Papers, 1928-1972

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Papers, 1928-1972

1928-1972

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Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, press releases, speech files, drafts of books and articles, working papers, newspaper clippings, and publications, documenting Acheson's career as under secretary of the treasury (1933), assistant secretary of state (1941-1945), under secretary of state (1945-1947), vice chairman of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1947-1949), and secretary of state (1949-1953).

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Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971

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Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, born Dean Gooderham Acheso, in Middletown, Connecticut, on April 11, 1893. After being educated at Yale University (1912-1915) and Harvard Law School (1915-18) he became private secretary to the Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis from 1919 to 1921. A supporter of the Democratic Party, Acheson worked for a law firm in Washington, D.C., before President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him Under Secretary of the Treasury in 1933. During World War II (1941),...

United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

Democratic Party (U.S.)

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United States. President (1933-1945 : Roosevelt)

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Institute for advanced study Princeton, N.J.

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United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman)

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United States. Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1947-1949)

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Historical Note The First Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government, chaired by former President Herbert Hoover, was established by act of July 7, 1947 (61 Stat. 246). The commission studied and investigated the organization and methods of operation of the Executive branch of the federal government, and recommended organization changes to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service. Operating through functiona...

Democratic Advisory Council (U.S.). Advisory Committee on Foreign Policy

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United States. Department of the Treasury

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The Department of the Treasury was created by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 65), approved September 2, 1789. The orginal act established the Department to superintend the manage the National finances. This act charged the Secretary of the Treasury with the preparation of plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and the support of public credit. It further provided that the Secretary should prescribe the forms for keeping and rendering all manner of public accounts and for the ma...