MSS 82-02

Department of Justice Statements of the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General (1943-1951)

Papers

· Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Dates

Creation: 1942-1951

Extent

2 Cubic feet

Abstract

Collection of statements, speeches and press releases from officials of the United States Department of Justice, 1942 - 1951.

Scope and Content

This collection contains speeches and press releases from various officials of the United States Department of Justice. All the items are typescript copies and date generally from the World War II period. Most of the speeches concern domestic legal and economic issues, chiefly civil rights, demobilization, and labor problems.

Speeches presented by the following individuals:

Francis Biddle, Attorney General of the United States (1941-1945).

Thomas C. Clark, Attorney General of the United States (1945-1949).

J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-1972).

Herbert A. Bergson, Assistant Attorney General of the United States (1948-1950).

J. Howard McGrath, Attorney General of the United States (1949-1952).

Philip B. Perlman, Solicitor General of the United States (1947-1952).

Wendell Berge, Assistant Attorney General of the United States (1941-1943).

Acquisition Information

University of Virginia Law Library Public Documents Department transfer to Special Collections in 1982.

Collection Contents

File Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item The First of Two William B. White Foundation Lectures Delivered at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Department of Justice Statement MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address at the Memorial Services for Mr. Justice Brandeis, United States Supreme Court MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Summary of Remarks at the Sixth General Assembly of the Council of State Governments, Baltimore, Maryland MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "Prosecution of War Crimes", an Address Broadcast Over Radio Station WCKY, Cincinnati, Ohio MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Lincoln Day Address delivered at the Opening Dedication of the South Broad Street USO Club, Philadelphia MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before the Annual Dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, Philadelphia MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Notes for Speech before the Swedish Colonial Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address on the Occasion of the Presentation of the Four Freedoms Annual Award by the Italian American Labor Council, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "The Government and the War", the Second of Two William H. White Foundation Lectures, delivered at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address delivered at The National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Statement before a Sub-committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee in Opposition to Senate Bill 1362 MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Statement at the Joint Meeting of the Senate and House Military Affairs Committee MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "Democracy and Racial Minorities" Address before the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Testimony before a Sub-committee of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on H. R. 3690 MSS 82-2, Box 1
File Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "Cartels: an Approach to the Problem" Address to be Given at the Annual Dinner of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association, Harvard Club, New York MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before the Annual Meeting of the Hebrew and Immigrant Aid Society, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Statement before the War Contracts Subcommittee of the Senate Military Committee MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Boston, MA MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Statement before the Subcommittee on War Mobilization, Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate of the United States (Kilgore Committee), Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Message to the Section of Criminal Law, American Bar Association MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "Opportunity and Security", Address before the Convention of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor, St. Cloud, MN MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before the Annual Conference of the National Urban League, Columbus, OH MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "Civil Rights and the Federal Law". Lecture Delivered at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "Challenge to Liberalism" an Address at the First Annual Dinner of the Liberal Party of New York, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "International Cartels". Address at the Luncheon of the Foreign Policy Association, Philadelphia Branch MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Statement before the Sub-Committee on Foreign Contracts Bill and Special Committee Investigating Petroleum Resources of the Senate of the United States, Washington D.C MSS 82-2, Box 1
File Tom C. Clark, Attorney General of United States Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Antitrust Policy During the War”. Address before the American Business Congress, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Federal Justice: A Statement of Policy”. Address Broadcast Over NBC Station WRC, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Statement before the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency on S. 380, the Full Employment Bill of 1945, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “The Significance of the Sherman Act”. Address before the Commerce and Industry Association of New York, Incorporated, New York, NY MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “The United States Department of Justice. A brief Account of Its Organization and Activities” MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before the Indiana State Bar Association, Indianapolis, IN MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery delivered before the Political Action Committee, Chicago, IL MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Clearing the Channels of Competition”. Address prepared for delivery before the United States Chamber of Commerce, Atlantic City, NJ MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before the Riccobono Seminar of Roman Law, Catholic University, Washington, D. C., [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure] MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Civil Rights”. Address prepared for delivery before the Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address delivered before the General Federation of Women’s Club, Chicago, IL, [Juvenile Delinquency] MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Excerpts of an Address before the Homecoming Picnic Sponsored by the Guernsey County and the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce. Cambridge, OH MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Free Enterprise and the Antitrust Laws.” Address prepared for delivery before the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Boston, MA MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Justice in the Reconstruction Period.” Address prepared for delivery before the Carolina State Bar, Raleigh, NC MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Women and the Law.” Address prepared for delivery before the National Association of Women Lawyers, Atlantic City, NJ MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the New York Herald Tribune Forum, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “War’s Aftermath and the Criminal Courts”. Address prepared for delivery before the Section of Criminal Law, American Bar Association, Atlantic City, NJ MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Insurance and the Antitrust Law.” Address prepared for delivery at the Annual Dinner of the Insurance Law Section, American Bar Association, Atlantic City, NJ MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the National Institute of Municipal Law Offices, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
File Tom C. Clark, United States Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Text of Argument before the United States Supreme Court in the Case of the United States of America v. United Mine Workers of America and John L. Lewis, Individually and as President of the United Workers of America MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Statement before the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and excerpts of statements made by Assistant Attorney General Wendell Berge in Charge of the Antitrust Division, and Special Assistant to the Attorney General James E. Kilday on S. 1 MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address at Joint Ceremonies of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of the Revolution, Children of the Revolution, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item [Printed] Opinion of the Attorney General of the United States. Administrative Allocation Downward of Position Held by Veteran MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Law and Justice in the Post-War World.” Address prepared for delivery before the American Society of International Law, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the Second National Conference on Citizenship, Boston, MA MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the National Convention Dinner of P’NAI B’IRTH, Washington, D.C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Insurance - Bulwark of Free Enterprise”. Address prepared for delivery before the Insurance Brokers Association of New York, Inc., New York, NY MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery at I AM AN AMERICAN DAY Ceremonies, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery at the closing dinner of National Conference on Catholic Youth Work, Cleveland, OH MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery at Seventy-Ninth Annual Memorial Day Exercises, Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address delivered at The National 4-H Club Citizenship Ceremony, Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the 21st International Sunday School Convention, Des Moines, IA MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery before the Federal Bar Association Dinner in honor of the Senior Circuit Judges, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the Chamber of Commerce, Schenectady, NY MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the American Municipal Association, New Orleans, LA MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before Centre College, Danville, KY MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the Indiana Association of Indiana Association of Insurance Agents, Indianapolis, IN MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the Fifth Annual New York Mirror Youth Forum, New York, NY MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Statement before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "The Spirit of Brotherhood”. Address prepared for delivery before the National Federation of Temple Brotherhoods, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the Federation for Railway Progress Annual Dinner, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address at the Memorial Ceremonies for Chief Justice Stone before the Supreme Court of the United States MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address at the Memorial Ceremonies for Justice McReynolds before the Supreme Court of the United States MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address representing the President of the United States, Harry S. Trumann in Welcoming the First Group of Former Displaced Persons on their Arrival in New York City Aboard the General W. M. Black MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery at a Washington’s Birthday Patriotic Rally under the auspices of The Civilian Military Manpower Committee, Brooklyn, NY MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the Jewish Labor Committee Convention, Atlantic City, NJ MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before The Woman’s Party Banquet, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery at the Tolling of Mission Liberty Bell on the Capitol Steps under the auspices of National Conference of Christians and Jews MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the Presbyterian Social Union, Baltimore, MD MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address prepared for delivery before YMCA - YWCA Banquet, Oklahoma City, OK MSS 82-2, Box 1
File J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Statement before the Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address at the Dinner of the Grand Lodge of New York, New York, NY MSS 82-2, Box 1
File Herbert A. Bergson, Assistant Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item "The Antitrust Laws and the A & P Case.” Speech before the Twentieth Quarterly Conference of Operation, Incorporated, Chicago, ILL MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before the Public Relations Society of America, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before the New York State Association, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item Address before the Southern Legal Foundation, Dallas, TX MSS 82-2, Box 1
File Philip B. Perlman, United States Solicitor General MSS 82-2, Box 1
- Item “Civil Rights at the Half Century Mark.” Address before the Third Annual Conference on Civil Liberties, sponsored by the National Civil Liberties Clearing House, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 1
File J. Howard McGrath, United States Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery before the Connecticut State Bar Association, Hartford, CT MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Substance of Remarks prepared for delivery at the 16th Annual Convention of the American Finance Conference, Chicago, IL MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address before the Seventy-Second Annual Meeting Hudson County (NJ) Bar Association, New York, NY MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery before the New York State Bar Association Antitrust Section, New York, NY MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Department of Justice [Announcement] re [Federal Grand Jury at Kansas City, MO, returned indictment charging the National Lead Company, The Association of American Battery Manufacturers ... with violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act] MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery before National Automobile Dealers Association, Atlantic City, NJ MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address at the Attorney General’s Conference on Law Enforcement Problems MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery at Luncheon Meeting of U. S. Wholesale Grocers’ Association 1950 Annual Convention, Cincinnati, OH MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Statement before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery at Boston real Estate Board Banquet, Boston, MA MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery at National Probation and Parole Associations’ Conference of Social Work, Atlantic City, NJ MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery at The Advertising Club of New York “Celebrity Luncheon”, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery at Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award Dinner Honoring Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item “Loyal Citizens in Action.” Address prepared for delivery at Dinner of Fifth National Conference on Citizenship, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 2
File J. Howard McGrath, United States Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address before the Joint Seventy-Third Annual Meeting, American Bar Association and Thirty-Second Annual Meeting of the Canadian Bar Association, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the Twenty-First Annual Meeting, Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners, St. Louis, MO MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery at Jackson Day Dinner, Springfield, MO MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item “The Government Antitrust Program of the Department of Justice.’ Address before the New York State Association Section on Antitrust Law, New York City MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery before the Savannah Bar Association, Savannah, GA MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery at the Conference on Criminal Law Enforcement sponsored by the University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, IL MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery at Centennial Banquet Third Annual Institute Smith County Bar Association, Tyler, TX MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery at the Opening Session of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery at the Opening Session of the Sixth Annual National Citizenship Conference, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery at Armed Forces Day, Philadelphia, PA MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Remarks prepared for delivery at Conference of United States Attorneys, Washington, D. C MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery at the Annual Banquet, Maryland State Bar Association, Atlantic City, NJ MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery at the First Annual Meeting of the National Association of County and Prosecuting Attorneys, Highland Park, IL MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item [Release of a Report to Senator Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin on the General Aniline & Film Corporation] MSS 82-2, Box 2
- Item Address prepared for delivery at New York County Lawyers Association Annual Bar Dinner Honoring Judges Augustus N. and Learned Hand, New York, NY MSS 82-2, Box 2
File Wendell Berge, United States Assistant Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 2
File Wendell Berge, United States Assistant Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 2
File Wendell Berge, United States Assistant Attorney General MSS 82-2, Box 2

Subjects

Berge, Wendell, 1903-1955
Bergson, Herbert A., 1909-1977
Biddle, Francis, 1886-1968
Clark, Tom C., 1899-1977
Hoover, J. Edgar, 1895-1972
McGrath, J. Howard, 1903-1966
Perlman, Philip B., 1890-1960

MSS 82-02

Department of Justice Statements of the Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General (1943-1951)

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