Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)
Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)
Mitchell, Ewing Young, Jr. (1873-1954), Papers, 1840-1949 (C1041)
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<strong>C1041</strong> <strong>Mitchell</strong>, <strong>Ewing</strong> <strong>Young</strong>, <strong>Jr</strong>. (<strong>1873</strong>-<strong>1954</strong>), <strong>Papers</strong>, <strong>1840</strong>-<strong>1949</strong> Page 13<br />
commerce. Maintenance analysis and field inspections. Analysis<br />
and field inspections. Analysis of expenditures from<br />
appropriation. Air navigation facilities in 1935.<br />
f. 3730-3737 Report on cause of crash of Transcontinental and Western Air<br />
“Sky Chief” near Atlanta, Missouri, 6 May 1935, in which Senator<br />
Bronson Cutting and four others were killed and eight persons<br />
seriously injured. Recommendations by Jay A. Mount on course<br />
to follow in preventing similar accidents in future. Memoranda<br />
and maps used as evidence.<br />
f. 3738-3751 Suggested titles for proposed series of articles by <strong>Mitchell</strong>.<br />
Miscellaneous notes about commerce transactions. Graft,<br />
corruption, fraud, and patronage in government.<br />
f. 3752-3754 Memos and press releases concerning department. Reason<br />
<strong>Mitchell</strong> voted straight Republican ticket in 1936.<br />
f. 3755-3762 Material on the Department of Commerce while <strong>Mitchell</strong> was<br />
assistant secretary and after. Fact and Comments Bearing on the<br />
Neutrality Law: 1) Official definitions of war. 2) Party and<br />
official statements affecting Neutrality Law. 3) The constitution<br />
and war-making power. 4) Comments on the Curtiss-Wright<br />
decision. 5) Public opinion as reflected in polls and veterans’,<br />
farm, labor, etc., resolutions. 6) Effect of law on China and<br />
Japan. 7) Statement on why the issue is neutrality in war. 8)<br />
Editorial comment.<br />
f. 3763-3784 <strong>Mitchell</strong>’s allegations if irregularities in department. Portions of<br />
testimony before Black Committee to investigate ocean and air<br />
mail contracts in 1934. Graft and political advantage due to<br />
irregularities. Information on laying-up of SS Leviathan and on<br />
lack of stringent inspection which resulted in burning of Morro<br />
Castle. Shipping Board Bureau, 1915-1934.<br />
f. 3785-3797 Text and index of 208-page document summarizing <strong>Mitchell</strong>’s<br />
allegations. Sent to assistant to U.S. Attorney General, Joseph B.<br />
Keenan.<br />
f. 3798 Reasons for firing Hutch I. Cone and John W. Barnett.<br />
f. 3799-3800 Memoranda on cost of pilot training, information of buying<br />
airplanes, and patronage in <strong>Mitchell</strong>’s department.<br />
f. 3801-3802 Memoranda regarding expenses and importance of Bureau of<br />
Lighthouses. Expressions of conflict within Department of<br />
Commerce.<br />
f. 3803-3812 VACANT [Duplicate material removed]<br />
Newspaper Clippings Series<br />
f. 3813 Macon County lawsuit; bonded indebtedness of Missouri and<br />
Mississippi Railway; Springfield post office case; ouster of <strong>Mitchell</strong> as<br />
assistant secretary.<br />
f. 3814-3893 VACANT [Duplicate material removed]
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