Richard Brown Scandrett papers, 1944-1954, bulk 1945-1947

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Series I: Allied Reparations Commission, 1944-1956

This series is comprised of two letter books contains a large range of documents relating to the creation, goals, and actions of the Allied Reparations Commission. Documents include Scandrett's summary and criticism of the commission's activities, his suggestions to Isador Lubin for a reparations plan, descriptions of the duties assigned to each US commission member, notes and instructions given to the staff of the commission, reports, correspondence, newspaper and journal articles. Volume 19A also includes a photograph of Scandrett.



Box 1 Volume 19A


Box 1 Confidential Summary of Procedures of Allied Reparations Commission--Scandrett to Joe, A. Panuch, 1945 August, 1945


Box 1 Clippings, 1945 March28-June 14, 1945


Box 1 Scandrett to Isador Lubin--Memo, 1945 April 19-24, 1945


Box 1 Correspondence among Scandrett, Bryant Smith, Robert M. La Follette, Joe Panuch, and Robert Frost, 1945 January 15-May 7, 1945


Box 1 "Text of President's Report on Yalta"--Clipping, 1945 March1-May 19, 1945


Box 1 "'Inviolability" of Enemy Private Property" by Seymour Rubin--Article, 1945


Box 1 Possible New Appointment to Succeed Lubin--Clippings, 1945 April 14-May 1, 1945


Box 1 Appointment of Pauley to Succeed Lubin and Other Appointments to Reparations Commission--Clippings, 1945 May 11-15, 1945


Box 1 Scandrett to Edward J. Flynn--Correspondence, 1945 May 18, 1945


Box 1 General--Clippings, 1945 May 19-June, 1945


Box 1 Frank C. Waldrop Quoting Congressman Luce--Clipping, 1945 June 16, 1945


Box 1 Staff Memorandum No. 1, United States Mission, Allied Reparations Commission, 1945 May 19, 1945


Box 1 "Memorandum Regarding the Status of Property in Germany Belonging to Citizens of the United States and Other Nations,", undated


Box 1 Itinerary of Ambassador Pauley's Party, 1945 May 31-June 4, 1945


Box 1 Report of Team Four--Robert G. Sproul, Richard Scandrett, George H. Johnson, and R. F. Brander, 1945 May, 1945


Box 1 Assignment of Staff--Memo by Edwin W. Pauley to Staff, 1945 June 8, 1945


Box 1 "Secret Studies of the German Economy Currently Available," United States Delegation, Allied Reparations Commission, 1945 June 8, 1945


Box 1 Pauley to Lucius D. Clay and Dwight D. Eisenhower--Correspondence, 1945 June 10, 1945


Box 1 Scandrett on Conversations with Clay, Donald McLean, and Douglas--Memo, 1945 June 9-20, 1945


Box 1 "Germany Occupation Period: Treatment of Foreign Property and Contracts in Germany"--Report, CAG-285 Preliminary, 1944 September 2, 1944


Box 1 "Planning the Economic Control of Germany"--Report by James A. Perkins, 1945 March3, 1945


Box 1 Memoranda Regarding American Delegation Committees: Committee I: German Ability to Pay; Committee II: Foreign Assets; Committee III: Claims and Procedures; Committee IV: Interim Reparations, War Booty, Restitution, Accounts, and Permanent Agency--J. A. Parten to Luther Gulick, Sproul, McLaren, and Scandrett, 1945 June 26-July 7, 1945


Box 1 Correspondence among Walter Monckton, A. Sokirkin, and Gulick, 1945 June 26-July 5, 1945


Box 1 Status Report on Problems Facing War Reparations Commission, undated


Box 1 Paraphrase of Telegram--Secretary of State (Grew Acting) to American Embassy Moscow, 1945 July 17, 1945


Box 1 Unknown to A. Ya. Vyshinski--Correspondence, 1945 July 19, 1945


Box 1 Report of the Tripartite Conference of Berlin, 1945 August 3, 1945


Box 1 "The Fate of the World Rests with the United States and Russia"--Scandrett Typescript, 1945 September 20, 1945


Box 1 Potsdam Conference and Establishment of a Council of Foreign Ministers--Clippings, 1945


Box 1 Photograph of Richard Scandrett, 1954 June 2, 1954


Volume 19B


Box 1 Scandrett to Lloyd M. Clark--Correspondence, 1945 October 1, 1945


Box 1 General--Clippings, 1945 November 3-December 20, 1945


Box 1 Pauley Nomination as Under-Secretary of the Navy--Clippings, 1945-1956


Correspondence, 1945


Box 1 Bondy, William


Box 1 Johnson, Louis A.


Box 1 Davidson, Maurice


Box 1 Van Alstyne, David


Box 1 Manthley-Zorn, Otto


Box 1 Lancaster, W.W.


Box 1 Voss, Carl


Box 1 American Christian Committee for Refugees


Box 1 Milam, Robert


Box 1 Jordon, C.C.


Box 1 Bennet, August us


Box 1 Bowers, Thomas


Box 1 Baily, Harold


Box 1 Unidentified


Box 1 Moffat, Douglas


Box 1 Simpson, Jean


Box 1 Golden, Gullie B.


Box 1 Billikopf, Jacob


Box 1 Cadman, F.L.


Box 1 Eastman, Eva


Box 1 Poore, John G.


Box 1 Callman, H. W.


Box 1 Unidentified


Box 1 Bell, Ulric


Box 1 Clark, L.M.


Box 1 Oppenheim, Lamont


Box 1 Latham, Wales


Box 1 Clayburgh, Alma


Box 1 Shumway, Lowell


Box 1 Cronan, Richard


Box 1 Thomas, Edmond


Box 1 Nordlinger, Harry


Box 1 Cobb, Bill


Box 1 Heydt, Charles


Box 1 Voorhees, Fred


Box 1 Cogswell, William


Box 1 Voss, Carl


Box 1 Trimble, Rufus


Box 1 Simpson, John W. II


Box 1 Unknown


Box 1 Hermanos, Maxime


Box 1 Unknown


Box 1 Weedon, Charles


Box 1 Lindburg, Otto


Box 1 Woodruff, D.W.


Box 1 Lay, Frank


Box 1 Hoffler, R


Box 1 Kellor, Frances


Box 1 Meyers, Robert


Box 1 Woone, John


Box 1 Moscow, Warren


Box 1 Nicholson, Harold