Slattery, Harry, 1887-1949

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Dates:
Birth 1887-06-13
Death 1949-09-01

Biographical notes:

Conservationist and U.S. government official.

From the description of Papers, 1890-1953 (bulk 1928-1944). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122427426

From the description of Papers, 1901-1953. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159093

1887, June 13 Born, Greenville, South Carolina 1909 1912 Secretary to Gifford Pinchot, chief forester in Theodore Roosevelt's administration. 1912 1917 Executive Secretary of the National Conservation Association, appointed by its founder, Pinchot 1917 1918 Special Assistant to Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior 1919 1923 Counsel to the National Conservation Association 1923 1933 Practiced law in Washington 1925 1929 Executive and counsel for the National Boulder Dam Association 1929 1932 Counsel for the National Conservation Commission 1931 1933 Washington representative for New York Power Authority 1933 1938 Personal assistant to Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior Assistant to administrator of Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works 1938 1939 Undersecretary of the Interior 1939 1944 Administrator of Rural Electrification Administration (REA), from which he resigned after a conflict with the Secretary of Agriculture in 1944 1940 1942 Consultant to the power subcommittee of the advisory commission of the Council of National Defense 1944 Received LL.D. from the University of South Carolina 1949, Sept. 1 Died

Slattery attended Mount Saint Mary's College in Maryland, Georgetown University and George Washington University. As part of government efforts to indict big business for the exploitation of the country's natural resources, he was involved in Senate investigations of the Mulhall exposure during Wilson's administration and the Teapot Dome Scandal of 1921. The 1944 controversy between the REA and the Department of Agriculture over the administration of REA led to a Senate investigation. Slattery was involved in the passage of a federal coal and oil leasing measure, federal water power legislation, Alaska coal and home rule acts, and rural electrification legislation. He was a member of the National Power Policy Committee, the Energy Resources and Land Committees of the National Resources Planning Board, the Interbureau Coordinating Committee, the Federal States Relations Committee, the Society of American Foresters, the National Press Club, the Missouri Athletic Club, and Delta Theta Phi Fraternity.

From the guide to the Harry A. Slattery Papers, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

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Subjects:

  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Lawyers
  • Lawyers
  • Manuscripts, American
  • Public lands
  • Rural electrification
  • Teapot Dome Scandal, 1921-1924

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  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)

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