Series 4, War Mobilization

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Series 4: War Mobilization Series, 1936-1957; bulk 1942-1945 9.75 cubic feet consisting of 266 folders, 7 photographs, and 23 oversize items.

The series consists of an affidavit, articles, brochures, charts, clippings, correspondence, cross-reference sheets, drafts, essays, executive orders, galley proofs, laws, leaflets, lists, maps, memoranda, minutes, notes, photographs, political platforms, press releases, regulations, reports, resolutions, speeches, summaries, tables, telegrams, transcripts, and transmittal slips.

Materials in this series date from 1936-1957, with the bulk of the material covering Byrnes’ service as the chief economic stabilizer from 1942-1945. He gave up his Supreme Court justiceship to become the Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization on October 3, 1942, and later the Director of the Office of War Mobilization (OWM) on May 28, 1943, which became the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion (OWMR) in October 1944. During his service in the OWM Byrnes became known as the “Assistant President.” However, Byrnes relationship with Roosevelt became strained after he was looked over as a vice-presidential candidate for a second time. Byrnes resigned from his post on April 2, 1945.

Materials in this series are arranged alphabetically by folder title, and correspondence files are arranged alphabetically by surname. Additional personal correspondence— formerly housed at the University of South Carolina—is filed at end of the series. Photographs and oversize items have been removed to photograph and oversize storage. See the Photographs Series for photographs removed from this series.

This series is a rich source of primary materials related to all aspects of economic stabilization on the homefront during World War II. It documents Byrnes’ effort to coordinate and mediate numerous wartime economic agencies. The material also documents Byrnes’ working relationship with President Roosevelt, containing memoranda between the two and drafts of executive orders press releases, and speeches suggested by Byrnes for Roosevelt’s use.

Topics include shortages and rationing, especially oil along the East Coast, of rubber, and of manpower; wage and price administration and control; and subsidies, particularly for agriculture and the oil industry. Correspondence includes congratulations to Byrnes’ appointment in 1942 and reactions to his resignation in 1945. There are also letters and memoranda concerning appointments to various boards and commissions as well as court appointments.

The series documents Byrnes’ attempts to mediate a dispute between Vice President Henry A. Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Jesse Stone over responsibility for wartime shortages; the actions of the War Manpower Commission to deal with the manpower needs of industry and the armed services; and the role of the National War Labor Board in mediating wage disputes in the coal and railroad industries, including the 1943 coal strike and the threatened 1944 railroad strike that led to the U.S. Army temporarily taking over the railroads. In addition there is material relating to a number of aspects of the oil problem such as the Canol Project (an oil pipeline in Canada from the Norman Wells oil fields to a refinery in Whitehorse to supply oil for machinery working on Alaska Highway); the construction of pipelines and refineries; transportation; and foreign reserves, especially in the Middle East. The latter includes a proposal for the construction of an oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia, the need for an agreement with the United Kingdom regarding exploiting reserves in their area of influence, and the development of an international oil policy for the United States.

Byrnes also accompanied President Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference (held in the Crimea on February 7-12, 1945) in an unofficial capacity. Of particular interest are the shorthand notes Byrnes took during the Conference. Transcriptions of these notes are also available as well as agreements, minutes, and other materials relating to the Conference.

Political material can also be found in this series. Most of it relates to the 1944 Democratic Convention in Chicago and Presidential election but there is also a little concerning politics in South Carolina. Items about the Convention include drafts of the party platform, suggestions for honorary members of the Democratic National Committee, and speculation over who might be chosen as Roosevelt’s running mate. Election materials include campaign plans and strategies.

Items concerning Byrnes’ failure to be chosen as the Vice Presidential candidate at the convention include correspondence in support of his nomination and reactions to his failure to be nominated; memoranda of telephone conversations and discussions of regarding the vice presidency; and Byrnes’ explanation of why he was not nominated. There is also a book draft (probably for All in One Lifetime ) regarding the vice presidency and transcriptions of excerpts from Walter Brown’s journals covering this period.

In addition to material relating to his federal service and politics there are also items concerning Byrnes’ personal life. Some of it is financial and relates to investments and real estate. There are condolences; requests for assistance for autographs, for photographs, and for recommendations for jobs, military discharges and transfers; invitations; and thank yous. There is material relating to the death of Frank Hogan, a prominent Washington, D.C. lawyer and Byrnes’ cousin, as well as Byrnes’ membership on the Clemson College Board of Trustees, which include minutes and correspondence concerning wartime enrollment and the College’s efforts to support the armed services.

Correspondents include businessmen Bernard Baruch and Roger Peace; OWMR colleagues Walter Brown, General Lucius Clay, Ben Cohen, Cassie Connor, Donald Russell, and Fred Searls; Leo T. Crowley, Alien Property Administrator and Director of the Foreign Economic Administration; National War Labor Board Chairman William H. Davis; Presidential Press Secretary Stephen Early; Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter; Presidential Secretaries William Hassett and Marvin McIntyre; Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes; Marvin Jones, Administrator of the War Food Administration; Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau; Wayne Morse, public member of the War Labor Board; War Production Board Chairman Donald Nelson; Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson; Lawrence Pinckney, South Carolina Administrator of the Works Progress Administration; Robert Poole, President of Clemson College; Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman; journalist Herbert Swope; Fred Vinson, Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization; and Alexander Whitney, President of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. There is also correspondence with members of the Busch, Fuller and Miner families.

SEPARATION LIST

In Removed Oversize Box 1 :

“Well Map of Elk Hills, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1, Kern County–California” (“Exhibit A”) by Office of Inspector, Naval Petroleum Reserves in California, Scale 1:1000, February 20, 1940

“Our No. 1 Stabilizer” by Delbert Clark, New York Times Magazine , October 18, 1942 “America’s No.1 Inflation-Stopper” by Henry R. Lieberman, PM Sunday Supplement (New York, NY), October 25, 1942

“Sugar: Supply of Raw Sugar and Distribution of Refined Sugar” (map, undated); with (Cane Sugar Refining Industry: Comparison of Earnings when Unconcentrated and Concentrated” (chart) by War Production Board Cane Sugar Refining Industry Concentration Group, October 23, 1942, and “Sugar Refining Industry: Earnings After Depreciation & Before Federal Income Tax As Reported in Federal Income Tax Returns” (chart) by War Production Board Cane Sugar Refining Industry Concentration Group, October 31, 1942

“Close-Up: Jimmy Byrnes” by Eliot Janeway, Life , January 4, 1943

“Kentuckians Hold the Economic Line” by Robert L. Riggs, Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), June 27, 1943, [130 (1-2)]

“Milo the Messiah of Mystic Washington” by Georgiana X. Preston, Times-Herald , July 11, 1943, [94 (1)]

“Fuel Boss Ickes Warns of New Crisis in Coal” (advertisement), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri), August 27, 1943

“Some of Principal Figures in Federal Denaturalization Trials Here Are Sketched” (sketches) by Einar V. Quist, Milwaukee Journal (Wisconsin), September 23, 1943, [114] Domestic and Foreign Program Summaries, 1943-1944, [94 (1)]

“Ohio Looks to ‘44” by Elliot Janeway, Fortune , February [1944], [122]

“Wake Up America” by Hon. Fred E. Busbey, Commercial & Financial Chronicle , August 31, 1944, [181 (3)]

Plat of portion of Sullivan’s Island, SC, [circa 1944], [138 (1)]

“Germany’s Flattened Areas are ‘Beautiful’” by Tom O’Connor, PM (New York, NY), February 23, 1945, [206]

“On the Pacific War Front” by Captain Maurice S. Sheehy, U.S.N.R., reprinted from February 1945 Extension , [160]

“Texts of Additional Documents on the Yalta Conference Released by the U.S.,” New York Times , December 30, 1955, [624]

In Removed Oversize Box 2:

Requirements and Availability of WSA Dry Cargo Tonnage 1945-1946 [circa 1944] attached to map of region of Poland along the Bug River

In Map Case :

“A Port Wentworth Tidewater Site Fulfills The Requirements of Location For a Branch or New Plant” (brochure, Exhibit “A,” undated), with attached maps of: Whitehall Plantation, Chatham County, Georgia (Exhibit “B,” June 1941), Scale 1:3000; Savannah & Atlanta Railway Co. Map showing Foundation Tract-Port Wentworth Petroleum Crude Oil Pipeline and Vicinity, Chatham County Georgia (Exhibit “C,” 1930), Scale 1:800; National Gypsum Company (Exhibit “E,” undated)

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Subjects : Agriculture—United States— History—20 th century Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972 Canol Project Coal mines and mining—United States— History—20 th century Davis, William H. (William Hammatt) Democratic National Convention (1944 : Chicago, Ill.) Industrial mobilization—United States—History—20 th century Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956 Lend-lease operations (1941-1945) Petroleum industry and trade—United States— History—20 th century Presidents—United States—Election—1944 Price regulation—United States Railroads—United States—History Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Rubber industry and trade—United States— History—20th century Strikes and lockouts—Coal mining—United States Strikes and lockouts—Railroads—United States United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945)—History United States. Office of Economic Stabilization—History United States. Office of War Mobilization—History United States. Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion—History United States. War Manpower Commission—History United States. War Production Board—History United States—Defenses—Economic aspects—History—20 th century Wage-price policy—United States Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965 World War, 1939-1945—Diplomatic history World War, 1939-1945—Economic aspects—United States World War, 1939-1945—Manpower—United States Yalta Conference (1945)

Form/Genre : Articles Bills (legislative records) Executive orders Galley proofs Laws (documents) Maps Minutes Photographs Speeches Testimonies Transcripts

Correspondents : Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 Brown, Walter J. Bush family Clay, Lucius D. (Lucius DuBignon), 1897-1978 Cohen, Benjamin V. Connor, Cassie (Cassandra), 1899-1969 Crowley, Leo Davis, William H. (William Hammatt) Early, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyree) Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965 Fuller family Hassett, William D. Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 Jones, Marvin McIntyre, Marvin Hunter Miner family Morgenthau, Henry Morse, Wayne L. (Wayne Lyman) Nelson, Donald Marr, 1888-1959 Patterson, Robert Porter Peace, Roger C. (Roger Craft), 1899-1968 Pinckney, Lawrence M. Poole, Robert F. (Robert Franklin), 1893-1958 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Russell, Donald Stuart, 1906-1998 Searls, Fred, 1888-1968 Swope, Herbert Bayard, 1882-1958 Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Vinson, Fred M. Whitney, Alexander F. (Alexander Fell)

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Box Folder Title 1 1 Agricultural Subsidies, 1942 and 1943 2 Agricultural Subsidies, 1943 3 The American , February 1945 4 Appointment to OWM, 1943-1945, [folder 66] 5 Birthday/Anniversary, May 1943 6 Brown, Walter, 1943-1945, [folders 67 (2) and 153] 7 Byrnes, Maude, Converse College Honorary Degree, 1943 8 Canadian Subsidy System, April 23, 1942 19 Canol Project, 1943 and August 22, 1957, [folder 45] 10 Cartoons, 1943-1945 11 Cheese Subsidy, 1942-1943 12 Chinese Exclusion Laws, October 1943, [folder 24] 13 Civilian Supply, 1942-1943 14 Clearance Committee, 1943, [folder 59 (1-2)] 15 Clemson College, 1942, [folders 113 (1-2)] 16 Clemson College Trusteeship, 1944-1945, [folder 141]

Box Folder Title 2 1 Coal Strikes, 1943 Coal Strikes 2 Correspondence, 1943, [folder 41] 3 “How the Miners Feel Now,” May 11, 1943 4 Labor Disputes, 1943-1945, [folders 44 (1-3)] 5 Labor Disputes, 1943-1945, [folders 44 (1-3)] 6 Labor Disputes, 1943-1945, [folders 44 (1-3)] 7 Roosevelt, 1943, [folders 14 and 41] 8 Telegrams, 1943 9 Coal Subsidy, 1942-1943 10 Coffee Subsidy, 1942-1943 Cohen, Benjamin V. 11 Coal, July 1940 and 1943-1944, [folder 101] 12 Coal Dispute, 1943, [folders 165 (1-2)]

Box Folder Title 3 1 Coal Dispute, 1943, [folders 165 (1-2)] 2 Coal Strike, 1943, [folders 98 (1-2)] 3 Coal Strike, 1943, [folder 98 (2)] 4 Coal Strike, 1943, [folder 98 (3)] 5 Railway Labor, 1942-1944, [folder 96] 6 Compulsory Savings, 1942-1943 7 Conferences at Malta and Yalta, Part I, 1945, [folder 623 (2)] 8 Conferences at Malta and Yalta, Part II, 1945, [folder 623 (3)]

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Box Folder Title 4 Congratulatory letters 1 B-I, 1944-1945, [folder 143 (1)] 2 J-O, no date, [folder 143 (2)] 3 P-W, no date, [folder 143 (3)] 4 Congressional Committees, no date, [folder 166] 5 Connor, Cassie, 1943 and 1945, [folders 43 (2), 190, and 1298] 6 Copper, Lead, and Zinc Subsidy, 1942-1943 Correspondence, 7 A, 1942-1945, [folders 109 (3), 139, and 186] 8 A, 1942-1943, [folder 108 (2)] 9 Ba-Be, 1942-1945, [folders 24, 109 (1,2, 5), 140 (1), and 187] 10 Bi-Bri, 1941-1945 [folders 109 (3-4), 140 (1-2), and 187] 11 Bro-By, 1941-1945, [folders 109 (2,4, 5), 116, 140 (1-2), and 187] 12 Bank, Riggs National Bank, 1943-1945, [folders 140 (2) and 187] 13 C, 1942-1945, [folders 110 (1, 3), 142(1), and 189] 14 C, 1942-1945, [folders 110 (2), 142 (1), and 189]

Box Folder Title 5 1 C, 1942-1945, [folders 110 (3), 142 (2), and 189] 2 D, 1942-1943, [folder 114] 3 D, 1944-1945, [folders 144 and 191] 4 E, 1942-1945, [folders 115, 145, and 192] 5 F, 1942-1945, [folders 116, 145, and 193] 6 F, 1943-1945, [folders 116, 145, and 192-193] 7 G, 1942-1945, [folders 117, 146, and 194] 8 G, 1943-1945, [folders 117, 146, and 194] 9 G, 1942-1945, [folders 117, 146, and 194] 10 H, 1942-1945, [folders 118 (1), 147 (1), and 195] 11 H, 1943-1945, [folders 118 (1-2), 147 (1), and 195] 12 Hogan, 1943-1944, [folders 118 (2) and 147 (1-2)] 13 H, 1942-1945, [folders 118 (1-2), 147 (2), and 195] 14 I, 1943-1945, [folders 120, 148, and 196] 15 J, 1942-1945, [folders 122, 149, and 197]

Box Folder Title 6 1 J, 1942-1945, [folders 122, 149, and 197] 2 K, 1943-1945, [folders 24, 123, 150, and 198] 3 Kiplinger Washington Letter, 1942-1943, [folder 123] 4 L, 1942-1945, [folders 125 (1), 126 (1), 151, and 199] 5 L, 1942-1945, [folders 125 (1-2), 126 (1-2), 151, and 199]

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6 M, 1942-1945, [folders 126, 127 (1), 152, 153, and 200 (1)] 7 M, 1942-1945, [folders 12 7(1), 152, and 200 (1-2)] 8 M, 1942-1945, [folders 126, 127 (2), 152, 153, and 200 (2)] 9 N, 1944-1945, [folders 154 and 202] 10 O, 1942-1945, [folders 129, 155, and 203] 11 P, 1942-1945, [folders 24, 128, 129, 130 (1-2), 156, and 204] 12 Peace, Roger, 1943-1945, [folders 130 (1), 156, and 204] 13 Pinckey, Lawrence, 1943-1945, [folders 130 (2), 156, and 204]

Box Folder Title 7 1 Q, 1944-1945, [folders 157 and 205] 2 R, 1942-1945, [folders 24, 131, 158, and 206] 3 R, 1941-1945, [folders 131, 158, and 206] 4 Sa-Si, 1942-1945, [folders 132, 160 (1), and 207 (1)] 5 Sm-Sp, 1942-1945, [folders 132, 160 (1-2), and 207 (1-2)] 6 St-Su, 1942-1945 and December 20, 1946, [folders 132- 133, 160 (1-2), and 207 (1-2)] 7 Swope, Herbert, 1942-1945, [folders 133, 160 (1-2), and 207 (2)] 8 T, 1942-1945, [folders 24, 133,161, and 208] 9 T, 1942-1945, [folders 133, 161, 208, and 1101] 10 U, 1943-1945, [folders 134,162, and 209] 11 V, 1942-1945, [folders 135, 163, and 210] 12 W, 1942-1945, [folders 136 (1), 164, and 211] 13 W, 1942-1945, [folders 135, 136 (1-2), 164, and 211] 14 XYZ, 1943, [folder 212] 15 Crimean Conference, February 1945, [folder 623 (1)]

Box Folder Title 8 1 Crowley, Leo T., 1945, [folder 60] 2 Crude Oil Pipeline, 1941 3 Economic Stabilization Board, 1943, [folder 47 (2)] 4 Efforts to Control Inflation, 1942 5 Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve, 1943, [folder 106 (1-2)] 6 Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve, 1943, [folders 103 and 106(1-2)] 7 Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve, 1944, [folders 103 and 1299] 8 Executive Orders, 1942-1943, [folders 63 (2) and 553] Executive Orders, 9 Food Administration, 1943, [folder 553] 10 Price Control, 1942-1943, [folder 553] 11 Wages and Salaries, 1942-1943, [folder 553] 12 Wartime Workweek, 1942-1943

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13 Family, Correspondence (Byrnes, Fuller, Miner), 1942-1944, [folders 116, 127, 139, 145, 147, and 152] 14 Food Administration, 1942-1943, and 1945, [folders 65 and 91]

Box Folder Title 9 1 France, October 1944, [folder 81] 2 Fuller, Lenore, October 17, 1943, [folder 43 (2)] 3 Ickes, Harold L., War Labor Board Coal Controversy, 1943, [folder 102] 4 Imports and Exports, 1942-1943 5 Imports and Exports, 1942-1943 6 Information Guide on Economic Stabilization, ca. 1943 Invitations, 1942-1943 7 A-C, [folder 121 (1)] 8 D-L, [folder 121 (2)] 9 M-R, [folder 121 (3)] 10 S-Y, [folder 121 (3)] 11 General, A-C, [folders 121 (1, 4) and 124 (1)] 12 General, D-M, [folders 121 (2) and 124 (1-2)] 13 General, N-R, [folder 124 (3)]

Box Folder Title 10 1 General, S-W, [folder 124 (4)] 2 Joint Production Survey Committee, 1943-1944, [folders 82 and 1297] 3 Lend Lease, 1943 and 1945, [folder 88] 4 Lubin, Isador, 1942-1943 5 Manpower, 1942 6 Material for Magazine Article, 1945, [folder 642 (1-2)] 7 Medical Reports, 1944-1945, [folder 56] Memoranda 8 Baruch, Bernard M., 1943, [folder 180] 9 Blaisdell, Thomas C., Jr., January-February 1945, [folder 179] 10 Brown, Walter, 1943-1945, [folders 173, 182, and 615 (1)] 11 Clay, Maj. Gen. Lucius D., December 1944-March 1945, [folder 178] 12 Cohen, Ben V., 1943-1944, [folders 168-169 and 174] 13 Cox, Oscar, 1943, [folders 24, 167 (1-2), 168, and 615 (2)] 14 Haber, William, December 1944-February 1945, [folder 177] 15 Hancock, John, 1943, [folder 170] 16 Lubin, Isador, 1943, [folder 171] 17 Pope, Col. Frederick, 1943, [folder 172]

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18 Roosevelt, June 1936-1942, [folders 68(1), 69 (1-2), 70 (1), 77 (1), and 615 (2)]

Box Folder Title 11 1 Roosevelt, January 1943-June 1943, [folders 24, 68 (3), 69 (2), 70 (1), and 615 (2)] 2 Roosevelt, July 1943, [folders 68 (1-3), 70 (1-2), and 1296] 3 Roosevelt, August 1943, [folders 68 (1-2), and 70 (1)] 4 Roosevelt, September-October 1943, [folders 24, 69 (1), 70 (1-2), 77 (2), 615 (2), and 1296] 5 Roosevelt, November-December 1943, [folders 70 (1-2), 77 (1), and 1296] 6 Roosevelt, January-February 1944, [folders 69 (1), 69 (5), 70 (1-2), 615 (1), and 632] 7 Roosevelt, March-April 1944, [folders 69 (1-2), 69 (5), and 70 (1-2)] 8 Roosevelt, May-June 1944, [folders 69 (4) and 70 (1-2)] 9 Roosevelt, June-September 1944, [folders 69 (3-4) and 70 (1-2)] 10 Roosevelt, October-November 1944, [folders 69 (1), 69 (3), and 70 (2)] 11 Roosevelt, December 1944, [folders 69 (1-2) and 70 (1-2)]

Box Folder Title 12 1 Roosevelt, January-February 1945, [folders 69 (1-2), 70 (2), 615 (2), 632, and 1298] 2 Roosevelt, March-June 1945, [folders 24, 69 (2), 70 (1-2), 637, and 1298] 3 Roosevelt, undated, [folders 69(2-3), 70 (1-2), and 77 (2)] 4 Russell, Donald, 1943-1945, [folders 183 and 1298] 5 Schneider, Franz, 1945, [folder 175] 6 Searls, Fred, Jr., 1943-1945, [folders 176 and 184] 7 Milk Marketing Economy Program, ca. 1943 8 National Archives Preliminary Inventories, OWMR, 1951 9 The National Week , March 31, 1944 10 Nelson, Donald, 1942-1943, [folder 615 (2)] 11 Nelson, Donald M., and Charles E. Wilson Controversy, 1943- 1944 and 1946, [folder 75] 12 News Clippings, 1942-June 1943, [folders 100, 615, and 615 (2)] 13 News Clippings, July 1943-1945 14 Non-Operating Railway Employees’ Wage Dispute, 1943-1944, [folders 97 and 99] 15 Orders and Laws, 1944-1945, [folder 78 (1-3)] 16 Orders and Laws, July 1941, 1942, and April 10, 1936, [folder 78 (4)]

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17 Orders and Laws, 1943, [folder 78 (3-4)] 18 Pearl Harbor, 1941 and 1944, [folder 86]

Box Folder Title 13 1 Personnel, 1942-1945 2 Petroleum, 1942-1944, [folder 90] 3 Petroleum, Foreign Reserves, 1944, [folder 95 (1-2)] 4 Petroleum, Foreign Reserves, 1943, [folder 95 (3)] 5 Petroleum, Foreign Reserves, 1943, [folder 95 (2)] 6 Petroleum Subsidy, 1942-1943 7 Petroleum Subsidy, 1942-1943 8 Philadelphia Transportation Company Strike, August 1944, [folder 61] 9 Politics, 1939-1940 and 1943-1944, [folder 85] 10 Post-War International Civil Aviation, January 1945, [folder 24] 11 Post-War Planning, December 1943-1944, [folders 181, 181(1), and 181 (3)] 12 Presidential Campaign, 1944, [folders 181 and 181 (2)] 13 Presidential Campaign, 1944, [folder 181 (1)]

Box Folder Title 14 1 Presidential Inauguration, January 20, 1945 2 President’s Death, April 1945, [folder 215] 3 Press Conferences, June-July 1943, [folder 67 (3)] 4 Press Conferences, September 1943, February 1944, and August 1944, [folder 67 (2)] 5 Press Conferences, January-March 1945, [folders 67 (1) and 637 (3)] 6 Press Releases, October-November 1942 and April-May 1943, 7 Press Releases, 1942, [folders 39 and 39 (1)] 8 Press Releases, 1943, [folder 39, 39 (1), and 615 (2)] 9 Press Releases, 1944-1945, [folders 39 (2), 63 (2), 67 (2-3), and 622] 10 Price Administration, Third Quarterly Report, October 31, 1942 11 Private Conferences, Documents, December 1, 1943-June 1945, Part I 12 Private Conferences, Documents, August 1945, Part II

Box Folder Title 15 1 Private Conferences, Documents, July-October 1, 1945, Part III 2 Railroad Strike, November 1943-January 1944, [folder 64] 3 Railway Wage Adjustments, 1942-1943 4 Railway Wage Disputes, August 1943-November 1944, [folder 46] 5 Railway Wage Disputes, 1943, [folder 37 (1)]

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6 Railway Wage Disputes, 1943-1945, [folder 37 (2-3)] 7 Railway Wage Disputes, 1943-1944, [folder 37 (3)] 8 Rationing, 1942 9 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Subsidy, October-November 1942 and January 1943 10 Reconversion Report, September 7, 1944 [folder 1297] 11 Recruitment of Aviation Cadets, 1942-1943 Reports by the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion 12 Report 1: Problems of Mobilization and Reconversion, Jan 1, 1945 13 Report 2: War Production and VE-Day, April 1, 1945, 14 Report 3: The Road to Tokyo and Beyond, July 1, 1945 15 Report 4: Three Keys to Reconversion, Oct 1, 1945 16 Report 5: Battle for Production, Jan 1, 1946

Box Folder Title 16 1 Report 7: At the Crossroads, July 1, 1946 2 Report on War and Post-War Adjustment Policies, Feb 15, 1944, [folder 1297] 3 Report on War and Post-War Adjustment Policies, Baruch and Hancock, February 1944, [folder 84] 4 Report: The War-Phase Two, May 10, 1945, [folder 1298] 5 Resignation, A-L, April-June 1945, [folder 214 (1)] 6 Resignation, M-W, April-June 1945, [folder 214 (2)] 7 Resignation from OWM, Correspondence, May-June and September 1945, [folder 213] 8 Roosevelt, Franklin D., November 1942-June 1943, October- November 1943, and November 1944, [folders 24, 47 (1), 63 (2), 615 (1-2), and 1298] Rubber Program 9 Charts Used in Testimony Before Agricultural Sub- Committee, Dec. 16-17, 1942 10 Correspondence, 1942-1943 11 Rubber Survey Committee Report, September 10, 1942 12 War Production Board, December 1942-1943 13 Searls, Fred, 1943, [folder 42 (1-2)] 14 Searls, Fred, 1944-1945, [folder 42 (2)] 15 Secret files, 1943, [folder 620] 16 Spartanburg House, October and December 1942, [folder 119]

Box Folder Title 17 1 Speeches and Statements, 1942-1945, [folder 79 (1)] 2 Speeches and Statements, 1941-1942, [folder 79 (2)] 3 Subsidies, 1942-1943 4 Sugar, 1942-1944, [folder 63 (1)]

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5 Sugar Subsidy, 1942-1943 6 Taxes, 1942-1943 7 Taxes (Special), 1943-1944, [folder 38] 8 Telegrams, 1943 9 Telegrams, 1943 10 Television, February 1944, [folder 63 (1)] 11 Time , July 1944 12 Tobacco Subsidy, 1943 13 Treasury, 1942-1943

Box Folder Title 18 1 United Nations Stabilization Fund Proposal, April 1942 2 U.S. Maritime Commission, Vickery/Gibbs Controversy, 1943, [folder 40 (1-2)] 3 U.S. Maritime Commission, Shipbuilding Program, August 3, 1943 and July 1943, [folder 40 (1)] 4 VE Day, 1945, [folder 48] 5 Vetoes, 1943-1944, [folder 87] 6 Vice President, 1944, [folders 72 (2), 74 (1-2) and 76] 7 Vice President, 1944, [folders 74 (2) and 76] 8 Vice President, 1950 and 1956, [folders 74 (1-2) and 76] 9 Wallace, Henry A., and Jesse H. Jones Controversy, 1943, [folder 94 (1-2)] 10 Wallace, Henry A., and Jesse H. Jones Controversy, 1947, [folder 94 (1-2)] 11 War Manpower Commission, 1942-1943 12 War Mobilization Committee, 1943, [folders 80 and 168] 13 War Models, November 1942 and 1943, [folder 93 (1-3)]

Box Folder Title 19 1 War Models, 1943, [folder 93 (2)] 2 War Models, 1943, [folder 93 (1)] 3 War Shipping Administration, February 1918 and December 1942 4 Welles, Sumner, 1943, [folder 62] 5 Wheat-Flour Subsidy, 1942 6 Yalta Agreement, undated 7 Yalta Conference, November 18, 1944 and January-April 1945, [folders 595, 622, 624] 8 Yalta Minutes (Secretary’s Staff Committee, Index), February 1945 9 Yalta Notes, 1945, December 3, 1947, and January 1, 1950, [folder 621] 10 Yalta, Peace Plans, 1944-1945, [folder 92] 11 Correspondence, 1942-1945, [folders 43(1), 63(1-2), 615(1-2), 632, 674(7), and 1298]

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12 Byrnes Personal, 1942, [folders 109, 110, 116, 118, 122, 127] 13 Byrnes Personal, 1943, [folders 107, 109, 110, 115, 117, 164]

Box Folder Title 20 1 Byrnes Personal, 1944, A-H, [folders 138 (1-4), 139, 140, 142, 146] 2 Byrnes Personal, 1944, J-P, [folders 138 (1-4), 145, 150-153] 3 Byrnes Personal, 1944, R-W, [folders 76, 138 (1-4), 161, 164] 4 Byrnes Personal, 1945, [folders 138 (3), 147, 158, 160]