Yeah. did and Lub has been thinking about it. He and Miss Perkins are very much worried 106/r: Yeah. and I BAY Lub at the WPB meeting yesterday, and told him that two things ought to be done. Yeah. H: One, that they ought to nit the boom not to make any commitments tonorrow about any rage increases. Jr: Yeah. And two, that he ought to have in mind that if Regraded Unclassified 37 - 3 - any conference was called on labor policy, that you and I ought to be there. HMJr: I Bee. H: I wonder whether you wanted that - you can probably get to the boss easier than I can. HMJr: Well, it's a little - - I'm afraid, Leon, if I called him up, he'd say, "Well, Henry, aren't you kind of straying from your back yard?" H: Well, then I'll write him a note. HMJr: See? H: I'll write him a note and tell him that - do you mind if I tell him that both you and I are worried about it? HMJr: Well, that's all right. I'm glad to have you include me. H: Because it' HMJr: But I think you ought to lead, and I'm perfectly willing to follow along. But I'm afraid he might, with & certain amount of justification, say, "Well, how the hell do you get in on that?" H: Yeah. All right. Well, I'll do that. HMJr: But you can include me. H: All right. HMJr: How's that? H: I'll let you know how it comes out. HMJr: And let me know how it comes out. H: All right. Fine. HMJr: Thank you. Regraded Unclassified TREASURY DEPARTMENT 38 INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE February 4. 1942, ro Secretary Morgenthan FROM Jacob Vinor Conversation With Leon Henderson Be Steel Industry Faces I think the Treasury has a. vital interest in this field and that Henderson vas right in bringing you into the problem. Corporate profits are an important source of Treasury tax revenue, (1) If with government approval wages are allowed to rise to the point where they absorb most of these profite, the Treasury will loss such more revenue from corporate income and high bracket personal incomes than it will gain from personal income and indirect taxes on wage incomes, (2) If steel prices are permitted to rise to cover the rise in wages, then the inflationary spiral - higher wages- higher prices-higher wages - will be well under way, It 1a ay impression that steel industry wages, even on a real-wage basis, are higher than they have ever been before. In addition the steel workers have the advantage of absolutely full employment, so that the ratio of present annual real-earnings to previous levels 1s even higher than the ratio of present real-wages to previous levels. In 1941 steel workers worked an average of only some 38 hours a week, primarily not because of unemployment but because of the restriction of the working week to 40 hours and the imprecticability of overtime work in a continuous-process industry. If it should be desired to increase the earnings of steel workers beyond their present level, 11 seems to me the vay to do it would be to increase the working week to say 44 hours. If this involves displacing any steel labor, there should be no difficulty in absorbing it in other essential industries. gir Regraded Unclassified 39 February 4, 1942 10:40 a.m. John J. McCloy: Hello, Mr. Secretary. HMJr: Hello. How are you? Me: Fine. HMJr: You haven't got a Washington Post before you by any chance, have you? Mo: Yes, I can get one. Just a second. HMJr: Would you? Mo: Yes. Hold the wire. HMJr: Sure. Mc: Hello. HMJr: Hello. Mo: I've got one. HMJr: I tried an hour ago to get what I'm saying through to Stimson, but they said they've been unable to interrupt him and I want your help. Mc: Yes. HMJr: You see the story, "Bomber for MacArthur Drive"? Mo: Yes. HMJr: Well, now, you see the telegram from Arnold? Mc: Telegram from Arnold? HMJr: In that - half way down. Mc: Oh, yes. Yes, I see 8 telegram. Wait 8 minute, let me read it. HMJr: Read the telegram. Regraded Unclassified 40 a I I Mo: "Stop on behalf of the Army Air Forces I wish to commend most highly 'Bomber for MacArthur' campaign now being conducted by your newspaper, Radio Station WJSV, and Junior Chamber of Commerce. End. Arnold" Yes. HMJr: Well, now the crux of the point is there's a statement in the thing there, "The 'Bomber for MacArthur' bonds you buy will go toward the purchase of a $200,000 Martin bomber.'" Mc: Yeah. HMJr: Well, it isn't true. Mo: Yes. HMJr: Now, what I'm - it 1sn't true. Then on page three where there's a picture of the bomber, you see. Mo: Yes. HMJr: It says, if you turn to page three..... Mo: Wait a minute. HMJr: Hello. Mo: Yes. I see a picture of the bomber. HMJr: And under the picture, it says, "A warplane of this type will be sent to General MacArthur's men in the Philippines." Well, from your stand- point I think it's terrible. Mo: I do, too. HMJr: Because you have to buy two hundred thousand dollars worth of bonds to send one bomber to MacArthur. Well, in the first place you can't send a bomber to MacArthur Mo: That's right. 41 - 3 - HMJr: and in the second place, if you can send one, why don't you send a hundred? Mo: That's right. HMJr: I think it's - and the repercussione on you will be much worse than they are on me. Mo: Yes. Yes. HMJr: I think it stinks. Mo: I do, too; I do, too. HMJr: Now, what I'm proposing to do, if I can get your backing is Mo: Yes. HMJr: .....I'm going to call up Eugene Meyer..... Mo: Yes. HMJr: .....and tell him that I'm awfully sorry, but he cannot go through with this program and use Defense Bonds in this manner. Mo: Yes. Yes. HMJr: And that he will hear from the War Department - someone will call him from the War Department to express their own views. Mc: Right. Right. HMJr: Is that right? Me: Well, now, let me get my bearings on it. Let me see if the Secretary knew anything about this before I say go ahead, because I don't want to cross any wires. Let me talk to Arnold right away. HMJr: Yes. Mo: I don't know what the Secretary is doing now that he can't be interrupted. Maybe he's in with the 42 - 4 - Chief of Staff, or something. HMJr: That's what they said. Mo: But let me call you back. I'll get on 10 this minute. HMJr: But from your standpoint, it's much worse than ours. Me: Well, I think 80. I mean I think this gives the implication that if 8 fellow puts up some money, why one of these bombers will be sent out to relieve MacArthur. HMJr: And the only reason that you're not sending them 18 because you haven't got the money. Mo: That's right. That's right. HMJr: What? Mo: That's right. HMJr: I think it's terrible. Mo: I do,too. HMJr: Well, I tell you..... Mo: Well, now, let me get after it right away. HMJr: I'll sit tight, but don't take too long. Mo: All right. I'll go on it right away. HMJr: Because I've been sitting here for one hour now. Mc: All right. HMJr: All right. Thank you. Regraded Uncla 43 February 4, 1942 11:08 a.m. HMJr: Hello. John J. McCloy: I've gotten, I think, to the bottom of this. HMJr: Yes. Mo: Arnold says that yesterday he was asked - I think it was yesterday, day before possibly - on behalf of the Treasury - to approve such a program. He said he didn't think it was any good, he didn't like the idea, but it was put up to him on the basis that the Treasury wanted it and he said, "All right, I will go ahead." The man that - the telegram was dictated to two men, one from the Public Relations of the Air Corps and a man sent over here by the Treasury. HMJr: Yes. Mo: His name was Moran. HMJr: Yes. Me: I don't know who he 1s. And they dictated together this form of telegram, it was taken in to Arnold - who was very reluctant to sign it - but said that the Treasury wanted it and said, "I guess I'd better do it." HMJr: Yeah. Mo: And it was signed and sent off. He doesn't like it. I don't like it. The Secretary of War doesn't like it. HMJr: I see. Mc: And we're ready to say anything to anybody, but there's been some mix-up apparently, because we did it only because we thought it was in accordance with some approved Treasury program. 44 - 2 - HMJr: Well, it's one of those things that start at the bottom and I never saw it until I read it in the paper. Mo: Yes. HMJr: And I'll take under those - from what you tell me, I'll take full responsibility and call up Eugene Meyer Me: Well HMJr: .....and tell him I'm sorry. Mc: Well, we'd be very glad to do it also. If you want us to, we'll call up Eugene Meyer, too. HMJr: I think it would be helpful. Mo: All right. And I'll leave a little time go by, and then call him up 80 that you have a chance to call him in the meantime. HMJr: I'll call him right away. Mo: All right. HMJr: And I didn't know about this, but..... Me: It was a man named Moran. HMJr: Yes. Me: He's apparently in Mr. Duffus' office. HMJr: Yes. Well, you know more about it than I do. Mo: Yeah. HMJr: But I know I don't like it, and I know it ien't good for the country as a whole. Mc: I'm sure it 1en't. And I talked - I had & chance to speak to the Secretary about it, and he thought it was very poor taste. HMJr: Well, I'm sorry that our man ever approached you. 45 - 3 - Mc: Well, all right. And I'll call up Eugene Meyer in about fifteen minutes. HMJr: Wonderful. Mo: Good. All right. HMJr: Thank you. Me: Good-bye. 46 February 4, 1942 11:25 a.m HMJr: Hello. Eugene Meyer: Good morning, Henry. HMJr: How are you, Eugene? M: Okay. HMJr: Eugene, I'm calling you up on this "Bomber for MacArthur Drive". M: Yes. HMJr: Now I understand that our people somewhere down the line approved it. M: Yes, of course. I asked the first thing when they talked to me, "Has this got the Treasury's support?" HMJr: Yes. M: "And cooperation." HMJr: Yeah. Well, now, frankly, I don't know how it hit you, but I'm awfully shocked over it; and I've talked with Jack McCloy M: Uh huh. HMJr: and they feel the same way. The way they feel, he's going to call you, he can talk for himself. If we can send one bomber, why can't we send a hundred? And do you have to get two hundred thousand dollars in order to send one bomber to help out MacArthur. M: Yeah. Well, I - the way they told me here, the talk - and I assume it came from your department - was that they expected to spread it out around the country. HMJr: Well, the point 1s - number one, we have no way of earmarking any money that comes in. 47 - 2 - M: Well, of course. That's obvious. HMJr: Now - and the thing definitely says this money - Defense Bond - - will buy a bomber, and the bomber will go to MacArthur. Well, all along the line it isn't true. M: Yeah. HMJr: See? And now, I don't care how you do it, you can put it on me or any way you want to. M: Yes. HMJr: .....but I've got to ask you to stop it. M: Uh huh. HMJr: And you can place it right on my shoulders. M: Yeah. HMJr: Because it's ten times worse than that aluminum campaign. M: Yeah. HMJr: Ten times worse. M: Yes. HMJr: And..... M: Well, who was it in your department that asked us to do this? This is done by request, not by our suggestion. HMJr: A man by the name of Duffus. M: Duffus? HMJr: Yes. M: Who in the hell 18 he? HMJr: Well, he's way down the line; and he had no right 48 - 3 - or authority to do this thing, and the first I saw it was when I picked up the paper this morning. And I sent for Harold Graves to come to the house at once, who's in charge of the drive. M: Yes. HMJr: And I know it's very unfortunate, but I..... M: It's very embarrassing. HMJr: but I think it would be ten times worse to go through with it. M: Yes. HMJr: And I'm perfectly willing to take full bla me publicly for whatever you can say. If you want me to write you a letter, or anything, I'm..... M: Well, I think you ought to write us a letter that the Treasury has reconsidered or something. HMJr: I'll..... M: What? HMJr: I'll do that. M: Because otherwise - - I mean, it's unexplainable. You've got to have an explanation. HMJr: I will write you..... M: We couldn't put - you wouldn't want us to put ourselves in the position of having proceeded without Treasury direction HMJr: I'm not asking M: because that would be too stupid and HMJr: It would be unfair to you. M: Why, yes. And it wouldn't be good for anybody. I mean, I'd be - - I'm willing to sacrifice myself 49 - 4 - if it's for a good purpose, but it wouldn't have a good purpose. HMJr: Now, I'll M: I think - you know, you're rather well known for being sort of frank and maybe we made & mistake and so forth. HMJr: I tell you what I'll do. I'll have a draft, see? M: Yes. HMJr: I'll send it over to you before I sign it. M: Good. HMJr: And you tell me whether it's all right, and you make any changes in the draft that you'd like. M: Okay. HMJr: Is that fair? M: It's a hundred per cent. HMJr: And I'm awfully sorry. We never should have approached you; and of course, from the War Department standpoint, it's ten times worse. M: Yes. HMJr: Because it immediately raised the question, "Well, if you can send one bomber, why don't you send a thousand." M: Yes. Yes. HMJr: What? M: Of course. Well, I HMJr: I'll get the letter to you M: The first thing I did was to ask, "Is the Treasury -" well, I only - it didn't appeal to me at all from - just because you say you Regraded Unclassified 50 - 5 - had no - it was obvious you had no way of earmarking, and I thought it was a sales stimulation device; so, of course, I asked, "Does the Treasury want it?" He said, "Yes", Jones did, and so I said, "Well, we ao what the Treasury asks us to these days." HMJr: Well, I'll M: I mean it didn't - I didn't even question it. Thank you, Henry. You send over the letter that you think HMJr: That'll be over to you between now and one o'clock. M: Okay, Henry. I'm sorry about it; and I think the easiest way to clear up a mistake is the prompt and full admission of the mistake and expression of regret, and that's all there is to it, and forget it. HMJr: It'll be done that way. M: Okay. HMJr: Thank you. M: Thanks. 51 February 4, 1942 11:55 a.m. GENERAL ANILINE AND FILM Present: Mr. Swope Mr. Foley Mr. Bernstein H.M.JR: Let me ask you R5 I go along. You say, the present management were fully cooperative. Such has not been the case. MR. TOLRY: That is right. H.M.JR: Have you got specific instances where they are not cooperative? MIL. FOLEY: Well, I have got a memorandum here from Joe this morning in regard to a conference that Tohn E. Mack had yeste day with personnel people in the plant. According to Mr. Block, Judge Mack implied several times during yesterday's conferences that some of the suspended executives would be back. For instance, when certain research questions were discussed and one of the men stated that 8 certain type of work had been handled by Dr. Aickelin, Judge Mack said, 'Well, he may not be away forever,' and similar statements. Judge Mack instructed the men to inform Treasury and FBI men of well-founded suspicious that they may have in regard to certain individuals and even to hire detectives them- welves if the Treasury men did not take any action. Apart from this action against individuals, however, Judge Mack instructed the men not to form any management committees or make similar arrangements because by the end of this month, the Treasury would be out and Mr. Crowley would be in charge of the entire affairs and Regraded Unclassified 52 - 2 - it would then be much easier to negotiate with him as an individual and as 8 man who has understanding for business. Judge Mack added that, of course, he might be wrong, but that he had it from the highest authority in Washington that things would develop in such a way. "Mr. Block who had attended the meeting said that the general reaction among the men to these statements of Judge Mack unmistakably was that of great relief." H.M.JR: Well, I wouldn't say that was non- cooperation. Would you? MR. SWOPE: Well, he evidently hopes for a differ- ent kind of management. There isn't anything specific in regard to their activities. We were speaking of that. In regard to output, which is the real thing that we are after. H.M.JR: I don't like that paragraph. MR. FOLEY: All right. H.M.JR: This part on not assuming initiative is all right. MR. FOLEY: They haven't done a thing. H.M.JR: That is all right. Those in charge of it do nothing. That is all right. MR. FOLEY: "Our original program assumed that the present management would cooperate fully with us and would assume the initiative in cleaning house. Such has not been the case." That is the part about non-cooperation. H.M.JR: On the American Woolen case, Bullitt mentioned that. That is, our interference, you see. MR. FOLEY: Well, we spoke of that. We didn't cause the situation, Mr. Secretary, that resulted in our going in there to find out actually what the personnel and the controls were inside the company. That is Regraded Unclassified 53 - 3 - something that the company created itself. All we did was to focus attention on that and the sales manager for American Woolen called 'Connell a few days ago and said. "We have been suspicious of the German background of this company for some time, and we don't want to have anything to do with this company unless you can assure us that it is Americanized, and it is perfectly all right for us to deal with them." Joe said, "Well, we were still conducting our investigations and he couldn't make any such statement," and the man said, "All right, then, we are going to restrict our dealings with the company to those things that we can't obtain anywhere else. We are not going to do"-- MR. SWOPE: I raised the same question, Mr. Secretary, with Mr. Foley. I said that was unimportant because it was really our initiative that caused the suspicions of American Woolen. It would make a stronger paragraph if we made a statement that the Army and Navy were sfraid to give them business, and we weren't using their plant to full capacity. H.M.JR: I will tell you. I know you have pored over this thing. My over-all impression, if you don't mind my saying it, it could be better, but if you say how -- MR. SWOPE: We agree on that. That is one place that we could strengthen it. H.M.JR: If I were going to do this, and this is just a suggestion, I would simply say, "My dear Mr. President: We have been into this situation now for about seven weeks and during this time" - would you say the present manage- ment or would you name him, John E. Mack? MR. SWOPE: May I interrupt a moment? I didn't bring this up at the meeting before. You have seen his long letter. That is what I started to ask you (Foley). From John E. Mack? H.M.JR: I have not read it. MR. SWOPE: Don't you think it would be better to have A conference? Mr. Foley hasn't seen the letter and Mr. Regraded Unclassified 54 - 4 - Bernstein has. MR. FOLEY: No, it is O'Connell. Neither one of us. MR. BERNSTEIN: Williamson saw it. MR. FOLEY: That is right. MR. SWOPE: Why wouldn't it be better to have a face- to-face conversation with John Mack? Let's assume that what he says in this letter, he is just as much in earnest as you are in having his company do the right thing. MR. FOLEY: Well, what I would do, Mr. Secretary, as a matter of tactics, and I merely make the suggestion, is to get an agreement from the President on vesting the shares and then call in John E. Mack and have a talk with him, because at the present time he is very -- MR. SWOPE: That is dangerous because then if John Mack -- if we could go to the President and say John Mack agrees with us because we know the relations of John Mack with the President, it would be much stronger, wouldn't it? MR. FOLEY: Yes, if you could do that. But I doubt if you ever could do that. MR. SWOPE: Well, you may be right. I don't know, but if we tried we could tell the President we have tried to do this with John Mack and he won't. Then we have got a strong point too. H.M.JR: I haven't read this letter. Let me read this letter, but my own feeling is this, offhand, before I do this thing, that we might ask Mack and Bullitt to come in and sit down with us, and then simply say this. Now, in view of this letter, nobody else - just Bullitt and Mack - I mean, I would have no lawyers or anything else. MR. SWOPE: How about Foley? Regraded Unclassified 55 - 5 - H.M.JR: Well, he is Treasury. I ..ould simply say, "Now, look, taking what you said, John, that you want to help and Bill Bullitt, that you want to help, here is a Treasury program. This is what we want done. Now, will you put this into effect for us?" and give them the Treasury program. MR. SWOPE: Well, but Mr. Secretary, I don't think they are in & position to do that, as Mr. Foley can tell you more clearly than I can, because Williamson represents the ninety-seven per cent of the stockholders. MR. FOLEY: Williamson is the fellow that hired Mack. MR. SWOPE: He isthe lawyer man. H.M.JR: All right. Then if he says, "Well, we can't do that," then I say, "Well, can you do it if we vest the stock?" MR. SWOPE: That is right. But just discuss it with him. H.M.JR: No, I say this is the Treasury program. This is what we want. Now, if you can't do it - in other words, assume that Bullitt and Mack want to help. MR. SWOPE: Yes, that is what I would do. MR. FOLEY: Well, what I would say, if we brought them in, is this. Now, our people - the presence of our people in this company has focused public attention on the German background of the company, and in these times that isn't conducive to business, to the business of the company or to the welfare of the company. What we propose to do is to vest stock of the company in the Secretary of the Treasury and then say to the rest of the Government, "Now the Government is in such control of the situation that it is perfectly safe for the Government and for commercial interests to do business with this company." Would you have any objection to our vesting the stock? Regraded Unclassified 56 - 6 - H.M.JR: I am sorry. I wouldn't do it that way because they would - my own feeling - I say I want to talk about it again. That is the purpose of this meeting. T would say, "This is what we would like to do. We want the company to be run and we want to get your orders," and so forth, and have a program. If you vest the stock you have got to have a program of what you are going to do. MR. FOLEY: Oh, yes. We would put in 8. responsible management. H.M.JR: Then I would like Mack and Bullitt to say to me, "We can't do that." "Why can't you?" "We don't vote the stock." "All right, how would you feel then if we get the stock? Can you do it?" And they would say, "Yes." That would be the way I would like to approach it. Just think it over. We can have another talk. But get them to say - then we can say to the President that Mr. Mack and Mr. Bullitt have no objection. In fact, they think it would be helpful. MR. SWOPE: Yes, that is what I would do. I would surely see them first. H.M.JR: I think so. Now, nothing is settled, Ed. Think it over and if my - either after this meeting with the draft board this afternoon - they are coming in from three to four - if there is anything left of me, or else the first thing tomorrow morning we will do it again. I will try to do it this afternoon. MR. FOLEY: Mack says, "It is my thought that the Alien Property Custodian would ultimately be appointed and that the stock in question would be taken over by the United States or if there were difficulty growing out of the claimed ownership by the Dutch, some alter- native method might be found by which this stock could be disposed of to American purchasers," SC it isn't going to come as any great surprise to him that we think that they should take the stock. H.M.JR: Perfectly frankly, I am not going to sit Regraded Unclassified 57 - 7 - at the meeting - I don't want to get in on it. I haven't got the time. The day isn't long enough. MR. SWOPE: We can do it. You see, Mack hasn't met with any responsible officials of the Treasury, except Mr. O'Connell. H.M.JR: Well, I think Mr. Foley and O'Connell and any lawyers Foley needs and yourself would take this on for me, but I simply cannot do this. MR. SWOPE: Dut I think you ought to read that letter. It will only take five minutes. H.M.JR: I will read it before I see you again, but some time after -- MR. SWOPE: Because he has -- H.M.JR: Four o'clock I would like to see you again. I will tell Stephens right now. MR. SWOPE: Because he makes statements in there that you ought to know of, of his attitude. H.M.JR: I would like to, but my feeling is now - but Ed, you can have a chance for rebuttal. Bernie can have a chance for rebuttal. My own inclination is to have them and Bullitt. Have you heard from Bullitt this week? Bullitt told me Saturday that by God he was going to clean this up in one week, and I said, "Wonderful." And you haven't heard from him? MR. FOLEY: No. He is going to be out there tonight, to that dinner. We might get a chance to talk. He hasn't called me up. H.M.JR: No, because - well, I went all through the thing. Bullitt is very emotional on this thing. He was going to go to town. I thought he was just going to rip this thing wide open, and here it is - what is it, Wednesday? neai 58 - 8 - MR. FOLEY: Yes. H.M.JR: And he hasn't interested himself. I will try to do this very hard today, 80 that you people could call & meeting, say, for Friday. That gives Mack 8. chance to get down here. What? MR. FOLEY: All right. H.M.JR: For Friday morning. And then I would like you to sit in here and then we are not losing any time, because we can't get at the President anyway today. I don't know whether he could be gotten at tomorrow, 50 no time is being lost. MR. SWOPE: There are some other things we can do in the meanwhile. H.M.JR: Do you think that I have got to sit in at those meetings? MR. SWOPE: Well, I don't know. You are a better judge of that. Anyhow, let us do it first to save your time. H.M.JR: I will tell you how I feel. I would like you people to know. I just haven't got time. MR. SWOPE: All right, let us try it. H.M.JR: To be Alien Property Custodian personally, which that would mean, if I am going to have to sit in these meetings. I haven't got the time. MR. SWOPE: Oh, you wouldn't have to do it after the thing is vested. H.M.JR: Well, I can't do it. I am overwhelmed right now. MR. FOLEY: Of course you are. 59 - 9 - H.M.JR: I can't - if + have got to be Alien Property Custodian, I don't want it. MR. FOLEY: No reason why you should. MR. SWOPE: We will see Mr. Mack and then if we think that the atmosphere is such that you ought to see him, we will tell you. H.M.JR: Well, I hope I don't. I mean, I have known Mack all my life, and all that, and it is very hard - I mean, he is very clever. He will sit down here for half an hour and tell all these little local Duchess County stories that have nothing to do - I mean, that is his technique. He will spend maybe an hour telling you stories before he will get down to business. I just don't want to be Alien Property Custodian myself. MR. FOLEY: There isn't any reason why you should be. H.M.JR: And if I had him here, I would have Crowley in. MR. FOLEY: All right. H.M.JR: I would have Crowley. MR. FOLEY: I think that is a good idea. Crowley said he would like to sit in on any meetings we had. H.M.JR: That is right. MR. SWOPE: What is Crowley's interest in this? MR. FOLEY: Well, Mack says that Crowley is going to take this thing away from us. H.M.JR: I want to explain. Excuse me, Ed. Crowley, after all, has been appointed Alien Property Custodian, but no authority. MR. SWOPE: I didn't even know that. 60 - 10 - H.M.JR: He was appointed about two months ago, but the President has never signed an executive order. MR. FOLEY: Well, the President never appointed him. Francis Biddle said he wanted him to head up a bureau over in the Justice Department -- MR. SWOPE: I saw that in the paper. MR. FOLEY: .... to do work of the kind that was done by the Alien Property Custodian, but the President has never designated him, and the President hasn't given by executive order any of the Alien Property Custodian powers to him. (Discussion off the record). H.M.JR: Now where were we? MR. SWOPE: John Mack. H.M.JR: Oh, I tried to explain Crowley, but you had better have him there because he did say to me, "Anything I can do - I don't want any title, I don't want any position, but if I can help" - I think you ought to explain that Crowley situation to Mr. Swope, Foley. As long as he takes that angle, why not bring him in? MR. FOLEY: All right. H.M.JR: Now, I will very definitely read this and then -- $ MR. SWOPE: Sorry that you have to. It is five pages. 61 February 3, 1942 J. J. 0'Connell 0. =. Brodanitz Subject: Meeting Hold by Judge Mack and Mr. Williamson with GAF executivos. 1. confermace held yesterday called by Judge Mack and Mr. milliamson to discuss with a number of plant and reserach axocutives stops to be taken in the imediate future. My adures for the following information is Mr. 2. A. Block who has been talking to 10 quite & Low times reporting that Judge Tack in soveral conferences told Block that the five susyended executives would be back. Mr. Blook is taking the position that the Company should, on its own initiative, dismiss & those non who were refused naturalization papers by our Government. 20 make sure that I understood Lir. Blook correctly, I had another talk with him this morning and with a low tricks without making him suspicious, mede his repoat the story he had told me yesterday. According to Mr. Blook, Judge Mack implied several times during yesterday's conference that some of the suspended executives would be back. For instance, when certain reserach quest one were discussed and one of the mon a tated that & certain type of work Regraded Unclassified 62 - a - had been handled by Mr. Aickelin, Judge Maok said, "Well, he may not be away forever," and similar statements. Judge linek instructed the mon to inform Treasury and FBI men of well-founded suspicions that they may have in regard to certain individuals, and even to hire detectives themselves, if the Treasury men did not take any action. Apart from this action a gainst individuals, however, Judge llack instructed the men not to form any management committees OF make similar arrangements because by the end of this month, the Treasury would be out and Mr. Crowley would be in charge of the entire affairs and it would then be much easier to negotiate with him as an individual and as & man who has understanding for business. Judge Mack added that, of course, he might be wrongs but that he had it from the highest authority in Washington that things would develop in such & way. Mr. Block who had attended the meeting said that the general reaction among the non to these statements of Judge Mack unmistakably was that of great relief. Regraded Unclassified 63 FEB 4 1942 Dear Judge Mack: I an in receipt of your letter of January 29, 1942, and the two documents enclosed. I agree that our objectives are, or ought to be identical. In consequence, I assume that you are in aesord with the changes made by order of this Department on January 13, 1942. We were unfortunately unable to reach you prior to the issuance of the order but I can assure you that the decision was made only after & thorough examination of the facts. I have asked Mr. O'Connell and the other Treasury representatives in New York who are supervising the operations of General Aniline and Film Corporation to consult with and cooperate closely with you or any of your officers or directors in pursuing our common objective. I hope this exchange of views presages an improvement in the situation. Sincerely yours, (Signed) H. Alorgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury. Honorable John K. Mack President General Aniline and Film Corporation 230 Park Avenue New York New York JJL:JJO'C:EHF/mp 2/3/42 64 TEAL AWILINE & FILM CORPORATION Regraded Unclassifie Telephone 230 Park Avenue lurray Hill 4-1300 New York, New york. January 29, 1942 Hnorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury Washington, D. C. Doar Mr. Secretary: Às of course you are sware, I became president of General Aniline & Film Corporation on November 1, 1941. For many months prior to my appointment, there had been going on within the company en effort upon the part of the American directors to free the concern of the foreign in- fluence existing by virtue of the claimed ownership of 8. majority of the stock a of the company by I. G. Chemie, a Swiss corporation, alleged by the Department of Justice to be under the domination of I. G. Farben of Germany. The American directors were not only seeking to American- ise the company, but to secure the sale of the foreign- owned stock to & noncompetitive industrial group of - doubted American standing. This internal struggle in fully revealed in the minutes of the meetings of the directors; and, as B. corollary thereto, there were proceedings in the Chancery Court of Delaware brought for the purpose of foreing a stockholders' meeting in order that the Chemie stock could be voted by its purported owners in an effort to oust the then exist- ing officers and directors who were seeking to Americanise the company. As you undoubtedly know, a hearing upon the proceedings in Delaware has been postponed from time to time at the request of the Attorney General of the United States. I WIS made aware of so much of this history as had already transpired, and other details which I have not time to enumerate, when I agreed to become president of the company. It was represented to me and I fully believed, and still believe, that by accepting the presidency of the company I would be in & position to aid in important matters of national defense, which incidentally, have become more and more important as time has gone on. 65 - Honorable Henry Morgenthou, Jr. January 29, 1942 Upon accepting the presidency of the corporation, I issued a public statement, - copy of which is vitroned hereto. Made that Line, 1 have consistently laborez for the purposes thorein outlined. It 560 By thought that ul- timetely sa Alies to arty Custodian would be appointed and that the stock in unstion would be taken over by the United states Government, or, if there pare difficultion grooing out of the el 1000 ownership by the Dutah, MODE altornative method aight be fours by which this stock would bill de used of to invion purchasers. It W-D by basief USL ay July - to conserve the intervits of the ny 18 e notus operatici to the wer possu of our Government and to ,recerve the scotts until such time LS the Government BLW fir to -ct through 10 Llion Property Custodian. I recognized from the beginning this ay tenure of office eight be to orary and in any event N.D uncertain. It Wo./2 for this reason, -mongat others, that by valary 1-D president of the company use nade payable uson monthly basis. You will do M the credit of believing, I - pure, that the personal monetary considerations Ln- volved were of secondary donsequence. 1 ma, however, pleased to have this opportunity to render . public service. Incidentally, I my any that my salary 082 fixed by the Board of Directors of procisely the yold my predecessor. The ching D. the have besu arought in the official entup of the well illustr ted by D. additional which i Lthch hereto. You mill note that Million C. Bullitt is Chairen of the 30.00 of Directors. 1 nos very much tifias he Town, ste full consideration at discussion of the robiess Involved, Usi he MJ in - position to because - mumber of the Board. I then Lawued nother ublie statement, - - 00.8 of 100% 12 lao specied hereto. Prier to us. 10-rture five the country on - goodal mission for the President, be left 12 written statement outlining circumstances unler which ha - emploined the be net in clos. for any months prior to ay appointment, the repartment of Justice, strough the Antitment Division, 765 conducting 6. seceping investig tion into We afform of the company, its business affiliater -a/ the 25.20 of I. G. Checke LE related thereto, Indeod, there work two dictumsts has viready been handed dom. These proceedings gread jury investigations un er =1 604 one grow of 100 Regraded Unclassified Namerable Senry Morgenthen, 17. 66 Junuary 29, 1942 3. Regraded Unclassified are still active. is you will readily see, there was such to require the constant attention of the officers of the company and their counsel, both prior to and subsequent to w election as president. Moreover, the demands upon the time of the directors have been very heavy. The officers and the Board of Directors are acting in complete hersony and are fully conscious of the grave responsibility that rests upon them. In addition to those matters, I have been con- cerned with problems of personnel and have sought help in this respect wherever I could secure it. This is especially important in view of the history of the company, its ante- cedents and the specialised work in which it 1a engaged. of course, you could not possibly be more interested than I as in purging General Aniline & Film Corporation of sub- versive factors, in freeing it completely of foreign domi- nation and in making it in every sense of the work an effective, loyal American enterprise. Your attention, however, is drawn to the fact that recent communications received through your representative, Mr. Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr., amount to orders issued by you with reference to the internal affairs of the company and its personnel without any previous consultation with me and, indeed, without any subsequent explanation. You will realise that the corporation La large, with wide flung interests and thousands of employees, many of whom are working upon matters important to the Nation's var effort. It would seen to me that before issuing orders in the nature of unexplained commands, well calculated to shake the morale of the company and to impair its useful- nees, it would be desirable for your representative to consult with ne as to the wisdom and propriety of any par- ticular nove. The timing and method of an action otherwise appropriate may be fully as important as the action itself. Your order of January 13, 1942 (of which I had no previous notice), directing the simultaneous and immediate suspension of five individuals and barring then from the company premises was, I as free to say, particularly ill- timed. I also note that this order, signed by Joseph J. O'Commell, Jr., "Treasury Representative", contains the following language: "All the company officers and employees are to be advised immediately that they Remerable Henry Morgenthau, Jr. 67 January 29, 1942 are not to comminicate with any of these individuals, directly or indirectly, without By prior written approval." I cannot help but believe that this portion of the order, at least, was inadvertent for I an frank to say that I cannot find for it any warrent in law or in fundemental justice. So far as I an personally concerned, that portion of the order I cannot be expected to honor. Nevertheless, you will note that in all other respects the order has been fully complied with, although the individuals concerned were afforded no opportunity to know what accusations, If any, were made against then and have had no opportunity to be heard. Compliance with your order was based upon the settled purpose of the management to cooperate as fully as may humanly be possible with any breach of the Govern- meat having any authority in the matter whatsoever. Frankness compels no to say that the method adopted in ordering the foregoing suspensions could have only an adverse effect upon the practical operation of the affairs of the company. Furthersore, I regret to say that certain sources, which I an not presently propared to Iden- tify, have sought to shake the confidence the company enjoys with the various Government agencies with which it does business. A little more restraint and a. little less dispo- sition to condemn upon the basis of ex parte statements would seen to be indicated. In my judgment this company cannot be successfully operated by resote control. There should be an intimate and frank cooperation between the company management and your Department. That frankness and cooperation I not only would welcome but most surnestly solicit. It lies well within your power to schieve this result. I stand ready, and so do the officers and directors of the company, to consult at any time with regard to any feature of the business of the company. If this course does not appeal to you, I shall have to assume that your Department desires to nanage the enterprise in every detail without reference to the wishes, the advice or the exper- ience of the officers and directors. I cannot believe that you would wish to accure such a heavy burden or so groat G responsibility. Moreover, it would place be in an emberras- sing position and render the task I have assumed increasingly difficult. In view of the fact that our objectives are, as Regraded Unclassified 68 Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr. January 29, 1942 5. I hope, identical, I would appreciate an authoritative word from you which would tend to clarify the present confused situation and prevent unnecessary friction. Respectfully yours, /8/ JOHN E. MACK JOHN E. MACK President. Regraded Unclassified 69 December 5, 1941 The following statement R6.9 issued by Judge John E. Mack, President of the General Aniline & Film Cor- poration, this morning: When I accepted the Presidency of General Aniline & Film Corporation, I made on announce- ment of the policies which would guide ae and which were fully approved by the Board of Directors. These policies in brief are to improve the status of the Company, bring its affairs into harmony with the purposes and policies of the Government, end to establish this important enterprise, so essential to national defense, 52 unni takebly an American organization. It 18, therefore, 1th greet satisfaction that I an able to announce today that Ambassador William C. Bullitt, who is thoroughly in accord with the policies as set forth, will today become a member of the Board of Directors of our Company. Regraded Unclassified N. 70 STATEMENT ISSUED BE JUDGE JOHN 5. MACK FOLLOWING his APPOINTMENT AS PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF GENERAL ANILINE & FILM CORPORATION, NOVEMBER 1, 1941 I have accepted a place on the board of directors as well as the presidency of the company after acquainting myself with recent developments in the management indicat- ing a determination upon the part of a majority of that board to bring the affairs of the company into harmony with the purposes and policies of the government and to establish this important industry, which is now so essen- tial to national defense, as unmistakably an American organisation. I have expressed to the directors By views and they are thoroughly in accord with the policy I intend to pur- sue. It seemed to no that there was here offered an opportunity not only to develop fully and completely an institution that was nurtured and grown on American economic soil, but to make certain that it was truly American in every sense of the word and completely free from foreign influence or domination. I conceived this to be a public service which I had no right to forego. 71 GENERAL ANILINE & FILM CORPORATION Old Setup New Setup Officers President - Schmits Mack Secretary - Vom Rath Gibbons Treasurer - Williamson Williamson Chairman of Board - Boach Bullitt Directors Iselin Mack Schwerts Bullitt Schmits Schmitz Breed Bread Huts Hutz Ford Budd Aichelin Stevens Bennett Bennett Williamson Williamson Weise Talbott Vom Bath Baragmaneth Vacancy Charlos L. McCann Copied - al 2/2/42 Regraded Unclassified 72 MAMORANEUM FOR THE PR SI' ENT: When the Treasury Department undertook the supervision of the General Aniline and ¹ilm Corporation it was our purpose, first, that an intensive investigation would be made to ascer- tain the facts concerning German domination of the company through personnel, patents, contracts or any other device; second, that nothing would be done to impede the current operations of the company; and, third, that decisions of manage- ment would not be interfered with except by way of vetoing any proposed action which we felt might be in the interest of our enemies. After over seven weeks of operating along these lines, we have come to the conclusion that the Department must take more positive steps if the company is to continue to operate, and to operate in a manner consistent with the national interest. Our original program assumed that the present manage- ment would cooperate fully with us and would assume the initi- ative in cleaning house. Such has not been the case and, in fact, those presently in control of the affairs of the company have consistently followed & "do-nothing" policy. the present situation is becoming intolerable and can only be corrected by the assumption by us of 8 degree of control over the affairs of the company commensurate with our responsibility. It W&S hoped that our revent action in ousting five top executives of the company, all I.G. Farben men, would be followed by action on the pert of the remaining management which would indicate their earnest desire thoroughly to "Americanize" the company. Unfortunately, our expectations have not been fulfilled. It has hecome increasingly clear that the management proposes substantially to maintain the status quo so far as possible. For instance, within the past few days Hugh Williamson, "merican-born vice- president of the company, and formerly B. member of the Regraded Unclassified - 2 - 73 law firm of Breed, Abbott and Morgan, general counsel for the company, presented us with a proposal for the creation of plant management committees composed almost entirely of I. G. Farben men. Another factor of paramount importance is that the facili- ties of the company are not being utilized to full advantage for the war effort. With practically all of the stock still owned or controlled by German nationals, and with the Government exercising only the present degree of negative control, agencies of this Government and of Great Britain are disinclined to deal with the company, as are its commercial customers. For example, under instructions from London the British Air Commission has broken off negotiations for the purchase of large quantities of film and other commodities produced by the company, and one of its largest customers, American Wollen Mills, has indicated an unwillingness, under existing circumstances, to purchase anything from the company which can be procured elsewhere. I do not see how we can hope for full utilization of the productive resources of the company unless we are in position to state with assurance that the company is being controlled by truly American management acting on behalf of American ownership and fully alert to its special obligation to eradicate German interests. I am convinced that no program for the Americanization of this company can be carried out effectively without vesting the German stock in the United States Government to be held pending a determination as to its ultimate disposition. If you approve, steps will be taken immediately to vest the stock in me 8.3 Secretary of the Treasury. I shall then proceed to secure the services of some first-class operating people who will cooperate with us. Gerard Swope, who is now with the Treasury, is advising me as to personnel. I shall ask William Bullitt to remain as chairman of the board to assist us in our efforts to rehabilitate and American- ize the company. I also think John E. Mack would be useful as general counsel, leaving the active operation of the company to a qualified business executive. Secretary of the Treasury. Approved: February , 1942. Regraded Unclassified 74 February 4, 1942 12:14 p.m. EMJr: Hello. Eugene Meyer: Hello. HMJr: Eugene? las Yeah. MMJr: This 1s Henry. M: Henry, this is what occurred to me in thinking about this thing. If, instead of bulling it out altogether HMJr: Yeah. M: and I'm not talking from the point of view of the Post but from your end, the Govern- ment end HMJr: Yeah. Kt there's a little danger, you see, that calling it off would be equivalent to announcing that we can't and won't and don't intend to and won't be able to send aid to MacArthur. HMJr: Yeah. M: Now, can't we turn it into something else. Columbia Broadcasting as, you know, wae in on this and set in with your people and BO forth; and I called Heinie, the man down at Columbia HMJr: Yeah, X: because I didn't know whether you had called him and I didn't want to go on the air HMJr: No, no, no, no. M: What? HMJr: I haven't spoken to anybody but you, and to Regraded Unclassified 75 - 2 - McCloy. M: Well, I thought I ought to tell him right away; otherwise he might be going on the air any minute. Well, they weren't going until four-thirty anyway, 80 I told him to hold that up. HMJr: Yeah. M: Now, what do you think of allowing us to go ahead with it - I mean, I'm just - one thought..... HMJr: Yeah. M: to name a bomber with the name of MacArthur's child. HMJr: No. M: What? HMJr: Look, Eugene. M: Well, think about - you know, I'm not trying to save the program. I'm trying to save the thing from being given the military interpretation that you might - that the General Staff might rather not have given it. HMJr: Well, has McCloy called you? M: No. HMJr: He said he would. M: Well, who 1s it - McCloy? HMJr: Jack McCloy. M: Mc HMJr: McCloy. M: McCloy. HMJr: You know McCloy. 76 - 3 - M: Sure, I know him. Well, should I call him? HMJr: Yes, M: Okay. HNJr: Yeah, he knows about it; and, of course, they say over there - correctly - that we brought it to them, and reluctantly they did 1t. X: You mean with General Arnold. HMJr: Yeah. N: Yes. Well, I HMJr: And now - but they say that he went in to see Mr. Stimson and Mr. Stimson and himself want to see it stopped. X: All right. Now - you know, that's a very rigid decision, which might be modified if we can find the answer by diverting it instead of stopping it. HMJr: Well, the only other thing that we possibly could do 18 to do as much for you ae I ve done for Willie Hearst. M: Yes. What's that? HMJr: Well, for Hearst - I sent Hearst the statement whereby they're raising money for bombers. Mt For bombers. HMJr: For bombers, just generally. Mt Yes. Well, of course, that would be fine If we had just started it the other way. HMJr: I know. I'll do as much M: Now what do you think of this idea of e bomber to be named for his child? Or something like that. Regraded Unclassified 77 - 4 - HMJr: Well, the trouble is you can't get a bomber to the Philippines. M: I know, but we're not sending it to the Philippines. We get..... HMJr: But that's what the story says. M: I know, but we're going to - we drop that. HMJr: It says flat-footedly, you know. M: I know it, but we drop that. It's out. But instead of canceling it and contradicting it, we divert - we slide over. I'm just trying to look..... HMJr: You know you're trying to do to me what my boys have been trying to do to me all morning. M: What's that? HMJr: The same thing. Just what you're doing. M: No, I don't want to do anything to you, Henry. I'm trying to do something that's helpful. If it isn't helpful, I don't want to do it. HMJr: No, I mean my Defense Bond fellows are trying to get me to, you know. M: Well, I don't want it unless it's a good solution. HMJr: Yeah. M: You know, I don't - I'll talk to McCloy. And then if I may, I'll ring you back in case there's anything worthwhile to talk about. HMJr: Well, I've gotten everybody - at least my people have gotten everybody into this trouble, 80 I need your help to M: Okay. HMJr: get me out of it. 78 - 5 - M: Well, then, it's in this - it's in that spirit that I rang you back. HMJr: Well, you didn't do it - - but as I say, the Treasury is responsible for this mess. M: Well, I appreciate your frankness and honesty and readiness to go through in any way, and let's find the best way instead of just the first way. HMJr: Okay. M: Okay. 79 February 4, 1942 2:34 p.m. Operator: Go ahead. RWr: Hello. Eugene Weyer: Hello. Phir: Eugene. 2 Yeah. Have you got B. minute and a holf. I c/n rend you my letter. H= Yeah. I just - I got McCloy after I spoke to you, and I called a little meeting and he's sending a major over and we're just about to begin; but you read the letter, because then we can see what the meeting will develop. MJr: Well, this is my letter. "Dear Mr. Meyer: "Thie morning's Washington Post has given oromi- nent display to a new campaign to "Buy a Bomber for MacArthur" through the purchase of Defense Bonds and Stamps. This campaign was promoted by the Treasury Department, and the Post was in no way responsible for it." So far so good? Hello. XI Yes. I'd like to explore the possibility of just moving this thing out from that and naming this - make it a - let it go on BE 8 campaign like Hearst 18. UNJr: Well, that's what we're - what I've got in my letter. MF Oh, good. I Bee. I told you I'd treat you as Well as Willie Hearst. (Laughs) All right. Go ahead. Regraded Unclassified 80 - 2 - HMJr: "On careful reconsideration, however, I feel that the continuance of this campaign in its present form would tend to give the American people a false and misleading impression. It might suggest that the mere purchase of Defense Bonds and Stamps would, by itself, send one or more bombers to General MacArthur. This impression would not be true, and I should not like to be responsible in any way for spreading a false impression among the American people. "I should appreciate it, therefore, if the Post could change the character of this campaign so as to delete any reference to General MacArthur. After all M: Can't we call it Arthur MacArthur, after his boy? HMJr: Oh, I'd leave MacArthur out. M: All right. HMJr: Now if you don't mind M: Okay. Okay. HMJr: "After all, our object 18 to encourage the American people to pay for the war effort generally, and for the planes, tanks, ships and gune which are needed to defeat our enemies. I feel sure that you can work out some way of doing this without the emphaeis which you used this morning and which I feel was unfortunate." Then I just finish up, "Yours sincerely." M: Uh huh. HMJr: In other words, All I'm asking 1s that you eliminate MacArthur or sending "a" bomber to the Philippines or that you can send one there, you see? M: Yeah. HMJr: And that leaves you on exactly the same basis as the rest of the papers. Regraded Unclassified 81 - 3 - M: Well, 1en't Kuhn able to come over right away? HMJr: He can come at once. 8: Tell him to come right away and bring it, will you? HMJr: Well, he..... y: The proposed letter. HMJr: Well, it'll take him - I've changed it - it'll take him five minutes to - he'll be there in ten minutes. M: Okay. Okay. HMJr: Where's the meeting? M: In my office. Third floor. Washington Post. HMJr: Well, I'll sign this, in order to save time; but if you don't like it after you've seen it, I'll change it. M: Okay. Swell. HMJr: Thank you. Regraded Unclassified 82 February 4, 1942 3:00 p.m. DEFERMENTS Present: Mr. McReynolds Mr. hershey Mr. Stevenson Mr. Thompson Mr. Patterson H.M.JR: I want to ask some questions. MR. McREYNOLDS: You see the significance in that "3" of the two years' experience is on the theory that it takes two years to make a good soldier, and we shouldn't keep anybody out who doesn't require more time than that. H.M.JR: I still don't get it. MR. McREYNOLDS: Well, we are trying to go at the question of how long it takes to make the kind of a man you have got. Now, if it takes less time to train a man for his official duties than it takes to make a well-trained soldier, then he ought not to be kept on other duties than a soldier's duties. It was merely an effort to get at something that was tangible, that you could measure by. H.M.JR: Do you mean, for instance, if I got a man and it takes me one year to break in another man to take his place? MR. McREYNOLDS: You could never get more than 8. Regraded Unclassified 83 - 2 - six months' extension for him. H.M.JR: Supposing it takes me - I still don't get it. I may be very dull today. MR. McREYNOLDS: It may not be very tangible. H.M.JR: Is it the basis on how long it takes me to train a man? Let's take a man who is an engraver of plates. Let's say it takes three years to teach a man to be an engraver. MR. McREYNOLDS: He would be automatically excluded, provided he is in the class that you could consider a request for a deferment on anyhow and that is he must be doing something that is directly related to the war work. H.M.JR: I will let somebody else ask. I don't get it. MR. HERSHEY: I don't know whether this will clarify it or not. I think the first test is the thing he is doing, no matter how long it took to make him that. Next, does it have to be done. If it doesn't, there is no question. If it must be done, then is there a scarcity of the type of people he is. If there is-- H.M.JR: A scarcity in the Treasury? MR. HERSHEY: Or any place, in the world. In other words, is this the type of man that you can't replace except by training. First, necessary, replacable, then if that be true, then you get into the question of how long is it going to take. If it has got to be done and there is no one else to do it, and you can't train a man short of two years, obviously you are driven to the place where you have got to keep him. H.M.JR: Give me an example. MR. HERSHEY: Well, this engraver. Regraded Unclassified 84 - 3 - H.M.JR: Let's run through it. I still don't get this thing. This is couched in such unusual language. MR. McREYNOLDS: Well, the first test, if you had an engraver and he was subject to draft obviously you have got to have engravers. You can't run the Treasury without getting your stuff out. So your conclusion - your first test is whether what he is doing is something that must be - you must continue to do. MR. PATTERSON: That comes within 2(a), is that right? MR. McREYNOLDS: That is right. MR. PATTERSON: And also-- MR. McREYNOLDS: Then you would ask for 8. six months' extension. At the end of six months, take your engraver. It takes more than two years to train & steel plate engraver. H.M.JR: Let's just say five years it takes. MR. McREYNOLDS: I know it does. You can't make them any sooner. We have tried that long enough. Then you get an extension for six months. You go over the field and try to find engravers, and you don't find any. MR. PATTERSON: You mean (a) and (b) are both satisfied in the engravers case. MR. McREYNOLDS: There are no engravers to find. MR. PATTERSON: The type of position in which it is difficult to obtain replacement and in which he can not be replaced except by training of another engraver for more than six months. MR. McREYNOLDS: If it takes more than two years to train them, then you go back with that and request a definite exemption for him because you have to keep him 85 - 4 - on the job, but it must - he must come within that limitation, according to this, that before you ask for 8 further extension than six months, that there is no way to replace him. He is doing 8. ioh that has to be done and there is nobody to get to do it without train- ing - and it takes more than two years to train them. MR. PATTERSON: Let's take the case of B. lawyer. How about that? MR. McREYNOLDS: The woods are full of them. MR. PATTERSON: I know, but fit it down under the program. H.M.JR: Yes, that would help me. Let's do a lawyer. MR. PATTERSON: I agree with you about the condi- tion of the woods. MR. HERSHEY: The lawyer won't qualify under 2(b). He would be eliminated there. Now, if he wouldn't-- MR. STEVENSON: You mean because he is not listed? MR. PATTERSON: Except they will claim quite frequently he has been thoroughly experienced in his position and a greenhorn won't serve. MR. McREYNOLDS: How long will it take to-- MR. HERSHEY: How long does it take - we have got the lawyer, but this lawyer is a particular kind. MR. PATTERSON: In most cases a couple of months. MR. McREYNOLDS: And automatically he is eliminated. I would give the same answer, yes. MR. HERSHEY: The two years here is being set up, I think, as 8. measure of what his expertness is. That is, 86 - 5 - the man that takes more than two years, obviously you can't train & man in less than two years to take his place and with the budgetary limitations you are going to have on training people for perhaps all of these others, you are, for the moment, saying, if it is & man who has got to be trained more than two years, we are going to try to leave him. MR. PATTERSON: Let's follow it on this thing. Assume a case where the head of the Department feels that it takes two months to train & successor. Some of them won't feel that, but some of them will. H.M.JR: Two months or two years? MR. PATTERSON: Two months. He is directed by paragraph three to take immediate steps to train a successor. Isn't that right? MR. McREYNOLDS: That is right. MR. HERSHEY: And he should ask for the two months' deferment for the man instead of six months. MR. PATTERSON: That is right. MR. McREYNOLDS: And in the last paragraph-- MR. PATTERSON: That doesn't touch this case. I made it a two months' lawyer, because there would be no request for an extension. MR. McREYNOLDS: No. In the last paragraph, 5, it undertakes to put the Departments on notice that where they have 1-A employees, they should start now - not wait until they are called but start now to train replacements. MR. PATTERSON: The only question that will come up will be this, I should think, that we will have & lawyer that they think is a very good lawyer, far better than the average run-of-the-mill, as many of them are. 87 - 6 - claim-- MR. HERSHEY: I know of 8. case right now where they MR. PATTERSON: They will claim that man is in- dispensable-- MR. HERSHEY: I know a chief counsel now that they are claiming exemption for because he has had twenty months of particularized contacts. Twenty months of particularized contacts is invaluable or only replaceable in long periods. Those are things I don't know. MR. PATTERSON: Along with his estimate of the skill of the man. MR. HERSHEY: It started with the skill. He is up here this four years or six years or whatever it took to bring him up here to the lawyer and this twenty months has been capacity and particularization. MR. McREYNOLDS: Then of course twenty months is all he can claim on that because he can't claim basic training as a lawyer and there are a million of them. MR. PATTERSON: Oh, yes. Some are better than others. H.M.JR: Had you seen this before? MR. THOMPSON: I saw it this morning. MR. PATTERSON: I think it is pretty good. MR. McREYNOLDS: I was trying to get something tangible. It isn't as tangible as I would like to have it, but I worked on it and the General worked on it and his people and mine. H.M.JR: Mac, there is one thing that you said which misled me. What is the relationship between how long it takes to train a man here - you said something about two years in the Army. I didn't get that relationship. 88 - 7 - MR. McREYNOLDS: The reason for the two-year period was that we didn't want to recommend the exemption of 8. man for military service because of a job he is on who could be trained for the job he is on in less time than you can train a competent soldier, and the estimate of a soldier was two years. That is all there is to it. MR. PATTERSON: I know thousands of men who fought throughout 1918 with less than a year's service. MR. McREYNOLDS: Oh, yes, some of them were less than six months. MR. PATTERSON: Ninety days. MR. McREYNOLDS: But I am banking on Marshall's talk about how valuable a man is in the Army at the various stages of training, and he is the one I got that from, not in connection with this at all but in connection with other arguments. H.M.JR: Well, now, let me see if I understand this, because this, as I say is - I always admit when I don't understand. I keep admitting it until I do, as you know. A man comes up to me in the Treasury, or rather he may or may not ask for exemption, but it is brought to my attention we are going to lose such and such a person. I have got to first decide is his work indispensable. MR. McREYNOLDS: That is right. MR. HERSHEY: I would be a little careful of the word "indispensable," because no one is indispensable. They will always die. MR. THOMPSON: The work is indispensable. MR. McREYNOLDS: Well, it is a job that you have got to have done, that is all it is. It isn't 8 personal consideration. It isn't a question of whether it is him doing it. The job has to be done. The job is indispensable. H.M.JR: Well, all my cases right now are all lawyers, Regraded Unclassified 89 - 8 - it 80 happens. All my cases are lawyers. Well, some of these men have been here five and six years. I don't think under this - I think under this ruling, as I understand it, I would immediately begin to train a man to take the place of Assistant General Counsel. MR. McREYNOLDS: Yes. H.M.JR: And I ought to be able to train one in six months. If, by the end of six months, I can't train one, I could ask for another six months' extension, but at the end of the year, certainly I ought to be able to train a man to be Assistant General Counsel, is that the idea? MR. McREYNOLDS: Yes, that is the idea. H.M.JR: And I have up to two years to do that. MR. PATTERSON: Of course the test on that-- H.M.JR: Is that right. MR. STEVENSON: No, you have only got a six months' deferment. MR. McREYNOLDS: You are supposed to ask for what- ever time is necessary. We are saying that you mustn't ask for an exemption beyond - unless it takes more than two years. H.M.JR: But supposing, Mac, at the end of six months I find I have been unable to train & man to take the place of this General Counsel. I could ask for another six months. MR. McREYNOLDS: Ask for another six months? H.M.JR: Is that right? MR. McREYNOLDS: That is right. MR. PATTERSON: If you thought you could train him 90 - 9 - in three months, you would only ask for three the first time and not six. MR. HERSHEY: That is right. MR. PATTERSON: Of course the test of indispensability is, suppose the man would die. Would the work stop or could you go on? MR. McREYNOLDS: Then you are talking about the individual. You begin with the consideration of the job he is on. If the job has to be done, is there another man you can get to do it and if it takes less than six months to train a man, you don't ask for it. MR. THOMPSON: I think in the Treasury we wouldn't have anyone who would get a permanent deferment. They would get six months and perhaps beyond. H.M.JR: With the exception of these engravers. MR. THOMPSON: Yes. MR. PATTERSON: If it is less than six months, according to the wording of this under 2(b), you don't even ask for a deferment. MR. McREYNOLDS: That is true, less than six months you don't even ask for a deferment. MR. STEVENSON: Under 2(b) do practically all these classifications of employees find a description in the Civil Service system? I mean, it is related to some established listings in the Civil Service system. I just wonder if all of these fellows, if you can find some standard for these people. MR. HERSHEY: Well, as I understood it, the Civil Service-- MR. THOMPSON: We could ask for a six months' defer- ment in a case where you felt the man could not be 91 - 10 - replaced in less than six months and, at the end of that time, you could get another deferment if necessary. H.M.JR: A further deferment? MR. THOMPSON: Yes. I think that is as close as you can come to a uniform policy. The only other way that I can suggest would be for the heads of Departments who didn't want to be burdened with this to designate a committee to handle them. H.M.JR: No. Well, let me ask you - I mentioned the ridiculous case that was brought up in Cabinet, that Claude Wickard was complaining that he was going to lose his librarian. Now, supposing - let's say that Claude Wickard says, just for example, that his librarian is indispensable and he asks for six months' deferment. Could he ask for-- MR. McREYNOLDS: He could ask for six months. That is all he can ask for. H.M.JR: Well, can he ask for complete-- MR. McREYNOLDS: No, he has got to go through the six months' period. They have got to make a showing of effort. H.M.JR: Let's say he asks for six months. At the end of six months he asks for it permanently. MR. McREYNOLDS: Suppose he asks for it permanently? MR. HERSHEY: There isn't any such thing as permanent, but if he asks for another six months, then I think if he is coming up as librarian, supposing your local board says, "You should have replaced this man, If and then he said, "Well, I couldn't," and they said, "Well, we are going to put him into 1A." Then of course he would appeal it to the Appeal Board, and he would have to make a showing there, and if the Appeal Board rejected him, he probably would come to me and say, "Here, I want you to appeal this case to the President," I mean if he felt that-- Regraded Unclassified 92 11 - H.M.JR: That is the route it takes? MR. HERSHEY: That is the way it goes, and we don't wany any more coming up than = can avoid, because we would but-- like to protect anybody that ought to be protected, MR. McREYNOLDS: What Wickard would have to show with his librarian when it came up on appeal was that the field didn't contain - and they would get that from the Commission - anybody available with the basic train- ing of librarian that was adequate to teach the library business of Agriculture, because if you got a bright man or woman and who has the library training that can now be gotten through the schools, he is pretty dumb if he can't train him to be Agriculture librarian in two six months' periods. H.M.JR: Well, I am not very trusting of all of my fellow Cabinet officers, and I just want to ask a question. Supposing I ask for something. Oughtn't a copy of any deferment that I ask for, as long as we have set up this committee, go to you two gentlemen for review? MR. HERSHEY: Well, out in the field you will have agencies rather widely spread, especially the War and Navy Departments who have got civilian employees pretty much over the globe. H.M.JR: Would it be too burdensome, for instance, if every time I signed this it would go, say, to McReynolds just to see that the boys lived up to the rules? MR. HERSHEY: Which boys, you mean the Cabinet members? H.M.JR: Cabinet and heads of independent agencies. MR. HERSHEY: You are going to have a pretty big file of papers, in the thousands. H.M.JR: You believe in the honor system? 93 - 12 - MR. HERSHEY: No, I don't. H.M.JR: I don't either. MR. HERSHEY: The local board - unfortunately these local boards-- H.M.JR: I believe they are up to twenty-one. MR. HERSHEY: The local boards won't always defer them just because a Cabinet member recommends it. H.M.JR: I see. MR. McREYNOLDS: You mean "unfortunately" or "fortunately"? MR. HERSHEY: I am saying unfortunately here, because I am in the presence of a Cabinet officer, but the local boards, especially in this city, they have no-- H.M.JR: Well, I just wondered, I mean-- MR. PATTERSON: Of course the practice in Departments will vary a great deal according to the rigidity with which a fellow reads that. MR. McREYNOLDS: He realizes that. I tried to put guts into it as best I could. We wrote it over and over again. We cut out a lot of things that could be left out. We didn't leave any more generality than we seemed to be forced into to cover the field. H.M.JR: Mac, would you trust the heads of each agency without wanting to see what they do, just let it go? MR. McREYNOLDS: They won't be uniform, I know that. I am certain of it. But - well, frankly, I would have proposed some central review except for the fact that I know by the President's direc ion there is work being done on this Manpower Committee which would normally be the place for that thing to be done, and I didn't want to set something that would duplicate it. Regraded Unclassified 94 - 13 - H.M.JR: That is right. MR. PATTERSON: There is a little confusion, some- thing that misled me for я moment here. Parazranh 2 in sub-paragraph (b), as I understand it, makes it con- ditional upon any request for deferment that 8. working experience of at least six months is required. MR. McREYNOLDS: That is right. MR. PATTERSON: Paragraph 3, however, says the request for deferment shall be for a period not to exceed six months. MR. McREYNOLDS: That is right. MR. PATTERSON: That would suggest to me that 8. fellow might apply for a three months' deferment on the ground that the fellow could be replaced in three months, but when you go up to two, you find that that is not possible. MR. McREYNOLDS: Yes, that is true. Well, we have that without any limitation on the first request. Then in the discussion yesterday morning, of which we had about four hours, Mr. Hershey's assistant sàid the War Department, if you leave a limited period of requisite training, will want a deferment for all of their stenog- raphers and file clerks and librarians and what not, because, after all, they are in the war effort and they will want an initial deferment for training a replace- ment. We depended on 5 to make them do their preliminary training and unless it takes, in their opinion, a period of six months at least to train a replacement, they are not eligible. Then they are not permitted to request a deferment at all. It is pretty hard-boiled, but, after all, you see what we went - from step to step, trying to get down to the point where you wouldn't be deluged with things that are relatively unimportant. MR. PATTERSON: Take what Henry said a minute ago about the lack of uniform treatment in Departments. Some Regraded Unclassified 95 - 14 - of those cases will have & long, long list. They will go to local boards, when the man's number comes up. We will assume some of them are inducted just the same. That will be appealed by the man-- MR. HERSHEY: Either the employer or the man. MR. PATTERSON: Will be appealed. That goes to what, the Board of Review? MR. HERSHEY: Appeal Board, yes. MR. McREYNOLDS: Where is that Appeal Board? MR. HERSHEY: We have got one in the District. MR. PATTERSON: We will assume they turn the fellow down, too, and deny the plea for deferment. What then happens? It goes to the President? MR. HERSHEY: It doesn't go any place. There are two people who can take an appeal on that, that is the state or national board. The man himself-- MR. PATTERSON: Would you appeal a case like that? MR. HERSHEY: Well, I have appealed. MR. McREYNOLDS: Wickard will get on his neck with his librarian. MR. HERSHEY: We appeal cases and turn them down, too. H.M.JR: This special lawyer that you mentioned, it is his chief who is making the fight for him? MR. HERSHEY: Yes. His chief still can't appeal it to the President. Under the present regulations the only place he can appeal-- MR. McReynolds: He got his assistant delayed, Thurman Arnold did. That is, his assistant. 96 - 15 - H.M.JR: That isn't the one we mentioned. MR. McREYNOLDS: Well, there is such a case, and I understand they wangled that through for 8 delay, al- though - that is, Francis Biddle did. That is the kind of 8. case-- MR. PATTERSON: There was a reserve officer went through over my protest. That was a reserve officer, however. MR. STEVENSON: Your second application for defer- ment is not limited in time. MR. HERSHEY: Six months is the longest of any deferment. MR. McREYNOLDS: They won't accept a request for any more than six months. MR. STEVENSON: It doesn't indicate that under 4, that the second request for deferment-- MR. HERSHEY: The regulations provide that you can't get more than six months. The reason why is, otherwise they forget them. MR. STEVENSON: Tell me about the - we have got say two hundred fifty or three hundred thousand civilian employees in the Navy working 8.6 machinists in the ship- yards. MR. McREYNOLDS: A machinist will be deferred on occupational basis. MR. HERSHEY: They do unless the Navy is able to, by beating the drum, get them to enlist in the Navy. Sometimes they come to us because they enlist them away from themselves. H.M.JR: You should have brought an admiral with you, Stevenson. 97 - 16 - MR. HERSHEY: And of course the Army recruits them away from the Navy and the Navy recruits them away from the Army, and we have got very nice - that is beside this problem, ini- MR. STEVENSON: You see, the problem that I am con- cerned with is the fact that it can be said with respect to any of these people that they qualify under 2A. They are working in an essential defense industry, B, that a successor can be trained, but the successors aren't available. In other words, there is & shortage of supply. You can't say under (b) - you couldn't qualify under (b) that you couldn't train a successor-- MR. HERSHEY: Let's say a toolmaker it takes four years to train. Obviously I don't think by this you are forced, except under 5, to see what you can do about it. MR. STEVENSON: Let's take & fellow you could train in three months, but you can't get the trainees, the available supply to replace them. MR. McREYNOLDS: Well, on that-- MR. STEVENSON: You would have no basis under this set-up to request his initial deferment for six months because he qualifies under (a) for deferment, but not under (b) because he could be replaced. He is under the classification of Civil Service - well, perhaps what it really amounts to is that we have got to go to the Civil Service and persuade them to state in their state- ment in respect to this that replacements are not avail- able for certain classes of skilled workers. MR. HERSHEY: There is an "or" in (b), that it is difficult to obtain replacements, regardless if they didn't have to train them at all. MR. McREYNOLDS: You see, you are taken care of there in the first half. MR. STEVENSON: That is, that the statement of the 98 - 17 - Selective Service Commission-- MR. McREYNOLDS: If it is the kind of 8. job where you - there aren't people that you can got or you can't get trainees-- MR. STEVENSON: My question really is this, Mr. McReynolds, is there available for scrutiny now the statement that the Selective Service is going to issue under 2(b)? MR. HERSHEY: The Civil Service undertook to provide us with that. They sat in on this and said they would undertake that task. MR. STEVENSON: I just wonder how much they know about the labor supply problem. MR. McREYNOLDS: They know a hell of a lot. The Labor Supply Committee down in OPM is under the chairman- ship of one of the commissioners. MR. STEVENSON: Oh, yes, Flemming. MR. McREYNOLDS: Flemming knows it more in detail. He knows more about that situation than any other man in Washington. MR. HERSHEY: Of course, I don't think you should go back feeling that everything is very - because even the Labor Supply Committee, they have their trouble, but Moran, on that, is a very good man. I have knownhim for a good many years, but there is quite a little grabbing going on now around the neighborhood. MR. PATTERSON: This doesn't touch the reserve officer situation. MR. HERSHEY: No. MR. PATTERSON: I don't think it should. H.M.JR: I don't think it should either. 99 - 18 - MR. McREYNOLDS: We didn't try to do that. MR. PATTERSON: That is a problem for the War Department. H.M.JR: Entirely. MR. McREYNOLDS: We didn't try to do that. H.M.JR: I have got a different grip on that. I remember Frank Knox brought that up. He was affected by the reserve officer pool, but this was the thing I raised, and I think - and the reserve officer is something that really rests with you. MR. PATTERSON: We contemplate-- H.M.JR: It rests with you. MR. PATTERSON: We contemplate on any deferment, either industrial or governmental, making the man resign and be either a civilian or a soldier. MR. STEVENSON: If he is engaged in public work. MR. PATTERSON: And not use the reserve commission as a shield from Selective Service, which it is being used for to some extent today. MR. McREYNOLDS: Yes. The minute the reserve officer gets out of that, he is immediately exposed to Selective Service. MR. PATTERSON: But some of them try to hold on to their commissions 80 that they can continue doing what they do, and then they are exempt from Selective Service and exempt from anything. MR. HERSHEY: Are you familiar with the P-1 electronics people that the War Department is recruiting now? They are students in school, and they are going to be given 8. P-1 rating in Civil Service, which is two thousand in 100 - 19 - the professional class. They are going to be right into our hair the very first thing. MR. PATTERSON: Are they reserve officers? - MR. HERSHEY: No, they are civilians. The Signal Corps- they are trying to match our friend over here - he has enlisted those people and told them they wouldn't be mobilized and now the War Department is trying to recruit them under P-1 which is & Civil Service rating, and Soloctive Service 1a between 18 just Losing - Sta hair because the local boards see these telions in their communities- MR. PATTERSON: The trouble with that, of course, is that the Navy has enlisted a fellow and given him & furlough for six months or something. MR. HERSHEY: Six months? Three years. MR. PATTERSON: What the devil is the matter? And they are exempt from Selective Service, aren't they? They are the same as in the Navy, but continue in college. MR. HERSHEY: That is right. In the World War they were known 0.0 yachtsmen. Along the Severn in 1918 they enlisted and did not mobilize, but wore called - even now some mother says, "Way didn't you take John Smith instead of my boy? He is in the Navy. Then the local board would say, "Well, he is a yachtman," It is one of our trials. MR. STEVENSON: Well, I am utterly defenseless. I will have to call three officers. MR. PATTERSON: They have been advertising that in magazines, "Get in here and you aren't going to be dis- turbed. This is 4 grand life. MR. STEVENSON: I think I beat you to the draw on that one. MR. HERSHEY: You are using up the men who ought Regraded Unclass 101 - 20 - to go. It will run out. MR. PATTERSON: What will? MR. HERSHEY: You see they have only taken on 8. hundred thousand in two months. You can't maintain 8. Navy of six or seven or eight hundred thousand on fifty thousand replacements a month, especially when this is the best recruiting time we will ever have, because it always falls off the longer you get away from war. The next disaster, if we should have one, will not be the production of recruits. MR. PATTERSON: How will these fellows fit into that? MR. HERSHEY: Well, they don't fit in at all. This is the recruiting program of the Navy which they an- nounced yesterday, fifty thousand a month for two months with the - that includes 8. lot of these fellows that haven't been called or won't be for several years. MR. PATTERSON: What is the advantage in the "V-7". MR. HERSHEY: No one else can get them. MR. PATTERSON: What is the advantage to the Navy? MR. HERSHEY: Then they have them when they want them. You see, they are setting up their owndeferment pool. MR. PATTERSON: I thought they assure these men they won't be called to duty in-- MR. HERSHEY: In fine print they say, "unless it is necessary." MR. PATTERSON: That isn't in the advertisement, is it? MR. STEVENSON: You are going to take care of that 102 - 21 - for me? MR. McREYNOLDS: It ain't fair. Frank Knox ought to be here. H.M.JR: I don't know anything about this. MR. PATTERSON: It is pretty deep. H.M.JR: Are you learning something, too? MR. PATTERSON: No, I saw these ads which are very attractive ads, very alluring. MR. STEVENSON: The fact of the matter is, Mr. Secretary, the Navy is picking up all the most desirable young men in the country and permitting them to finish their education, and the Army is antagonistic, and I don't blame them, but if they were smarter and quicker, they would have been there first. MR. PATTERSON: Well, the trouble here is that they are in nothing for the time being. They continue their-- MR. STEVENSON: Well, they are getting educated. MR. PATTERSON: There is no war as far as they are concerned. MR. HERSHEY: May I suggest that two years from now when this young fellow who is now a sophomore comes out as a young ensign and tries to board one of these patrol boats and the old chief petty officer, who is chief engineer with three years of college education and two years at sea, looks at this young ensign and says, "Where have you been for two years?" and the youngster says, "I was in college, sir," and you can imagine how the petty officer with three years in college and two years at sea will feel. MR. STEVENSON: It is my guess that the fine print will catch up with us. 103 - 22 - MR. THOMPSON: In connection with the reserve officers, we have one case in the Treasury now where a reserve officer would like to resign his commission because he feels that he should stay. It is Towson up in Foreign Funds. He doesn't want to put in his resignation if it will not be accepted. I was wonder- ing if there was any rule that the resignation wouldn't be accepted. MR. PATTERSON: I don't know. MR. McREYNOLDS: I told Norman in my opinion any resignation of a reserve officer should carry the same limitations and necessarily be accompanied by a letter of recommendation by the head of the Department. H.M.JR: No. MR. McREYNOLDS: Because he immediately-- H.M.JR: No. MR. McReynolds; The minute he resigns as a reserve officer and it is accepted, he is eligible in this group and would have to go through the same procedure. H.M.JR: Well, Mac, that is what I refused to do. They tried to get me to say, "We will resign our reserve commissionsif you will promise to protect us against the draft," and I refused to do that. MR. McREYNOLDS: Of course, but what I was saying was that in fairness to the War Department, when a reserve officer resigns because of his occupation and he works in a Department, the War Department ought to require the head of his Department to make the same kind of a recommendation for him in that case that he would make if it came up under this procedure, and, if it doesn't line up in that, you would just as well re- fuse to do it and make him report under his commission as to go through all this procedure later on. H.M.JR: I see. 104 - 23 - MR. PATTERSON: I don't think they have settled on any policy. My own view would be that it would depend upon the value of the officer to the Army. If he were & man who was in the forties. I would question whether we would care about his continuing on, and we probably would take a resignation. On the other hand, if he were in the twenties, I doubt very much whether we would. Don't you think so? MR. HERSHEY: Yes. MR. THOMPSON: In this case, this man was thirty- six years old. He was a second lieutenant. MR. PATTERSON: We have got men who have rather minor commissions in the reserve corps and have had them for many years. They have not been at camp. They really haven't keptup. They are on the inactive list. A man who is getting along in years obviously wouldn't be of any great value to the Army in the branch for which he is commissioned, like Infantry. Don't you agree? MR. HERSHEY: Yes, I agree, because when he is up in his forties and he is a first or second lieutenant-- H.M.JR: Let me ask you one thing, and this is just maybe peculiar to us, but again getting back to the lawyers - that has got nothing to do with this - a. man says to me, he has got an important position here as a lawyer and in the course of the discussion he lets it drop, "Well, I can go over to the Army and Navy and get a commission over there." I mean, it is not exactly & threat to me, but he can get a captaincy in the Army or lieutenant commander or lieutenant over in the Navy. Now, is it the policy - I mean, for instance, you get a man who may be an expert at contracts. Now, if he comes over and simply says, "My number is - I don't know whether he would be so frank - "My number is coming up, and here is my experience in the Treasury and experience on taxes and contracts and so forth and 80 on-- MR. PATTERSON: The Secretary of War has forbidden Regraded Unclassified 105 - 24 - the issuance of reserve commissions to men within the draft age except under the most stringent conditions. Formerly he required every case to receive his personal attention. H.M.JR: Is that - but are you still-- MR. PATTERSON: And he turned them all down. H.M.JR: But isn't - aren't they giving commissions every day? MR. PATTERSON: Not to men within the draft age. MR. STEVENSON: For legal services, you mean? MR. PATTERSON: For any kind. The only people we have commissioned to any extent at all have been men in the forties or in the late thirties. The Secretary has been extremely rigid on commissioning young men. We have had repeated cases, and it was his rule that when the draft age was from twenty-one to thirty-five, every case of a man had to receive his personal O.K. H.M.JR: He told me about that. MR. PATTERSON: And he would not O.K. it except in the most - well, I could name them on the fingers of my hands, I think - and that was over a year. Now, the rule is that all cases will go to the adjutant general and in close cases will then go before & board headed by General Craig. They will not be commissioned if they are under induction with the draft in any event. They will not be commissioned if they are within the draft age except upon 8. very strong showing of special skills such as chemists, electrical engineers, civil engineers, or something like that. The Secretary has taken the policy all along of extreme pains in the com- missioning of people except those who go through the schools, the regular Infantry school or the Artillery school or the Signal Corps school and those men are all - 25 - 106 taken from Selective Service, from the ranks, after four months service in the ranks. There is no royal road to a commission in our shop. The only ones we have really commissioned now are men well along in years. MR. STEVENSON: We have a limit now of thirty-five on commissions for anybody for legal service. No one under thirty-five, in other words, shall be commissioned for legal services. On your point about - within the Government, there undoubtedly are exceptions to it, but I don't believe there have been many commissions issued to other men in the Government service who have come over. MR. PATTERSON: Someone told me that Congress was going to start an investigation of the War Department and the Navy Department of the issuance of commissions. MR. STEVENSON: The thing was pretty loose in our place last summer. MR. PATTERSON: Well, I don't think they can find much on us. H.M.JR: There are an awful lot of ensigns in this town who so-called - in the Intelligence Service. MR. STEVENSON: Yes. Intelligence took a lot of them. H.M.JR: There are 8. lot of young fellows that have been given the commission of ensign in this town in the so-called Intelligence Service. You know about it? MR. STEVENSON: I know there are a lot of them there, and I think there were 8. lot of them in the legal section. H.M.JR: This is a sort of a - what do you call it, confession-for-the-soul meeting? MR. STEVENSON: Well, I think it is something that will react. The country may feel that there has been Regraded Unclassified 107 - 26 - some privileged class who has also enjoyed exemptions but also have enjoyed commissions. MR. PATTERSON: I will be surprised if under the Secretary of War's limitations there have been very many of those cases with us. (Discussion off the record) H.M.JR: Well, gentlemen, I would be very glad to sign this report, but I think, Mac, it should be drawn differently. MR. McREYNOLDS: I put it up in the form of a memorandum to the President, because I thought that might be the way you would want to do it. H.M.JR: Well, I think if it could be drawn from us, you see - I think that - if I might suggest, I think that the War and Navy should sign it, and I would be glad to sign it, and the General should sign it, and you, and it would be a memorandum to the President from us, and then if he saw fit, he could send it out. MR. PATTERSON: I would be glad to sign. H.M.JR: If it could be drawn-- MR. McREYNOLDS: I will fix it that way and have it over to you in the morning. H.M.JR: Would you put a space down in the corner to be approved by him? And then it would go out, wouldn't it? MR. McREYNOLDS: Yes, it could be done that way. The only reason I put it this way was because I tried to put it in shape so that if you wanted to take it into Cabinet on Friday and he approved it, he could sign it, and it is ready to go then. H.M.JR: Well, if you would have it drawn and have 108 - 27 - & messenger 6° around and just let him wait while they sign and send it to me last. I think the three Depart- ments should sign it, and I think the General should sign it, and you, and then I will MR. McREYNOLDS: I will put it in the form of a recommendation from your committee to the President. H.M.JR: But will the General and you also sign it? MR. McREYNOLDS: Yes, we will sign it. H.M.JR: And I will give it to the President Friday at Cabinet. MR. STEVENSON: And that will come to the Departments Friday for signature? MR. McREYNOLDS: Yes. H.M.JR: I think that is a good job. 109 90 HEADS of DEPARTMENTO AND In order to promote uniform treatment of Federal officers and employees who are eligible for atlitary service, it is directed that requests for deferment of officers and employees from military train- ing and service on occupational greenis shall be subject to the following conditions: 1. Request for the deferent from service under the Selective Training asi Service Lot, approved September 16. 1940, as anended, of MY efficer or employee of the United States government shall be made only W the head of the appropriate department, independent establishment or other agency. or by a person designated by such head to take such action. Such request must be made on the form or forms prescribed by the Selective Service system. 3. No such request for deferment shall be made except when the head of the appropriate agency, or a person desig- nated by him, shall certify that (a) The officer or employee is is a position, the duties of which are clearly related to the var effort or to essential supporting activities, and that (b) The officer or employee is in a type of position listed by the Selective Service system as one in which it is difficult to obtain replacements or a type of position in which he can not be readily replaced except w the training of a successor through work experience for a period of at least six months. 3. The initial request for deferment will, is accordance with Selective Service regulations, be for a period of not to exceed six months. If the duties of the position occupied by the officer or employee are of a type which require work experience of less than two years to attain a reasonable competence is their par- formance, the appropriate agreey will take immediate steps to train & successor. Regraded Unclassifie 110 - 2 - 4. Request for deferment beyond the initial six month period vill not be made except when the head of the depart- sent shall certify that one of the following conditions aviste: (a) That to attain reasonable compatence in the performance of the duties of the position occupied by the officer or employee requires work experience of two years or nore. (b) That a replacement has been secured but that A further period of training is required before the trainee 1e qualified to assume the responsibilities of the position. (c) That the Selective Service system has found that a shortage of persons with the qualifications required in the position existe and 11 has been 1a- possible to secure & replacement. 5. The heads of all departments, independent establishments and other Federal agencies vill immediately make an inventory of officere and employees who, in all probability, will be placed in class I-A, and where necessary, recruit and begin the training of persons who, when the officers or employees sov holding the positions are industed into the military service, vill be ready to was the duties and responsi- bilities of the positions thus made vacant. Regraded Unclassified 111 February 4, 1942 3:53 p.m. Operator: Go ahead. PM: Hello. P. Lawson Stone: Hello. Yes. H&Jr: Mr. Stone. St Yes, sir. Henry Morgenthau, Jr. S: Yes, sir. HMJr: Today's Wednesday. I wondered if you had come to any conclusion in your own mind as to whether or not - the opportunity being available - you'd care to come to Washington. S: Well, I must admit that I have been struggling with myself on that; and I'll be honest, I really haven't come to any conclusion. HMJr: You haven't? Well, then, let's leave it this way, Mr. Stone; when you know that you do want to come, would you drop me a line? S: Yes. I think that - I think that's a good way to leave it. I'm pretty well tied into New York. When I begin to think of all the things I have to cut off, it's a little difficult, you see. HMJr: Well, I'm sure that we would be able to use your services to advantage here. S: Well, that's very nice. 4MJr; And when you are prepared to know that you do or don't want to come, if you'd let me know, then I'd like you to meet Mr. Foley, our General Counsel. S; I see. The thing that you have in mind would be probably along that line, would it, sir? Regraded Unclassified 112 - 2 - HMJr: Well, the thing 1s this. This alien property thing is not cleared up at all. S: Yes. HMJr: It's still all in the air. So the thing that we would do, what we had in mind, would be to let you familiarize yourself with the Treasury pending one of our top men being drafted, you see? S: I see. HMJr: And 80 let you get familiar with the Treasury, which 18 a fairly complicated machine. S: Yes. HMJr: And then when one of these top men are drafted, why you would be available; because it really takes months to get to know this machine. S: Well, I was going to say, I should think it would easily take several months. HMJr: And you would be familiarizing, 80 to speak, you'd go into training. S: Yes. HMJr: And there are a number of young men in very important positions who, I think, will be drafted in the not-too-distant future. S: Yes. HMJr: That was what I had in mind. 9: Well, I probably will be coming down to Washington within a short time anyway HMJr: Well, if you do S: and if I should reach a conclusion first, I would write you and if not, I would certainly let you know by that time. HMJr: Fine. 113 - 3 - S: May I ask you another question, sir? HMJr: You can ask me two, three. S: (Laugne) I'll limit it to one. HMJr: Right. S: My partner here tells me that there's a drug concern that's been taken over some way - I'm not too clear on it myself - by the Treasury Department, and that the name of it 1s the Schering Company. HMJr: That's - well, we haven't taken it over. We've simply put our men in to study it. S: I see. HMJr: Well, as I understand it, that company probably will be facing some readjustment or reorganization which probably would center around some new interest coming in, and when I say new interest, I mean somebody other than a banking concern to float a stock issue. HMJr: Yes. 8: And I understand that there 18 a Mr. Clay who apparently is representing the Treasury Department there. HMJr: I don't know. 8: Well, what I was wondering was Mr. thought that there might be some way there that he could be of some use if this is going to involve such a sale, you see? And I was wondering whether we could with propriety get in touch with Mr. Clay and speak to him. HMJr: Well, that's all right. I'm not - I'm really not familiar with the details. S: Yes. HMJr: But we haven't crossed any bridges as to what 114 t I , we propose - whether we're going to have any sales or not. S: I see. HMJr: But it's quite all right to get in touch with him. 8: And would it be improper if I would say that I had sort of mentioned this to you, not for my okay, but HMJr: No. S: to say that it wes proper to speak to him. HMJr: No, that - if you were going to do that, I never do that, Mr. Stone. I lean over back- wards. S: That's perfectly all right. I don't HMJr: No. If any of you people - you'd have to do it - I place responsibility in Mr. Foley and hold him responsible. S: I see. HMJr: So if you were going to contact anybody, you'd have to do it through him. S: Well HMJr: It will be perfectly all right to talk to him about it, but I'm not familiar beyond S: Yes. Well, what I - I didn't want to happen, was to go in there and have him simoly say, "Well, I don't know you and I HMJr: No. I think if you people want to do that, you'd better do it through Mr. Foley 8: I see. HMJr: and not do it direct. 9: Well, then, would it be proper to write Mr. Foley Regraded Unclassified - 5 - 115 a letter? HMJr: That's all right. S: And I will not mention your name. HMJr: Well, he knows about you, because I've spoken to him about you. S: I see. HMJr: But I'd rather S: No, I won't mention it. I'd rather not HMJr: It's quite all right to write him, but he knows who you are now. S: Yes. All right. Well, I..... HMJr: You see my position. I've never done it, and my people know that and they know if I want somebody I go to them direct. S: Well, what I'm - want to avoid doing 18 any- thing that will embarrass anybody, you see. HMJr: Well S: And that's why I thought I should mention it before just going in to him and saying. HMJr: Well, I would suggest that your partner con- tact Mr. Foley. S: All right. Well, I will do that, sir; and I won't mention anything at all. HMJr: And if and when you make up your mind, you let me know. S: Yes, sir. I'll do that. HMJr: Thank you. S: I appreciate your calling very much. HMJr: Thank you. S: Good-bye, sir. Regraded Unclassified 116 February 4, 1942 4:15 p.m. GENERAL ANILINE AND FILM Present: Mr. Foley Mr. Swope Mr. Bernstein H.M.JR: Well, I found that I had read that, but I didn't know that I had read it. I signed your (Foley's) letter. I don't think it is too friendly, but I signed it and it will go. to 8/4/42- MH. FOLEY: I had two, Mr. Secretary, and I made that as friendly as I could. It doesn't say anything. H.M.JR: No. MR. FOLEY: And it answers his letter. H.M.JR: All right. MR. FOLEY: I haven't told you (Swope) this. I mentioned it very briefly to the Secretary. What Ralph Budd wanted to talk about was the over-all problem in so far as cooperation is concerned, and also about the Hammond situation, and he said that the board of directors wesn't entirely satisfied with Mack's report at the last meeting, and that he had been designated 88 8. committee of one to come to us and find out just how we could get together and work closer together and report back. VR. SWOPE: Good. MR. FOLEY: And he said, that he didn't intend to stay with the company. He couldn t stay with the company very long, but he had undertaken to do this job of bringing Regraded Unclassified 117 - 2 - the Treasury and the company into line, and he was quite frank, and I was frank as I could be, and I thought it was helpful, and as he ont up to go, he seid, "Why don't you vest the stock of the company in the United States?" I said, "Well, of course that is 8 remedy that would be available to the Government," and he said, "Well, I mean, isn't it the normal thing to do, for an Alien Property Custodian?" So that - to mention that from him and also to mention in Mack's letters that he would expect whan an Alien Property Custodian was appointed that the first thing he would do would be to vest these shares, sort of indicates that the company was looking to us to do the job, and was waiting. He said he would report back to the company that we expected them to assume the initia- tive in Americanizing the company. H.M.JR: Well, I think that all leads up to a meeting on Friday with Ralph Budd, John Mack, Bill Bullitt, and Leo Crowley. MR. SWOPE: Good. H.M.JR: And we know now we are in the clear, because I testify tomorrow on the Chinese loan, so you know Friday morning you will be clear. MR. FOLEY: Right. H.M.JR: So you will know there won't be anything to interfere. MR. FOLEY: All right. So we will go ahead and ar- range a meeting, say, for eleven o'clock on Friday morning. MR. SWOPE: It is all right with me. H.M.JR: I think I would go ahead and if they all say then and there - and then - well, I couldn't help but overhear what you were whispering, Bernie. I don't know that I was supposed to. They hope to - they have asked for unanimous consent to report the bill out tomorrow and pass it tomorrow. Just to show you how useful this machine 118 - 3 - is, my men thought it would be nice to get Knollenberg, attorney, to take charge of this question of putting on en educational fight. Have you heard this story, Ed? MR. FOLEY: No. H.M.JR: An educational fight, that we should tax all outstanding state and municipal tax exempts. They asked him down here Saturday. He said, well, he had to think it over. He didn't know. He would think it over. He wrote & long letter which I haven't seen saying well, he could only do it under certain conditions. As of the date the bill passed, the date I announced that you don't tax them -- anybody that owns them prior to my Cleveland speech, we will say, some cut-off date. So they wondered what I should do, and I said, "That isn't my impression at all." So I said, "that isn't my impression. My impression is that Knollenberg is the man who sold this thing to me." So I went back and read the whole thing up a little while ago. He came in here and made his plea to me. He is the man that urged it. He recommended it, and sat here and asked for an opportunity to sell this particular thing to me, and there was no qualification, and I go out on the end of a limb and invite him to come down and help me popular- ize the thing, and he puts up the conditions. And there is nothing anywhere - page after page of the discussion and not once did he question anything, but this was the patriotic duty and why do you mention people's names, why should they seek refuge and things? And I have gone out and I said, "Now, come on down and help me." "Only if you have & out-off date." Which is, of course, nothing. But the machine proves it, see. Isn't it an amazing story, that he of all people -- MR. SWOPE: Who is that? H.M.JR: Knollenberg. He is librarian at Yale, but prior to that he was a tax attorney for Lord, Day, and Lord and had the position that Randolph Paul had, and Paul succeeded to Knollenberg, and Knollenberg retired from the firm of Lord, Day, and Lord as & tax expert to become librarian of Yale, but he was one of the outstanding tax Regraded Unclassified 119 - 4 - lawyers for corporations in New York, and it was he who asked - the record shows Paul and Sullivan withdrew from the room. They said, "This is something which is very close to Knollenberg's heart, and he has asked for the chance to sell you on this thing," and he was the man who sold it to me. So Sullivan says, "Should we argue?" I said, "No," because on 8 fight like that & man has to either believe in it or not. If he has got any doubts he isn't 8 very good salesman, is he? MR. SWOPE: No. H.M.JR: Isn't that an amazing story? MR. FOLEY: Yes. H.M.JR: In other words, when it gets hot he is not a very good man to lean on. Well, that has nothing to do with this but we were talking about the machine. Are you all set on this now? MR. FOLEY: Yes, we will go ahead and arrange a meeting. MR. SWOPE: I saw Mr. Ralph Budd for a moment this morning. Mr. Foley pulled me in, and I said, "How do you do" to him. I knew him years ago, of course. MR. FOLEY: He is a very reasonable fellow. MR. SWOPE: Oh, he is a very good man. H.M.JR: And Ambassador Bullitt. Those people -- MR. FOLEY: He says the company should be Americanized, and I pointed out as an example of what a company can do, the Sterling Products Company. They got rid of the presi- dent, the chairman of the board, and forty of their people. They broke their contracts, set up another sales agency in South America, and are beginning to sell under their own trademark down there now. So it can be done if the 120 - 5 - company wants to do it. MR. SWOPE: Did you goi what I Fantud, E statement from the War and Navy Departments that you can incorporate? MR. FOLEY: Have you got it, Bernie? MR. BERNSTEIN: Not quite along those lines. We talked to Joe O'Connell and we - Joe O'Connell dictated over the phone 8. three-point program. The difficulty they are having with the present management, the utilization of resources for the war effort, and the Treasury proposals. I have it here. He says from the point of view of the utilization of the company, he says there is no disposition on the part of the current management to hold back. However, the people brought in like Mack or Bullitt were men of the type of Williamson who is a lawyer, and not a technical man, and of necessity these men have to rely on the I.G. Farben people. We pulled out five of the I.G. Farben people. There is a whole group of maybe twenty or twenty- five others that ultimately must go out. They are not willing to pull these people out at this point, until new management comes in, of a technical type, of the business man type, who can run this company and can grad- ually substitute competent technical and business people for the people that we have dropped out, and at that point the Army and the Navy are in & much better position to utilize this company for all the war purposes and similarly the War Production Board through their facilities. H.M.JR: How much gross does this business do? How many dollars, have you any idea? MR. FOLEY: About seven million, isn't it? MR. BERNSTEIN: More than that, Ed. The net last year, the net profit, was nine millions, and they told me the gross was around fourteen. H.M.JR: What? MR. BERNSTEIN: This is a big company. MR. FOLEY: It is a sixty million dollar company. 121 - 6 H.M.JR: Let me get this. What were their total sales? MR. BERNSTEIN: Oh, I don't know, but their net profits were nine millions of dollars. MR. SWOPE: It would be between fifty and a hundred million dollars, according to your figures. MR. BERNSTEIN: Their gross profits were around four- teen. H.M.JR: That is a big company. MR. FOLEY: It is a sixty million dollar company. MR. SWOPE: Yes, that would be sales of about sixty million dollars. MR. FOLEY: And they employ -- MR. SWOPE: Six thousand people. MR. FOLEY: Six or seven thousand people. H.M.JR: Well, I think that this is all right, and I think by Friday night you may find that this thing is in shape. I think that I would have something in mind, so that - not just their word, possibly, but 80 you could get them to sign something. Think that over. I mean Mack and Budd and Bullitt, that they would join the Treasury in a statement to the President to vest this stock, you see. You might have something ready. Just think about it. MR. SWOPE: Oh, we ought to get that ready by noon, so you can have it. H.M.JR: So we can have something for them to say, "We join the Secretary of the Treasury in urging you to vest the stock," and I would sign first, and they could sign next. Now, if you could have Crowley, Bullitt, and Mack, 122 - 7 - and Budd all sign it, you see. I mean, I am just throwing that out as a suggestion. MR. SWOPE: Well, I would change that, Mr. Secretary, I would have them join in & recommenadtion to you, and you sign alone for the President. H.M.JR: That is better. But then you could have the thing drawn up for them. MR. SWOPE: Yes, we will have it come to you, yes. H.M.JR: But while you get them all pepped up, full of American flag, and 80 forth, that they sign then and there. I think he is right. MR. FOLEY: We will have something ready. H.M.JR: And I think - don't you think so, Bernie? MR. BERNSTEIN: Yes, I think that is a very good idea. MR. SWOPE: Tell them to sign on the dotted line. MR. FOLEY: I doubt if they will sign it, but we will have it ready anyway (laughter). H.M.JR: Well, we will say, "Well, Mr. Budd, would you mind signing this to Mr. Morgenthau? And Mr. Bullitt and Mack, just sign the thing. And then we could take - my whole thought is, while they are all full of beans and patriótism -- what? MR. BERNSTEIN: That is right. MR. FOLEY: Budd's attitude was all right. H.M.JR: Have something ready. MR. BERNSTEIN: I thought Budd was on the level. H.M.JR: You know, when you get religion, that is the time to confess. 123 - 8 - MR. FOLEY: You sound like a Holy Roller. H.M.JR: Well, I learn from wherever I can (laughter). I even surprised you at lunch today. MR. FOLEY: Yes, I thought you did fine. I am glad you didn't ask me to do it. H.M.JR: Well, thank you. This is good. 124 February 4, 1942. :. Difficulties with the present narage ent The present by Judge Mack, have thoroughly generirated their interest in paintaining the status quo and a fixed résolve w frustrate any attempt that night be made to bring about and statial changes. Jadge York has stated in correspondence that he proposed to care ad few changes as possible, and that be - get along without the 'cant "insiration" of 1. 0, Farben, and has from time to time indicated to plant haragers and others that he proposes to resist any substantial o and in existing personnel except inso far as it may be demonstrated : st particular Individuals are actually "disloyal." 4s an example, Ln delipe lack's approach, which in charity night be termed naive, he indicated to the Treasury representative some time ago that A. Rutz, d. I. de Marben man, was absolutely "loyal" and in his judgent VSA a nan whom he (Judge Vack) could not M possibly get along without. \erthemore, the recent surgestion to the Treasury representative that so approve a plant management committee for the General Aniline works division corposed of four I. 0. Yarben men, out of the total of five on the condittee, would poon to indicate & lack of anareness that in Farben sen In key positions present anything of & problem. ther action by the new management, such as the removal from the board of directors of Dr. Aickelin and R. vom Eath without chancing their positions as key sen in the operations end, also illustrates aftror a lack of understanding on the part of the present management or a lack of desire to take the substantial steps necessary to carrect the existing situation. As a practical matter there has been no cooperation between the resent management and the Treasury representatives. The present Amount requested the resignation of M. Schwarz and appointed 7. ckler in his place as manager of the Binghampton >lant without w prior discussion of the matter with the Treasury representatives. (11 LE changes that have been nade in the composition of the board of directors since the Treasury representatives were installed in the promises were likewise made without any prior discussion with or notice 1, the Treasury representatives. A proposal to bring the law firm of its amt Joelin, patent attorneys for 1. G. Farben, into General Aniline as + -15 patent division was practically consummated without any prior line to us and this nove was blocked by Treasing the accounts of - and Joslin and starting an investigation of their affairs. 1-arned that Dr. Buts and other company officials were in the process Regraded Unclassified 125 - 2 - of renewing long-term employment contracts with many of their technical nen (the service of any one of whom we might think ought to be disposes with) without any prior consultation with us. In general, it can be said that despite protestations of a decire to cooperate, actual practice seems to have been the reverse. In fact, the attitude of the management has permeated down through the organization to such an extent that our task has been rendered much ore difficult than should have been the case. with the management assuring the employees that the Treasury people would be "out" shortly and that everything would be all right, it is obvious that any die- position on the part of any employee to facilitate our operation would tend to be mullified. Regraded Unclassified 126 II. Utilisation of resources for the VET effort to far as we know there is no indisposition on the part of the present management to utilize the resources of the coupany to the fullest possible extent in connection with the war effort. However, whether or not this desire is being trenslated into accomplishment is quite another question The [act is that the present management, without technical qualifications of their own, are required to rely almost entirely upon I. G. Farben - and other men of German background for all information and for all recomendations and decisions as to the present and prospective utilization of the plant. Furthermore, it 10 difficult to see how the company can expect to obtain defense contracts or to continue to utilize its present productive resources, much less extend then, unless it is headed by an approssive and alert nanagement pledged to obtaining the objectives bereinafter outlined. Incidentally, we were recently advised by the Far Production Board that the past attitude of the General Aniline and Film Corporation has been the reverse of cooperative. This refers to a period prior to the installation of Judge l/ack. III. Treasury Proposals The first nove which seens to be clearly indicated is the selection ad bringing into the company from outside a man or nen who will be competant to assume and will assume the active management of the affairs of the company. Such ben would be solected on the basis of their known ability to assume a responsibility of this character and known to share the Treasury view that the company must, over a period of time, be purged of all personnel who, because of past affiliations or otherwise, are suspected of being subject to L G. Forban or other German control. The new management would be pledged to obtaining this objective at the earliest possible coment consistent with the desirability of keeping the company operating at a high level of efficiency, and also with a view to the fuller utilisation of the present and potential capacity of the company for the war effort. Decisions as to the resoval of particular individuals who now reasin with the company and who represent the interests TVO think to eliminate can well evait the appointment of the responsible officials referred to above, although their elimination should be planned for the earliest possible coment. Such officials as Mr. Williamson could undoubtedly be eliminated very shortly after the designation of the new management heads without any mibstantial effect upon company operations. Others, such as Crimel, Name or of the Rensselser plant and havissky, Vost, Hax, and ingarmaller of the Linden plant, would in all probability have to be kept for a somewhat longer period of time but only for such time as would be necessary to find capable substitutes for them. Dictated over the phone Crea-ord - 2/4/1,2. Regraded Unclassified 127 FEB 4 1942 Dear Judge Mack: I am in receipt of your letter of January 29, 1942, and the two documents enclosed. I agree that our objectives are, or ought to be identical. In consequence, I assume that you are in accord with the changes made by order of this Department on January 13, 1942. We were unfortunately unable to reach you prior to the Issuance of the order but I can assure you that the decision was made only after a thorough examination of the facts. I have asked Mr. O'Connell and the other Treasury representatives in New York who are supervising the operations of General Aniline and Film Corporation to consult with and cooperate closely with you or any of your officers or directors in pursuing our common objective. I hope this exchange of views presages an improvement in the situation. Sincerely yours, (Signed) H. Morgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury. Honorable John K. Mack President General Aniline and Film Corporation 230 Park Avenue CC- Mr. Dennio New York. New York JJL:JJO'C:EHF/mp 2/3/42 Tile n m.c. Sen from Faloys fin Regraded Unclassified 128 GENERAL ANILINE & FILM CORPORATION 230 PARK AVENUE TELEPHONE NEW YORK HURRAT MILL 4-1300 January 29, 1942 Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Secretary: As of course you are aware, I became president of General Aniline & Film Corporation on November 1, 1941. For many months prior to my appointment, there had been going on within the company an effort upon the part of the American directors to free the concern of the foreign in- fluence existing by virtue of the claimed ownership of 8. majority of the stock of the company by I. G. Chemie, a Swiss corporation, alleged by the Department of Justice to be under the domination of I. G. Farben of Cermany. The American directors were not only seeking to American- ize the company, but to secure the sale of the foreign- owned stock to & noncompetitive industrial group of un- doubted American standing. This internal struggle 1a fully revealed in the minutes of the meetings of the directors; and, as a corollary thereto, there were proceedings in the Chancery Court of Delaware brought for the purpose of foreing a stockholders' meeting in order that the Chemie stock could be voted by its purported owners in an effort to oust the then exist- ing officers and directors who were seeking to Americanize the company. As you undoubtedly know, a hearing upon the proceedings in Delaware has been postponed from time to time at the request of the Attorney General of the United States. I was made aware of so much of this history aa had already transpired, and other details which I have not time to enumerate, when I agreed to become president of the company. It was represented to me and I fully believed, and still believe, that by accepting the presidency of the company I would be in a position to aid in important matters of national defense, which, incidentally, have become more and more important as time has gone on. Regraded Unclassified 129 Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr. January 29, 1942 2. Upon accepting the presidency of the corporation, I issued a public statement, & copy of which is attached hereto. Since that time, I have consistently labored for the purposes therein outlined. It was my thought that ul- timately an Alien Property Custodian would be appointed and that the stock in question would be taken over by the United States Government, or, if there were difficulties growing out of the claimed ownership by the Dutch, some alternative method might be found by which this stock could be disposed of to American purchasers. It was my belief that my duty was primarily to conserve the interests of the company as a going concern essential to the war pur- posea of our Government and to preserve the status until such time as the Government saw fit to act through an Alien Property Custodian. I recognized from the beginning that my tenure of office might be temporary and in any event was uncertain. It was for this reason, amongst others, that my salary as president of the company was made payable upon a monthly basis. You will do me the credit of believing, I am sure, that the personal monetary considerations in- volved were of secondary consequence. I was, however, pleased to have this opportunity to render a public service. Incidentally, I may say that my salary was fixed by the Board of Directors at precisely the amount paid my predecessor. The changes that have been wrought in the official setup of the company are well illustrated by an additional memorandum which I attach hereto. You will note that Anbassador William C. Bullitt is Chairman of the Board of Directors. I was very much gratified when he found, after full consideration and discussion of the problems involved, that he was in a position to become a member of the Board. I then issued another public statement, of copy of which is also appended hereto. Prior to Mr. Bullit's departure from the country on a special mission for the President, he left B. written statement outlining the circumstances under which he was appointed and the purposes he had in mind. For many months prior to my appointment, the Department of Justice, through the Antitrust Division, was conducting a sweeping investigation into the affairs of the company, its business effiliates and the status of I. G. Chemie as related thereto. Indeed, there were two grand jury investigations under way and one group of in- dictments has already been handed down. These proceedings Regraded Unclassified 130 Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr. January 29, 1942 3. ere atill active. As you will readily see, there TUB much to require the constant attention of the officers of the company and their counsel, both prior to and subsequent to my election as president. Moreover, the demands upon the time of the directors have been very heavy. The officers and the Board of Directors are acting in complete harmony and are fully conscious of the grave responsibility that rests upon them. In addition to these matters, I have been con- cerned with problems of personnel and have sought help in this respect wherever I could secure it. This 1s especially important in view of the history of the company, its ante- cedents and the specialized work in which it is engaged. Of course, you could not possibly be more interested than I am in purging General Aniline & Film Corporation of sub- versive factors, in freeing it completely of foreign domi- nation and in making it in every sense of the work an effective, loyal American enterprise. Your attention, however, is drawn to the fact that recent commmunications received through your representative, Mr. Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr., amount to orders issued by you with reference to the internal affairs of the company and its personnel without any previous consultation with me and, indeed, without any subsequent explanation. You will realize that the corporation is large, with wide flung interests and thousands of employees, many of whom are working upon matters important to the Nation's war effort. It would seem to me that before issuing orders in the nature of unexplained commands, well calculated to shake the morale of the company and to impair its useful- ness, it would be desirable for your representative to consult with me as to the wisdom and propriety of any par- ticular move. The timing and method of an action otherwise appropriate may be fully as important as the action itself. Your order of January 13, 1942 (of which I had no previous notice), directing the simultaneous and immediate suspension of five individuals and barring them from the company premises was, I am free to say, particularly 111- timed. I also note that this order, signed by Joseph J. 0' Connell, Jr., "Treasury Representative", contains the following language: "All the company officers and employees are to be advised immediately that they 131 Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr. January 29, 1942 4. are not to umunicate with any of these individuals, directly or indirectly, without my prior written approval. I cannot help but believe that this portion of the order, at least, was inadvertent for I am frank to say that I cannot find for it any warrant in law or in fundamental justice. So far 8.8 I Am personally concerned, that portion of the order I cannot be expected to honor. Nevertheless, you will note that in all other respects the order has been fully complied with, although the individuals concerned were afforded no opportunity to know what accusations, if any, were made against them and have had no opportunity to be heard. Compliance with your order was based upon the settled purpose of the management to cooperate as fully as may humanly be possible with any branch of the Govern- ment having any authority in the matter whatsoever. Frankness compels me to say that the method adopted in ordering the foregoing suspensions could have only an adverse effect upon the practical operation of the affairs of the company. Furthermore, I regret to say that certain sources, which I am not presently prepared to iden- tify, have sought to shake the confidence the company enjoys with the various Government agencies with which it does business. A little more restraint and a little less dispo- sition to condemn upon the basis of ex parte statements would seem to be indicated. In my judgment this company cannot be successfully operated by remote control. There should be an intimate and frank cooperation between the company management and your Department. That frankness and cooperation I not only would welcome but most earnestly solicit. It lies well within your power to achieve this result. I stand ready, and so do the officers and directors of the company, to consult at any time with regard to any feature of the business of the company. If this course does not appeal to you, I shall have to assume that your Department desires to manage the enterprise in every detail without reference to the wishes, the advice or the exper- ience of the officers and directors. I cannot believe that you would wish to assume such B. heavy burden or so great a responsibility. Moreover, it would place me in an embarras- sing position and render the task I have assumed increasingly difficult. In view of the fact that our objectives are, as 132 Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Jonuary 29, 1942 5. I Lops, identical, I would appreciate an authoritative word from you which would tend to clarify the present confused situation and prevent unnecessary friction. Respectfully yours, John JOHN E. E.mack MACK, President 133 December 5, 1941 The following statement was issued by Judge John E. Mack, President of the General Aniline & Film Cor- poration, this morning: When I accepted the Presidency of General Aniline & Film Corporation, I made an announce- ment of the policies which would guide me and which were fully approved by the Board of Directors. These policies in brief are to improve the status of the Company, bring its affairs into harmony with the purposes and policies of the Government, and to establish this important enterprise, so essential to national defense, as unmistakably an American organization. It is, therefore, with great satisfaction that I am able to announce today that Ambassador William C. Bullitt, who is thoroughly in accord with the policies as set forth, will today become 8 member of the Board of Directors of our Company. Regraded Unclassified 134 STATEMENT ISSUED BY JUDGE JOHN E. MACK FOLLOWING HIS APPOINTMENT AS PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF GENERAL ANILINE & FILM CORPORATION, NOVEMBER 1, 1941 I have accepted a place on the board of directors as well as the presidency of the company fter acquainting myself with recent developments in the management indicat- ing Ei. determination upon the part of a majority of that board to bring the affairs of the company into harmony with the purposes and policies of the government and to establish this important industry, which is now so essen- tial to national defense, as unmistakably an American organization. I have expressed to the directors my views and they are thoroughly in accord with the policy I intend to pur- sue. It seemed to me that there was here offered an opportunity not only to develop fully and completely an institution that was nurtured and grown on American economic soil, but to make certain that it was truly American in every sense of the word and completely free from foreign influence or domination. I conceived this to be B. public service which I had no right to forego. Regraded Unclassified 135 GENERAL ANILINE & FILM CORPORATION Old Setup New Setup Officers President - Schmitz Mack Secretary - Vom Rath Gibbons Treasurer - Williamson Williamson Chairman of Board - Bosch Bullitt Directors Iselin Mack Schwartz Bullitt Schmitz Schmitz Breed Breed Hutz Hutz Ford Budd Aichelin Stevens Bennett Bennett Williamson Williamson Weiss Talbott Vom Rath Baragwanath Vacancy Charles L. McCann Regraded Unclassified TREASURY DEPARTMENT 136 INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE February 4, 1942 TO Secretary Morgenthau FROM Mr. Swope Referring to the sketches which you showed me yesterday for the new movie by Walt Disney, I thought last evening that a good introduction to it would be some of the scenes from the book, which was also made into a movie, "Little Man, What Now?" Regraded Unclassified 137 TREASURY DEPARTMENT INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE February 4, 1942 Secretary Morgenthau TO George Buffington FROM Some time ago you suggested that I seek the cooperation of the Motion Picture Camera Operators Union. The attached publicity appeared in the January 28 number of the Union's general bulletin. G.B. Regraded Unclassified Issued from the General Offices of the INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL General STAGE EMPLOYES AND MOVING PICTURE Wednesday. Bullen. MACHINE OPERATORS OF THE UNITED January 28. No 112 STATES AND CANADA 1942 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, 530 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y, HAUD E WALSH. President: LOUIS RUOUSE General BARLAND HOLALDES had Sirth Sapirmite Hund, Fairview Village Cleveland this WILLIAM P. COVENT, the LE n JAMES J BRENNAN, Fifth Vire- President, number N dei ROCKE at KENNEDY Stath Son Turonto, Onlano, Canada, FLOYD M. BILLINGSLEY I'ice Problems. 2001 Junior months GEORGE W DRAYFIELD, WILLIAM SCANLAN Dermit, Michigan : PELIX D. SNOW Xeventh 402% Wordland Karrise CBS, T A s IA 3 "United in Purpose Regraded Unclassified LABOR AND NATION'S LEADERS AGAIN KEEP GENERAL OFFICE POSTED ON UNITE IN CELEBRATION OF BOND PURCHASES PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY A S stated in the last issue of the Bulletin, the General Proceds in Five Thousand Communities Office is compiling an accounting of the to Warm Springs Foundation for Victims Defense Bonds purchased by the Various limit union o of Infantile Paralyir. of the International. Request was made that information in connection therewith be forwarded so that an accuras tabulation could be had. o NCE agam Labor will ports with a Committee of leaders in will fields al American life. launching x Several responses have been received, expecially within nation-wéle movement to honor President Roosevele the past tew days, which would indicate that the drive n ou his with birthday, January 30sh, by raising III permanent gaining momentum and should shortly swing Culo W endowinent Fund for the Warm Springs Foundation on a stride. single mght of Presidential Italls to he held in every cum- maily in the Nation Communication received from Pun lervis, \ Y., last II mint I'm that the campaign was never No. 353, advises that the members of the Incal more importain Own now, since the cflort to control in have hought a $500,00 Defense Bond and are Home tamile paralysis must he intensified. not relaxed. in WIIF time. Another next month. A natural commutire numbering more than time leaders Now Ristann. Come Local No. 301, has also purchase (I) all walks of Tife 15 un charge of The plans. while Labor of several hundred have Isen organized. a $500.00 Bond to help the National Defense program. white Wheeling. W. Va., Local No 64, regulated the Later recembers val the National Committee have been purchase of $400.00 worth of Bonds. in addition to which formed into ( Labor Division, of which President William fireen is Chairmun with Matthew Woll as Secretary. number of the members are investing in Bonds and Savings Around these il National Labor Committee has been tormed. Stamps. A co-operating Labor Committee has also been formed among officers of cny courtral bodies aml it is espected that every contal laxly will HOUT in the national velebration, either Added Incentive-As If Any Was Needed! by holding a hall posity with other bodies or by holding The members of Akron, Ohio, Operators' Local No. 4 ball under ats own auspices un the rught of lanuary 30th. 364. must have a particular hate (or the little yellow IDC) A definite purt of the price of each ticket will go 10 the (and we do mean "yellow." but We don't ruean "men") el Warm Springs Foundation. Japan, since they bought a $250.00 Defense Bond to jiresent When President Roosevelt stepped into the White House the only office which he retained among los many other to the First American aviutor to drop a bomb on Tokyo It's a safe bei that our American Ares would do If without referents was the Presidency of the Warni Springs Founda- 10m, and the statement antimiting the National Commit- the added inducement, but just out of sheer love for the Its. "The intention of that office shows how neur and (kar Nipponese. However, it is indeed a nice gesture. and A that potentially great medical and charitable instrution is how many people are hoping that the Akron boys have for has heart. donot Think due the President would appre- pay off-AND IN A HURRY wile any tribute to fue inselfish and untligging desotion to the public welfare more than the at of the American people III fulfilling los dreams for a great institution for the $2,600.00 for Aurora Local Preatment of infantile paralysis at Warm Springs. With this fund the Foundation will be able to do a wider national Evidents the menthers of Aurora, III., Local No. 14. work. share the good feeling held by Alston Operators for the of the physically handicapped in the nation Ass partners, as they haven't waited for any curring. has are crippled as à result of infantile paralysis, and it ought have been making purchases of Defense Bonds Troin the to dit all al BS to action to learn that this is eventially - to time. All in all the local membership has kiskeil nil with children's diwan and that the majority of these young Vic $2,600.00 Inr Uncle Sam. which is 4 wholly grauting (II- funs could be helped immeasurably toward receivery by the turn for a local having a roster of only twenty this kind nk exercue and treatment given at Warm Springs, No members our can 100 Warm Springs without being touched to the licen by the work being Jone there. "The " HOP the usual kind of drive for tunds. Out Defense Funds for Defense Bonds committee is not soliciting large amounts Inim any person. We ask only that our tellow excess spend a parr of their Thair the ulhque method of helping the Government total and normal recreation hudget on the President's Birth devised by Morns County, N. I., Local No. 502 And day Ball in then own communities on January 30th, not building a defense fund of its own through a small weekh unly as a personal tribure to the President for his zealous assessinent on the earnings of their twenty-iwo members and sunselfuh devotion lu Warm Springs, but also for the and not anticipating any immediate need for such has the purpose of having a good time without increasing that local organization has purchased $1,000.00 in Delen» Honds week's expenditures. It is a small thing for each of us to do for Irim." In addition to this they have decided to purchase Bends di As Was the case Last year, seventy per cent of all money $100 denomination. each time the local defense tond raued this year will remain in the community where in THE il sripulated amounts, collected Complete arrangements for tabor participation have alivatly been made and " is suggested that local labor This magnificent move is one that could well for address organizations make their local plans to help make this year's by other locals, as it works no parricular OR the administion the that successful since - inception. local treasury, helps meet defense demands. ni al glue in same time represents 4 good investment Regraded Unclassified A Sacred Duty Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly in the distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. -CARLYLE. ALMOST Empire at a time when this Nation was at peace with it, and at the solicitation of Japan Two months have clapped since this country não suddenly and deliberately attacked by the was still looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Snoruy following this was the declaration ot war on the countries of Germany and Italy by the Joint Congress of the United States. In the interior, the people of the United States have had the opportunity to calmly deliberate and form their opinion. They well understand the implication to the very life and safety of our Nation, and no matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteousness will go on to ultimate victory. That sacrifice and suffering must be endured is a certainty. That a righteous Democracy will triumph is also a certainty. / NEED YOUR HELP! But first America must be strong and every man and woman must contribute their strength to the strength of America at war. Some are carrying guns-some are flying planes-some are giving their blood on ships at sea. We must do everything in our power to smash the aggressors. The fighting forces can be counted upon to do their best. Behind the fighting forces the civil population must solidly line up with work, production, money and the will to victory, no matter how long it takes or what it costs. Without civilian solidarity and united clinet, the effectiveness of our fighting forces will be gravely impaired. It is to be expected that those affiliated with the Organized Labor Movement in this hour of supreme mal will recognize the defense of the Country as their sacred duty, its life theirs to protect, and, if need b. theirs to die for. The members of our International have in the past given every evidence of their loyalty and self- sicrifice in the upholding of American rights, and it is safe to assert that the same commendable spirit will again be displayed. Regraded Unclassified IMPORTANT! Just six items to fill in L A. Members Asked to Practice "The New Spirit." as Well as Project It. T HE Treasury Department, under the direction of Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgen- then has had the Web Dieney Crudice produce 1 Your name, address, a short subject titled "The New Spirit." This pic- ture has for its theme the very important function and occupation of impressing upon the American public the extreme urgency for filing their income tax returns at the earliest possible moment. With the tremendous increase in the number of persons who are compelled to file returns this year, due to lowering the standard of incomes, it is im- 2 Your dependents perative that this matter be taken care of promptly. This will eliminate the indescribable rush and con- fusion that would result were we to follow the usual custom of waiting until the last minute and just beating the deadline. Inasmuch as it is compulsory that this tax be paid, 3 List your income if you have the money available, no particular pur- pose will be served in postponing payment. Aside from this we will be pouring badly needed currency into the coffers of the Government, and at the same time alleviating the heavy burden confronting the Treasury Department, which at best is faced with a 4 herculean task, Subtract your credit To facilitate and speed up the returns of wage earners whose gross income is not more than $3,000 for dependents a year, a simplified income tax form, No. 1040A, sample of which appears on the opposite page, can be obtained from the Collector of Internal Revenue for your district. As to the picture, it is expected to be released for showing some time between February 5th and 15th, Indicate your without cost to the theatres. Its running time is approximately eight minutes and its exhibition is a "must." Consequently, as a matter of patriotic family status duty our members are enjoined to cooperate in every manner at their disposal so that its purposeful objective may be achieved. Since we have been designated as disciples to project the gospel of "The New Spirit," it would hardly seem proper that we confine ourselves to its Read your tax directly mechanical projection. Instead let us all conscien- tiously carry out its precepts to the letter and not from the table wait until tomorrow or next week to file our returns, but do it nowl Like good Americans, let's take care of this im- portant matter immediately. FILE NOW-PAY NOW-AND BACK UP OUR FIGHTING MEN FORM 1040 A OPTIONAL TREASURY DEPARTMENT Insure america UNITED STATES 1941 PLACE CHECK MARK () IN THE APPLICABLE E BLOCK EELOW 5 INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN Single (and not head d family) en last day of year. Marriel and Inkg with baland - alle - lest day of THIS RETURN MAY BE FILED INSTEAD OF FORM the BY year and this estumn includes all I d builand De - - is the - CITIZENS OR RESIDENT ALIENS IF GROSS INCOME Married but not living with huband - wife (and not and wife a NOT MORE THAN $3,000 AND IS ONLY hand of family) on last day of year. Head di family a ingle person - narried - BARK FROM SOURCES STATED HEREON living with hosband - wife - family - Paid: # Married and living with husband ar wills - last day of control and esporta donty esemeted dependent FRINT - AND - OR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS PLAINLY BELOW (Coltine's Summ) year but each bling separate returns, indative(s) in one household) on last day of year. John and mary Doe IF YOU CHECKED ONE OF ABOVE, FIND YOUR TAX IN COLUMN A If YOU CHECKE ONE OF BROYL, FERM TOUR TAX IN COLUMN . - - - of - - - il to . - - 1 100 Oak Street # case & column COLUMN e COLUMN COR - Client and antiv, and - - - u 4. . - - - - Dive BM > - - - No 4 . Dowille, Doe Co., (in) Doe Der - - Two to - Tax - - - - - The - - M - - - - - for we (Pur - (Com) Machinist = 8150 se 80 61,500 61,543 sea et $1,250 42.273 8129 - Ornestion T88 775 I é 1,555 1,350 65 in 2,275 2,000 120 = DEPENDENTS ON LAST DAY OF YEAR 775 800 # o 1,600 1,575 8 a 2,300 2.ms or - Line prims denising delt skief agreed /- - (uther than bushand of wils) under 16 years of age or mentally or physically 800 ess 3 o 1,618 1,600 TO 5 2.315 2,350 IN AT impable of self-support 825 550 a 0 1,000 1,625 TE 4 2,350 5,315 LST - ass ETA 1 e 1,005 1,650 74 7 2,378 2,400 ITM TI - 4 1 . - - - - - 816 sos 9 0 1,650 1,675 76 , 2,499 2.425 the Ta John Doe, In Son - 925 11 a 1,678 1,790 19 11 2,425 2,450 142 TM 925 900 14. e 1.700 1,725 no 12 2,400 2,475 145 to 2 ass 978 16 41 1,755 1,730 53 15 2.475 2,500 147 a STX 1,000 10 o 1,780 1,374 na 17 2,500 150 we 1,000 1,094 28 e 1,400 NA 2.005 2.550 use = GROSS INCOME LESS ALLOWANCE FOR DEPENDENTS 1,025 1,050 If * 1.800 can 99. 22 2,800 2.518 154 " L Salary, vigst. and compensation for - 2200 DO. 4 1,450 1,078 24 LNS 1.830 31 2% 2,873 5.000 1M - 2. Dividends. interest, rent, somitime and regulations 3 32 00 LEIP 1,100 1,550 1.875 so a 1.001 4.625 144 i 5. Total 2232 00 1,15 a o ATL 1,500 the 2.000 L4M 140 99 a Less SADO for with 400 00 6 1,150 at e 1,900 75 36 2,440 ENTE 163 2 (If - - de tal of , fundy Law - add mig - 4 - - - 1 1,178 a - 1,508 1.950 100 If S,473 0.700 ID BY laud domint - - 1,200 a = 1.500 1.914 102 as 2,700 LTD 167 : 5. INCOME SUBJECT TO TAX 1832 00 1350 1.225 at e 1.973 2,000 104 37 S.T.N 2,146 1499 see TAX 1,235 1,950 A 9 3,000 5,0% 100 35 e.775 ITS (es & Tax to M paid (from Column A or B di table en other side) 20/00 00 Lase LSTS 42 e 2,008 2.0M EOP " 0,718 174 UN Late 1,300 44 e 0.00 2,015 III 42 3 v.m 477 109 I've swist (se affirm) that this return - - resmined by me/ww of to the limit of my/eur and belief. - . 1,300 1,305 all # 2,078 2,190 HD +0 0.809 - - 140 true, are and complete revis, made in 1 bith for the tesable year stated. possent to the Revenue Cade and 1,325 1,350 : - 5,19 V.ITA 113 is 0.000 0.474 190 (If regulations issued under authority and that Live had - - from - other this stated - 1,389 LTD se e 0,130 5,150 117 E 2,875 ! IN IN 1,778 1,400 se a 2.1M 2.178 119 or 1300 - - DI Scharribed and - la by 1,480 1,425 as e 0,175 LIM 192 " t.ki SLAYN ⑉ LIN do of IN2 - before - this 1.428 1,130 ST . 5 1,00 124 16 1.300 2.978 the in 1,430 1.478 as e LIM 2,256 126 - signs 3,000 197 see - 1.475 - - to law 1.300 Sepher - - - - - e I a I I I I I An - tax - is - to le that for personi having . - - (an 3 above) of $70 - - and - vint pours basing . PM I d $1,500. # - A forband and will - makes juint esture - this - il their combined The Increase to to remained . this - a - - including - - which is - - Las issume two Income in 1 - than 11,000. A importe eften my be - - this firm a the - - of the - like the 15- without any defection. Tw taxis - the - salide are sub the they in mally - 3 Infections and grand à not - than 11,000. If this - and a - be Elect with the Collector of Internal Review for you district - - - allowable il this form in - - before March 11, 1942. The last may be paid è 1 earnly intellisents - March 15, FM2, The tax, al any, to the Callistor and il payment in made by del - - order, mile payable la "Collentor di lessi Reme." ! FORM 1040 A, FRONT FORM 1040 A, BACK FILM EXCHANGE WORKERS RETAIN SITE OF "42 CONVENTION TO BE SET "B" MEMBERSHIP AT MIAMI BOARD MEETING R EPRESENTATIVES of thirty-two out of 4 possible Film Exchange local organizations, met in w ITH the approach of the Thirty-outh Convention of our International much speculation and Konsan City, Mo., for the purpose of taking up various of interest to the Exchange locals. has already been indicated as to where it will Le A broad discussion took place dealing with every phase of held. While several points are currently under and tion, it will remain for the members of the General the menner in which these locale have been functioning, as will as to their lount operation. Some comment was had tive Board - make the boal choice at the Mismi mediat. on the question of initiation fees and assessments. How- It is only natural that the membership should display ever, there was no change in the regulations originally set a keen interest in the setting for the biennial Rathering Forth hv the International governing their financial operation. since its pleasurable aspecte are As an outcome of this meesing une development trau- important feature is the chance afforded to renew old in- spired which appeared to meet with the almost unanimous termal acquaintances, which otherwise might be highly in- approval of those participating. This was the granting of possible. At the same time we are given an opportunity la permission by the International to Film Exchange locals to strike up new and lasting friendshies, arries with bereatter conduct their OWN contract negotiations. Because it the prospect of visiting il different city from the old home of the wide variance of conditions in which these groups town, with its attendant sightsezing features, are Incared, this was deemed the must feasible policy. Of special significance was the accomplishment of plac- Many delegates avail themselves of the opportunity to ling the National Screen Service under a blanket contract rake their vacation in conjunction with convention attend with the Film locals. Previously the National Screen Service allice. They pack the "better-half" and the kiddies into the had only and hundred and thirty-one Union employees. family charior and have # Cook's tour. With the consummation of this National lasic agreement, Consequently this apparent curiosity as to the forthcom- one bundred and twenty-two non-union workers were ab- ing convention site certainly is not an unnatural one- Non sorbed into membership, giving the International a one hun- in it limited solely to delegates, but appears to belquite dred per cent unionized condition, and terminating a long prevalent among the general membership. period of strife with this Company. The outcome of the referendum taken to determine Attendance at International Conventions is by no means whether the Film Exchange members would continue under restricted to duly elected delegates. The presence of every & "B" status or be classified as an "A" membership was member having the means and the opportunity to be on revealed. This referendum was held in accordance with hand is strongly advocated. One is enabled to gain an the provisions of Resolution No. 38, which was referred to understanding of what is taking place in cities other than the General Office by action of the Louisville Convention: your own. It is a trading post for ideas through mingling "WHEREAS, We, the Film Exchange Employes with and hearing from those who have had perhaps more Locals of the I. A. T. E. and M. P. M. O. of the experience, the methods used to successfully overcome gen- U.S. and Canada, have been organized for over three eral problems. Or possibly, beneficial suggestions to fellow years, during which time we have gained a reason- members can be offered, able measure of experience and have become more In addition to this a first hand understanding of the mbstantially able to guide our local organizations workings of the International is gained. You return home under local autonomy, and with an accurate knowledge of the spirit of the International "WHEREAS, We have encountered problems -you know the legislation enacted and the reason it was and experiences that cause m in believe We could be adopted. Being acquainted with the policy of the parent of more benefit to ourselves end the International organization you are able to counsel the local union into Organization as . whole if we had more local avoiding errors of judgment. authority; "WE, THEREFORE, Petition the International Of course, the social activities indulged in by the dele- President and the General Executive Board to grant gates and guests are alone sufficient reason to be on hand all Film Exchange Employes Locals an 'A' Status." and participate in the festivities. For those who have at- Ballots were cast by a total membership of 2,932, repre- tended previously, there is no need of going into detail is this connection. Suffice di to say that those attending their senting thirty-two locals. Of these, thirteen locals voted to first convention will have a distinct treat in store for them. be accorded an "A" status, while nineteen locals ballosed for the refention of - "B" classification. The total member- ship indicated that there were 1,125 in favor of the "A", while 1,807 voted to remain as "B" locals. TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR FOR SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED BY STAMFORD LOCAL THAD BARROWS The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Stamford, Conn, For the twenty-fifth consecutive year, Thad C. Barrows Local No. 449, was celebrated by the membership with has been elected President of Moving Picture Machine elaborate feativities at the Piccadilly Restaurant in Stamford. Operators' Local No. 102 of Boston, Mass. In addition, The members and guesn in attendance were trested to Brother Barrows is National President of the Projection verhal personama of the progress made by the local union Advisory Council and is a member of the Society of Maxion in in quarter of a century affiliation with the International Picture Engineers. by the historian of the local, Brother Edward M. Rodgers. This unbroken succession of regaining office conges all Presentation of a relid gold wrist watch was made to no surprise and is readily understandable by these acquirited Nicholas Trimboli, Business Representative, who likewise with the popular and capable Thad, and is joirifiable may received an oral tribute for this taithful and efficient service to the local organization. nition of his many years of efficient and faithful the Boston local organization. INTERNATIONAL JUMPS ON "BOND WAGON" TO TUNE OF $50,000.00 Local Unite Urged to Follow Suit In Answering Nombs With Bonds NTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RICHARD himself in the service. To know that we are aiding I F. WALSH, who worked for Uncle Sam in him should of itself prove sufficient incentive. World War I as a member of the armed forces, Every dime, every dollar that we DUE into Defense has taken a healthy wallop at the Axis partners in Bonds and Stamps will materially aid in a speedy behalf of our Organization, through the purchase of and successful termination of the conflict. This will $50,000.00 in Defense Savings Bonds. This should again pur light, laughter, love and kindness, us well in some measure help to offset the historic sneak as prosperity and happy days back into the homes punch delivered at of America. Pearl Harbor and con- But before all this tribute toward pinning FOR VICTORY is made possible, the back the ears of the respect, good will and unholy trinity, No loyalty of American time was lost by Presi- citizenship must for- dent Walsh in answer- cibly assett itself. Not ing the Government's through any lip-serv- plea for financial aid PORDEFENSE ice, however, but by in the war effort, the SEXTLE money being drawn / BUT digging deep down into our jeans and from the general fund 47 kicking in with the of the Alliance. green stuff that "keeps Awareness of the 'em flying." fate that awaits us if Unfortunately, we were to suffer a re- lu BUY chemical engineering versal in this titanic has not yet reached a struggle to maintain point where "street- our freedom should accelerate our spirits to PORTIFINSE corner gas" can be utilized to fuel planes fever pitch in meeting / BUT and enable them to fly this most meagre of all di THE over enemy territory obligations-financial and drop bomba. Many support. battles have been won When we consider on gas-but not verbal the hardships and suf- IN BUY -So let's save it and ferings that must be 11 It substitute action! endured by those in / Every member of the armed service, who our International who give their all while can do so is urged 50 we merely lend, not set aside a part of his even of ourselves, but S weekly earnings for our money, money the purchase of De- that is paid back at a tense Bonds and generous rate of in- Stamps. Buy them terest we should be every day, every week. privileged. immensely proud and grateful that we are so Buy as if your very life depended upon it. It does! Any local union having a surplus fund that is not These fighting men of ours will deliver the goods used in the ordinary operation of the local, would be if We deliver the guns, planes and tanks they need. making a patriotic gesture by swapping such funds Each of us must consider this matter in a personal for Bonds. Marine Corps in prospect, it is inevitable that some light, as with the tremendous Army, Naval and Not only would you be aiding the victory effort, but such money would be invested in the safest in- relative, close friend or brother member will find vestment in the world-the United States of America CALLED TO THE COLORS HOWARD BROUSSEAU NORMAN ROCKETT WM. L ENGLEHARDT Local No 1, New Turk, N. Y. Local No. 14, Hollywood, Callf. Local No. 150, Last Angeles, Call B. DWYER WALTER VAIL LEO GLENN Local No. 1. New York, N. Y. Lost No. 14. Hallywood, Callf. Loal No. 180, Los Angeles, Calif, JULIUS GASVERDE, Jr. N. L. MOWER ROBERT JAY KOSKOFF Loral No. 1, New York. X. Y. (socal No. 65, Reenolor, Va. Local No. 100, Law Angeles, Callf. A. GORTA, Jr. RAY KENNEDY C. O, LARSON Local No. 1, New York, N. Y Leval No. 58. Turnota, Onl, Canada Local No 180, Les Angeles, Callf HERBERT ROSEMAN WILLIAM A. BROWN D. B. POWERS Local No L, New York, N. Y. Local No. 60, Pensacoló, Fta, Local No. 150, Las Angeles, Callf. E. SALTZMAN LEO I. BOWERS RALPH 0. WELLBAUM Local No. 1, New York, N. T. Local No. 64. Wheeling. W. Va. Local No 150, Los Angeles, Callf. R. VAN BUREN VIRGIL A. HICKMAN EDW. E. MATSCHULLAT Local No. 1, New York, N. Y. Total No. 64, Wheeling, W. Vii. Local No. 191, Lincoln, Nebraska DON McDONALD LOUIS B. BESBECK WM. F. MATSCHULLAT Local No 15, Reattle, Wash Local No. 10. Belbnwood, Calif. Local No 161, Lincoln, Nobraska FRED ROBINSON WALTER N. BRINE H. A. KELLER Local No. 15. Seattle, Weak Local No. so, Hollywood, Calle. Local No. 101, Lincoln, Netwaska WALTER BARRINGER OLLIE D. FORRESTER BEN NEERLAND Local No. 20, True. N. V. Local No, so, Hollywood, Calif. Local No, 154, Seattle, Wash. JAMES BREENE HARRY GERZEN GERARD PETERSON Local No. 29, Troy, N. Y. Local No. NO. Hollywood, Callf. Local No. 154, Beattle, Wash ROBERT F. BONE FRANK GIBLER M. D. RINGER Local No. 44. Hollywood, Callf. Local No. NO, Hollywood, Callf. Lest No. 164, Seattle, Wash. JOE CAMPANELLI HAROLD HUTCHINS A. A. ANSBACK, Jt. Land No 14, Hullywood, Calif. Local No. NO, Hollywood, Calle Local No. 163, Loulaville, Ky, MORRIS C. CLINE JAMES JENNINGS DONALD W. ARLEN Local No. 14. Hollywood. Callf. Luest No. NO, Hollywood, Callf. Lucal No. 165, Hollywood. Callf, JOHN W. ERICKSON CHARLES J. PULFER LAFAYETTE B. HEDGE Local No. 44, Hollywood, Calif Local No. so, Hullywood, Callt. Local No. 163, Hollywood, care BEN H. HEATH FRED RICHTER, Jr. OTTO LOCKE Local No. 14, Bollywood, Cullif. Lost No 80, Hollywood, Callf. Loui No, 166, Hollywood, Callf. HAROLD D. HOGAN HERBERT M. SMITH R. BIASS Local No. 44. Holbwood, Calif. Local No. 90. Hollywood Callf. Local No. 168, Victoria, B. C., Can DON R. JACOBSON LLOYD A. TAYLOR COLIN P. McDONALD Local No. 44, Hollywood, Callt. Local No. 80, Hollywood, Callf Local No 165, Victoria, El. C,, Can. WINSTON R. JONES SHELDON K. KNIGHT EUGENE L. PERRY Local No. 44, Hollywood. Callf. Local No. 91, Bolse, Idaho Local No. 149, Oakland, CARE FRANK McKENNA JOHN W. MURPHY WILLIAM MARCHECK Local No. 14, Hallywood, Callf. Local No. vi, Botae, Idaho Local No. 171, Pittsburgh, Ps. MAX MILLER WILLIAM S. BRADFORD WILLIAM TATE Intal 20. 44, Hollywood, Callf. Local No. 108, London, One, Canada Local No. 111, Pittsburgh, Pa. WM. R. MOORE ED. T. SUMMERFIELD JOHN WYCICH Limit No. 44, Hollywood, Calif Issued No 105, London, Only Canada Local No. 171, Pitisburgh, Pa. ROBERT C. MURDOCK, Ir. JAMES FERGUSON LOUIS APPLEBAUM Local Xn. 44, Hollywood, Calif. Local No. 106, Markin. Local No. 172, Toronto, Ont. Com PAUL H. RICHARDS JAMES DUGAN LLOYD COVERT Local No. 44, Hollywood, Calif Lensal No. 133, Hammond, Indians Local No. 172, Toranio, Only Cas. JOSEPH E. SULLIVAN EUGENE H. ALBRIGHT THEODORE F. COVERT Local No. 16, Ballywood, Callf. Local No. 143, St. Louis, Missouri Local Nn 173, Toronto, Onl., Can RICHARD M. TOWNER JOHN H. YEAGER FRED S. JACKSON Issul No. 44. Hollinwood, Callf, Local No. 142, St. Louis, Mismuri Local No. 172, Turonto, Out, Can CALLED TO THE COLORS W. McCAUL LAURENCE HARDY LOUIS LOCKER Local No. 178. Turnento, Out., Can. Incal No. 270, Houston, Trans Local No. 206, New York, 39. v. E. WOODBURN CHARLES ANSTINE M. MEYER Local No 178, Torunto, Ont, Can. Local No. 293, York, Ps. Lovel No. 104, New York, N. Y. DREW S. ANDERSON WILLIAM REEVER, It. CLEMENTS MOREL Local No IRL Bultimine, Mil. Local No EXA, York, 1% Local No. 104, New York, M V. WILLIAM A. JOHNSON FRED CHATEAU, Il E. H. NEWCOMB Local No. 181, Bultimory, Md Local No. 293. New Officer, La Terml No 200, New York X Y. PAT CASEY WILLIAM H. McKINLEY DAVID QUINN Local No. 194, Indianapolis, Ind. Local No. 21, San Diago, Calif, Local No. sun, New York, N.T. GEORGE LYDAY E. BARR STANLEY RZEMIENIEWSKI Total No. 194, Indianapolis, Ind. Local No. 199, Winning, Man.: Can Local No. 206, New York, N. T. E. A. WILSON E. W. FOSTER SAMUEL WERTHEIMER Local No 216, Maryinllle, Calif. Local No. 205, Winnipes, Man, Can Local No. SPR, New York, N. Y. JAMES HERRING M. 1. GILMAN ARTHUR WOLK Total No. 220, Stoux Valls, S. D. Local No. 290, Winniped, Man., Car Local No. 105, New York, N y WILLARD A. SHOLES G. M. KRUGER BERNAL L. SCHOOLEY Local No. ass, Providence, R. 1. Local No 299, Winnipes, Man, Can Local No. 3(4) Miami, Florida ROBERT F. BLAKE F. C. PITHART JOHN F, FETTE Local No. 224, Washington, D. c Local No. 399, Winsipeg, Mus., Can Local No. 121. Tampa, Florida LOUIS BERNHARDT FREDERICK PHILLIPS ROBERT R. SULLIVAN Total No. 224, Washington, D. C Local No. 300, Saskatoon. Bank, Fall Local No 531, Tampa, Plerida GEORGE BURKE FRED PINTO NEAL E. BROWN Local No. 224, Washington, D. c. Good No. 201, New Britain. Coon. Tenal No. MA Springfield, Illinois JAMES W. PAGE J. R. ANSCHETZ LeROY M. LEHR Local No. 224, Weshington, D. e Local No. DL Calcary, Alla_ Can. Local No. 324, Albany, N. Y. F. L. STEVENS K. ERIC GORDON STANLEY CREECH Local No. 224, Washington, D. e Local No. 302. Calgary, Alta, Can. Local No. 345, Vanmuver, It. e, Call CHARLES H. FINCH F. D. HIRTLE 1. R. L. WATCHORN Loss) No. 125, Atlanta, Georgia Local No. 204, Calgary, Attac, Can Local No. 30L Vancouver, H. C, Can. RALPH OLDKNOW BLAKELY McNEIL REGINALD WITT Linal Nn. 22%, Atlanta, Genrgia Local No. 202, Calgary, alta. Can. Local No. 315, B.C. Card LESLIE ARNOLD ARTHUR E, SICK H. SWARTZENBURG Local No. 260, Lake Charles, La. Local No. 202, Cargary, Alta, Can Local No. 337, Kitchener, Onl., Cin. R. T. SIPOLI DAVID J. WILSON MARTIN WAZLAHOWSKY Loral No. 260, Lake Charles, La. Local No. 302, Culgary, Alta, Can Local No ITS, N. Y. CHARLES W. EINSEL HAROLD HARRISON JOE DOLAN Local No DAT, Tiffin, Ohio Local Nn 103. Hamilton, Onl., Can. Local No. 186, Colondres, Ohio BRUCE FERGUSON MILTON ALTMAN ROBERT R. KNAPP Local No. 267, Tiffin. Ohio Local No. 306, New York, N. Y. Local Nic IIC, Columbus, Older NOLAN 1. LABIT A. CANCELLARE LEE L WALDSCHMIDT Local No. 276, Unose Creek, Texas Local No. 206, Now York, N. T. Lewal No. 284, Columbia, Ohio RALPH BRODERICK, Jr. LESTER B. DOYLE E. B. GARROW Total No. 217, Bridgsport, Clion Local No. 206, New York, NY towal No sou, Mouse Jaw. Bank, Cao. HARRY E. KAPLAN GERARD DUNKELMAN LESLIE W. NELSON Local No 411, Bridgeport, Conx Local No 100, New York, N. y. Termil No. AIM, Minise Jam, Hulk, Can FRANK MATERA A. DWORKIN BYRON G. SMITH Load No. 277, Bridgeport, Coon Loval No. 206, New York, N. y, Local No. 112, Bradenton. Florida CHARLES PRAKAS ALBERT ENGEL EMMANUEL SCHIFANI Local No. 277, Hridgeport, Comn. Local No. 306, New York, N. Y. Local No. 423, Alloguergie, N. M. FRANK F. TOTH HERBERT A. FELDMAN BUFORD SPAULDING Level No. 277, Bridgeport, Com. Local No. 206, New York, X, T. Local No. 455, Fort Smith, Ark. CALLED TO THE COLORS CALLED TO THE COLORS VIC E. WOODS JAMES WILL THEODORE R. GIBSON ROBERT B. BEST Lamit Mail NO. N. e FLOYD FORAN QUENTIN SCHRORDER Jamel Ma NA Part - Ark. Loss) No. a Hailywood Card No THE New York, N. Level Xn. 711, VA. Lemal Ve, 111, Hillywood Form WILLIAM WILKINSON PHILIP NABHAN KENNETH D. HERVOCHON VICTOR HAWKINS level No 495, Visaltà, Corr NEAL F. GERARD GEORGE H. SMITH) Last - 158. Primass Maine 1. W. KISER Local No. sta, Befireved Calle - the 701, JAM Title N. Y. Local Na THE Term Taxi X TEL. state LOUIS ILLAR, Jr. KOSEPH HOMALL WILLIAM COOK ROBERT 8. GRAHAM LAMES WARREN (ind) No use maney. 5. Local No Clarves, Pa. Mil TOS, New Tork, N. X. Total No. T3A, Passime our Pha - X 72% Referred (Vill NDW. R. BOLINSKI the HT, Hollywork Caller JOSEPH BOVNY RALPH E. KNOWLES KENNETH KAUPHOLD EUGENE E. FAY ELT WEINSTEIN Limit 111. Wissington, jail Nu isi, Charlen, 1% 5in. DIA, Have York 5 V. No. 7th, Promo CO. Via Food (N) Calé ( No T77. Revend, (will DONALD VARKLI. M. BERGER RALPH F. LANTZ PAUL A. KAUFMAN LOUIS W. BAEHIL It WILLIAM W. HANNAH limit No. in Wilmington, That Linel No. 340, Nameu and just No. 76% new York, N/Y Total No. THE Calld Leal No 14% Cair Twist 125 Information Pain HERMAN WHITE Country Diver Twis RICHARD MARSHALL ROBERT 1. KERN WHEELER BARTRAM CLIFTON L JOHNSON No 47% Del ARTHUR L GASKILL No FIC New Tab, N. Y. Linal No. was, Hollywood, Cape lest 20a. TOS. New Titk, X. T. Local No. THE valle Loss) Did 120 Card LESTER JACQUE ALEXANDER BLANCHARD EARL N. KENNEDY Load No VIT, Mar, Wis ANDREW L. GOLD, fr. GEORGE J. PATEE DONALD McADOO GLEN SCHLINGERMAN Losal No. etc. New Tirt, N. T. Local No. na, Hollywood, Caile. No 742, New first N. Y, Total No. 727, less) % YES, Carl JACK PICKARTS JOHN MINGLE, Jr. 5. T. BLOOM LOUIS I. KOLB. Ir Lost No. 427, Home Min. E. H. LEVY Lical No 142, Photograph Date Two 5a 102, New York, R. T. Local X TAY, Paur last No. 18. Call PHILIP O. GLEAVE Level Me. TM. New Tark, N. Y. RICHARD W. SEARS DOUGLAS A. POPE WILTON NATION ROBERT BURKHANDT LISLE M. LUBR Less) No. 404, - Usab Come) No. 544. New Tirt, N. Y. June1 No. THE Mine Terk, 5. 1. Email No TIT, Gill Limit No. TAX, billywas can DANIEL BESTUCCI Local No. M. Hollywood Callt. IRVING SMITH WILLIAM I. WADE REXNARD NEWSON ALFRED DeGaetano IOHN MONTE Leou No not Chinife, Pa. Lord No eas. futrent Calle Jumel No. 702, fill Twk x Y. Livel No. TFT, Bollywood Lost the T2N work BEN O. WEJOHT, Jr. No New Terk, N Y. G. H. COTCHEFER ARTHUR OLSON GERALD DOBSON ARTHUR G. SMALLWOOD Less) No 417, diversive, time W, L. WIDMAYER I. P. DUICH Livel 7Vn 141, New York, N. T. Loss No. 112 Calif, lumal Nu THE New Tirk, X. T. Load No. T27, Callt Legal Xii Cauld Land No 327, LOUIS HORKAY, Jr. EDW. A, HILSON JOSEPH SPALLUCCI BUST H. DREYER JOHN B. STINF Lorial Mn. BI, Hollywood, Calic least No THE New Turk N. V. Leral No 117, care Less No MA, Luming Ohio - No TEA earn CLARENCE JOHANNES Lessi No. LEV. / N, X FRANCIS 1. BURGESS CHARLES S. HISSERICH LOUIS SPIVAK WILLARD F. EGGERT EUGENE W. STOUT last The 702 Nam York, N. I Loral No. 737, cause CHARLES R. HARTLEY Total No. Callt, Tomal No. ass, Bollywood, Calif Local No 12f, Claim. Lets) No. - Indiana WILLIAM A. COLLINS PAUL W. KRETSCHMER R. G. STRANDES MARK GARBER RUDOLF PRETZEL JOHN R. CAREW Tww.) No. 64K, Colle Comes No 630, Holigement Cailt 5a THE the York, N. Y Local No. 101. Unitywed, Callf, Land No 75A a. Via the se Twinten, Mam HOWARD W. LEWIS BRUCE F. THOMPSON JOHN H. HALE ROBERT HAGER Lenst No T27, Helly must, cash RICHARD RANK EARL H. HOLLAND No. 619, Indial No 191, Call Limit Die. THE New Tast, N. Y, Leisl 5a THE MA. Mindi Na AAFI cells GUY NEWHARD ALLAN B. PARKER DAVID TOMKINS GALE HEMPFTLING FRANK LETLOW Local No. 40% Callf. (nal No. fri, Calif Lost Mr. TOF, New Tark, N. T. Tenal No. 793, Callf KEN. WENNESHEIMER Tabil No 73a MI Cincine Mad. last No das, coit. CLIFTON SCHRADER DEAN C. SPENCER A PHILIP ULMER JOHN T. HUNT - X TVE. New York, 5. 1. Local Na THE Hollywood use CLARENCE E. BRAZEL CARLOS V. DIEHL Lost No. Fee, New O. Lessi No. 111, Calif, W. BRADLEY LaGUESS Lost No. 798, La Junis. Oder Issuel No. 872, Yes E. L. SMITH JEROME ALBERT AL VILLA HERMAN H. DIEHL, Jr. lessi No 70g, New York N, F. lical 20 712, New York, N. Y Leeu Se 127, Bullywood, IRWIN ELLIS Les/ 171, Bilox) and Givin, Miss. WILLIAM F. ALFANO RALPH LARGEY Lest X TAB la - level My 612, Reuman Va. HAROLD BENSON DAVID WAGNER HOWARD E McALLISTER Lessi 20d 871, Well Warwing, R. 1, Local NA тед, New York, N. 1. fullinal No 782, New Fork N. V. Load No 70f, Calle ROY FARWELL GEORGE THOMPSON IRVIN McCLELLAN Local Die 127, - Me old Name Union HAYS R. CALDWELL JOHN AUSTIN 11. H. ENNIS Tennal No HTS, Miami, THE Local No. 100, Non York, AL 5. - No. 79a, Hollywood, No. TST, Call FRED ORGENE Tomal Mn ARE Treas H. B. CRESAP ALEX BATISTONI HORACE E. BLANTON JERRY McFARLAND lest No tal, [well, Mine Lemit No THE New York, N. K. lest No. FAR, This (ocal No. TAT. Caill. WILLIAM WILSON K. L. KOFORD Twice No. m, Miami. Oala, Limi No ML Times EDW. H. BIRD 1. DeMARCO THOMAS ELLIOTT GLENN A. MARRS Loral We 137. MM 1 M. 113. Cauld. Local No. 114. Types Xn 737, Builywood, Card GORDON BARNES LANE TURNER less) No HR, New Two N. Y ED, CONNOLLY TAD E GOULD DUDLEY A KOONEY New No TM ADMINI are (mú No. Mistr JOSEPH DePINTO Leess Nu ID. Haltywood, Cause FORREST CRANDALL Comi No, 765, New Yurk, iv - No. 114, Train Lost No NT. A. 5, RILEY Limit) 100. Jume RAYMOND E. DeCAMP HOBERT OLDHAM, Jr. FRANK ROONEY five 748 - Missi Least No as Card. STEPHEN DOLLMAN letal No. 716, Tesse Lemit No. TAX. Cell! LIAM E. ROGUE EDW. C. IRVIN Leos) No 700 New Tork, N. T. Lessi No. MI, Frem Cast AUSTIN G. DOYLE GALE WHITE MILTON SCHREYER Cami No un IVAGE Less) No 141, Hollywood Calle CHARLES ESPOSITO No 718, Quiseville Trans Losi No. est, Unity and Call. LEO R. CADWELL, In VICTOR 1. FADDEN Led No 162, New You, N. y. last) sec Harter, Mich, lest Calif CLIFFORD GARRISON komal the THE Nm Tire, N. "ON THE HOME FRONT" UST where do the legitimately deferred members of our International fit 1010 the picture of the current J World crisit? Are we any less patriotic because we do not lay down the tools of our traile and pick up a musket ID defend not Country? FORVICTORY Are we dürking our duty because we do not resign our positions and seek employment in 60 WE CANT ALL delemic industry? BUY DO YOUR JOB AND Should we throw up our jobs and join the armed forces? Boys BUT UNITED WE CAN DO THIS Such uncertainty has inquestionably pervaded the mind of each God fearing, Country-loving member STATES SAVINGS THIS of the International, who but for physical incapacity, family ties or other responsibilities would gladly BONDS exclunge his security for a crack at our "mad dog" enemies. But sanity and obligation must control AND STAMPS impulative desires. le has been ordained that we must do our dury mi our shops or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office. the home, just as faithfully as if we stood in the from rarik of inmo giral battle and knew that victory for mankind depended upon nor hravery, strength and skill. When we do due the humblest of ID will he serving in that great army which achieves the welfare of the workf. The duties of our membership in these troubleus times take on added importance. While performing work out of all visible range, our services are vital, but unsung. Our reward must come from the self- ratifaction gained through the knowledge of a job well done Aeroplane workers are building planes. Shipyard workers are building ships. We are building morale, which is so essential at a time when the masici are living unster constant train and sacrifice, and spirits have receded to a low ebb. Increased days and hours of work call for increased recreation. What with daily blazing headlines and papers crammed with ghantly reports of war: intermittent radio interruptions to bring its depressing course into every dwelling, while rartly any conversation termi- nates without tome discussion of war, the theatre affords the only release from in horrors. No apprehension should be felt as to any evasion or chunning of duty because we have been singled our to play a non-combar role, Rather, since DOT International is a compenent part of an industry that is productive of such universil henevolence, we should proudly even our every effort in that direction in an release to bring some measure of happiness into a trouble-swept world. J.R.WILLIAMS counteract the disastrous influence of millions ref men being molalized and billions being spent for del telly ideals of "slaughter and destruction," we on the front should have a passion for muernal UNTIL THE JOB'S DONE!" haman within our Country that knows DO franstration. lse past several days have witnessed an attempt 10 heal the beesch existing between the American Part of Libor and the Committee of Industrial Organizanion, in an effort to make peace in the Into of America's war effort, Should these early feelers bear Feust and Labor eventually compose its differences, ces, the Government will be aided materially in its operation of the war ecummy. to has been conclusively that such ovalries and jurisdictional conflicts have no place in the an em- ncy such as faces America proven and the world today. All cfforts should be divered toward unity in Labor Movement for the defense of over Nation. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF LOCAL - - ALAMEDA COUNTY Williams Massipal AMENDMENTS TO "A TOAST" unles SECRETARIES AND BUSINESS AGENTS Pelegraphic Address: Combrand LOCAL CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS Bus MEL AL Daul, Missa Ave, MUST BE SUBMITTED TO GENERAL W' HOLE a trülle lase for Christmas the (Corrected. to January 12. 1942) # - BAN DISGO IL Agency N o: Bail um "Teas" composed by Teal Fairbanks, - Telegraphic Altreas 1728 Crem are Due Agt. e B HD Artive e. OFFICE PRIOR TO ADOPTION resentative of the Studio Unitity Workers, bed No 727, Hollywood, Cell LA to expressive in a patrime vmL Reference . 134 BAN JOSE (bsear, P. d. Here 14 Telegraphir Address ate New Morthen the e M o Do Agt.: AL Tinware Civis ment that should be anything bur marmal or our (PMC) a Required in Duplicate Together with hast 600 good not a part alung So here If c 5M. Brudio Medical LT o IM LOS and ANGELES- 1. luis 300 Copy of Law to Be Amended # Bead TT and Ticker Seliem Telegraphic LIM West Weitington Besiment T'm Sumier Claur Ris Age: R. L. iss W. Westlington ave Pho " now ONE Unite Xam, - 1M P. o Der un ALABAMA Telephone Address: 100% Times Ave B EFORE taking final artion, all local constitution and I's TIMP misimare objective, Bus. Agt.: = en 4m 19 a F. the o. Bia 5L 728, A 162 SAN FRANCISCO-W G. Wiods 5M from BL by law additions and must find he forwarded The define of dy Japan. & North Principable Address 220 Junia 9. Bert (2) is the General Office Such amendments should be line Air./ F 3a. Mingle EAR law BL furnished in duplicate tigether with - copy of the law to If's here - R/P for Name, 9 bos II. P. DE This 201, D. 0, the 214. 188 HOLL Fides Promitional amended. Nar do ave four them hinf). M be Telegraphy Aft. 12 Address T. Purro, Retire = OM time Meving Picture Machine 1. zu NEO La Brea AVE Several local linions have proceeded 40 revemp their laws Receive IFC know and Unite Sammy & save A) bread them rough , 142 Address: 1210 Claimant Rus. MOBILE I- Marrie P. e this OF 3b. Address NUM on Bt, this Agf.: John F. évans, 1019 Cignis an and have gone te the experse of Kaving them printed before Ad. 1L. E Mirris, 1420 Cirrount BE o (6) OAKLAND- and 11. Perry, Address 51 sohmitting name for the importion of the General Ofici IVe all provy our Chrismas - Bar- Y. Manksh Theirs P.O. Die 97 Telegraphic Address: 1961 Address - a Telephone Address: Caditos Bus 4gl. AL Basi, un Minha AVE Unfortunately experse wa insured for the reseaux And plan for nuch New Year, Time Act. 11. A. Bonk P. o. Box BIL M 216 BAKERSFIELD-C W. purio W a time 14. M ed GARROSH V. B. u Dos en Tringeschip Address: Hot Eye R that the alterations made begr not in cooformate with later RVG forth in God Aireighty, Lash Harm. From comies any have de [rer. - ANNISTON W. Middles P. 0 DA 417 Teleprent All-1 L. La Kenth, P. D. Time HI M 216 MARVEVILLE-F W. III # (m) ne FRAIN law. which naturally investment the laws in ques. 31ject Bivd. time being reprinted Allinais: Theirs. No & live is. Pessiver Dairy " em M 96 Address: 718 Woodlind - Telephone Jamas + Manager ats Cauden Are Bivir Bird, Revidently this failure we recoured either chaosen Twis AD. e 15, % 1 Be 114 Parties oversight OF as a of spending up the printing OF Our forefathers mught for NW, 0 MT MOBILE-2. L Mayball P. a this Bleve David Yeaker - Address: Plans the new constitution and by law. DI chishe, the letter this Advi IL IL Lank. P. o RA- M 341 VALLEJO-D 1. R) a par is Mar game - Address: 1ST - purpose defented entirely, insured - the resultant lan - M7 JASPER-C c. P. a. Box 10de has Aft: T. Enter, 1/8 N. in time for exceeded the Ispue had . rypewritten copy of the Talegraphic Address: Jamper Theatre Xn single bells e-maging, ART. P. Hmith, Cyrte Thestre, AIA o at BACRAMENTO-ANGIN p. 1V 0 les NP proposed changes önr been submitted to the General Office: (47 FLORENCE, SHEFFIELD and TUSCUMBIR- Address: ⑉ Benk a Multi Senia d'own DWF lane, Telephone I, Address: 1450 Main At Air x smilla, P. D. Res 147. Als. the Apt. W, n. Paint fit a Then again there are many delivere leasures involved LE Les's every an Fortive Season Date Agt.: G. L. Thempson, Bringh 34, @heffield_ B 297 SAN DIEGO- IL Medical RM Haur like rempiling a local constitution and bylaws, making le CS- Tylegraphic Address: 218 AM de though # were the large. - DESATVR- W. THEYE na Think An West De 4d. W W Wiss THE Crigos BI- propidy difficult Im al by laws outside to complete withous Address: THE This Att. West. M 40% BAN MATED-J, Timine 1889 - was suggeted or contal changes wing made. A41. B. E. Turney, Principal Thestre OBITUARY Jos. un Camino Elemic No - Aside from the forgining If la entry to the provisions Rus. Agl. F a Through TM Lamil at ul the International Constitution and Briam BI artopt, alter BUSH, JOHN, charter member of N. Y, Local ABBIONA M 420 BANTA ROSA-11 3L A D: By 36 - or Amend local constitution and without prior apr proval by the General Office, as provided in Article 19, Sex No. 206, Employed as curpenter (or twentymine years 284 B 3% o, then ass Transmic CATIS . Magiolla - Own. the Age: ft M Caria F. o Bix 246 Cettif tion 3. 00 Pages 52 and 53 el the Imernational Constitution in the Old Samuels Opens House Joa. Age (0) C.I. Wallers, in Wast Manto Visit en Telegraphic Address: 1217 West Bay 81. and Lawi: CAMP, ELMER (Doc), member of Peoria, TII., Local No. Bas Age (E) HAYEL 1295 Thank Type ⑉ o es STOCKTON-W IL THOUSES P. 0, But - 75, on December 3, 194), in San Francisco, Cald 410 rucsom- Waster 1805 Email Materi as. Address Rame 1. Bet as Telegraphic Address: DATE EANT Mahid BL Thus Adi 15 0, This THE The affiliated local unims of this Alliance may adopt individual Constitution and By-Laws fur their owd Member of local sloce 1900, Box. Agt.) Dranin T. Number: 14ME Cast Malul IL M 480 EUREKA-D F. P. 9 MT GRIVET, EUGENE, meniber uf Rnchester, N Y. Lost M - DOUGLAS Jones 1345 vern St. Address: N° St. government, box nuch laws or any proposed amend- Descrephic Address: 3346 12th BL live MA E 1834 Willams #1, meno therent are be submitted to the International No 25, ou January 10, 1942. Das sun. M. dray. 1590 Elighth e. D 431 UN JONE D. Wallie, e. 0. BE - THE HARKNESS, JOHN, member of III, Focil No M YSI PRESCOTT-P. E. Turnen, B. o Bia TU President for bis approval before adoption. No cuse Address 111 North l'iensent Dos Agt. it E 1011 (Yearth a. Santa Aúdres 571 the stitutional provision - by-baw shall be elupied by any 317, of a Ungering ailomit. (0) C, by Come, P. o Barc 780. Clara CARE affiliated local onion without such approval by the JANSER, JOHN E, charter member of Hamilton, Ohio, M 16 SANTA NARRARA- 9.0 Bui 11. GRANA B n. - International President Local No. 156, ve Junuary 4, 1942. Servol as Sevre- AREANBAS Telepraphic Bas. Age: Address WAIVER P. the we Any local uniun failing in coungly with the provi- biry for may year. M 54 LITTLE ROCK-E 1L am MAIN BL LINK, NELSON L member of Minneapolis, Minn. last - 531 CHICO-M. 12 THE TIAM are AM Address as SEVEN Kt. - Suat sue sione of this Section shall be punishable by a fine, or This And NAB Murchy, 1417 Montall SL Bes Agt. M. it NeGdle Timple , for DE suspension of revecition of its charter, No. 319, on lanuary 12, 1942. E HOT SPRINGS-Jun M. Regiman, 1°. a 16 la the event that any affiliated Incal union shall MeM/HON, B: R., member of Wankegno, ILL, Local No. Tringraphic Address: aja ATE M 504 SANTA AMA-NV. L. (241) ATF - LESS Expires 317. of a bears mack, has Agt.: P. G. Pos, Cigitral Tensire Da. Palagraphic Ap- R F. Adama LANE Was 96 M. asingt any No without the approval hereinabove pro- M = PINE BLUFF-A N. P. O. This SUP vided for is inconsistent with the provisions of this MITCHELL, ROBERT (Bab), member of Peoria, III, Locil Address: 1906 East Eighth Ave e 531 LONG BEACH-0. A. Labilima a Re 1,046 - Act. B. H. Register, P. o Boxe 32A. De Agt. W. 5. health 3458 Deteim Winsington AMYUM: 140 Styrtia & Constitution and Dy-Laws, such local law shall be void No. 75, on December 22, 1941. 400 FURE SMITH-LANTHING Microre, P. a fins EL and of no and the members of the local amiun PETERMAN, FRANCIS, member of Portnown, Pa, Leal 1215 Stanth 21. M MO RICHMEND-Curies 17. 00m- F. @ Das THE No. 575. Prendem of local at time of bir death ni I'm Y West, Invi Treatmen shall not be bound thereby, Bas. ABCT Tem Tran, 413 Service A+E Thingraphic mind AMY 625 3415 m. December 23, 1941, as result of antomobile accident POWDERLY, ELMER, member of Penria, lal No CALIFORNIA at SM HODESTO- Frank 1 a - From XXI TRAVELING ATTRACTIONS NOTE 75. on Dreember 21, 1941, at Floshing, Long Ideal 15 BAN . Ward, 129 au Velegrücht: Agli address AUTHOR VII un time Are - Days Cállion, Lovelaid and Winder, Colorado, are is RAILEY, & R. (Gur), member of Houseu, Term. be Internaphic Address: 368 Junis on. Them Agt.) Guirge A Ward, 2.11 Josife mL o in you SAN BERNARDING El If Vigation Degistrative 0 DI - am de juridiction of For Calling, Colo, Loral No 229, No. 51, on December III, 1741, at the Age of (inity inf. . a LOS ANGELEG 1007 South AVE Jini. Telephone MI BE Address A Date an Comb your Contraction Members playing any of the alsermentioned points will Address: 1691 Seuth Grand Ave lime Age.: Cart a. Comm. IM North Visa All personaly becify the Business Agent of the Fwn Collins loral. BRING ADDRESS CHANGES UP TO DATE M HOLLYWOOD [Metion Pature Studio o 199 FRESNO-H Callf D: - E D - Are (1) Twing Dang Man. Narsaryman, Set Draver's Proguam. mL Prap-Ministure Man. Consisteriers, Drapara and File Peligraphic det, Miller, YES 151 Abhr @ with attractions booked in play Mr Vermun, In the inte of the Bullenin all Secretaties and Business Ohio, are requested to forward advance yollow require cant Spanial Educts Ment R. 9412 406 VISALIA well IL 647 - y. MAIL " time BL SL., Tuest Agents names and addresses am completed up to the preside - Bird. # to Charler Hill, 171 East Suipas St., Mr. Verson, Ohio. time acovding to the files of the General Office. Yes - Address: 6478 Mintes Business 4. list Agt: n. C. Direl, 4472 Senta Ministra The M # Telephic WATSONVILLE 1- CHART IH Minikille, Pa, Local 3V%, requests that sufferives muse therefore, requested to check the name and address a de - SACHAMENTO D. Maniny P. o, the 271 Crus, cast, ⑉ Walnet AVE. ants Crea. Address: SHIP TR# Bt. 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PM # - - - o HM o Hairy, F. a Use . - DOCK EPIRINGS is F - - DI - DM - - - use - NE J. Days as Train a address 311 Address: APT = Das Age: a. n. Malay, BLL - - Agt. - Marthers 718 - - TEXT - for KANSAS NORTH CAROLINA 1361 WINFIELD-RItz 623 DURHAM-Old and New Duke Sudimina, 1430 (Collayville). 958 WINSTONALEM-Colonial 1558 University, High School North and High School 1316 Park Association Fair, Eart. 347 WINSTON-SALEM-Hollywoo 1612 RUTCHISON-Skate und Irts. 1435 HENDERSON-Moon (Durbam), 1751 ARKANSAS CITY-High School Auditarium Gymnasium. 1563 SALISBURY-Howan County Pair. MARYLAND omo 740 SALTIMORE-State 183 SHELPY-Opera House and Coitombo Theatres 287 COLUMBUS-Koickarbocker. E29 MARION-Ohis. 931 LIMA-Lyric. 410 LYNN-Capitol. H12 FREMONT-Pummount (Titten), 1354 MARIETTA-Hippodrome and Puman. 713 841 BCSTON-Sympheny Hall. 1697 DAYTON-Dayion An Institute. 1064 BOSTON-Casine. 1145 Others House. OELAHOMA 1274 BOSTON-Tremont. 1637 NEW BEDFORD-New Bedford High School Auditorium. 560 ENID-Artac and New Macco. 1641 NEW BEDFORD-Balley Square. 1063 OKMULGEE-Yale and Orphaum. 1711 Macorial Theotre of Amberal College 1119 ENID-Chiel (Northampton) 1290 Midwest and Rivoll City, In) 1738 LAWRENCE-Hall Bren. 1430 CKMULGEE-Inco. 1616 BLACKWELL-Brys (Arkansas City, Kon.). MICHIGAN 1649 NORMAN-Sooner, Varity and University 469 I'LINT-High School Auditorium. OREGON 1009 BATTLE CREEK-Battle Creek College Audtiorium. 1204 BAY CITY-Washington. 1702 PORTLAND-Third Avenue. 1392 GRAND HAVEN-Crescent (Muskegon). 1427 LANSING-Lamaing Central, Wast Junior, Frunch Junior High PENNSYLVANIA School Auditoriums. 1718 GRAND RAPIDS-Club 21. 1233 ERIE-Colonial 1745 AWN ARBOR-University of Michigan, 1296 YORK-York Theatre 1546 PITTSBURGH-Putaburgh Playhouse, MINNESOTA 1699 BELLEPONTE-Fioa und State (Lewiaton), 1740 DEER LAKE-Deer Lake Theatre (Potteville). 1010 EAST GRAND FOREZ-MeDonald Brothers" State Theotre and 1741 ALLENTOWN-Central Park. Dance Hall. RHODE ISLAND MISSISSIPPI 519 PAWTUCKET-Capitol (Providence). 333 YAZOO-Yavoo (Greenwood). SOUTH CAROLINA MISSOURI 696 COLUMBIA-Twn 1114 WEBB CITY-Civic (Joplin). 1504 GREENVILLE-Greenville Women's College Auditorium. 1329 JOPLIN-Central High School Auditorium. 1602 WEBSTER GROVES-Onark (St. Louis). 1686 SPARTANBURG-Spartanburg County Pair Association. TEXAS MONTANA 278 1562 BILLINGS-Billings High School Auditoriums 643 CAMBRIDGE-Strand. 840 PARIS-Lamor (Greenville). NEW HAMPSHIRE 879 AUSTIN-Gregory Auditorium. 917 LUBBOCK-Indsey and Palace. 1415 NASHUA-Colanial (Monchester). 1390 TEXARKANA-High School Auditorium. 1473 Night Club. NEW JERSEY 1576 DENTON-Texas Women's College and North Texas State Teachers College (McKinney). 268 OCEAN CITY-Morian [Atlantic City). 1607 AUSTIN-Hogg Memorial Auditorium. 350 LAKEWOOD-Palare. 1726 FORT WORTH-Colineum and Will Rogers Memorial City Audi- TOMS HIVER-Traco (Lakewood). foriums. 408 LAKEWOOD-Strand. 440 BUTLER-New Butler (Morria County). VIRGINIA 546 ATLANTIC CITY-Royel 609 POMPTON LAKES-Pompton Lakes. 1752 BOANOKE-Les. LITTLE PALLS-Oxford (Peterson). SALEM-Colontal (Rocmoke). NEW YORK WASHINGTON 377 BROOKLYN-Apollo, Classic, Parkway, Mapleton and Pulton Auditorium. 1608 SEATTLE-Meany Hall, University of Washington. 391 LONG BEACH-Bayahore, Faichoque. 806 BROCKLYN-Sigle, Kiemet and Sumber, WEST VIRGINIA $55 DOLGEVILLE-Smalley's Strand. 1017 NEW YORK-A. H. Schwarts, Century Circuit, Inc. 335 CHARLESTON-High School Auditarium 1055 LOCUST VALLEY Born. 615 CHARLESTON-Kearsa 1122 BEOOELYN-Borough Hall. 690 CLARKSBURG-Opera House and Robiaum Grund. 1125 UTICA-Uptown. 1152 HUNTINGTON-Paioes 1225 SYRACUSE-Lincoln Auditorium. 1378 CHARLESTON-Capitol 1105 POUGHKEEPSIE-High School Auditorium. 1548 BEACON-Beacon (Poughkeepate), WISCONSIN 1374 BEACON-Roosevelt (Poughkeepsie). 426 BHOOKLYN-Schwaben Hall. 1198 ANTIGO-Home (Wausou). 1492 MINEOLA-Mineola (Nasson County). 1844 PREEPORT-Preeport (Nosson and Suffolk Countles). 1656 GOSHIN-Gosben (Middletown). WYOMING 1750 SYRACUSE-New York State Fair Grounda, 90 CHEYENNE-Wyoming Consistory. 139 TREASURY DEPARTMENT INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE February - 2942 TO FROM Kr. Hans Secretary off Morgenthau 1. Attached to this memorandum are tables showing (1) the number of agents qualified to issue Defense Savings Bonds, Series E, at the close of business on January 31, classified by type of agent, and (2) the number of such agents on selected dates since last May. 2. On January 31 there were 19,098 agents other than post offices qualified to issue Series E savings bonds, an increase of 481 since January 24. 3. On January 31 there were 351 corporations qualified to issue Series E savings bonds on payroll allotment plans in accordance with the instructions contained in your telegram of December 27 to the Federal Reserve Banks. There were 240 corporations so muslified one week ago. 4. There were 37 members of the investment industry qualified to issue Series E savings bonds on January 31, as compared with 10 members one week ago. Attachments Regraded Unclassified Classification of the number of agents qualified to lasue Series E Savings Bonde, on January 31, 1942 : : Building : : : : : : and : : Other : Invest- : All : Credit 1 Banks : loan : : corpora-: ment :others : Total unions : : associa- : : tions industry: : : : tions : : : : Corporations and Associations: Federal Reserve District of: Boston 831 228 199 14 - 12 1,284 New York 1,169 251 367 32 7 37 1,863 Philadelphia 831 105 94 101 I . 1,131 Cleveland 1,167 359 292 28 3 1 1,850 Richmond 1,022 182 119 19 6 1 1.349 Atlanta 1,005 144 156 17 - - 1,322 Chicago 2,314 448 181 90 10 14 3,057 St. Louis 1,340 142 51 11 8 1 1,553 Minneapolis 1,281 55 55 3 - 2 1,396 Kansas City 1,751 177 140 1 2 27 2,098 Dallas 837 114 189 27 - 1 1,168 San Francisco 549 229 237 8 1 3 1,027 Sub-total 14,097 2,434 2,080 351 37 99 19,098 Post offices - I - - - - 17,123 Grand total 14,097 2,434 2,080 351 37 99 36,221 Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, February 3. 1942 Division of Research and Statistics. In accordance with telegram of December 27, 1941. 2 / Except post offices. 140 Regraded Unclassified Number of agents qualified to issue Series E Savings Bonds, May 7, 1941 to date : 1941 : 1942 Type of agent : May : Sept. : Jan. : Jan. : Jan. : Jan. : 7 : 30 : 10 : 17 : 24 : 31 Commercial and savings banks 7,676 11,571 13,832 13,966 14,037 14,097 Building and loan associations 739 1,481 2,144 2,268 2,65 2,434 Credit unions 8 389 1,529 1,736 1,11 2,080 Other corporations 1/ - - 12 118 40 351 - - - 10 Investment industry I 37 All others 7 27 59 30 54 99 Total other than post offices 8,430 13,468 17,576 18,118 18,617 19,098 Post offices 15,812 16,429 16,883 17,140 17,140 17,123 Grand total 24,242 29,897 34,459 35,258 35,757 36,221 Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, February 3, 1942 Division of Research and Statistics. 1 In accordance with telegram of December 27, 1941. 141 Regraded Unclassified Stock of Series E Savings Bonds on Hand 1/ January 20, 1942 to date (In thousands of pieces) : Stock on hand : : Bonds Stock on hand IBM Sales : beginning : : manufactured closs of deliveries of day : this day $ 1 this day day this day Jan. 20 8,101 218 800 8,683 1,000 21 8,683 337 800 9,146 875 22 9,146 381 800 9,565 1,000 23 9,565 377 800 9,988 1,000 24 9,988 263 800 10,525 1,000 25 10,525 none-closed none-closed 10,525 - 26 10,525 487 1,000 11,038 2,000 27 11,038 186 1,000 11,852 - 28 11,852 251 1,000 12,601 2,000 29 12,601 265 1,000 13,336 - 30 13,336 283 800 13,853 2,000 31 13,853 139 800 14,514 - Feb. 1 14,514 none-closed none-closed 14,514 - 2 14,514 505 800 14,809 - 3 14,809 158 800 15,451 - Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, February 4, 1942 Division of Research and Statistics. 1/ Includes stock in hands of (1) Federal Reserve Banks and branches, (2) Post offices, (3) Federal Reserve Bank issuing agents, and (4) Treasury vaults in Washington. Regraded Unclassifi CONFIDENTIAL Unfilled Orders for Savings Bonds at the Federal Reserve Banks and the Post Office Department January 20 to date (In thousands of pieces) : Unfilled : : Unfilled : New orders Bonds Stock of IBM : orders at : : orders at : received manufactured bonds deliveries : opening of : : close of : this day this day on hand* : business : : business : this day Jan. 20 202 204 800 86 1,184 1,000 21 86 411 800 59 1,546 875 22 59 697 800 86 1,676 1,000 23 86 569 800 50 1,871 1,000 24 50 727 800 28 1,922 1,000 25 28 none-no mail none-closed 28 1,922 - 26 28 490 1,000 1/ 7 2,011 2,000 27 7 434 1,000 7 2,177 - 28 7 474 1,000 6 2,102 2,000 29 6 407 1,000 2/ 8 2,097 - 30 8 426 800 6 1,869 2,000 31 6 404 800 1/ 9 1,868 - Feb. 1 9 none-no mail none-closed 9 1,868 - 2 9 402 800 11 1,668 - 3 11 428 800 6 1,435 # Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, February 4, 1942 Division of Research and Statistics. * Bonds in Washington vaults only. 1 Includes 400 thousand pieces manufactured for inventory in the field. Includes 600 thousand pieces manufactured for inventory in the field. Regraded Unclas UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS Comparative Statement of Sales During First Two Business Days of February and January 1942 and December 1941 (February 23 January H2, December 1-2) On Basis of Issue Price (Amounts in thousands of dollars) : : : Sales Amount of Increase : : Percentage of Increase : Item : : : : February : January : February : January February January December : : : : over -- over : over : over 1942 1942 1941 : : : : January : December : January : December Series 1- Post Offices $ 12,006 $ 8,784 $ 4,205 $ 3,222 $ 4,579 36.7% 108.9% Series I - Banks 42,037 20,964 6,496 21,073 14,468 100,5 222.7 Series I - Total 54,044 29,749 10,701 24,295 19,048 81.7 178.0 Series 7 - Banks 8,984 4,021 1.956 4,963 2,065 123.4 105.6 Series G - Banks 39,313 15,384 12,970 23,929 2,414 155.5 18,6 Total $102,341 $ 49,153 $25,627 $53,188 $23,526 108.26 91,8% Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Division of Research and Statistics. February 4. 1942. Source: All figures are deposite with the Treasurer of the United States on account of proceeds of sales of United States savings bends. Note: Figures have been rounded to nearest thousand and will not necessarily add to totala. Regraded Unclassified 145 UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS Daily Sales - February 1942 On Basis of Issue Price (In thousands of dollars) Post Office Bank Bond Sales All Bond Sales Date Bond Sales Series I Series I Series F Series G Total Series E Series I Series G Total February 1942 2 $ 8,435 $ 34,150 $ 6,191 $ 19,795 $ 60,136 $ 42,585 $ 6,191 $ 19,795 $ 68,571 3 3.572 7.887 2,793 19,518 30,199 11,459 2,793 19,518 33,770 Total $ 12,006 $ 42,037 $ 8,984 $ 39,313 $ 90,335 $ 54,044 $ 8,984 $ 39,313 $102,341 Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, Division of Research and Statistics, February 4. 1942. Source: All figures are deposits with the Treasurer of the United States on account of proceeds of sales of United States savings bonds. Note: Figures have been rounded to nearest thousand and will not necessarily add to totals. Regraded Unclassified 146 FEB 4 1942 To: The Comptroller of the Currency The Commissioner of Internal Revenue The Commissioner of Customs The Chief of the United States Secret Service The Director of the Procurement Division Front Secretary Morgenthau Attached is 8 photostat copy of a letter from the Attorney General of the United States to 100 dated January 31, 1942, and & photostat copy of v reply to his dated February 4, 1942. You are requested to bring these letters to the attention of the proper officials under your jurisdic- tion in order that the policy of the Attorney General, with which I fully concur, may be carried out effective- 1y. (Signed) 1. 12s JIS:CLKit 2-3-42 Regraded Unclassified 147 FEB 4 1942 Dear Mr. Attorney General: I have your letter of January 31, 1942, in which you state that you have established in the Criminal Division of your Department a special unit to examine cases of criminal conduct in business transactions connected with the defense program. with & view to aiding you in your endeavor to prosecute business concerns which seek to defraud the Dovermment, I have advised the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Bureau of internal Revenue, the Sureau of Customs, the United States Secret Service, and the Procurement Division of the work you are under- taking, and have asked them to bring to 47 attention any transactions which indicate criminal conduct so that I may transmit the 0420 to your Department for the attention of the now unit. Sincerely yours, (Signed) 1. Mergenthau. 32. Secretary of the Treasury The Honorable The Attorney General n.m.c. Capies to shorpson JLS:CLX:t 2-3-42 Regraded Unclassified 148 Office of the Attorney (General Mashington D.C. January 31, 1942 The Monorable The Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D. C. Tear Mr. Secretary: Às you are well aware, the program of the government for national defense and prosecution of the war has made it necessary for the government to enter into A. great many contracts with busi- 04.08 concerns all over the country in which billions of dollare are involved. While the great majority of the people with whom such contracts are made are honest and patriotic citizepe and will lost honeatly with the government. unfortunately there will doubt- Lane be a few who will 100 in the emergency an opportunity to taxe advantage of the government and will do BO. The Department of Justice will take supropriate action -- conditiously as possible in all cases in which criminal conduct to exist with the hope that prompt action my not only result in B. just treatment of such cases but will serve na A. deter- test 17 others who might otherwise be tempted to deal dishonestly LTVS the government, Accordingly, I have caused to be set up in the Criminal of my Department a special unit whose duty it shall be to - all cases in which such offenses are indicated, to the end propriate action may be taken promptly. As on Bid to carrying out this program, I shall ampreciate of you will advise me promotly of any specific instances of class conduct that may come to your attention, to the end that Witer may be fully investigated and proper action taken. With kind regards. Sincerely yours, ACTIVIT Regraded Unclassified 149 Mr. Sullivan said as result of this Qerview, it was not necessary to send written reply to Mr. Green. 150 MENOPANDUM February 4, 1942. 70: The Secretary FROM: "r. Sullivan Pursuant to your instructions I interviewed President illian Green of the American Mederation of Labor in regard to his request that you support his demand that Social Security taxes be included in the cordns revenue bill. I explained to President Green that the delay to the enactment of the revenue neasure of from three to five months which would result if concurrent consideration were given to Social Security taxes along with the revenue bill would cause a loss of revenue of about :500 million. He immediately interructed me and said that he quite understood our situation and that we couldn't ask for such a large increase in taxes and at the same time request something which would cost us a half a billion dollars. He was very cordial and asked ne to explain to you that he did not intend to embarrass you in any way when he wrote the letter and he could readily understand why you could not accede to his request. Tie then discussed sales taxes and I am sure that his orvanization will prove a valuable ally for us in our attempt to defeat the sales tax. The Regraded Unclassified AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR LABOR AMERICAN 30 INTERNATION Exemine Council - 151 / Company t Two This - M 1 1 is Orgin Nov.15.1881 ! pm Heart - Trees, (as. grand TELEPHONE NATIONAL 1 after Washington, 8 January 23, 1942 The Honorable Henry Yorgenthou, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, D.C. Dear Secretary Morgenthau; I W&S glad to have the assurance, in your letter of December 8, 1941, of your agreement that the Social Security Act needs substantial amendment and liberalization. I am today writing Chairman Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee, urging that the question of amending the Social Security Act and of levying such additional taxes as may be necessary to finance the improved eystem be taken un in the early stages of the consideration of the entire Social Security Act. If the question of social security taxation is deferred until after the general tax bill is framed, it seems clear that it #111 not get fair attention and that other undesirable forms of Deration will be levied which will make & reasonable increase in social security taxes impossible. As you recognized in your letter, there is an immediate connection between the government's regular fiscal program and social security taxation. All taxes which take a large part of the income of wage earners in the lower-paid brackets restrict the degree to which payroll taxes can be levied for social insurance. Other methods of taxation also restrict the worker's chance to save for emergencies such AB unemployment, 111- ness, retirement in old age. Social security taxes make funds svailable for current government use, helo prevent inflation, and provide D. fund from which withdrawals may be made later, offmetting deflation in the post-war period. The only tax which can be levied on a low-income group without seriously undermining basic living standards 1e one which succorts B. social insurance system from which payments are made to supply income in emergencies. Regraded Unclassified 152 Honorabl é Henry Morgenthau -2- January 23, 1942 Increasing social security taxes would be an important factor in preventing inflation, and would be the best bar to a sales tax which is both inflationary and regressive in its effect. We believe that sound principles of taxation require that all the taxes to be levied be studied for their total effect before any new taxes are imposed or old ones increased, May I ask your support of our request that the social security tax increases, proposed by President Roosevelt to finance an enlarged and improved social insurance program, be considered at the same time, not after, other taxes are under consideration before the Congress. It goes without saying that no increase in social security taxes should be made except to provide additional security under the Act. Sincerely yours, When President American Federation of Labor Irec Regraded Unclassified TREASURY DEPARTMENT 153 INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE FEB 4 1942 FROM TO Mr. Mr. for In further response to your request of December 26, 1939, there 18 submitted herewith for the Division of Research and Statistics & memorandum listing, with brief descriptions, the studies or projects completed or under way, and the names of persons working on each, for the month of October 1941. Regraded Unclassified 154 DIVISION OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS Report of Studies or Projects Completed or Under Way, and the Names of Persons Working on Each, for the month of October 1941 For convenience of reference, the studies listed are grouped under general subject heads. The names shown for persons working on each project include only those who participated fairly directly, as explained in the introductory note to the corresponding report submitted on December 28, 1939. No attempt has been made to cover also persons whose responsibility in each particular case was mainly in planning, supervising, or consulting. Financial Analysis I. Projects or studies completed 1. Three reviews of current developments in the high-grade securities markets were prepared, and memoranda were transmitted to the Secretary on October 1, 15, and 30. - Mr. Haas, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Foy, Mr. Matlock, Mr. Robbins, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Rosen These reviews contained, in addition to analysis of the current situation, the following special studies: (a) Effects of previous changes in reserve require- ments on prices and holdings of United States securities (Review of October 1, pages 3-5). - Mr. Foy (b) Distribution of holdings of outstanding taxable bonds (Review of October 1, pages 5-6). - Mr. Robbins, Mr. Barnett (c) Borrowing costs for medium- and long-term money (Review of October 15, pages 3-5). - Mr. Foy (d) Recent movements in bank deposits (Review of October 15, pages 5-6). - Mr. Rosen (e) New tap issue of British national war bonds (Review of October 15, page 6). - Mr. Matlock Regraded Unclassified 155 - 2 - (f) The new Treasury note (Review of October 30, page 3). - Mr. Barnett (g) Bank and insurance company absorption of Government securities (Review of October 30, pages 4-5). - Mr. Foy, Mr. Robbins (h) New Australian loan announced (Review of October 30, pages 5-6). - Mr. Matlock 2, A memorandum was prepared, containing recommendations with respect to the October financing, accompanied by B. chart, and was transmitted to the Secretary on October 3. A copy was transmitted to Mr. Morris. - Kr. Haas, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Lindow, Mr. Tickton, Mr. Sandelin, Mr. Conrad 3. Two tables were prepared on October 6 and 7, showing estimated yield bases and probable prices of proposed new issues of Treasury securities with optional call periods, for five alternative maturities, based, respectively, on closing bid prices on October 4 and 7. - Mr. Sandelin, Mr. Conrad 4. A memorandum W&B prepared, containing a suggestion with respect to the October financing, and was transmitted to the Secretary on October 10. - Mr. Haas, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Sandelin, Mr. Conrad 5. At the request of the Secretary on October 18, a memorandum was prepared on the refunding of the security issues guaranteed by the United States maturing in November, and was transmitted to the Secretary on October 20. - Mr. Haas, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Lindow, Mr. Tickton, Mr. Sandelin, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Robbins 6. Two tables were prepared on October 21 and 22, showing estimated yield bases and probable premiums on pro- posed new issues of Treasury notes, for three alterna- tive maturities, based, respectively, on closing quota- tions on October 20 and 21. - Mr. Sandelin, Mr. Conrad Regraded Unclassified 156 saturity calendar for each issue of direct and disrenteed bonds and notes of the United States was assared, showing by date the amounts outstanding, :lawsified by the maturity, first, and final callable CHEMS. The calendar was prepared 8.8 of October 1, 12- WAS transmitted to the Secretar: on October 2. - T1 Sarnett Timld rates on Treasury bonas and notes ana on se- strities uaranteed by the United States, were cal- selated daily on the basis of over-the-counter closing They were summarized daily in B. table suiving for each issue the closing oic 9110 asked cuota- Liens and ylelds to call and maturity dates on that day, :- coanges in prices and yields from the preceding HAY. and the orice range since the date on which first tradea, and also for the year 1941 to date. A chart to each 1ssue was kent un to date showing daily price and yield figures towether with comparative monthly data since 1934, since the date or issue, or since the date Cirst traded, In addition, yields were computed dally DO five high-grade corporate securities and two British everment issues. - Mr. Moody, Miss McCoy, Mr. Krall ⑆ the request of the Secretary, arrangements have been mie to secure periodically from the British Empire our- maing missione certain information regarding ourchases in the United States by the British Envire. Reports and tables are prepared from this information, and are Cransmitted according to instructions by the Secretary. P. Kans, Rr. Lindow, Mr. Wagner, Mr. March, Hr. MAYS, , Marcus (a) Weekly statements are received from the Britien Purchasing Commission concerning the physical volume of airplane and airplane engine orders blaced in the United States by the British Empire. This information 16 consolidated and coordinated in the Division, and a weekly report, entitled, "British Empire Aircraft Statements" 18 precared containing the following analytical tables, clas- sified by company and by type of airolane or airolane engine: (1) current status of orders, deliveries, and exports: (2) history of orders: 13) history of deliveries; (4) history of excorts: (5) econduled deliveries of unfilled orders; (6) options: (7) spare parts; and (5) secondhand units. These aircraft reborts were openared, and were transmitted on October 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31. Regraded Unclassified 4 157 (b) The Division receives each week from the British Air Commission information concerning the disposi- tion of airframes and airplane enginee inspected by the British Empire, and the status and loca- tion of airframes and airplane engines on hand in the United States. These data are edited and reviewed in the Division, and a weekly report, entitled, "Disposition and Status of Airframes and Airplane Engines Inspected by the British Empire", 1e prepared containing the following analytical tables for airframes and airplane engines, classified by company and model: (1) disposition of unite inspected; (2) status of inspected units on hand; and (3) physical location of units awaiting export. These reports were prepared, and were transmitted on October 6, 14, 20, and 27. (a) The Division also receives weekly statements from the British Purchasing Commission showing (1) the dollar volume of orders placed by British Empire Governments and (2) the dollar volume of deliveries on orders placed by the United Kingdom through the various missions. The information in these state- ments 18 itemized by contracts and classified by twenty-five commodity groups. These data are reviewed and edited in the Divi- sion, and a bi-weekly report, entitled, "British Empire Commodity Statements", 1s prepared summariz- ing in dollar volume the information on orders and deliveries, by commodity groups. This report con- sists of eight statements: The first three relate to orders placed in the United States during the current period by British Empire Governments; the next three consist of historical summaries of orders placed in the United States by the British Empire; the seventh and eighth relate to deliveries on orders placed in the United States by the United Kingdom through the British purchasing missions. These statements were prepared, and were transmitted on October 3, 17, and 31. (d) The Division receives each week from the British Purchasing Commission information relating to the dollar value of commitments by the British Empire for capital expenditures in the United States, and Regraded Unclassified - 5 - 158 for extraordinary charges designed to expedite delivery. On the basis of the data submitted, a bi-weekly report, entitled, "British Empire Capital Statements", is prepared in the Division containing the following analytical tables, clas- sified by commodity group and company: (1) total tangible capital commitments; (2) tangible capital commitments during the current period; (3) total commitments for extraordinary charges; (4) commit- ments for extraordinary charges during the ourrent period; and (5) details concerning machine tools classified as capital. These statements were pre- pared, and were transmitted on October 3. 17, and 31. (e) Each month the Division receives a detailed report from the British Purchasing Commission concerning the activities of its Iron and Steel Division. On the basis of this information the Division pre- pares a report, entitled, "Britiah Iron and Steel Statements", containing analytical tables showing on a physical volume basis: (1) current status of iron and steel orders; (2) history of orders; (3) history of deliveries; (4) history of exports; (5) current status of orders of ferro-alloy and silicon metale; (6) current status of drop forgings orders; and (7) history of drop forgings orders. These statements were prepared, and were transmitted on October 31. (f) The Division receives each month from the British Purchasing Commission information, on & physical volume basis, relating to the purchases of various other important commodities. These data are edited and consolidated in the Division and analyses of British Empire orders are prepared for the several commodities containing the following analytical tables: (1) current status of orders; (2) history of orders; (3) history of deliveries; and (4) sched- uled deliveries of unfilled orders. Statements for these various commodity groups were prepared, and were transmitted as follows: Regraded Unclassified 159 6 Airplane propellers, October 17 Explosives and propellants, October 14 Motor vehicles, October 10 Non-ferrous metals, October 31 Ordnance, October 24 Shells and bombs, October 14 Ships, small boats, and marine engines, October 14 Small arms ammunition, October 31 Small arms, fully automatic, October 6 Sub-machine guns, revolvers, and rifles, October 24 The statement relating to orders for ohemicals 10 in process of preparation. (e) Each month the Division receives from the British Purchasing Commission a fiscal statement summariz- ing the financial status of orders placed in the United States by British purchasing missions, clas- sified into twenty-five commodity groups. This in- formation 18 edited in the Division, and a report, entitled, "Status of Payments on Dollar Orders Placed in the United States by the British Purchas- 1ng Missions", 18 prepared consisting of the fol- lowing analytical tables: (1) status of payments; (2) history of payments; and (3) estimated schedule of future payments. This report was prepared, and was transmitted on October 20. (h) Each month the Division receives from the Citadel Merchandising Company, Ltd., information relating to machine tool orders placed in the United States. Separate listings show by manufacturer, the orders, deliveries, and unfilled orders at the end of the month. These data are edited and reviewed, and 8. report, entitled, "Analysis of Citadel Merchandising Company, Ltd., Machine Tool Orders", 18 prepared containing the following tables: (1) current status of orders; (2) history of orders; and (3) history of deliveries. This report was prepared, and WR6 transmitted on October 10. 10. At the request of the Secretary, arrangements have been made to secure periodically certain information regarding purchases in the United States by the Netherlanda Pur- chasing Commission, and by Lindeteves, Inc. - Kr. Haas, Mr. Lindow, Mr. Wagner, Mr. March, Mr. Mayo, Mr. Narcus Weekly statements are received showing the dollar value of orders placed in the United States by the Netherlands Purchasing Commission and by Lindetoves, Inc., and the Regraded Unclassified - 7 - 160 Seliveries made thereon. These statements are itemized of contracts and are classified by the twenty-five com- soilty groups used for reporting orders placed in the Drited States by the British Empire. The data are reviewed and edited in the Division, and ol-weekly reports are prepared for each of these agencies summarizing the information classified by commodity groups, These reports consist of three tables each showing (1) the nistory of orders; (2) the history of deliveries; and (3) the current delivery status of orders. These reports en- titled, "Netherlands Purchasing Commission Commodity State- zents" and "Lindeteves, Inc. Commodity Statements" were prevared, and were transmitted on October 10 and 24, ac- cording to instructions by the Secretary. 11. no the request of the Secretary on July 8, tables were suppared, and were transmitted to him on October 16, showing deliveries during July, August, and September of sirplanes, tanks, flying-boats, and 4-engine bombers. - XP, licaton 12, At the request of the Secretary on October 22, seventeen charts were prepared, and were transmitted on October 27, showing lend-lease orders effected by the Procurement Division May 1, 1941 to date. - Mr. Tickton 13. At the request of Under Secretary Bell, various memoranda and charts were prepared for use in the Friday discussion crown meeting fortnightly to consider matters of eneral Interest in connection with defense financing. - Xr. Hans, IN Dangit, Mr. Villard The calerial prepared during the month included the fal- loving, presented on October 24: Analyses were made of recent movements of commodity ofices illustrated by three well charts. DE first chart showed, on the basis THIRT August 1039=100, The weekly average movement of the index of 12 foodsture 16 industrial raw materials from August 1040 to October 22, 1941, and their daily average movement from Destember 1 through October 22. On the same chart wer- also for each of the 28 commodities, the Dereant- Art price changes from the August 1.40 low to Sentember 10, not to October 22, 1941, Docharisons were shown in the second chart of price in- JETES for all commodities and for foods in the period 1739-41 and the period 1914-16, through October 18, on the bhsis that July 1914=100 in the World WAT period, and August 1939=100 in the current period. Regraded Unclassified 161 The third chart, on the basis that 1939=100, showed the monthly movement of the BLS cost-of-living index from June 1939 through September 15, 1941. On the lower part of the chart were shown the weekly move- ments of the indexes of components. In connection with - discussion of problems of fiscal policy involved in financing the defense program, an estimate was given of the amount of borrowing likely to arise from inflationary sources. Suggestions were made of ways by which such borrowings could be reduced, 14. In response to a request by the Secretary on January 21, 1941, that measures be taken to obtain information to magist in carrying through the defense financing program, arrangements were made to optain the necessary detailed statistics on the holdings of each 18sue of the oublic debt and of guaranteed securities by the various classes of nolders. - Mr. Haas, Mr. Tickton, Mrs. Wolkind, Mr. D. J. Leahy, Mr. Blitman, Mrs. Barnes, Mr. Robbins A summary was prepared of the data received BB of August 31, consisting of brief explanatory text and six tables for publication in the Bulletin of the Treasury Department for October. The information as of September 30, received from 7,000 banks and insurance companies was coded, tabulated, and analyzed. An analysis was prepared, consisting of 100 tables, showing this information, classified by type of institution, by issue, by geographic area, by call classes, and by tax-exemption provisions. New letters were sent out to the banks and insurance companies on October 29, requesting comparable data 58 of October 31. Special tabulations were prepared and were transmitted to the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Philadelphia, covering ownership of securities issued or guaranteed by the United States, as of August 31, 1941. 15. At the request of the Secretary, arrangements have been Dade to prepare current statistical reports on the sales of United States Defense savings bonds, series E, 8, and G, and Defense Postal savings stambs, on the basis of reports by the Treasurer of the United States, the Federal Reserve Banks, and the Post Office Department, Regraded Unclassified 162 The reports prepared during October were transmitted according to instructions by Mr. Graves. - Mr. Haas, Rr. Reagh, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tickton, Mr. Kroll, Mr. D. J. Leahy (a) Daily tables were prepared, showing the dollar volume, on the basis of the 1ssue price, of sales of savings bonds, series E, F, and G, by Post Offices and by banks, with totals. The first table, prepared on October 1, presented these data for each business day of September, with totals for the month. The next table, prepared on October 2, showed these data for October 1. Succeeding tables showed the data for the suc- cessive business days of October, with cumula- tive totals. The table prepared on October 31 covered the period from October 1 through October 30. (b) Daily tables were prepared, containing a compara- tive statement of sales of bonds, series E, F, and G, in October, in September, in August, and in July, by Post Offices and by banks. The dollar volume of sales was shown on the basie of the issue price, together with the absolute and per- centage changes in October from September, in September from August, and in August from July. The table prepared on October 1 contained these data for the full months of September, August, and July. The first table showing the comparison for October, September, and August, prepared on October 2, showed the data for the first business day of each month. Subsequent tables showed cumulated data for successive business days. The table prepared on October 30 covered the first 25 business days of each month. (c) A table was prepared on October 1, showing saled of savings bonds, series E, F, and G, by Post Offices and by banks, in dollar volume, on the basis of the 1ssue price, in each month from May through September, with totals. (a) A table was prepared on October 22, showing sales of savings bonds, series E, in September, in dollar volume, on the basis of the issue price. by States, with totals. Regraded Unclassified 163 - 10 - (e) A table was prepared on October 27, showing sales of savings bonds, series E, in dollar Volume on the basis of the issue price, by States, in each month from May through September, with totals. (f) A report consisting of 150 pages, was completed on October 23, showing sales of savings bonds, series E, for the month of September, in dollar volume, on the basia of the issue price, by Federal Reserve districts, by States, by cities, and by counties, all classified by sales agents and denominations. (g) A table was prepared on October 21, showing for savings bonds, series F and G, the number of units sold, by denomination, in each month from May through August. (h) A table was prepared on October 9, showing the estimated total sales of Defense Postal savings stamps, by months from May through September. (1) A table was prepared on October 10, showing the estimated total value and number of units of Defense Postal savings stamps, classified by de- nominations, sold in each month from May through September, with totals. (J) A table was prepared on October 13, showing esti- mated dollar volume of Defense Postal savings stamps sold by States, in September. (k) A table was prepared on October 24, showing esti- mated dollar volume of Defense Postal savings stamps sold by States, in each month from May through September. 16. The proposed improvement in the procedure for reporting sales of Defense savings bonds and the method of prepar- ing statistics showing direct sales by geographic areas discussed with the fiscal officer of each of the Federal Reserve Banks in September, were put into effect in October. - Mr. Reagh, Mr. Tickton 17. Four proposals of the RFC that the Secretary request that corporation to purchase stock or debentures in four banks were examined. - Mr. Murphy, Mr. Foy, Mr. Barnett Regraded Unclassified - 11 - 164 18. A table was prepared, summarizing sales during August and September of Treasury notes, Tax Series A and Tax Series B, in par amounts, by individuals and by cor- coretions. The table was transmitted to the Secretary on October 16, and a copy was given to Under Secretary Bell. - Mr. Tickton 19. A mable was prepared, showing sales during August and September of Treasury notes, Tax Series A and Tax Series B, in par amounts, classified by denomination. The table was transmitted to the Secretary on October 16, and copies were given to Under Secretary Bell, and to Mr. Buffington. - Mr. Tickton 20. At the request of the Secretary on October 8, a memorandum vae prepared, and was transmitted to him on October 13, on the effect of the total amount of debt after outstand- Inc guaranteed obligations are replaced by direct obliga- tions. - Mr. Murphy 21, At the request of Under Secretary Bell on September 12, fl memorandum was prepared on "Consideration of Interest Rate Reductions on Special Obligations", and was transmitted to the Secretary and the Under Secretary on October 6. - Mr. Haas, Mr. Lindow, Mr. Foy, Mr. Rosen 22. At the request of Under Secretary Bell, the agenda were prepared for the meeting of representatives of the Treasury Department and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System held on October 29, for the purpose of discussing financing policy. Minutes were written, and the following memoranda were prepared for use in connection with the meeting, and were transmitted to the Under Secretary on October 28. - Mr. Hass, Mr. Murphy, Xr. Lindow, Mr. Foy, Mr. Sandelin (a) Pro's and con's on continuing the use of exchange rights. - Mr. Lindow (b) Proposed sale of general market Government securities on continuous tap. - Mr. Lindow, Mr. Sandelin (o) A two-day tap security. - Mr. Lindow (a) Preferential allotment to investors other than banks. - Mr. Foy (-) Desirability of increasing the down payment on sub- scriptions to Government securities. - Mr. Foy Regraded Unclassified 165 - 12 - (f) A special Treasury 1ssue designed to absorb surplus funde of municipalities. - Mr. Foy (g) A proposal to offer a special type of security to insurance companies, savings banks, and trust funds. - Mr. Sandelin (h) A proposal to offer a special type of short-term security to tap idle funds of corporations. - Mr. Sandelin 23. At the request of the Secretary, & series of meetings have been attended which were held by representatives of the Treasury Department and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the purpose of dis- cussing general and selective credit controls. Various memoranda, reports, and the minutes have been prepared for use in connection with the meetings. During the month one meeting was held, on October 15. Mr. Haas, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Lindow, Mr. Villard, Mr. Foy 24. At the request of Mr. Morris on October 14, a memorandum was prepared for the Secretary on "Domestic Bond Flota- tions (excluding Federal), Corporate Issues of 810 mil- lions or more, State and Municipal Issues of #5 millions or more." The data were transmitted to the Secretary on October 15, and photostats were transmitted to Under Secretary Bell, Mr. Morris, and Mr. Buffington. - Mr. Sandelin 25. At the request of Assistant Secretary Sullivan on October 18, a memorandum was prepared on the nature of the fiscal burden of B. large public debt, and was trans- mitted to him on October 19. - Mr. Villard 26. At the request of Under Secretary Bell on September 19, a memorandum was prepared, and was transmitted to him on October 7, with respect to the question of listing in the revised yield circular, the amounts outstanding of the various issues of securities. - Mr. Lindow 27. Sixteen tables were prepared showing yields on hypothetical securities under various combinations of coupon rates, maturities, and premiums, and were completed on October I and 16. - Mr. Kroll Regraded Unclassified - 13 - 166 28. At the request of Mr. South Trimble, Clerk of the House of Representatives, in 8. letter dated September 17, statistical information on banks in addition to that transmitted on September 29, was prepared. This in- formation was transmitted to Mr. Trimble in & letter signed by Under Secretary Bell on October 30. - Mr. Conrad 29. At the request of Mr. Buffington on October 8, a table was prepared, and was transmitted to him on October 9, showing the number of issuers having securities traded on the United States exchanges, June 30, 1941. - Mr. Barnett 30. At the request of Under Secretary Bell on September 24, cooperation was given the Division of Tax Research and the Office of Press Relations in the preparation of a statement to be released for the purpose of publicizing tax anticipation notes. The statement transmitted to the Under Secretary on October 2, was accompanied by a table showing monthly savings required to meet the various income tax payments. - Mr. Brown 31. At the request of Mr. Milton in a letter dated October 4, a manuscript entitled "Financing Defense" was reviewed, and was returned to him under cover of a memorandum on October 27. - Mr. Villard, Mr. Breithut 32. At the request of the Under Secretary on October 11, assistance was given in checking Mr. Blough's speech on "The Fiscal Situation", for delivery before the National Tax Association, on October 14. - Mr. Murphy II. Projects or studies under way 1. A study 1s being made of the relative interest costs of short- and long-term borrowing. - Mr. Foy, Mr. Barnett, Mr. Rosen 2. A study 1s being made of the available sources of funds for Treasury financing. - Mr. Tickton 3. A memorandum is being prepared on a negotiable "tap" security. - Mr. Sandelin, Mr. Murphy 4. A study is being made of the probable excess reserves in 1941-42. - Mr. Barnett Doaradod - 14 - 167 7. Tables are being prepared which will present various data on new Treasury notes and bonde and on guaranteed new issues. - Mr. Conrad, Mr. Rosen 0. A gemörendum 18 being prepared on the advantages and @.sedventages of increasing the short-term debt. - Kr. Foy 7. A revision 1s being made as of June 30, 1941, of the estimates of the ultimate increase in interest costs which would result from removal of the tax-exemption privilege from all public securities. - Mr. Conrad in A memorandum is being prepared recommending lekisia- tion terminating miscellaneous types of tax exemption analagous to the exemption of interest on Federal recurities, but unaffected by the Public Debt Act of 1941. - Mr. Foy 0, A study is being made of war-financing measures in beiltgerent countries in the present war. - Mr. Ratlock IN: A comparison is being made of the British Fiscal Pro ram 1941-42 with the Keynes plan proposed in "How to Pay for the har", by Mr. J. M. Keynes. - kr. Ratlock II. At the request of Under Secretary Bell on October 14, 1940, a amorandum is being prepared on & memorandum submitted By r. John Evans, President of the First National Bank or Jenver, Colorado, in reference to United States Government vonds now owned by the Federal Reserve Si stem and its member canks, and suggestions concerning a re- funding and change in form which would appear to be in Interest of the Treasury Department, the Federal Reserve oyetem, the member banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Dervoration, and the public generally whose money 1s 1A- cotted in member banks. - Mr. Murohy 12. In response to a request by Under Secretary Bell on January 27, comments are being prepared on B memorandum by Mr. George Eddy to Mr. White, in regard to a plan of Er, If, E. Peterson, entitled, "A Means of Financing the afense Program". - Mr. Murnhy Regraded Unclassified - 15 - 168 13. At the request of Under Secretary Bell on February 5, an analysis is being made of his plan for investing savings banks' and insurance companies' funds in special 2 percent Treasury certificates. - Mr. Tickton 14. At the request of Under Secretary Bell on February 11, a memorandum 18 being prepared to the Secretary regard- ing a letter from Mrs. Sylvia F. Porter, New York Post dated January 22, suggesting a plan for the distribu- tion of United States Government securities. - Mr. Haas, Mr. Murphy. 15. At the request of Under Secretary Bell on April 21, a memorandum 1s being prepared on Mr. Salant's memo- randum on "Limitation on Purchases of Defense Savings Bonds". - Mr. Murphy 16. A table is being prepared for Professors Viner and Stewart, showing prices and yields of selected obliga- tions of the United States. - Mr. Foy, Mr. Rosen 17. A study 16 being made of the market action on the various maturity classes of Government securities in relation to the type of holder. - Mr. Conrad 18. At the request of Mr. Morris, on October 27, a review is being made of his memorandum entitled, "A Summary of the Major Pro's and Con's on the Question of Rights". - Mr. Haas 19. A further analysis 16 being made of the capacity of in- surance companies and mutual savings banks to absorb long-term Government securities. - Mr. Tickton, Mr. Robbins 20. At the request of the Secretary on October 7, a memorandum 18 being prepared on "Mr. Knight's Anaylsis of the Reserve Position of New York City Banks". - Mr. Murphy, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Barnett 21. A study 1s being made of developments in the reserve position of the banks. - Mr. Murphy, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Barnett Regraded Unclassified 16 I I 169 22, At the request of Under Secretary Bell on October 31, a report is being prepared on the "Bondex" service and reports. - Mr. Murphy 23. At the request of Mr. Morris on October 27, a review 18 being made of a memorandum and table on proprieties and practical results of various excess-profits taxes and limitations under war (or emergency) conditions. - Kr. Murphy 24. At the request of the office of the General Counsel on August 14, a reply 16 being prepared to a letter from the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, request- inc the opinion of the Secretary on S. 1797, the Farm Credit Act of 1941. - Mr. Foy 25. At the request of Under Secretary Bell replies are being prepared to certain questions asked by the Wagner Committee preparatory to its investigation of banking and monetary conditions oursuant to Senate Resolution 125. - Rr. Haas, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Foy 26. At the request of Under Secretary Bell on May 24, 00- operation is being given to Mr. Bartelt and Mr. Blough in preparing replies to the list of questions accompany- ing a letter from Senator Tydings of May 5. The reolies are for use by the Senate Committee created to find ways and means of automatically balancing the Federal Budget in times of peace. - Mr. Murphy, Mr. Foy Revenue Estimates I. Projects or studies completed 1. The regular monthly statement was prepared, showing the latest revised estimates of receipts, by months and by principal sources of revenue, for the period October 1941-June 1942. The statement was transmitted to the Bureau of Accounts. - Mr. Bronfenbrenner 2. The regular monthly summary comparison was prepared, showing estimated receipts and actual receipts in September 1941 on the daily Treasury statement basis, - Kr. Bronfenbrenner Regraded Unclassified - 17 - 170 3. The regular monthly detailed comparison was prepared, showing estimated and actual receipts in September 1941, based on the collections classification. - Mr. Smith, Mr. Bronfenbrenner 4. At the request of the Bureau of the Budget on October 6, a revision was made of the preliminary and tentative estimates of the revenue for the fiscal year 1943 which were prepared in September. The estimates were transmitted on October 28. - Mr. Haas, Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. Daggit, Mr. Leahey, Mr. Bronfenbrenner, Mr. Smith, Mr. Colclough, Miss Spiegel, Mr. Saunders, Miss Hagedorn :- A revision was completed of the forecast of the monthly distribution of estimated revenue on the basis of the October revision of the Budget estimates for the fiscal years 1942 and 1943. - Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. Daggit, Mr. Leahey, Mr. Bronfenbrenner, Mr. Smith, Miss Spiegel, Mr. Colclough o. At the request of the Bureau of Accounts received on October 6, preliminary and tentative estimates were prepared for the fiscal years 1942 and 1943 of receipts from taxes under the provisions of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, and of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, from the tax on carriers and their employees, from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and the amounts to be deposited in the Unemployment Trust Fund by States and by the Railroad Retirement Board. The estimates were transmitted in a memorandum to Mr. Maxwell on October 7. - Mr. Smith 7. At the request of the Legal Division on October 21, a summary tabulation was orepared of the numbers of individual and fiduciary individual income tax returns filed, taxable and nontaxable, on liabilities of calendar years 1938-1941. The tabulation was transmitted to Mr. Tarleau on October 22. - Mr. Leahey, Mr. Bronfenbrenner 5. For use in evaluating the proposale submitted by Kr. Barnard on October 15, for family and economic stabilization reserves, the following revenue estimates were prepared, and were transmitted in a memorandum addressed to him on October 20. A copy was given to Mr. Shere. - Mr. O'Donnall, Mr. Leahey, Mr. Smith, Kr. Bronfenbrenner Regraded Unclassified 171 - 18 - (a) An estimate was prepared of the revenue which would be derived from a contribution of 5 per- cent of all salaries and wages in excess of $1,000 a year. (b) An estimate was prepared of the total required contribution if taxable individuals earning less than $2,000 were required to contribute 25 percent of all increases in spendable funds in 1942 over 1941, and other taxable individuals 50 percent of all such increases. (c) An estimate was prepared of the amount of the business stabilization reserve contributions, at income levels forecast for the calendar year 1942, at the rates specified. (d) Estimates were prepared of the loss in revenue under the individual income tax and corporation normal and surtaxes, which would result from corporation contributions, on three assumptions: (a) if compulsory contributions result in corpora- tions distributing no dividends; (b) if the net income remaining after deduction of all corporation income taxes and compulsory contributions is dis- tributed in dividends; (c) if compulsory contribu- tions do not affect corporation dividend policy except as regards net income available. 9. Under a modified plan presented by Mr. Barnard on October 20, a revenue estimate was prepared of the amount of yield which would be derived from a 5 per- cent contribution on the entire wages and salaries of recipients with wages and salaries of over $1,000, with a complete exemption of recipients of wages and salaries of $1,000 or under. The estimate was trans- mitted to Mr. Barnard on October 20, and a copy was given to Mr. Shere. - Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. Smith 10. In connection with Mr. Barnard's proposals, the follow- 1ng revenue estimates were prepared at the request of the Division of Tax Research on October 17, for Mr. Sullivan. The estimates were transmitted in a memorandum addressed to Mr. Blough on October 20. The original and two copies were transmitted to Mr. Sullivan, and one copy to Mr. Shere. - Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. Smith, Mr. Bronfenbrenner Regraded Unclassified 172 - 19 - 14) Provisional estimates were prepared of the revenue effects of proposals for an additional separate invividual income tax on the same base as the present surtax at flat rates of (a) 10 percent, (b) 15 percent and (c) 20 percent, the taxes with respect to wages, salaries, dividends, and cond interest to be collected at the source, and the tax liability with respect to all sources of income to be allowed as a deduction for purposes of the regular normal and surtax of the individual Income tax; showing secarately (a) the total tex liability and (b) the amount of tax collected at source with respect to the specified items. COR Estimates were orepared of the revenue effects of the proposals under (a) above but with the suc- stitution of exemptions of $500 and $1,000 for the present 3750 and $1,500, and $300 credit for dependents for the present $400, retaining, however, the present exemptions and credits for the regular Income tax. 10, An estimate was prepared of the increase in Individual income tax liabilities from a oro- nosal for mandatory Joint returns with the pro- visions of the Treasury proposal for relief for sarned income. --- An estimate was prepared of the revenue effects of a procosal to increase corporation surtax rates from 6 and 7 percent, to 18 and 17 percent, re- spectively. \*) An estimate was prepared of the revenue effoots of n. proposal to increase the tax rate on mitomobiles, bodies, and chassis, as defined En section 544(b) of the 1941 Revenue Act, from 7 to 35 percent. (=) An estimate was prepared of the revenue effects of increasing the rates on dechanical refrigerators from 10 percent to 25 percent. USA An estimate was prepared SI the revenue effecto of reducing estate and (ift tax exemptions and the insurance exclusion from $40,000 to 325,000. and of increasing the rates as follows: Double the bracket rates in the net estate classes through Regraded Unclassified 173 - 20 $1,250,000, and substitute an 80 percent rate for all brackets above $1,250,000, making correspond- ing adjustments in the gift tax rates. (h) An estimate was prepared of the revenue effects of increasing the tax on small cigarettes from $3.25 to $4.50 per thousand, with corresponding increases for other cigarettes. 11. In further connection with Mr. Barnard's proposals, at the request of the Division of Tax Research on October 22 and 24, revenue estimates were prepared as follows. The estimates were transmitted in a memorandum addressed to Mr. Blough on October 28. - Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. Smith, Mr. Bronfenbrenner (a) Estimates were prepared of the revenue effects of the proposal that an added special individual income tax of 10, 15 and 20 percent, respectively, be imposed on net income in excess of personal exemptions of $1,000 for married persons and $500 for single persons, with a dependent credit of $300, collected at the source on wages and salaries, dividends, and interest received. (b) Estimates were prepared of the revenue effects of compulsory saving at 15 percent as specified in (a) above, on the first $200 of supplementary tax at specified rates and gradations of tax amounts. (o) Estimates were prepared of the revenue effects, assuming a 15 percent rate for the supplementary income tax, of a proposal to allow a deduction for medical expenses in excess of 5 percent of net income, not to exceed $2,500, the change to be made with respect to the regularincome tax and the supplementary tax. (a) Estimates were prepared of the revenue effects, assuming a 15 percent rate for the supplementary individual income tax, of raising the maximum age of dependent children from 18 to 21 years of age, the change to be made with respect to the regular and the supplementary income tax. Regraded Unclassified 174 - 21 - (e) Estimates were prepared of the revenue effects with respect to the Social Security taxes, of making effective January 1, 1942, instead of 1943, the scheduled increase of 2 percent over and above the rates now in effect. 12. In connection with the proposed revision of the revenue laws in 1942, at the request of the Division of Tax Research on October 28, revenue estimates were pre- pared of proposed changes in the individual income tax, with an added special tax of (a) 10 percent on wages and salaries, and 15 percent on dividends and interest: and (b) 10 percent on wages and salaries and dividends, and 15 percent on interest, with per- sonal exemptions and dependent credits lowered for special tax purposes only, and allowance of 110 per- cent of personal exemptions and dependent credit made on source collections from wages and salaries. The estimates were transmitted in a memorandum to Mr. Blough on October 31. - Mr. Leahey, Mr. Bronfenbrenner 13. In connection with the proposed revision of the revenue laws in 1942, at the request of the Division of Tax Research on October 30, estimates were prepared of the gross tax liabilities of an added special tax on individuals and the net revenue effect after allowance of the special tax as B. deduction from the existing individual income tax base, distributed by net income classes and by taxable status existing prior to the Revenue Act of 1940. The estimates were transmitted in a memorandum to Mr. Blough. - Mr. Bronfenbrenner Mr. Leahey 14. The following projects for revising and improving methods of estimating revenues from the taxes listed below, have been discontinued for the present, because of a change in the basis of estimating revenues from these taxes. - Mr. Daggit, Mise Spiegel (a) Passenger automobiles and motorcycles (b) Automobile trucks Regraded Unclassified 175 - 22 - II. Projects or studies under way 1. At the request of the Division of Tax Research on July 12, 1940, an estimate is being made of the addi- tional revenue which would be derived if mutual insur- ance companies other than life insurance companies taxable under Section 207 of the Internal Revenue Code were made taxable in the same manner as stock insur- ance companies other than life insurance companies taxable under Section 204, and at the same time the exemption under Section 101 (11) were restricted to local mutual companies of the assessment type. - Mr. Leahey Economic Conditions Related to Fiscal and Revenue Matters 1. Projects or studies completed 1. Memoranda on the business and price situation were pre- pared, and were transmitted to the Secretary on October 6, 13, 20, and 27. - Mr. Haas, Mr. Daggit, Mr. Chevraux These memoranda contain in addition to analysis of the current situation the following special studies: (a) Factory employment and payrolls from January 1929 to date, and average weekly earnings of factory workers from January 1932 to date. (Chart in memorandum of October 6. Also described below under Economic Conditions, I, as item 14). - Mr. Daggit, Mr. Chevraux (b) A comparison of the cost of living in the United States and Canada from January 1939 to date. (Chart in memorandum of October 13. Also de- scribed below under Economic Conditions, I, as item 12), - Mr. Daggit, Mr. Colclough, Miss Hagedorn (c) Factory employment payrolls and average weekly earnings of factory workers from January 1939 to date. (Chart in memorandum of October 27. Also described below under Economic Conditions, I, as item 15). - Mr. Daggit, Miss Hagedorn Regraded Unclassified 176 - 23 - 2. Monthly or weekly reports are received from 25 indi- vidual companies, in response to the Secretary's re- quests, giving confidential data on new orders and sales. The data in these reports are tabulated and charted cur- rently for the Secretary's information, and are also combined into an index of new orders, which accompanies the weekly memorandum on the business situation. - Miss Washabaugh 3. Memoranda on employment under the Work Projects Ad- ministration were prepared on October 6, 13, 20, and 27. - Miss Hagedorn. 4. At the request of the Secretary, a memorandum with three tables and a chart, was prepared, and was trans- mitted to him on October 17, showing employment in the aviation manufacturing industry as of August 31. - Mr. Lindow, Mr. Wagner 5. At the request of the Secretary, a table 16 prepared each week summarizing exports of petroleum products, scrap iron, and scrap steel, from the United States to Japan, the U.S.S.R., Spain, and Great Britain, as indicated by departure permits reported daily by the Office of Merchant Ship Control. The tables were pre- pared for the weeks ending October 4, 11, 18, and 25. On October 6, 13, 20, and 27, respectively, the original and 13 photostats were transmitted to Assistant Secretary Gaston. - Mr. Tickton, Mr. D. J. Leahy 6. Compilations were made of daily quotations on selected commodities, and daily and weekly figures on selected business indexes, foreign and domestic security trans- actions, security prices, exchange rates, as well as other data for the Secretary's chart book. - Mr. Chevraux 7. At the request of the Secretary on September 17, the com- pilation of daily, weekly, and monthly prices of cotton, wheat, flour, and bread, was maintained for his use in connection with the charts listed in item 8 of this section. - Mr. Daggit, Mr. Colclough 8. At the request of the Secretary on September 17, the following charts showing cotton, wheat, flour, and bread prices, were kept up to date daily: - Mr. Daggit, Miss Hagedorn, Mr. Colclough Regraded Unclassified 177 - 24 - (a) BLS prices of wheat flour and wheat feeds (bran and middlings) at Minneapolis, weekly, September 1940 to date. (b) Cotton prices: Market price (average, 10 spot markets) and our estimated farm price, weekly from August 1940 to date and daily from August 1941 to date, compared with the Department of Agriculture monthly farm price and parity price. (c) Wheat prices: Market price (average of Number 2 red winter at Chicago, Number 1 dark northern at Minneapolis, and Number 2 hard winter at Kansas City), weekly from August 1940 and daily from August 1941 to date, compared with the Department of Agriculture monthly farm price and parity price. (d) BLS retail prices of bread and wheat flour in 51 cities, monthly from August 1940 to date. 9. At the request of Mr. Buffington on October 8, a memorandum was prepared containing information on employment, and was transmitted to him on the same date. - Mr. Daggit 10. In accordance with the request of Mr. Leon Henderson on July 19, copies of eight charts on commodity prices and the cost of living were transmitted to him. - Mr. Daggit The monthly movements of the NICB cost-of-living index compared with the BLS index of 889 commodities were shown from 1935 to date. On the same chart were shown the weekly movements of the BLS index of 889 commodities compared with the BLS index of 28 basic commodities from August 1939 to date. Four charts as of October 4, 11, 18, and 25, were transmitted on October 7, 14, 21, and 28, re- spectively. Three other charts showed weekly and daily movements of the indexes of 11 basic imported commodities and 17 basic domestic commodities from April 1940 to date. Regraded Unclassified 178 - 25 - On the same charts were shown percentage changes for each of the 28 commodities from the August 1940 low. Successive charte showed the changes to October 3, 10, and 17. These charts were transmitted on October 7, 14, and 21, respectively. One chart showed weekly and daily movements of the indexes of 12 foodstuffs and 16 industrial raw materials from April 1940 to date. On the same chart was shown the percentage change for each of the 28 commodities from the August 1940 low to October 24. This chart was transmitted on October 28. 11. At the request of the Secretary on October 14, memoranda on developments in the cost of living, were prepared, and were transmitted to him on October 21 and 29. A chart showing the combined cost of living and selected items, by months from June 1939 to date, on the basis that June 1939=100, accompanied the memorandum of October 21, and will be kept up to date as figures be- come available. - Mr. Daggit, Miss Spiegel 12. A study of the cost of living in the United States and Canada was made from January 1939 to date. A chart showing the Dominion Bureau of Statistics indexes of the cost of living and retail costs of food for Canada, and corresponding BLS indexes for the United States, were presented with the business memorandum of October 13. - Mr. Daggit, Mr. Colclough, Miss Hagedorn 13. An analysis was made of the State distribution of United States defense savings bonds series E during August and September, in relation to workers' income by States, and to average earnings of workers in manufacturing, whole- sale, and retail trade. - Mr. Haas, Mr. Daggit, Mr. Colclough, Mr. Saunders 14. A study was made of the movements of the BLS index of factory employment and payrolls from January 1929 to date, and of the BLS series on average weekly earnings of factory workers from January 1932 to date. A chart showing these changes was used in connection with the business memorandum of October 6. - Mr. Daggit, Mr. Chevraux Regraded Unclassified 179 - 26 - 15. A study was made of the movements of the BLS index of factory employment payrolls and average weekly earnings of factory workers from January 1939 to date. A chart showing these movements was presented with the business memorandum of October 27. - Mr. Daggit, Miss Hagedorn 16. A forecast was made of the following basic business series for the calendar years 1941 and 1942 and the fiscal years 1942 and 19+3, for use in estimating Federal revenues; FRB index of industrial production (September 1941 revision); BLS index of wholesale prices; BLS index of factory payrolls (January 1941 revision); our index of the value of industrial pro- duction; Standard Statistics index of 420 stock prices; Department of Commerce series on salaries and wages (July 1941 revision); and the FRB series on bank debits outside New York City. - Mr. Daggit, Miss Spiegel, Mr. Colclough, Mr. Saunders 17. At the request of the Secretary on October 2, a memorandum and table were prepared, and were transmitted to Mr. Coe on October 8, showing lend-lease food purchases made by the Surplus Marketing Administration. - Mr. Daggit 18. At the request of the Secretary on October 21, a table was prepared, and was transmitted to him on October 22, showing regulations of the Commodity Exchange Administra- tion, covering trading in the futures markets. - Mr. Daggit 19. A letter was received on September 28 from Mr. Leon E. Truesdell, Bureau of the Census, requesting comments on proposed table forms showing data obtainable from proposed labor force tabulations on wages, salaries, hours, and related subjects. A review was completed of the forms. - Mr. Murphy, Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. Daggit, Mr. Villard 20. At the request of Mr. Kuhn, data were checked for use in preparing the speech delivered by the Secretary be- fore the American Bankers Association on October 2. - Mr. Daggit 180 - 27 - 2. At the request of Under Secretary Bell on September 25, & review was made of the testimony by the Secretary on Frice Control Bill, H. R. 5479, before the House Anking and Currency Committee on September 24. - OFF Aurphy, Mr. Foy II. Projects or studies under way .100 respect to the "Index of consumer expenditures, in collar value", progress has been made in developing Invivioual series, in determining their suitability for inclusion and the necessary adjustments. These have been classified in two broad groups: roods and non-durable goods. The ouroose of 700 index 18 to cover 8.6 large as oossible a proportion of DE nurchases of ultimate consumers. This project 19 tedmorarily in abeyance. - Mr. Colclown -- eat in process 16 designed to develon an index at industrial production that will indicate week by week the approximate level of the FRB index. It will include 4 larger number of weekly series than are included in any current business indices, with weightings and seasonal adjustments approximating those in the FRB index. This project 18 temporarily in abeyance. - Carrit Actuarial Problems I. Projects or studies completed It suonse to a memorendum of Sentember 29, from the office of the General Counsel, transmitting a copy of 3. 5568, a bill for the relief of certain widowe of Foreign Service officers, for a voluntary report if Leeired, El memorandum was forwarded to Kr. =ernard on Colober 14, stating that the Division did not wish to 44F such a report.- Mr. Reagh à communication was received under date of September 30, from the office of the General Counsel, transmitting a days of S. 1932, a 1111 to amend the Social Security sot to provide for general pensions, and suggesting that to Division micht wish to coonerate with the Bureau of TM ACe of the oil. and was transmitted orally to the Admounts 1n any action concerning the bill. A review of Accounts on October 2. - Mr. Reach Regraded Unclassified 181 - 28 - 3. Mr. A. R. Pilkerton, Auditor of the District of Columbia, has requested the Treasury Department to make an actu- arial quinquennial valuation of the Teachers' Retire- ment Fund of the District of Columbia, as required by the 1942 District of Columbia Appropriation Act, approved July 1, 1941. In & letter dated September 13, Mr. Pilkerton was informed that inasmuch as a valua- tion had been made as of December 31, 1936, the next valuation was not due until after December 31, 1941. Therefore, the matter will be held in abeyance until the end of the year. - Mr. Reagh II. Projects or studies under way 1. The Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 18 laying out detailed plans for tabulating and processing data for use in preparing the regular five-year valuation of the Civil Service Retirement Fund for the purpose of determining the liabilities of the Government under the Civil Service Retirement law. - Under the law, such a valuation must be prepared as of July 1, 1940. Valuation plans are in process of preparation. - Mr. Reagh, Mr. Brown 2. The Foreign Service Retirement Law, as approved April 24, 1939, Section 26(m), provides that the "Treasury Depart- ment shall prepare the estimates of the annual Appropria- tions required to be made to the Foreign Service Retire- ment and Disability Fund and shall make actuarial valua- tion at intervals of five years, or oftener if deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Treasury". The State Department has requested an estimate of the appropria- tion required for the fiscal year 1943. A preliminary estimate was given to the Department of State on October 18. - Mr. Reagh, Mr. Brown, Mr. Kroll 3. At the request of Mr. A. R. Pilkerton, Auditor of the District of Columbia, an actuarial quinquennial valua- tion is being made of the Policemen's and Firemen's Pension Fund of the District of Columbia. This valua- tion will be made by the Treasury Department in accord- ance with the 1942 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, approved July 1, 1941. An outline of the informa- tion required for the valuation was submitted to Mr. Pilkerton in a letter dated September 13. The basic data were received on October 31. - Mr. Reagh, Mr. Brown Regraded Unclassified - 29 - 182 4. At the request of Under Secretary Bell on July 10, a memorandum 1s being prepared in regard to the 1941 legislative program of the Social Security Board, - Mr. Reagh 5. In response to & letter from the Bureau of the Budget on October 13, requesting the views of the Treasury Department on H. R. 5568, a bill "For the relief of certain widows of Foreign Service Officers", data for a cost analysis of the bill were obtained from the Department of State and an estimate and report are being prepared. - Mr. Reagh, Mr. Brown, Mr. Kroll Other Projects or Studies 1. At the request of the Legal Division on July 1, in re- sponse to a request from Senator Elbert D. Thomas, in a letter of June 27, a report was prepared on S. 1666, a bill to coordinate Federal reporting services, to eliminate duplication and reduce the cost of such services, and to minimize the burdens of furnishing re- ports and information to governmental agencies. The report was based on comments on the bill by the various bureaus and divisions of the Department. The report was transmitted to the Legal Division on October 10, in & letter addressed to Senator Thomas. - Miss Michener 2. Publications (a) For the October issue of the Treasury Bulletin data were prepared on average yields of long-term Treasury bonds and high-grade corporate bonds. - Mr. Rosen All the material submitted for the October issue was reviewed and edited. Substantial revision was made in the tables on budget receipts and ex- penditures from 1933 to date, and in the tables on trust funds. Revisions are being considered for future issues. - Mr. Lindow, Mr. Lynch - 30 - 30 - 183 (b) For the publication Market Prices and Yields of Outstanding Bonds, Notes, and Bills of the United States, computations were made and copy was pre- pared for the issue covering the month of September. This publication shows by securities the coupon rates, maturities, interest payment dates, and for each day of the month, together with a monthly average, closing market quotations (accrued interest to be added), and yields. A revision is being made in this statement. Be- ginning with the issue for September all prices will be on the over-the-counter basis and in addi- tion to the categories hitherto included, there will be added conversion bonds, securities guar- anteed by the United States and securities of Federal agencies not guaranteed. The revised statement is entitled "Prices and Yields of Public Marketable Securities Issued by the United States Government and by Federal Agencies". - Mr. Reagh, Mr. Brown, Mr. Lindow, Mr. Moody, Miss McCoy (c) Material for the text of the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury for the fiscal year 1941 was prepared on the following subjects: receipts in general and special accounts; securi- ties owned by the United States; receipts, expendi- tures, and trust accounts; market movements of Government securities; and a table showing prices and yields of Treasury bonds and notes and of securities guaranteed by the United States, An article on estimates of receipts is in preparation. - Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. Reagh, Mr. Tickton Manuscript for the Annual Report 18 being given an editorial review as received. The usual handling of the material 18 going forward. - Mr. Tickton, Miss Westerman (d) At the request of Under Secretary Bell, a review was made, and was completed on October 27, of a proposed draft for the November Federal Reserve Bulletin discussing Treasury finance and banking developments. - Mr. Haas, Mr. Lindow Regraded Unclassified - 31 - 184 (e) At the request of Assistant Secretary Gaston on July 17, an article 18 being prepared on the opera- tions of the Treasury Department during the year 1941 to be incorporated in the 1942 Americana Annual. - Mr. Barnett (f) At the request of Mr. Collie on September 17, data were prepared on holdings of United States Government securities for Moody '8 Manual of Investments, and were transmitted to him in three tables under cover of a memorandum on October 6. - Mr. Conrad 3. Correspondence Replies were prepared to letters received on subjects relating to the work of the Division, and letters drafted elsewhere and submitted to the Division for that purpose were reviewed. - Miss Michener, Mr. Lindow, Miss Ziegler, and other members of the staff in appropriate fields of work. During October 435 letters were received in the Division and 341 were handled as required. 4. Charts Charts are prepared and continually brought up to date for use in memoranda and in chart books on special sub- jects, and corresponding photographic, photostatic, and multilith work 18 carried on. This 16 done in the Graphic Section under the supervision of Mr. Banyas. A statistical report on the work of the Graphic Section for the month of October 18 attached. Regraded Unclassified 185 Work completed in the Graphic Section, Division of Research and Statistice, during October 1941 Type of work For Division For Total of R & S Others raphies New charte: Total charts completed 34 15 49 Bond book charts completed - - - Charts brought up to date: 3 tond chart books brought up to date 26 (t) - 26 (t) All other charte brought up to date 681 28 709 Miscellaneous: Total jobe 12 11 23 actographic; Photographe: 67 42 99 Total jobs Number of- 197 Negatives 148 49 Contact prints 226 108 333 263 69 332 Enlargements Photostate: 183 32 215 Tital tobs Number of- 1,144 593 1,737 Lettersize copies All other copies 4,801 408 5,209 Bultilith: 4 27 TOTAL 30'm 23 Number of- 144 6 180 Zino plates Total Tobs 19 11 30 Regraded Unclassified Statistical Report Work Completed by the Graphic Section, Division Research and Statistics, by months, beginning July 1941. : July : # Sept. : Oct. : Aug. Nov. 1 Dec. : Type of work Total : : : : 1 I 1 A. Graphic: New charts completed 34 43 34 49 Charts brought up to date 721 727 757 709 Bond book charts completed 2 58 1 - Bond books brought up to date 26(times) 26 (t) 27(times) 26-(t) Miscellaneous 27 31 26 23 3. Photographic: Photographs: Total jobs 91 59 87 99 Number of- Negatives 193 173 165 197 Contact prints 254 654 972 333 Enlargements 141 335 82 332 Photostate: Total jobs 169 202 164 215 Number of- Lettersize copies 2,802 1,287 2,071 1,737 All other copies 7,519 5,276 5,986 5,209 Multilith: Total jobs 22 22 20 27 Number of- Zinc plates 153 166 135 150 Miscellaneous: 186 Total jobs 34 37 29 30 LB:wlt 8-1-41 9-18-41 Regraded Unclas 187 February 4, 1942 Dear Steve: This will acknowledge receipt of your memorandum of January 29th regarding speeches by members of the Cabinet and other officials. I think :: 16 e good idea to have these speeches cleared by Archibald MacLeish, and I shall be glad to cooperate in every way. I have also sent copies of your metto= randum to the Treasury officials whose speeches should be cleared. Sincerely, (Signed) Heary lion. Stephen Early, The White House, Washington, D. C. Tile n.m.c FR/c/k By Messenger Hoppens 3:10 2/5/12 Copies to Regraded Unclassified 188 February 3, 1942 Photostatic copies sent to the following: Mr. D. W. Bell Mr. Blough Mr. Buffington Mr. Foley Mr. Gaston Mr. Graves Mr. Haas Mrs. Klotz Mr. Kuhn Mr. Morris Mr. Odegard Mr. Paul Mr. Schwarz Mr. Sullivan Mr. Swope Mr. Thompson Mr. Viner Mr. White Regraded Unclassified 189 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON January 29, 1942 MEMORANDUM FOR: ALL MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATORS, UNDER SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND HEADS OF INDEPENDENT AGENCIES It 18 requested, until further notice, that members of the Cabinet, the Federal Administrators, Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of the Executive Departments, and heads of Independent agencies, submit to Mr. Archibald MacLeish, Director, Office of Facté and Figures, advance copies of such public addresses as they may do- liver from time to time. The Office of Facts and Figures, in cooperation with this of- fice, vill endeavor to clear the speeches before their delivery. It will be greatly appreciated, therefore, if drafts of all speeches are submitted for clearance well in advance of their scheduled delivery. It la recognized that the var has brought increased responsi- bilities to high Government officials and that public statements by them, including radio addresses, should be subjected to more cereful scrutiny now than has been the custom in time of peace. Secretary to the President STE STEPHEN EARLY Regraded Unclassified 190 February 4, 1942 KY dear -1. President: I have read Donald Welson's letter to you, dated January 29th, and in accord- ance with your request I am returning it for your files. Yours sincerely, (Signed) 1. Morgenthan. are The President, The mite house. Lila n.m.c. By Messenger Haphins 4:20 for Regraded Unclassified 191 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 3, 1942. MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND RETURN FOR OUR FILES. F.D.R. Regraded Unclassified 192 WAR PRODUCTION BOARD WASHINGTON, D. C. LITRE OF January 29, 1942 COMALD M. MELSON THE WHITE 2 RECEIVED HOUSE 55 55PM CHAIRMAN -at The President, The White House. Dear Mr. President: On October 28, 1941, you requested the Director General of the Office of Production Menagement to acpoint E special comittee on tax amortization. In accordance -ith your request the Director General depointed AA chair- man, Mr. Floyd B. Odlus, Director of the Division of Con- tract Distribution, and as co-members, r. Leon Henderson, Director of the Division of Civilian Su -ly, and myself, e.8 Executive Director of the Supuly Priorities and Alloce- tions Board. In view of the establishment of the "ar Produc- tion Board, the transfer of the functions of the Division of Contract Distribution to the Production Division, and the changed responsibilities of ir. Odlum, I live taken the liberty of abolishing the Tax Amortisation Condtttee and transferring its general functions end responsibilities to the Production Division. This action has been taken -1th the full concurrence of all members of the Committee and the Director of Production. Respectfully, Ph whom Donala 3. Nelson Regraded Unclassified Executive Report No.1 SECRET Office of Lend-Lease Administration 194 STATEMENT OF ALLOCATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS Weekly Report os of January 31, 1942 Adjusted Allocations Obligations Appropriation Category Appropriations Jan. 31, 1942 Jan. 31, 1942 Jan. 23, 1942 Jan. 23, 1942 opirance and Ordnance Stores $ 2,234,800,000 $ 2,146,403,666 $ 2,146,390,266 $1,132,268,657 Aircraft and Aero. Material 2,877,000,000 2,832,250,860 2,831,133,792 1,952,665,312 Tanks and Other Vehicles 971,100,000 934,174,875 914,674,875 475,144,680 Usips 1,657,500,000 1,571,656,667 1,561,136,667 1,160,169,771 Wisc, Military Equipment 466,500,000 454,158,409 432,158,409 99,692,446 Production Facilities 1,016,600,000 1,006,652,689 1,001,542,689 574,659,330 Agric. and Indust. Commod's 3,092,750,000 2,522,717,514 2,481,117,514 1,369,355,355 C vicing Repair of Ships, etc, 310,750,000 297,019,833 294,219,833 185,580,215 Services and Expenses 325,000,000 266,789,944 263,674,964 24,112,703 Administrative Expenses 20,000,000 8,033,352 7,829,352 2,674,217 Total $12,972,000,000 $12,039,857,809 $11,933,888,341 $6,996,022,796 Adjusted Allocations Obligations Procuring Agency Appropriations Jan. 31, 1942 Jan. 31, 1942 Jan. 23, 1942 Jan. 23, 1942 Mar Department XXXXXXXXXXX $ 6,604,645,101 $ $ 6,524,505,701 $),579,363,108 Navy Department XXXXXXXXXXX 2,508,868,946 2,494,692,878 1,553,238,076 Maritime Commission xxxxxxxxxxx 1,104,669,000 1,101,869,000 331,100,301 Treasury Department XXXXXXXXXXX 825,926,879 817,112,879 426,975,770 Department of Agriculture XXXXXXXXXXX 994,927,939 994,927,939 609,054,663 Other XXXXXXXXXXX 819,944 779,944 590,788 ( Total $12,972,000,000 $11,933,888,341 $5,996,322,706 12,039,857,809 Funds for freight and other necessary charges are not included in obligations. 117 fair No. lia.c. CORTAINS 801 " AND INFORMATION 13. THE TRANSMISSION APPECTING THE 08 NATIONAL THE SEVELATION OF 170 CONTENTS 18 ANY and TO " UEAUTHORIZED THE DEFERES OF THE UNITED STATES *IT*!* THE WELVING OF THE ERVIS- PER- to 16 PROBISITED BY LAW." Regraded Unclassified SECRET 195 LEND-LEASE FUNDS TOTAL WAR DEPARTMENT (Millions) $ (Millican) 14,000 $ 7,000 12,000 6,000 10,000 5,000 Procurement Procurement Authorizations PROGRAM LIMITATION Authorizations 8,000 4,000 APPROPRIATIONS ALLOCATIONS 6,000 3,000 ALLOCATIONS OBLIGATIONS OBLIGATIONS 4,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES o o - 4 May Jun all Awg Sep Oct Nov Dec Jon Feb Mor Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Our New Dec Jen Fati Mar 1941 1942 (94) 1942 NAVY DEPARTMENT MARITIME COMMISSION (Mithons) (Milliers) 2,800 1,200 2,400 1,000 Procurement Aufferization 2,000 Procurement PROGRAM LIMITATION 600 Authorizations 1,600 ALLOCATIONS 600 PROGRAM LIMITATION 1,200 OBLIGATIONS 400 ALLOCATIONS 800 OBLIGATIONS 200 400 EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES o o Mer 4p May Jun all Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jon Feb Mar Mo Apr Moy an del Aug See Oct Nov Orc Jan Feb Moi (94) 1942 (94) 1942 TREASURY DEPARTMENT DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE (Millions) (Missions) $ 1,500 1,000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APPROPRIATIONS AND 1,250 800 ALLOCATIONS DUE TO $489 MILLION RESERVE Procurément 1,000 Authorizations Procurement 600 Authorizations 750 PROGRAM LIMITATION 400 PROGRAM LIMITATION OBLIGATIONS 500 ALLOCATIONS OBLIGATIONS 200 ALLOCATIONS 250 EXPENDITURES EXPENDITURES o o Mo Age May - Jul Aug Sep Oct Nm Dec Jan Feb Mor Mor Apr May Jue all Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jon Feb Mgr (94) 1942 (94) 1942 Office of Lend-Lease Administration - February 3, 1942 Regraded Unclassified SECRET TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS OBLIGATED IN EACH WEEKLY PERIOD 196 Millions of Dollars 500 500 400 400 300 300 200 200 100 100 o 0 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar 1941 1942 AMOUNT OF FUNDS OBLIGATED, BY WEEKLY PERIODS Thousands of Dollars 1941 1942 Dec. 24-31 Jan. 1-8 Jan. 9-15 Jan. 16-23 APPROPRIATION CATEGORY Ordnance and Ordnance Stores 32,566 29,924 8,053 63,714 Aircraft and Aero. Material 124,451 - 29,571 36,978 32,321 Tanks and Other Vehicles 2,665 47,501 9,608 49,789 Ships 23,832 101,140 11,490 4,895 Misc. Military Equipment 1,754 9,669 2,501 7,371 Production Facilities - 10,267 20,439 36,424 9,541 81,138 50,862 Agric. and Indust. Commod's 110,448 40,437 Servicing and Repair of Ships 5,167 13,396 3,010 46,698 Services and Expenses - 243 12,911 3,821 21,769 Administrative Expenses 464 89 116 233 Total 290,837 245,935 193,139 287,193 PROCURING AGENCY War Department 127,839 64,035 87,667 145,543 Navy Department 38,546 139,148 32,293 87,206 Maritime Commission 17,775 20,108 6,241 16,043 Treasury Department 63,868 22,629 20,319 38,368 Department of Agriculture 42,797 1 46,570 1 Other 12 14 49 32 Total 290,837 245,935 193,139 287,193 Office of Lend-Lease Administration 117 Regraded Unclassified 197 MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS REPUBLIC OF CHINA Ees. 4, 1SFL bent Xa An m telepaphed me that he is secrety leaving for India X Burna t discuss concerted measures for X defence 9 Burna against the Inhance. this is a happy development as an relations lite the British have her for from cardial Reflies to my messys will now he somewhat delayed es he bronght with him an old code, 6 which I would not dare to entrust important messages. bith kind eyes form Very Sincerely . Treasury Department Division of Monetary Research Date Feb. 9 19⁴². To: Miss Chauncey For your files. MR. WHITE Branch 2058 - Room 214 TREASURY DEPARTMENT ag INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE February 4. 1942 Mr. White TO Mr. Friedman FROM Subject: Digest of cable from Adler dated February 3, 1942 regarding Chinese Stabilization Board. 1. Central Bank of China has submitted to the Board en application for B loan of about U.S.$5,673,000 end b 2,338,000 sterling on the grounds that the Board 1s obligated to meet all Government requirements for foreign exchange end all legitimate commercial require- ments. 2. Mr. K. P. Chen, Chairman of the Board, believes there is no need for acting immediately on the Central Bank's application. He feels that it would be advisable to await the clarification of the situation with respect to Rangoon. 1. It should be noted that if the loan is granted, it will practically absorb the outstanding balance of the Chinese contribution to the Stabilization Fund. 4. Questions raised by the request for a loan of dollars instead of United States dollars in exchange for yuan are being explored. These questions should be discussed with Mr. Fox on his arrival here. Regraded Unclassified 199 PARAPHRASE or TELEGRAM RECEIVED PROM: American Embassy, Chungidas, Cuine WATE: February " 1942, 9 8.00 10.: 84 A strictly confide tiul telegram (TF-17) from Adler for the Secretary of the Treasury. Paragraph 1. An application has been submitted to the Board by the Central Bank of Ohina for & loan of United States dollars $5,672,954 and pounds sterling 2,337,282 {all rigures herein are Given to the nearest dollar or pound). These sums constitute the difference Letween the Bank's foreign exchange outpayments and its (.) of total inpayments from August 16 to December 31. The basis of the application is an understanding of the Board with the Minister of Finance which WAS formally acknowledged by the Chairman of the Bourd in a letter to the Foreign Exchange Control Commission dated November 1. Under this it Was provided that the Board should get all the foreign exchange the Central Bank received from exports and overseas remittances while in return the BOARD should met Free China's legitimate commercial requirements and all government requirements for foreign exchange by the Foreign Exchange Control comission. Pagagraph 2. Regraded Unclassified E 200 + Pagagraph 2. Details of the application are as follows: L s. Dollars Sterling 4. For imports into Kunming and Chungking before the Board opened offices there $ 900,736 27,298 B. Government require- ments from August 21 to October 31, 1941. 2,730,522 1,300,777 C. Government require- ments from November 1 to December 31, 1941. 3,066,658 1,409,165 TOTAL $6,697,356 2,437,454 Subtract: Do Aceruals from remittances, etc. 1,024,043 100,172 BALANCE $5,672,954 2,337,282 It appears from statements of the Central Bank that the latter has not yet received all the foreign exchange accruing subsequent to remittances, etc. For example, the National Resources Commission is in process of turning over to the Central Bank United States $1,000,000 which it has from exports, while the Bank has yet received December United States dollars representing remittances from the United States since the operative date of general license no. 75. GAUSS A recheck is being made of the figures which are reported above as they were received and decoded. The sun of as be o dollar figures as received in telegram 84 is $6,697,916 and not $6,697,356 as received. The sum of D and the Balance as received is 6,696,997 and not 6,697,356 as received. The decipherment of the sterling figures of Item B is indicated by the code room as uncertain. Regraded Unclassified 201 PARAPERASE OF THISGRAM RECEIVED FROM: American Embasay, Chungking, China DATE: February " 1942, 9 c.m. NO.: 84 (Section two) It would be appreciated in this connection is, in order that the Board may have some 1dea how much to expect from this source, you could ascertain and tolegraph the balance of general license 75 reported on TFR-132 in accordance with general license 75, Section III. Paragraph 3. I have the following information obtained informally: (a). In the opinion of the Chairman of the Board, since there is no need for acting immediately on the Central Bank's applications, it would be advisable to await clurification of the situation with respect to Rangoon and the possibility of maintaining the flow of imports into China. (b). The British feel disposed to satisfying the application for the period beginning November 1 and to keep the understanding between the Board and the Minister of Finance in effect, even though remittances may have become a trickle rather than G. flow, since in the future the requirements of the Chinese Government for foreign exchange will probably be comparatively small. Paragraph 4. To facilitate the efforts of the Beard to reconstitute its records, it would be helpful if the following Regraded Unclassified 202 -2- following information could to obtained for Fox to bring Leok with him when he returns: (a) The sums which were paid out on instructions of the Board by the Federal Bank to banks in How York in wook or two preceding December a but which had not yet been transmitted by these banks to the officers and agents at Manghai. Answers are also desired to the questions: what 10 the status of these suss and has the Board 4 right to ask that they be refunded to the Federal (b) what is the exact amount of Fapi held by the National City and Chase branches at Shanghai on the Board's secount? (o) What amount of setoffs WILD on the books of the Antional City and Chase, Shanghei, not yet credited to the Board? Paragraph 5. Pel, Im11-Patch and Cassela are in Kunning but it is expected the two former will be back scon. It 1a requested that Fox be informed. and OF RESEAGE. GAUSS Regraded Unclassified CONGRESSIONAL RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 4, 1942 203 Page 1042 The SPEAKER Is there objection to and now that we are committed to fight the present consideration ot the resolu- and win. this war if it is n/h tion? to divert our resources and energies La EXPIRATION AUF 10 CHANA Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, re- equipping the mililary furtes of our own MUSOM ML Sponker, I Ask serving the right to object, of course 1 country ML request for the immediate am wholeheartedly for the resolution. The SPEAKER. In there objection to 1 et HOUSE Joint Resolucion the As the gentloman from New York (Mr. the request of the entirmal. from New R. and (in result Trancial aid the President of 4a Fism] has sald, we must not minimize the York (Mr. BLOOM war. There being to objection, lbe Class and tor purposes. There is one thing the American pub- rend the House soint resolution, ILS tol- I'm grad the title of the resolu- lic must be watchful of, and that 13 an lows: attitude of complacency. We cannot feel Whereas Unine has for more that 4 prices TIP RETAKER DI (hare elijection to overcopfident. On the other hand, we valionily the togow of Japanese - The everyonent (Ife from New niust not have a feeling of lack ni cimfl- greenism, and dence or defestism. I. think the state or Wheress financial and economic and to 8ml MI M: Mill Nh Byesker, reserving mind of the American people must be China win Increase but particy to appose the one of grim determination. That state Ilitens of Aggrements: and (Ivi) 1 do not propose Whereas the define of China is nj Line - is a your original reao- of mind must be pollessed not only by greatedt possible Therefore is n WITH 3 1) to the Bouse with the the lenders in the armed forces, every Resolved. etc. That the Emericary or the repuirt N° (Re Committee on member of the armed forces. but every Tenniry wills the approval at the Prescript. MO Attain D. inceives $500,000,000 civilian, because war today is an over-all is nerser authorized. un what of the Disition M formats and M China In my opinion, picture: not alone the men to service Sinim, to man or eviend with 01 pre the will wise move and a sound who are waging the was. The child un ansertal aid to Crima in au not - end diginimatic investment the erib LA in this war. After this was meand in the agaregate al un OF times and will terms end me- biet SAN Deem name Japan with is over overyone. team the babe in the - the Surreinly of un Treasury wish will De IDV last 4 or years. crib up, will be is veteran of this war are approval of int President dirm in D be a tremendous reservoir of man- Civilian defense is a very important part the interest si the United - R fiss a Domition of 457.000.= of our wor. and those in civilian life Ste I The actiony termis grant shall CTO people-3 or 4. times as many as should actively participate in all such ba m service w any office authority no- the United Blates. The Congress and activities. If there is one thing we have vided by law. the people are completely learned from Pearl Harbor It is that we Bec 3 There LA lureby autborized or ties united di winning the WAT. If we want should be prepared for anything We appropriated out of any money the the These in The use of winning 14. what le better might think something may not happen, usy not otherwise appropriated. ouch vum - and That Usan to supply arms, ammuni- but we should not rest upon that thought FORM, not se passed $500,000.000. im may fur necessary to carry out the provisions of Den. defensive and offensive weapons, and be inactive. We must be prepared jami resulution surplaire tanks, and artillery In large for anything that can possibly happen. quantities to The Chinese, who have As for BS China is concerned, the Mr. BLOOM Mr. Speaker, with ref- rady chose the unwost gallantry. but American people have always had a erence to the resolution now under con- on ID lamentably Incking in artillery. warm feeling of friendship for the people sideration-Mouse Joint Resolution 270- airplanes and modern weapons with I would like at this time to present the of China and for the Chinese Govern- letter of the President of the United which to statent the Japanese? ment. Even before December 7 and our When this resultion is passed-and entry into the war, our people had 1. States which was sent to the Speaker of 1 am zuroj will pass unanimously-In warm friendship for them and a strong the House of Representatives under date We will are at the earliest possible feeling of support in their defense against of January 31. 1942: THE Warre Bouse, to any to set airplanes, the best aggression and in their future aspira- Washington, January 31, 1941 milliged and the most modern airplanes tions. Today we are allies, and our Gov- The Monorable the SPEAKER of nit House OF if the world to the Chinese, 50 that they orninent since December 1 and prior to ISA carry the was to Japan-an offensive that time has done everything possible, MY REPREDENTATIVES DEAR Mr. SPEAKER Responsable officials WAT from the shares of China across the and our Government will do everything both of Dils Government and of the ONT 1019 to Japanese cities possible to assist the people of China, to modelt of Child have browns List my attative and them 46 the Japs did to assist the Government of China as an nily Num the extrimence of unread used for the Norm. and ILS a friend in the successful termi- comediate in China of We mun minimite this war If nation of the war, to which we are all BX) and Ananciat assistatics going En amount and different to form Irom sub ald China should to driven nit of the war, anxiously looking forward to see brought as Congress has afready authorized. I - If the should If she should muke about as soon as possible. This bill M a Ileve that such additional CERTIFICATE would para if the should no beaten, I do not very important bill in connection with active to strengthen Chince position 24 TO- believe ME# could Will the war for many the defense of the people and the Citiv- prill both her Internal economy sad DET - years and without terrible Insses and ernment of China. Il is an important party in general to function with great mill- insti Il Russia should collapse or be bill from our own angle. end LA B. part of lary to our comman effort. in MAKE we would be con- our war action In this great conflict. 1 unge therefore, the passe by Congress with 00 equally serious situa- I know there is no opposition to this bill, of appropate ingistion to this effect and Can I chink WP would then face the but we want to have a record made of and hereb # suggested draft of a joint resolution which emild accomplish this par- possibility of a statemate, Dut as long the love and affection on the part of the as Reside and China remain in this war people of America for the people of pose yours and CONSIDE to nebt. we are bound to EMILY D. ROOMYBLE China Mm. it we moply them with Mr. WHITE Mr. Speaker. reserving Durine the bearne held DT the Com- tir Bill with the right to object. 1 subscribe to what mitus a Porgign Affility on Pobruary 3. 1 Right sliere will Da nonbjection to the our leader has just said that thore is no 1942. un this DUNIOR the committee opposition to this particular joint resulu- neard testimony from the Secretary of An CXILER Mr Speaker. wai the like, but I do want to say IN word in refer- the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau. Jt.) the Physician your ence to the plan be proposes. 1 am won- Secretary of War, Henry L. Summer: the Mr FLAIL Yes yield. dering If he thinks n D financially pos- Secretary of the Navy. Prank Knox: the M/ CILLER. In other words. this is sible for the people of the United States Secretary of Commerce. Trase 11. Jones; exceptionally Itrue movement for our to finance the war activities of every na- and Assistant Secretary of State Breck- vertument to make? tion on the globe that is opposed to the inridge Long Mr. FISH. And a vale of confidence Central Powers. I am wondering how The witnesses discussed the back- In the amont Chinese Government. far we can go-and he and the leader- which Dal beep carrying on this war for ship of this understand that ground of our relations with China and detailed the recent polltical, name, and Date 4. proper arms or equip- there is a timil to the financial resources economic developments. In the opinion and productive ability of this country- Regraded Unclassified CONGRESSIONAL RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 4, 1942 204 Page 1043 againstee these developments nancial, and production measures that la the Sometal aid which this being follod necessary within the United we can do be to do 11 quickly without quib- goild authorize. Fintes for the parmit and winning of the Nine and without revesting to our one- war. miles how It la to De used. the Chinge If el/ theight desirable that the Sec- - of Qe Treasury, acting with the The long historic association, cultural, have developed oriental ways of defenting of the Presulent. should be educational, and economic, which has Choir oriental foc. We can most effec- givil (If who Intitude in ar- thrived between the United States and lively show our appreciation of Cheir et- China since the early days of our Repub- fective which means to much for the ald to be ex- Be, is now further amalgamated in a to us, by helping them to continuo thats D just resolution was deemed own Wind of resistance in their own way, administs EAP Darmil the Secretary of common war effort. This measure will the Treasury. one with the direct approval or be a further manifestation of the unity Mr. EBERHARTER. Mr. Spruker, the Rouse today rose to the oceasion and of the Provider any of purpose, the tenacity, the faith, and unammously adopted a resolution au- marret für the United Blates as the determination of the free pations thorizing a loan or stant to Clinic of ample consideration YOU either part or that are united in defense of fréedom. $500,000,000. This was a vitally impor- the whole of the ablidance to be extend- Mr. CHIPERPIELD Mr. Speaker. I tent action and one which I was sure will CO 4a Chmá am wholcheariedly in favor of immedi- contributo very materially to a successful The without registed to the commit- ate passage of this bill. We have all ad- reimination of the war effort. are the years governal of credite and loans mired the gellant and lone-enduring By our action (oday, the Clovernment as año that have horetofore been el- fight that China has mude We should of the United States and the people of the Name to China and the splendid record come to her aid in her time of need. United States are showing to the Cloy- of the Chince Government in discharg- While a Is rash to make predictions in emmint of Chips and in the people of Ing Re and commitments to Unite of way, I believe (his loan or gift of China that NY are Julied togother 115 . the United The additional as- $500,000,000 to China will repay us many single tark: flechting the common enemy STATES quil propost If mub more times over in helping us to win the was shoulder to aboutder and by side: (If stope, and la of a (iif- against the Axis Powers. I have no doubt soldiers of China and soldlers at America term character from the stabilization but what China will carry on with the Bubling together: our resources and they toath Expent-Import Bunk lonns, and eame stubborn resistance and we can terial wealth combless with the resources wilson economic aids. The nid contem- give her the material end the machines and material wealth of China: and, above posted to Um Joint resulution should be to Dght with which the BO badly needs. all, with is spiritual determination com- regarded M the Organial counterpart of This financial aid will give her imme- mon to the peoples of both countries to Wat materials, It la de- diate assistance. I for one am glad ahe see the war through to victory. The lim- signed to the same end-namely, the auc- Is going to get 11 and that this bill was Bless courage displayed by the army of consful providion of the war and should passed by the unanimous vote of the For- the Republic of China has aroused the be evaluated m the name terms. eign Affairs Committee and of this House, admiration of all governments and of all Prum the besinning of the viclous on- Mr. VORYS of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I peoples throughout the world. musht in 1037 by the Japanese armed urge prompt and unanimous approval of A TRIBUTE to ne. NO BITTER torces upon China. the Chinese Govern- this resolution, without further debate or Mr. CANFIELD Mr. Speaker, al the bient, the Chinese people. and the Chi- discussion. Ordinarily I would oppose House today passied unanimously the bill are armed torces have beroically and the consideration of such a gigantic all- authorizing a $500,000,000 loan to China, with great ancrifico resisted a ruthless in- thorization in this manner, but the sit- my thoughts turned to one of the most valion. The areas which Japan has untion in the Pacific clearly requires no- refreshing and democratic genüenen I succeeded in occupying have not been tion, rather than words. to attempting MI have Deen privileged to meet in the Na- victded untill after the Chinese people match with such aid as we can render the Hop's Capital-Dr. Hu Shih, China's have with sacriñee and for- matchless aid to us which China Le rell- Ambassador to our country. Divile, them of materials that dering. I came to know Dr. Hu only yenter- might be of value to the enemy. China, There in no precedent for what WE are day when at the Chinese Embase 1 pre- cup off from communication with the doing here; there is no precedent in his- sented him with a autably inscribed and outside world except by long and difficult tory for the unique friendship between beautifully bound tribute and certificate mules deprived of na great industrial, our country and China: there is no prece- of membership in the Paterson. N, J., Y's stopying, and commercial centers, and dent for the fight the Chince have inade Men's Club. Young men of this organi- rimited the greater part of its normal under their great Chiana Kal-shok milion have studied the life of Chem's address of revenue, is continuing after against odds that, according to all the most distinguished scholar, educator. and atmost 5. years a vallant fight against precedenta, were overwhelming. historian. new representing his country The lennelty of the Chincee 1 taught for a year at the college of in Washington. and they have been In this bittle for their national existence Yale in China, In Changsha, the city in deeply impressed by nia contributions to has with the unstinted praise of free Hunan Province where the Chinese first international emity. propides overywhere. defeated the Japanese in 1939 und where I was humming Pat Above Cayuga's The country which attacked China in they have since administered four bloody Waters as Dr. Hu entared the resuption LUST sttacked the United States in 1941. defests to the Japanese. Changsha is a room of the Embassy That emintry and lie partners in world symbol of defeat to the Japanese. The "Congressman, are you 9. Cornell man, crimie declared war un the United States. Japanese general who lost 100,000 men too?" be asked smilingly. This country thereupon declared war on there has Just committed micide. 1 am I had to respond in like negative, but them. China also declared was on them. proud to feet that I knew China and the I did any 1 knew of bis years al Ithnes. Today the United States and China are Chinese to the very place where they have A profound student of our American antively engaged. along with other coun- done (heir best. T know their capacity Government, Dr. Hu told me how. bank Une User have bren attacked by the GX- for stubborn, with effective resistance, in 1012 while of Cornell Do bed sub- AND Datums as comrades as arrus Unrir stout, fishting hearts. They are in- acribed to the New York Times, the New to the same great purpose herently democratic. They are our York Tribune and the New York Journal against common overnica. In the decla- triends. Based on performance to date. in order to get "all pessible slams on the million of January 1. 1942. by the United they have been the most potent unti- Wilson. Rouservil, and Taft campaigns." the United States and China AXIS force on earth The Ambanador was not persibilitie and Unit entoristes look a common They know what total war 1a. We are about the war He did not feel victory to fully to the end that Just learning. This aid we are author- was go remote. Proudly, the described the against Japan and its partnere Izing today to for more than lease-lend Chinese will to defeat their anomies De curried on to materials: 11 in a form of total aid to total "We can do so main with . littin help, friends against mortal onemies. a little equipment- he said. Dr. Hu, the meastire of financial An oriental proverb mys, "To give who looks more Bike 41. than 51. went on quickly is to give twice." The most we to any that bis country will the first in intended to contribute to- surnathening within car, do right now la to authorize this all- Artn to work out a democratic form of to of pronomic D+ out. all-around Coancia) old The least government. Historical factors have Regraded Unclassified CONGRESSIONAL RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 4, 1942. Page 205 been at work for tens of centuries und have given the Chinese people the tradi- tion and the preparation for the de- velopment of modern democratic insti- tutions. Of these institutions, the Doctor em- phasized three: First, a thoroughly de- mocratized social structure: secondly, 2,000 years of an objective and competi- tive system of examinations for civil service: and thirdly, the historic Institu- tion of the government creating Us own opposition and censorial control. Dr. Hu is worth knowing. I shall sue him soon again. He told the on my leaving yesterday he was coming to Pat- erson in March or April personally to thank the Y's Men for remembering him. The House joint resolution was or- dered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and n. motion to reconsider WILS laid on the table, Regraded Unclassified CONGRESSIONAL RECORD FOR February 4, 1942. Page 1414 206 Aid to China has nevez wavered. because the knows her cause 1d just. She has suffered lime and time again defeat, treachery, and EXTENSION OF REMARKS disillusionment. but she still carries on, to the undying bonor of ber leaders and HON. JAMES P. RICHARDS her people. The poet, in the following verses has well portrayed the spirit of or GOUTH CAROLDIA China: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Out of the night that sovere the, Black as the pil from pole to pole Wednesday, February d, 1942 I thank whatever gods that be For my unconquerable soul. Mr. RICHARDS. Mr. Speaker, under In the tell clutch of eircumatence leave to extend my remarks, I make these 1 have not winced DIF cried stoud. additional observations relative to the Under the tibudgeonings et change unanimous passage by the House today My need in bloody, but unbowed of House Joint Resolution 276, authoriz- IDR the President of the United States to render financial ald to China through a Joan or extension of credit in B sum not to exceed $500,000,000. The Tact that this resolution WM passed unanimously. without a single remark of criticism from any Member of the House. Is a tribute seldom if eyer seen before to the honesty. integrity, and patriotism of a great nation end a great people. China is a good financial risk because of her unlimited natural resourées and because of her often exhibited determi- nation to exist as a nation and as & free people, The records of our Treasury De- partment reveal that she has in every Instance made every effort to live up to her financial obligations to the United States. China to a good moral risk. because to Government la founded on morality, law, and freedom, and because its people have for centuries lived under a moral code unexcelled by the people of any other nation. But, Mr. Speaker, there to another rea- WD why we want to help China In her wer against wanton aggression. Ameri- cans know that the Chinese Government and the Chinese people are real friends of the United States, or all the nations of the earth, China probably is the most friendly to the United States. In their love and admiration for this country the Chinese people have displayed none of the envy. jealousy. and rivalry NO openly displayed by other nations Should we desire to consider this loan from a selflsh standpoint. then we must admit that there is no better way to help our own country today than by aiding the Chinese people. It is necessary-yes, essential-that China be able to con- tinue the fight seainst Japan. This loan is just M necessary for our defense AY are appropriations for our own Army and Nevy. TO la through China that we must mainly hope to finally conquer Japan. It is with China, hand in hand, that we must battle to the bitter end to win this war. It is my belief that China will never fall us under her Generalissimo Chinag Kal-shek. Practically unalded by any other nation. she has battled for 4 long years against Japan. Facing one of the most powerful military machines on the face of the earth. equipped with airplanes and tanks and other modern implements of warfare, China has buttled on over thousands of the dead bodles of her sons with only rifles and rocks and clubs. She Regraded Unclassified 207 NEW YORK TIMES, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1942. To Push Railroad Building CHINA IS GRATIFIED Dr. Chiang said part of the do- Praise Knos's Mand mestin loan would be used to push "Secretary of the Navy Frank OVER LOAN PLANS forward certain reilroad projects Koux's speech in Chicago and his for which rails are already on special message to the Chinese hand. having been torn up from people have removed all apprehen- Japanese-occupled areas. Also, sion aroused by reports of his Plans to Use U. S.-British Aid China will start an enormous num- earlier statement. And then only ber of enterprises based on China's yesterday Dr. H, J. Van Moch, Lieutenant Governor of the Neth to Stabilize Currency, Make man power and such simple ma- erlands, sent us & very handmome chinery as can be produced in Purchases, Build Railroads meange of appresiation and con- China, be continued He replied fidence, showing how clearly he negatively when asked le any understande the interdependence strings were attached to the loans. between China and the Nather- REASSURED ON WAR MOVES a was revealed this morning lands Indies." Unit the Executive Yunn had die- Dr. Chiang sald It was the Fluib- cussed at length mobilization lun of democratic countries las Dr. T. F. Chiang Declared It Is questions. Dr. Chiang said Chine "wandwich 6 great dent of talk De: in the past bad mobilized her re tween actions." "D is clear." he Fashion of Democracies to sources In part and now plannes continued, "That the Cuted No. Do Much Talking to push ahead with more complete Hone have a examination purpose It radical and Tational utilization of remains only for all of un In Find all her .nan power and resources ways and means of fullfuling that By HARRISON FORMAN "While We are sure our Allies common purpose. We are more WINUM is THE NEW pas Time will continue to give us ald we are that Britain and America are de CHUNGKING, China, Feb. 1- determined to do our part even log their best to ruin aid to The better than we did while we fought South Reas." All the Chinese Government the enemy single-handed for the He said Japan was determined at a prom conference loway, Dr. T. F. Chinng. former past four and a half years," he to prevent the rise of an independ. added. ent and strong China Ambassadure to Rumila. said in TR- Asked whether the loss of stra- "Japan chome the moment for gard La the news of D rojected togic points in the Southweatern attack,2 he said. "We had no American and Brithsh Inters: Pacific by the United Nations choice but to meet the attack M would affect China's war effort, well SEP we could. We suffered it "It le grattiying news to lesen Verses, We had to retreat and no- that President Roosevelt has sent Dr. Chieng replied that that would compe to Congress asking for depend on the time element. He Treat Night fell early upon China's mid China was self-aufficient in independence, But we held on, hope $500,000.000 loan to China and in gagainst hope. Then at mid- food and in clothing, too, for she Gat the British Government has night, at the darkest hour, We and- still had plenty of unused spindles denly found at our giable stout and wede known 15 in ready to lend evacuated from the coantal areas. loyal companions in arms. New we China (50.000,000,15 He disclosed, furthermore, that are surer then ever, although we Quationed on how the new loans already China had received plenty may still have a tew hours of dark- you!d he name Dr. Ching replied or war materials from the United need shead there will be dawn and Nations, and he said It would tax Visit they would be spent partly victory." China's transportation facilities TME purchases abroad and partly in for more than n. year to transport Cuina " security (or 4 domestic Chose supplies to localities where lass that might be called a "yle" they could be used against the tody "te believed the loans enemy. would undoubtedly contribute to He and Chinese troops in Burms had attil not come contact surrency statilization in China be- with the enemy. He added, amiling Cause they would absorb some of "Dut T think they will som." who tremendous amount of notes On China's general stand Dr lassed during the past few years Chiang said: which are held partly responsible "During the last few weeks for rising commodity many assurances regarding the strategy of the United Nations have been given to China in the lear that she might shift in her stand with her allies because of initial reverses auffered by Britain and America in the South Pacific I can unhesitatingly my that such nasurances were entirely unneces sery. "President Roomvelt in No statement made It clear that the United States would devote a due proportion of America's fast-dovel- oping power to the war In the Pacific Prime Minister Winston Churchill's eloquent speech in the House of Commons was frank and confident to regard in Europe and Regraded Unclassified 208 THE MOUSE PASSED AND SENT TO THE SENATE WITHOUT DEBATE THE JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A $500,000,000 LOAN TO CHINA. 2/4--R1219P ADD CHINA LOAN APPROVED, NOUSE THE HOUSE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION BY VOICE VOTE AFTER REP. NAMILTON FISH WARNED THAT THE U. S. CANNOT DEFEAT THE AXIS IF CRINA on RUSSIA ARE FORCED TO CAPITULATE TO JAPAN OR GERMANY. *IF CHINA IS DRIVEN FROM THE WAR, COLLAPSES, on IS FORCED TO MAKE PEACE," FISH SAID, "I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN WIM THIS WAR. IF RUSSIA IS FORCED TO MAKE PEACE OR IS DEFEATED I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN WIN. "I THINK THEN THE WAR WOULD BE FOUGHT TO A STALEMATE. BUT IF RUSSIA AND CHINA STAY IN VI WILL DEFEAT THE AXIS POWERS." MAJORITY LEADER MCCORMACK COMMENTED THAT THE LOAN WOULD BE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR CHINA'S WAR AGAINST JAPAN. THE OBSERVATIONS OF BOTH MCCORMACK AND FISH WERE MADE ON THE QUESTION 05 TAKING UP THE CHINA WAR LOAN OUT OF ORDER. THERE WAS NO DEBATE ON THE MEASURE ITSELF. 2/4--S1227P Regraded Unclassified 208 THE HOUSE PASSED AND SENT TO THE SENATE WITHOUT DEBATE THE JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A $500,000,000 LOAN TO CHIMA. 3/4--21219P ADD CHINA LOAN APPROVED, HOUSE THE HOUSE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION BY VOICE VOTE AFTER REP. HAMILTON FISH WARNED THAT THE U. S. CANNOT DEFEAT THE AXIS IF CHINA OR RUSSIA ARE FORCED TO CAPITULATE TO JAPAN OR CERMANY. *15 CHINA IS DRIVEN FROM THE WAR, COLLAPSES, OR IS FORCED TO NAKE PEACE," FISH SAID, "I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN WIN THIS WAR. IF RUSSIA IS FORCED TO MAKE PEACE OR IS DEFEATED I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN VIN. "I THINK THEN THE WAR WOULD BE FOUGHT TO A STALEMATE. BUT IF RUSSIA AND CHINA STAY IN VI WILL DEFEAT THE AXIS POVERS." MAJORITY LEADER MCCORMACK COMMENTED THAT THE LOAN WOULD BE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR CHINA'S WAR AGAINST JAPAN. THE OBSERVATIONS OF BOTH MCCORMACK AND FISH WERE MADE ON THE QUESTION OF TAKING UP THE CRINA WAR LOAN OUT OF ORDER. THERE WAS NO DEBATE ON THE MEASURE ITSELF. 2/4--51227P Regraded Unclassified 208 THE HOUSE PASSED AND SENT TO THE SENATE WITHOUT DEBATE THE JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A $500,000,000 LOAN TO CHINA. 2/4--21219P ADD CHINA LOAN APPROVED, ROUSE THE HOUSE APPROVED THE RESOLUTION BY VOICE VOTE AFTER REP. RAMILTON FISH WARNED THAT THE U. S. CANNOT DEFEAT THE AXIS IF CHIMA OR RUSSIA ARE FORCED TO CAPITULATE TO JAPAN OR GERMANY. *IF CHINA IS DRIVEN FROM THE WAR, COLLAPSES, OR IS FORCED TO MAKE PEACE," FISH SAID, "I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN WIN THIS WAR. IF RUSSIA IS FORCED TO MAKE PEACE OR IS DEFEATED I DON'T BELIEVE WE CAN WIN. *I THINK THEN THE WAR WOULD BE FOUGHT TO A STALENATE. BUT IF RUSSIA AND CHINA STAY IN WE WILL DEFEAT THE AXIS POWERS." MAJORITY LEADER MCCORMACK COMMENTED THAT THE LOAN WOULD BE A DENONSTRATION OF THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR CHINA'S WAR AGAINST JAPAN. THE OBSERVATIONS 07 BOTH MCCORMACK AND FISH VERE MADE on THE QUESTION OF TAKING UP THE CHIMA WAR LOAN OUT OF ORDER. THERE WAS NO DEBATE ON THE MEASURE ITSELF. 2/4--31227P Regraded Unclassified 209 THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 4, 1942. MEMORANDUM FOR H.M. Jr. In regard to the memorandum sent you on January 25th from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, I think it would be a mistake to raise this additional question at this particular time. F.D.R. Regraded Unclas 210 February 6, 1942 Copies to: Mr. Bell Dr. White 211 February 4. 1942 D. Vi. Bell Harry White Secretary Morgenthau Mr. Dean Acheson called ne and suid that they are very much worried in the State Department because they can't get the British Cabinet to ratify the over-all agreement on Lend-Lease. The President had sent B very strong message to Churchill urging him to do it, and Dean Acheson read this message to ne over the phone. Dean Acheson then asked whether they could send B. message in my name to Sir Kingsley Wood whom they under- stand is one of the principal objectors. He read a draft of that message to me over the phone, and I made one slight change and told him to let it go. I asked him to send 8 copy of my message and 8. copy of the over-all agreement to me. Acheson was extremely uppreciative. Footnote for Mr. White: When the copy of my message to Sir Kingsley Wood comes in, send for Sir Frederick Phillips and read 8 paraphrase of this message to him but don't let him take any notes; also don't let on to him under what circumstances this message was sent. Regraded Unclassified - - COMMUNICATIONS - Been The THE SECRETARY OF STATE - D.C. 2127 DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON February 4, 1942. Dear Henry: May I again express to you my very grateful apprecia- tion for your splendid cooperation with us in the message which you were good enough to authorize me to send for you to Sir Kingsley Wood. I believe that this message will be exceedingly helpful. I enclose, in accordance with your request, a paraphrese of the message and a copy of the draft Lease Lend Agreement referred to in it. Yours sincerely, Am Cochron Enclosures: 1. Paraphrase. 2. Draft Lease Lend Agreement. The Honorable Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury. Regraded Unclassified 213 PARAPHRASE OF TELEGRAM To: American Embassy, London. Dated: February 4, 1942. TRIPLE PRIORITY FOR THE AMBASSADOR. Please deliver at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury a personal message as follows to Sir Kingeley Wood as soon as possible: "May I express to you my personal concern that delay in reaching agreement on interim Lend Lease Agreement will impede and embarrass work between us on many immediate and pressing matters as well as on more long range matters. The present draft, in my judgment, 18 most feir and reasonable and leaves ample scope for meeting and agreeing upon problems of the war and post- war periods along constructive lines of mutual advantage. The continued failure to produce an agreement 18 working harm to unity of war effort and purpose. Morgenthau." Regraded Unclassified 214 shereas the Governments of the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britein and Northern Irelend declare that they are engaged in a 00- operative undertaking, together with every other nation or people of like mind, to the end of laying the bases of a just and enduring world peace securing order under law to themselves end all nations; And wheress the President of the United States of America has determined, pursuant to the Act of Congress of March 11, 1941, that the defense of the United Kingdom against aggression is vital to the defense of the United States of America; And whereas the United States of America has ex- tended and is continuing to extend to the United Kingdom aid in resisting aggression; And whereas it is expedient that the final deter- mination of the terms and conditions upon which the Government of the United Kingdom receives such aid and of the benefits to be received by the United States of America in return therefor should be deferred until the extent of the defense aid 18 known and until the progress of events makes olearer the final terms and conditions and benefite which will be in the mutual interests of the United States of Amerios and the United Xingdom and will promote the establishment and maintenence of world peace; And wherese the Governments of the United States of merioa and the United Kingdom are mutually destrous of concluding now a preliminary agreement in regard to the providing of defense aid and in regard to certain con- siderations which sholl be taken into account in determining Regraded Unclassified 215 + determining such terms and conditions and the making of such an agreement has been in all respects duly Authorized, and all nots, conditions and formalities which it any have been necessary to perform, fulfil or execute prior to the making of such an agreement in con- formity with the laws either of the United States of America or of the United Kingdom have been performed, fulfilled or executed as required; The undersigned, being duly authorised by their re- spective Governments for that purpose, have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I. The Government of the United States of America will continue to supply the Government of the United Kingdom with such defense articles, defense services, and defense information as the President shall authorize to be trans- ferred or provided. ARTICLE II. The Government of the United Kingdom will continue to contribute to the defense of the United States of America and the strengthening thereof and, should circum- stances arise in which the United States of America in its own defense or the defense of the Americas may re- quire articles, services, or information, will provide such articles, services, or information as it may be in a position to supply. ARTICLE III. The Government of the United Kingdom will not with- out the consent of the President of the United States transfer title to, or possession of, any defense article or defense information transferred to it under the Act or permit the use thereof by anyone not an officer, employee, Regraded Unclassified 216 employee, or agent of the Government of the United Kingdom. ARTICLE IV. If, se a result of the transfer to the Government of the United Kingdom of any defense article or defense information, it becomes necessary for that Government to take any action or make any payment in order fully to protect any of the rights of a citizen of the United States of America who has patent rights in and to any such defense article or information, the Government of the United Kingdom vill take such sotion or make such payment when requested to do so by the President. ARTICLE V. The Government of the United Kingdom will return to the United States of America at the end of the present emergency, as determined by the President, such defense articles transferred under this Agreement as shall not have been destroyed, lost or consumed and as shall be de- termined by the President to be useful in the defense of the United States of America or of the Western tiemi- sphere or to be othervise of use to the United States of America. ARTICLE VI. In the final determination of the benefits to be provided to the United States of America by the Govern- ment of the United Kingdom full cognizance sholl be taken of all property, services, information, facilities, or other benefits or considerations provided by the Govern- ment of the United Kingdom subsequent to March 11, 1941, and accepted or nokno ledged by the President on behalf of the United States of America. ARTICLE VII, Regraded Unclassified 217 + ARTICLE VII. In the final determination of the benefits to be provided to the United States of America by the Govern- ment of the United Kingdom in return for aid furnished under the Act of Congress of March 11, 1941, the terms and conditions thereof shall be such as not to burden commerce between the two countries, but to premote mutually advantageous economic relations between them and the betterment of world-wide economic relations. To that end, they shall include provision for agreed action by the United States of America and the United Kingdom, open to participation by all other countries of like mind, directed to the expansion, by appropriate international and domestic neasures, of production, en- ployment, and the exchange and consumption of goods, which are the material foundations of the liberty and velfare of all peoples; to the elimination of all forms of discriminatory treatment in international commerce, and to the reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers; and, in general, to the attainment of all the coonomic objectives not forth in the Joint Declaration made on August 12, 1941, by the President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. At an early convenient date, conversations shall be begun between the two Governments with a view to deter- mining, in the light of governing economic conditions, the beet means of attaining the above-stated objectives by their own agreed action and of seeking the agreed action of other like-minded Governments. ARTICLE VIII. Regraded Unclassified 218 -8- ARTICLE VIII. This Agreement shall take effect as from this day's date. It shall continue in force until a date to be agreed upon by the two Governments. Signed and sealed at Washington in duplicate this day of , 1941. ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (Fitle] ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND. [iit]] Regraded Unclassified Treasury Department 219 Division of Monetary Research Date 2/6/42 19 To: Miss Chauncey Unless I hear to the contrary from you, I shall assume that the Secretary doesn't want to see these reports monthly. In any case I will call his attention to any transaction which I believe merits his attention. H.D.W. no MR. WHITE Branch 2058 - Room 214 220 TREASURY department INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE February 4, 1942 TO Mr. White FROM .I. Pavkey There follows a summary of the Stabilization Fund's gold transactions with we central banks and governments of foreign countries during the month of January: Purchased from: Sold to: Argentina $ 4,988.000 Chile # 350,000 Mexico 5,876,000 Deth. East Indies 18,142,000 Peru 644,000 Portugal 2,989,000 Switzerland 39,900,000 Truguay 2,502,000 U.S.S.A. 21,070,000* Venezuela 8,000,000 Total $48,584,000 $55,877,000 *Purchased on January 3, 1942, for delivery within 180 days. It will be seen that the Fund's sales of gold exceeded purchases for imediate delivery by more than 28,000,000. In order to supply foreign buyers, (2) to pointain 8 small gold balance, the Stabilization Fund purchased $37,800,000 la 6012 luring January from the Treasury's General ?und throub the Yes York Assay ffice. Regraded Unclassified TREASURY DEPARTMENT 221 INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATEFebruary 4, 1942 TO Secretary Morgenthau FROM Subject: The Freight Situation Mr. Haas Export JOH Lighterage freight in storage and on hand for unloading in New York harbor at the end of last week amounted to 19,768 carloads. This is practically the same as for the previous week. (See Chart 1.) There was additional storage space available for 10,051 carloads on February 2, as compared with 10, 114 a week earlier. Exports from New York increased last week to 6,856 cars from 5,393 in the previous week. (See Chart 2, upper section.) Receipts of export freight at New York continued their rising trend and reached 8,029 cars, as compared with 5,980 cars in the previous week. (Lower section of chart). The receipts of export freight at 9 other North Atlantic ports show & 56 percent increase over the previous week, and are higher than at any time since at least the beginning of last year. This high figure, 4,230 carloads, 18 due to large increases in export freight receipts at Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Hampton Roads. The receipts for export at 6 Pacific ports increased to 1,622 cars, or by nearly 24 per- cent, bringing the average for the month of January well above any of the months in 1941. (See Chart 2, lower section.) Regraded Unclassified Chart 1 222 LIGHTERAGE FREIGHT IN STORAGE AND ON HAND FOR UNLOADING IN NEW YORK HARBOR* 1941 1942 CARLOADS CARLOADS Thousands Thousands 24 24 22 22 20 20 18 18 16 16 14 14 12 12 10 10 8 9 JAN. MAR MAY JULY SEPT NOV. JAN. MAR. MAY JULY SEPT. NOV. 1942 1941 . Lorgely export freight. but about 10% represents freight for local and coostol shipment. Figures exclude grain. Office of the Secretary of the Treasury C-303-D - of - and EXPORT FREIGHT MOVEMENT 1941 1942 CARLOADS CARLOADS Thousands Thousands Exports 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 6 V4VVV From New York 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 JAN. MAR. MAY JULY SEPT. NOV. JAN. MAR. MAY JULY SEPT. NOV. 1941 1942 CARLOADS CARLOADS Thousands Thousands Receipts for Export 10 10 9 9 8 8 AI New York® 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 At 9 other North Attantic Ports : 3 3 2 Vm 2 I I At 6 Pacific Ports e . o o JAM. MAR, MAY JULY SEPT. - NOV. JAN. MAR. MAY JULY SEPT NOV. 1941 1942 . As estimated from data of general managers' occasistion of New York, . . Association of American Retraeds. 223 Office of the Bankey of the Trunty C-382-8 Chart TO - of - - I Regraded Unclass 224 Treasury Department Division of Monetary Research Date February 4,19 42 To: Secretary Morgenthau From: Mr. White 1. Are you interested in seeing information about exports to the European neutrals which may be of possible value to the Axis? 2. Are you interested in reising this problem with the Board of Economic Warfare? no 225 TREASURY DEPARTMENT INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE February 12, 1942 TO Pr. White FROM M. Ullmann Subject: Sworts of Possible Use to the Axis Due export information from our office in New York shows: 1. The 3. 3. 3an Viguel, scheduled to sail soon, has loaded over 1.5 -111ion pounds of copper scrap consigned to Portugal. 2. The no de Re (French) sailed on January 26 for French North Africa. It carried over 1500 metric tons of pitch and 4200 long tons of bituminous coal. 3. Other recent shipments from here include: $50,000 gallons aviation gasoline to Sweden 11,200,000 lbs. sugar to Switzerland (ship clearing for Genos, Italy) 13,000,000 lbs. sugar to French North Africa 7,000,000 yds. cotton piece goods to French North Africa its All of these exports are covered by Export Control licenses, As for Foreign Funds, the exports to Switzerland, Sweden, and Portugal are covered by general licenses, while the Franch North African shipments core under the State Department agreement covering this area. Regraded Unclassified TREASURY DEPARTMENT 226 INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE February 4, 1942 Secretary Morgenthau TO Mr. White FROM In December 1941 and January 1942, the United States imported 13,426,000 ounces of silver from Mexico, as against 12,680,000 ounces in the same two-month period a year ago. Since the Treasury has bought no silver under the Silver Purchase Act in the past two months, most of the recent imports of silver into this country have found their way into the commercial market. The New York market price for silver has been generally steady, at about 3/82 over the Treasury's quotation of 35%. There 1s thus far no evidence to support the fears expressed last November that Mexico would use the Silver Purchase Arrangement to withhold silver from the market 80 88 to force up the price. Regraded Unclassified TREASURY DEPARTMENT 227 INTER OFFICE COMMUNICATION DATE Feb. 4, 1942. Secretary Morgenthau TO FROM Mr. White ubject: Decision of Mexican Supreme Court on subsoil rights 1. A recently announced decision of the Mexican Supreme Court modifies and possibly reverses decisions handed down in 1938 on which the Mexican Government has based its refusal to compensate expropriated American oil companies for subsoil rights. It appears that this decision has not yet been signed. 2. The effect of this decision may be to bring the United States and Mexico much closer together on the ques- tion of valuation of the properties of the expropriated American oil companies. Previous Mexican valuations have not included any value for subsoil rights. It is now believed that the appraisers named by the Mexican and United States Governments may include the value of sub- soil rights in their final valuations of the properties. 3. It is too early to know how this will affect the United States-Mexican Stabilization Agreement. It does mean that Mexico may have to pay out more dollars than otherwise would be the case. On the other hand, the decision may attract enough capital to Mexico to more than offset the loss in foreign exchange. Regraded Unclassified TREASURY DEPARTMENT 228 INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION chaunoos Morgenthau DATE February 4, 1942 TO FROM MrsoDietrich CONFIDENTIAL Registered sterling transactions of the reporting banks were as follows: Sold to commercial concerns £35,000 Purchased from commercial concerns £17,000 Open market sterling held at 4.03-3/4. with no reported transactions. The Cuban peso, which advanced from par to & premium of about 11/16% during the week ended yesterday, was quoted at 5/8% premium today. In a very thin market, the Venezuelan bolivar improved about 1/2# to close at .2775. In New York, closing quotations for the foreign currencies listed below were as follows: Canadian dollar 11-5/8% discount Argentine peso (free) .2365 Brazilian milreis (free) .0516 Colombian peso .5775 Mexican peso .2065 Uruguayan peso (free) .5250 There were no gold transactions consummated by us today. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that the Bank of Canada shipped $3,449,000 in gold from Canada to the Federal for account of the Government of Canada, for sale to the New York Assay Office. In London, spot and forward silver remained at 23-1/2d and 23-9/16d respectively, equivalent to 42.67# and 42.78#. and Harman's settlement price for foreign silver was also unchanged at 35-1/84. The Treasury's purchase price for foreign silver vas unchanged at 35#. Handy We made no purchases of silver today. X < 0 229 P I W.T. 1100/CD/2/42 BRITISH EMBASSY, WASHINGTON, D.C. SAFE HAND 4th February, 1942. Dear Mr. Dietrich, With reference to my letter of 30th October, reference No. 1121/426/41, I think you may be interested to have for your file the enclosed copy of a letter which was sent by the Trading with the Enemy Branch to the Anglo-Prague Credit Bank in London. Yours sincerely, (Signed) V. Ritchie Mr. Frank Dietrich, Room 279, U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C. WR:MLC 0 0 P 230 I Trading with the Enemy Branch, (Treasury and Board of Trade), 24, Kingsway, London. W.C.2. Gen/41/Pt.II December, 1941. Sir, With reference to your letter of the 13th December concerning your relations with the New York Agency of the Prague Credit Bank, I em directed to inform you that this Branch is satisfied to raise no objection so far as the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Act, 1939 are concerned:- (a) to your communicating by letter or cable with the New York Office in question on matters relating to normal current banking business without seeking the prior approval of this Branch; (b) to your maintaining in your books a current account in the name of that office subject to the approval and directions of the Bank of England being obtained for this purpose, and (c) to your opening credits here for the New York Agency provided they place with you the relative sterling funds in advance. The foregoing is subject to due compliance with the provisions of the Defence (Finance) Regulations, 1939. Your documents are returned herewith. I an, Sir, Your obedient Servant, The Chairman, Anglo-Prague Credit Bank, 48, Bishopsgate, E.C.2. Copy:vw:2-5-42 Treasury Departmen31 Division of Monetary Research Date February 6 1942 To: Miss Chauncey From: Mr. Southard This cable probably need not be shown to the Secretary since it is one more in a string of cables on the destruction of values in the Philippines. PARAPHRASE OF YELEGRAY RECEIVED 232 RO: 38. FROM United States High Commissioner, Fort Mills, (Manila) via N.M. DATE: February 4, 1942, 11 a.m. POLLOWING FOR TREASURY RECORD. Committee comprising Vice President Oamens, Acting ecretary of Finance, Jone Abad Santos, Colonel Howard A. with (representing General MacArthur), and vett D. Heater (recresenting H1gh Commissioner), reported to their best knowledge and belief contents of vaulte one, two and three of Philippine Treasury reservation, Corregidor, (not up to present delivered into 81gh Commission custody) are ne follows: 269 bars gold bullion ench numbered and marked in grame totalling 1,343, 491.96 marked grams which results from melting 1805,410 face value coin held prior to December 28, 193 (see redio 708, October 29, 1930, Acting High Commissioner for Queson to Secretary Var and radio 17, May 5, 1936, Treasury to Figh Commissioner): silver coins smounting to 16,422 pesos face value being Philippine monetary reserves; 19 boxes which Commonwealth officials aay contain Philippine paper currency smounting to 57,761.825 peson; cisse gold marked 406,39; silver bare marked 5400/3850.60/893.0.F.1 envelope gold dust marked 1.60; piece gold and wilver 7.50 ounces; gold ber earked 75308.20 tagged to 91.779 grame: gold ber marked 1646.10. SAYRE. Regraded Unclassified Treasury Department 233 Division of Monetary Research Date 2/5/42 19 To: Secretary Morgenthau From: Mr. White ubject: Brazil and the War. You may be interested in the attached state- ment of President Vargas of Brazil to his Director of Exchange that "We are now in the same boat with the United States and must cooperate to the fullest extent". The Bank of Brazil is effectively restricting the use of Axis assets. Regraded Unclas 0 2 234 I DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON February 4, 1942 In reply refer to 19 $40.51 Frozen Credits/5250 The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Monorable the Secretary of the Treasury and transmits five copies of telegram no. 319, dated February 2, 1942, from the American Embassy, Rio de Janeiro, quoting instructions to the Director of Ex- change by President Vargas, dealing with the adminis- tration and control of Axis funds in Brazil. Inclosure: Five copies of telegram no. 319, dated February 2, 1942, from Rio de Janeiro. Copy:ec:2-4-42 Regraded Unclassified C 0 235 P I PD Rio de Janeiro This telegram rust be paraphrased before being Dated February 2, 1942 communicated to anyone other than a Governmental Rec'd 6:10 p.m. agency. (BR) Secretary of Washington, Washington. 319, February 2, 3 p.m. Ny 274, January 2, 3 p.m. President Vargas told the Director of Exchange on Saturday: "We are now in the same boat with the United States and must cooperate to the fullest extent. You are responsible for the administration and control of Axis funds in Brazil. Private interests must not interfere with plans of the Government." Although the Brazilian Government has not (repeat not) pro- mulgated supplementary control measures, the Bank of Brazil has the situation in hand and is effectively restricting the use of Axis assets. INFORM TREASURY. CAFFERY LMS Copy:vw: 2-4-42 Regraded Unclassified