Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)

C1041 Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 Page 10
Democrats, and conservative organizations; concerning Huey Long’s
followers and then relationship with Roosevelt administration; with
David Lawrence; with Frederick Barkhurst of Goodwill Industries;
with Arthur H. Vandenberg about wire-tapping. Anti-third term
correspondence. Economic conditions; evils of the money power;
Ozark lands; U.S. Maritime Commission; ocean mail contracts.
Pendergast machine. Mitchell dines with Gifford Pinchot. William
Volker helps finance Mitchell’s book.
f. 3214-3231 Thank-you letters from people who received Mitchell’s book.
f. 3272-3323 1938-1939. Personal and business correspondence. Correspondence
concerning Mitchell’s book; with conservative organizations, e.g.,
American Coalition and National Committee to Uphold Constitutional
Government; with Walter F. George, Ellison D. Smith, and John J.
O’Connor on the “purge” attempt of 1938; with Republicans and
conservative Democrats on 1938 elections; with David Lawrence and
other columnists; with William H. Murray, Joseph W. Martin, Jr.,
Thomas E. Dewey, William Hirth, Arthur H. Vandenburg, Bruce
Barton, Lynn J. Frazier, Harry F. Byrd, Rush D. Holt, Dewey Short.
Bennett C. Clark book for president. Democratic senatorial primary in
Missouri.
f. 3272-3297 1938
f. 3298-3323 1939
f. 3324-3372 1940. Business and personal papers. Ozark lands. Correspondence on
financing Mitchell’s book and using book as a campaign document; on
1940 presidential election; on 1940 Missouri elections with William
Hirth, Frederick E. Whitten, M.M. Milligan, Lloyd C. Stark, Allen
McReynolds, Phil M. Donnelly, Lawrence McDaniel, William H.
Murray, and Forrest C. Donnell; with Arthur H. Vanderberg and
Bernard Macfadden on national party politics; with Roscoe C.
Patterson and Lloyd C. Stark on recovery of money on state contracts.
Mitchell campaigns for Republican senatorial nomination, financed by
William Volker. Alleged fraudulent voting by Negroes in Truman-
Stark senatorial campaign.
f. 3373-3421 1941-1945. Personal and business correspondence. Biographical
information on Mitchell’s father, General Ewing Young Mitchell. U.S.
entry into World War II. Possible resettlement of Japanese-Americans
in Ozarks. Land companies and land taxes in Ozarks. 1942 and 1944
elections. Wendell Wilke’s campaign. Correspondence with William
H. Murray, Alf Landon, William O’Dwyer, George D. Aiken, Dewey
Short, James A. Farley, Frank Garnett. Mitchell’s efforts to secure
appointive position. Patronage under Forrest Donnell administration.
Election fraud methods. Mitchell’s charges of mismanagement in
Department of Commerce. His relationship to Roosevelt
administration and Pendergast machine.
f. 3422-3527 Undated. Personal, family, legal, business, and political
correspondence. Grade and high school days in Rolla, law school at