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Box List

Series X: Box 59

1945

January 1. Radio discussion between HAW and Johannes Steel, concerning the issues facing the American people at home and abroad during 1945

January 8. Radio interview with Leon Pearson

January 16. Statement on the death of Senator Francis Maloney

January 17. Statement on the liberation of Warsaw, Poland

January 25. Statement before the Senate Commerce Committee, concerning S. 375, a bill which would remove the present lending functions from the U.S. Department of Commerce

Series X: Box 60

January 29. Address at a testimonial dinner in honor of HAW, sponsored by the Union for Democratic Action and the New Republic Magazine, New York City

February 24. Statement on the death of Alexei Tolstoy

March 2. Statement after being sworn in as Secretary of Commerce

March 5. Statement on the appointment of Fred M. Vinson as Federal Loan Administrator

March 6. "Education and the Common Man." Draft of a proposed speech on education

March 13. Statement before the Aviation Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce concerning federal aid Airport Legislation

March 23. Statement for the radio program, "March of Time," concerning post-war employment

March 26. Statement to United States businessmen engaged in trade with Latin America

March 27. Statement on the 4th anniversary of Yugoslav resistance to Nazi-Facism

April 12. Statement on the death of President Roosevelt

April 17. "Foreign Trade for Small Business." Statement before the Subcommittee on Foreign Trade for Small Business of the Senate Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business

April 19. "Exports of over $10 Billion Envisaged - To Provide 5 Million Jobs"

          Statement for use during Wartime National Foreign Trade Week, May 20-26, 1945

April 23. Statement before the House Ways and Means Committee concerning the proposed extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act

May 8. "Postwar Objectives for the Construction Industry." Statement before the Small Business Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business

May 8. Statement on the victory in Europe and post-war problems

May 11. Discussion concerning surplus consumer goods, by HAW and Alfred Schindler on the radio program, "Headline Edition"

May 14. Statement on the official proclamation of V-E Day

May 24. "Reconversion and Foreign Trade." Address before the World Trade Luncheon of the New York Foreign Trade Week Committee, New York City

May 24. "The United States and the Industrialization of the World." Address before the Institute of World Affairs, New York City

May 28. Statement on a report by the small business Advisory Committee of the Department of Commerce outlining a program to insure small business a proper position in the economy

May 29. Statement before the House Select Committee on Small Business

June 4. "In Memorandum of Franklin D. Roosevelt." Address at the Churchman Award Dinner, New York City

June 11. Text of a letter dated May 29, 1945, from HAW to Senator Robert F. Wagner, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency,  concerning the Full Employment Bill

August 21. Statement on post-war relations between the United States and Mexico

August 28. "Full Employment Bill." Statement before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency

August. Labor Day Statement

Series X: Box 61

September 8. "American Industry Looks Ahead." Radio discussion by HAW, Thomas G. MacGowan and Neil Jacoby, sponsored by the Committee for Economic Development

September 8. Statement for Rosh Hashanah

September 13. Address at a dinner sponsored by the National Citizens Political Action Committee, New York City

September 15. "Foreign Trade and Full Employment." Radio discussion by HAW, Senator Harold H. Burton and Sterling Fisher on the radio series, "Our Foreign Policy"

September 20. Statement announcing the operating and organizational program for the U.S. Department of Commerce

September 23. "Sixty Million Jobs." Radio discussion by HAW, William Spencer on the "University of Chicago Round Table"

October.   Interview with Lester Velie for Dun's Review

October 10. Statement broadcast overseas in connection with Chinese Independence Day

October 11. "Science Legislation." Statement before the Subcommittee on War Mobilization of the Senate Military Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee

October 12. Remarks on the radio program "Meet the Press"

October 16. Statement before the House Committee on Labor on the bills providing for the revision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1939

October 22. Address before the First National Marketing Forum under the auspices of the Sales Executive Club, the National Federation of Sales Executives and the Advertising Federation of America, New York City

October 24. Address as part of a panel discussion sponsored by the William Alanson White Psychiatric Foundation, Washington, D.C.

October 30. "Full Employment - H. R. 2202." Statement before the House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

October 30. "Society for Public Administration." Address before the American Society of Public Administration, Washington, D.C.

November 5. Address before the Labor Management Conference, Washington, D.C.

November 12. Address before the 32nd National Foreign Trade Convention, New York City. Waldorf Astoria broadcast over WMCA and affiliates

November 15. "Employment Service Legislation." Statement before the Subcommittee on Labor of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor

November 20. Message to writers - for Chicago Sun Book Supplement

November 30. "The Interdependence Between Industrial Wage and Farm Prices." Statement to be distributed by the CIO Political Action Committee

Series X: Box 62

December 4. "Peaceful Atomic Abundance." Address before a meeting arranged by the Independent Citizens' Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, Inc., New York City

December 5. Address before the Golden Anniversary Congress of American Industry, National Association of Manufacturers, New York City

December 5. Remarks upon accepting the original painting used in making the 1945-1946 seals of the Council Against Intolerance in America, New York City

December 12. "Technological Development." Statement before a Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce concerning S. 1248

December 29. "America for ALL Americans." Address before the National Convention  of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Washington, D.C.

December 29. Statement on the most important problem confronting the United States and the rest of the world