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Papers, 1917-1971.

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Correspondence, speeches, lectures, articles, and printed materials, 1924-1971, documenting his governmental, professional, academic, business, and political interests. Subjects include atomic energy, automation, cost of living, displaced persons, housing, reconversion, Israel, Jewish affairs, labor and unions, American Statistical Association, Brandeis University, Council on Foreign Relations, Decca Records, Democratic Party politics, Brookings Institution, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, National Committee on Segregation in the Nation's Capital, National Planning Association, Puerto Rico, and the United Nations. There is also fragmented personal correspondence, 1917-1933, including some with or about Thorstein Veblen. Correspondence and statistical material from his work as Administrative Assistant to President Roosevelt, 1941-1946, concerning munitions, Allied reparations, and economic conditions in Europe. Correspondence, speeches, printed and processed materials from his work as New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1955-1958. Correspondence, statements, and speeches relating to W. Averell Harriman's bid for the Presidency, 1956. Correspondence, printed and processed material relating to the work of James S. Lanigan as administrative assistant to Mutual Security Administrator W. Averell Harriman, 1950-1952.

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