Papers, 1905-1974.

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Papers, 1905-1974.

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Correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, Commodity Exchange Authority case files, appointment records, publications, newspaper clippings, and personal files, documenting Mehl's career in the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, including service as investigator, cooperative organizations (1917-1921); grain exchange supervisor, Chicago office, Grain Futures Administration 1924-1929); assistant chief, Grain Futures Administration, Washington, D.C. (1929-1940); chief, Commodity Exchange Administration (1940-1943); chief, Compliance Branch, Office of Food Distribution, War Food Administration (1943-1945), director, Office of Investigatory Services, War Food Administration (1945-1946); and administrator, Commodity Exchange Authority (1947-1954).

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Harry S. Truman Library

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

United States. Commodity Exchange Authority

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Mehl, Joseph Martin, 1886-

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United States. Grain Futures Administration

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United States. Grain Futures Administration. Chicago Office

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