RECORDS. 1938-41. 774 lin. ft. Records of the TNEC include reports, copies of hearings, correspondence, remedial social and economic plans, an "industry file" of information about industrial problems, questionnaires, records relating to unpublished special studies and to the 43 published monographs of the TNEC, reference material, and personnel and accounting records; questionnaires, exhibits, correspondence, memorandums, and other records of investigations and special studies by the Securities and Exchange Commission; and records of hearings and special studies by the Departments of the Treasury, Justice, and Labor. SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS Records: Records created and filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the TNEC except certain records relating to the insurance study, consisting of replies to formal questionnaires, not including replies to questionnaires sent to State supervisory officials and the questionnaire dated February 9, 1940, sent to life insurance agents; all exhibits including ratebooks and form insurance policies; and all conventional-form annual statements. Restrictions: No one may have access to these records or to information in them except Government officials for official purposes. Specified by: Securities and Exchange Commission. RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON LAW OBSERVANCE AND ENFORCEMENT (RECORD GROUP 10) The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, popularly known as the Wickersham Commission, was appointed by President Hoover under provisions of an act of March 4, 1929, to inquire "into the problem of the enforcement of prohibition under the provisions of the eighteenth amendment of the Constitution and laws enacted in pursuance thereof, together with the enforcement of other laws." Each of the 11 commissioners headed a committee that investigated and reported on one general aspect of criminal law enforcement-including prohibition; official lawlessness; the courts; the police; criminal justice and the foreign born; prosecution; the causes, cost, and statistics of crime; juvenile delinquency; and penal institutions, probation, and parole. Disbursements of the Commission's funds were made by the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital, the functions and records of which were inherited in 1933 by the National Park Service. Appropriations for the Commission extended only to June 30, 1931, but its administrative office was not closed until August 1931. There are 154 cubic feet of records (in WNRC) dated between 1929 and 1931 in this record group. RECORDS. 1929-31. 185 lin. ft. These consist of records of the Office of the Chairman, the research staff and library, and the Committees on Prohibition and Official Lawlessness (including records of staff members Walter H. Pollak and Carl S. Stern, concerning the Mooney-Billings case), and include Commission minutes, administrative records, circulars, correspondence, workpapers and research data, reports of committees, speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings, and proofs and copies of Commission publications. RECORDS OF THE COMMISSIONS ON ORGANIZATION EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT The two Commissions on Organization The second Commission was established by an act of July 10, 1953, to investigate organization methods of all Government agencies except the Congress and the judiciary. That Commission, which also organized task forces and determined changes needed to promote economy, efficiency, and improved service, was scheduled to terminate June 30, 1955, but was given an additional 90 days to complete its liquidation activities. Fiscal records of the second Hoover Commission are in the custody of the Civil Service Commission. Papers (53 lin. ft.) relating to both Commissions are in HHL. There are 229 cubic feet of records dated between 1947 and 1955 in this record group. RECORDS. 1947-55. 275 lin. ft. Records of the first Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government include minutes and transcripts, and an official project file of the Secretary's Office; correspondence, drafts of reports, and a task force operations file of the Executive Director; a general subject and a task force file of the Library and Research Section; staff studies, correspondence, administrative files, and reference material of the task forces, concerning agricultural activities, medical services, Federal supply, Federal personnel management, foreign affairs, independent regulatory commissions, Federal field services, accounting, and the national security organization; and fiscal records. Records of the second Commission include correspondence and related records of the Office of the Executive Director; minutes, correspondence, and budgetary and legislative data of the Office of the Executive Secretary; correspondence and memorandums of the Office of the Editorial Director; bills of the Office of Legislative Drafting that were introduced in the Congress to implement Commission recommenda tions; and minutes, transcripts, reports, correspondence, reference material, and questionnaires of the Department of Defense Committee on Business Organization and its subcommittees, of the Staff on Independent Agencies, and of task forces concerned with budgetary and accounting matters, Federal medical services, intelligence activities, legal services and procedures, lending agen cies, overseas economic operations, paperwork management, personnel and civil service, procurement, real property management, subsistence services, the use and disposal of Federal surplus property, and water resources and pow er. Also included are sound recordings (3 items) of interviews of Chairman Hoover, 1949. RECORDS OF THE PUBLIC LAND LAW REVIEW COMMISSION (RECORD GROUP 409) The Public Land Law Review Commission was established by an act of September 19, 1964, as amended by an act of December 18, 1967, to review the public land laws and rules and regulations promulgated under them and to recommend a future public land policy designed to provide maximum benefit for the general public. Public lands were defined as the public domain, including lands withdrawn and reserved from disposition; outstanding U.S. interests in patented lands; national forests, wildlife refuges, and ranges; and surface and subsurface resources of all such lands, including mineral deposits in the Outer Continental Shelf. The Commission submitted its report and recommendations to Congress and the President on June 30, 1970. There are 78 cubic feet of records dated between 1965 and 1970, with a few dated as early as 1960, in this record group. GENERAL RECORDS. 1965-70. 81 lin. ft. These consist of central files, 196570, including a few records as early as 1960; minutes, 1965-70; memorandums, 1965-69; office files of the Director and Assistant Director, 1965-70; and magnetic-taped data on revenue sharing and payments in lieu of taxes on public land. REPORTS PREPARED BY AND FOR THE COMMISSION. 1968-70. 7 lin. ft. These consist of reports prepared by Commission staff members, Government departments, universities, and private organizations and individuals. The reports, which relate to all aspects of public land law requirements, contain information relating to legal and administrative practices and data on resources, economics, and fiscal matters. They include Digest of Public Land Laws (June 1968), History of Public Land Law Development (November 1968), Revenue Sharing and Payments in Lieu of Taxes on the Public Land (July 1968), Fish and Wildlife Resources on the Public Lands (January 1969), Study of Outer Continental Shelf Lands of the United States (October 1968), Administrative Procedures and the Public Lands (1969), Federal Legislative Jurisdiction (May 1969), Land Grants to States (April 1969), Public Land Timber Policy (April 1969), Legal Study of Nonfuel Mineral Resources (May 1969), Regional and Local Land Use Planning NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES (June 1969), Outdoor Recreation Use of the Public Lands (September 1969), State Land Resources and Policies (January 1970), and the Commission's final report One Third of the Nation's Land, a Report to the President and to the Congress by the Public Land Law Review Commission (June 1970). |