Correspondence, 1935

6/1/35-6/29/35; Memo from Philip Levy to Calvert Magruder listing independent establishments under the Federal Budget for the fiscal year 1936; personal letter from Charlton Ogburn to Francis Biddle giving a legal analysis of a substitute N.R.A. (prima facie evidence); from Elias Lieberman (attorney) to Biddle with an outline, "Plan for Uniform Essential Labor Standards Throughout the Nation," intended purpose of which is to salvage the labor standards secured by the N.R.A.; from Benedict Wolf to Regional Board No.1 telling it to close pending cases since all codes of fair competition have been declared invalid; from Biddle to Harold M. (Judge) Stephens in regard to Blue Eagle cases, and "vacating" decisions; telegram from the NLRB to Regional Board No.16 telling it to send all records; from Edwin S. Smith to Gordon Wagenet about the status of the Wagner Bill, and an arrangement with the Division of Conciliation; from Edwin S. Smith to Magruder assigning projects to the legal staff; from Harry Millis (Professor, Dept. of Economics, University of Chicago) to the President discussing the Wagner-Connery Industrial Disputes Bill, and recommending Francis Biddle and Edwin S. Smith to the new NLRB, as well as a conservative; from Herber Blankenhorn to the Board with advice on legal approaches and a discussion of test cases (like Houde) and marginal cases; from Biddle discussing regional and national board personnel with attention to Dorothea de Schweinitz and Elinore Herrick; legal memo to the General Counsel presenting "a short resume of the extent to which the judiciary has controlled administrative bodies as to form of complaints and findings of fact".