Julius Edelstein papers, 1917-1961, bulk 1948-1958

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Series I: Bills, 1950-1956

This series contains both public and private bills introduced or co-introduced, by Herbert H. Lehman. Also found are amendments, drafts and senate resolutions regarding bills. The topics of the bills are immigration, juvenile delinquency and social security.

Request Box 1

Box 1 Folder 1 Amendments--Social Security Act of 1955, 1955, 1955, 1955

Box 1 Folder 2 Congressional Record Insertions, 1954-1956

Box 1 Folder 3 to 5 82nd Congress, 1st Session, 1950-1951, 1953, 1950-1951, 1953, (3 folders)

Box 1 Folder 6 82nd Congress, 2nd Session, 1952

Request Box 2

Box 2 Folder 1 83rd Congress, 1st Session, 1953

Box 2 Folder 2 Refugee Relief, 1950-1951

Box 2 Folder 3 Immigration, 1950, 1953, 1950, 1953

Box 2 Folder 4 Juvenile Delinquency, 1955-1956

Box 2 Folder 5 New England-New York Resources Survey Commission, 1950

Box 2 Folder 6 Senate Concurrent Resolutions, 1950

Box 2 Folder 7 Senate Joint Resolutions, 1950

Box 2 Folder 8 Senate Resolutions, 1950

Series II: Campaign Files, 1934-1960, bulk 1949-1960

Files on the campaign years 1950, 1954, 1956 and 1960 are contained here. In 1949, Lehman was elected US Senator, replacing Robert F. Wagner who retired before his term expired due to ill health. In 1950, Lehman was reelected US Senator for a full 6 year term. Lehman campaigned vigorously for the presidential elections of 1952, 1956 and 1960, supporting Stevenson in 1952 and 1954 and Kennedy in 1960. In 1954, Lehman supported Wagner for New York City Mayor and Harriman for Governor.

Series III: Correspondence, 1923-1960, bulk 1950-1960

Series III primarily consists of correspondence directly related to the office of Senator Lehman. The majority of letters address issues surrounding immigration laws in the United States. In November of 1953, Senator Lehman called a meeting where he invited outstanding leaders of various the religious and civic organizations which had expressed concern about the racist aspects of US immigration laws. The group which participated in the meeting set up a steering committee to follow through for the purpose to help organize a campaign with the goal toward educating US citizens about the un-American nature of the country's immigration policies as designated under the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act. The steering committee set up two subcommittees: one to prepare an outline of the structure and program, and the other to prepare a statement of the policies which the National Committee would adhere. Next, the committee prepared a letter to solicit membership. The letter was mailed in early 1955 to numerous individuals resulting in 350 people accepting membership on the National Committee. The National Committee was granted a charter of incorporation in the spring of 1955 under the New York State Education Law resulting in the formation of the National Committee on Immigration and Citizenship (NCIC). The incorporators were as follows; Spyros S. Skouras, Senator William Benton, F. Ernest Johnson, Philip B. Perlman, Thomas K. Finletter, Theodore R. McKeldin, Daniel Bell and Senator Herbert H. Lehman. In conjunction with the incorporators, the following individuals were on the first board of trustees; Francis B. Sayre, Jr., Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, John O'Grady, Walter P. Reuther, Roy Williams, Thomas A. Pappas, Jefferson B. Fordham and Jane M. Hoey. The chairman of the Board of Trustees, Spyros Skouras, was unable to devote a sufficient amount of time to the affairs of the Committee so Senator Lehman accepted the chairmanship.

Throughout all three subseries there is correspondence regarding the NCIC, ADA, American Jewish Congress and American Jewish Committee because of Lehman and Edelstein's affiliation with these organizations. Office memorandums are abundant, Lehman to Edelstein and the reverse. These are usually the method by which Edelstein briefs Lehman on current news concerning his Senatorial post. The original order of the series consisted of five subseries: two arranged alphabetically, one for the years 1954-1958, and a second for 1960, one chronologically, and two titled "personal correspondence". This has been maintained with the two alpha files under subseries III.1 and subseries III.3. It should be noted that Edelstein's personal correspondence can be found in all three subseries.

Series IV: Office Files, 1932-1960, bulk 1950-1955

Office memoranda, administrative assistants meetings, general personnel information and staff assignments and/or projects form the basis of Series IV. Edelstein's daily calendars are included in this series; these calendars note meetings and reflect Edelstein's to-do lists.

Series V: Personal Research Files, 1928-1961, bulk 1950-1959

The Personal Research Files were labeled as such by Edelstein with a focus on the following subjects: immigration (with an emphasis on the McCarran-Walter Act), foreign policy, civil rights, communism (with an emphasis on McCarthyism), and power. The types of materials found within these files include correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, memoranda, press releases, speeches, newsletters, publications, and maps. These records are in their original order.

Series VI: Speeches, 1952-1957

These materials consist of public releases issued by Herbert H. Lehman. All speeches, statements, Congressional and Senatorial floor remarks, letters and radio broadcasts were given by Herbert H. Lehman unless otherwise noted. Some speeches are in draft form or were not delivered.

Request Box 89

Box 89 Folder 1 Drafts--General, undated

Box 89 Folder 2 Immigration, 1952-1953

Box 89 Folder 3 General, 1953 February-May , August, 1953 February-May

Box 89 Folder 4 General, Speeches and Inserts, 1954

Box 89 Folder 5 Eisenhower's State of the Union Message--Comments on, 1954 January 7

Box 89 Folder 6 Rules of the Senate, 1954 January 11

Box 89 Folder 7 Taft-Hartley Act, 1954 January 11

Box 89 Folder 8 First Radio Report--2nd Session, 83rd Congress, 1954 January 17

Box 89 Folder 9 Cloture Rule, 1954 January 18

Box 89 Folder 10 Eisenhower's Health Message--Comments on, 1954 January 18

Box 89 Folder 11 St. Lawrence Seaway Bill, 1954 January 20

Box 89 Folder 12 Roosevelt Day Dinner, 1954 January 24

Box 89 Folder 13 Baltimore Community Assembly, 1954 January 27

Box 89 Folder 14 47th Annual Meeting of the American Jewish Committee, 1954 January 30

Box 89 Folder 15 McCarran-Walter Act Must Go, 1954 February 2

Box 89 Folder 16 Bricker Amendment--Includes Draft, 1954 February 4

Box 89 Folder 17 National Roosevelt Day Dinner, 1954 February 5

Box 89 Folder 18 Military Aid to the Arab States, 1954 February 8

Box 89 Folder 19 Women's Division United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York, 1954 February 8

Box 89 Folder 20 Appropriation for the Committee on Government Operations, 1954 February 9

Box 89 Folder 21 Hatch Act, 1954 February 12

Box 89 Folder 22 New York State Democratic Committee Dinner, 1954 February 13

Box 89 Folder 23 Second Radio Report--2nd Session, 83rd Congress, 1954 February 14

Box 89 Folder 24 Niagara Power Development Bill, 1954 February 17

Box 89 Folder 25 The McCarran-Walter Act is a Challenge to America, 1954 February 18

Box 89 Folder 26 Fair Investigation Committee Procedures, 1954 February 24

Box 89 Folder 27 McCarthy-Stevens Controversy, 1954 February 25

Box 89 Folder 28 Freedom and Morality, 1954 March 1

Box 89 Folder 29 Fair Employment Practices, 1954 March 3

Box 89 Folder 30 Rules of Senate, 1954 March 3

Box 89 Folder 31 John Dewey Award, 1954 March 6

Box 89 Folder 32 Military Aid to the Arab States, 1954 March 8

Box 89 Folder 33 NAACP Fulfillment Conference, 1954 March 10

Box 89 Folder 34 Niagara Power Development Bill, 1954 March 10

Box 89 Folder 35 Hawaiian Statehood Bill, 1954 March 11

Box 89 Folder 36 Third Radio Report--2nd Session, 83rd Congress, 1954 March 14

Box 89 Folder 37 Combatting Internal Subversion and Exposing Communists, 1954 March 19

Box 89 Folder 38 Military Aid to the Arab States, 1954 March 19

Box 89 Folder 39 Niagara Power Development Bill, 1954 March 24

Box 89 Folder 40 Israel Bond Drive, 1954 March 26

Box 89 Folder 41 Niagara Power Development Bill, 1954 March 29

Box 89 Folder 42 Immigration Policy and the Refugee, 1954 March 30

Request Box 90

Box 90 Folder 1 Hawaii-Alaska Statehood Bill, 1954 April 1

Box 90 Folder 2 Bishop Shiels, 1954 April 10

Box 90 Folder 3 Fourth Radio Report, 2nd Session, 83rd Congress, 1954 April 11

Box 90 Folder 4 Our Foreign Policy and Defense of Our Liberties…, 1954 April 12

Box 90 Folder 5 Obschestvo Remeslenovo i. Zemledelcheskovo Trouda (ORT) Dinner on Behalf of United Jewish Appeal, 1954 April 15

Box 90 Folder 6 Private Property, 1954 April 23

Box 90 Folder 7 Nationalities Division of the DNC, 1954 May 6

Box 90 Folder 8 Sons of Italy, 1954 May 7

Box 90 Folder 9 Truman Library Inc. Dinner, 1954 May 8

Box 90 Folder 10 Fifth Radio Report, 2nd Session, 83rd Congress, 1954 May 9

Box 90 Folder 11 McCarthy Hearings, 1954 May 10

Box 90 Folder 12 Government Employees, 1954 May 12

Box 90 Folder 13 Bipartisan Foreign Policy, 1954 May 13

Box 90 Folder 14 Ukrainian National Association, 1954

Box 90 Folder 15 Segregation in Schools, 1954 May 17

Box 90 Folder 16 Immigration Hearings, 1954 May 19

Box 90 Folder 17 McCarthy Hearings, 1954 May 19

Box 90 Folder 18 Quartermaster Purchasing Agency, 1954 May 25

Box 90 Folder 19 Code of Fair Committee Procedure, 1954 May 27

Box 90 Folder 20 Lehman in Support, 1954 May 27

Box 90 Folder 21 McCarran-Walter Act, 1954 June 1

Box 90 Folder 22 McCarthy Inquiry, 1954 June 1

Box 90 Folder 23 Roles of Government and Voluntary Agencies in Immigration, 1954 June 2

Box 90 Folder 24 Sixth Radio Report, 2nd Session, 83rd Congress, 1954 June 6

Box 90 Folder 25 Quartermaster Purchasing Agency Removal, 1954 June 7

Box 90 Folder 26 Niagara Power Development Bill, 1954 June 8

Box 90 Folder 27 Brandeis University--Rules of Congressional Conduct, 1954 June 13

Box 90 Folder 28 Funding for Prevention of Illegal Immigration, 1954 June 14

Box 90 Folder 29 Revocation of the Election of McCarthy, 1954 June 17

Box 90 Folder 30 Reflections on the McCarthy Hearings, 1954 June 18

Box 90 Folder 31 Anglo-American Relationships, 1954 June 22

Box 90 Folder 32 Segregation in Public Schools, 1954 June 26

Box 90 Folder 33 Code of Fair Committee Procedure, 1954 June 30

Box 90 Folder 34 Communist China's Participation in the United Nations, 1954 July 2

Box 90 Folder 35 Seventh Radio Report, 2nd Session, 83rd Congress, 1954 July 4

Box 90 Folder 36 Milk Marketing Employees, 1954 July 13

Box 90 Folder 37 Atomic Energy Act Amendments, 1954 July 17

Box 90 Folder 38 Floor Remarks, 1954 July 20

Box 90 Folder 39 Fiftieth Anniversary of the Death of Theodor Herzl, 1954 July 20

Box 90 Folder 40 Indo-China Fire Agreement, 1954 July 22

Box 90 Folder 41 Trade Unionism with Vision, 1954 July 22

Box 90 Folder 42 Atomic Energy Bill, 1954 July 24

Box 90 Folder 43 Cloture Motion, 1954 July 26

Box 90 Folder 44 Flanders Resolution for Censure of McCarthy, 1954 July 28

Box 90 Folder 45 Housing Bill, 1954 July 28

Box 90 Folder 46 Censure of McCarthy, 1954 July 31

Box 90 Folder 47 Firm Farm Price Supports, 1954 August 6

Box 90 Folder 48 Suez Canal Blockade--Joint Statement, 1954 August 6

Box 90 Folder 49 Tidelands Offshore Oil--Joint Statement, 1954 August 8

Box 90 Folder 50 Milk Marketing Employees, 1954 August 11

Box 90 Folder 51 New York State Participation in Surplus Food Program, 1954 August 11

Box 90 Folder 52 Subversive Activities Control Act, 1954 August 11

Box 90 Folder 53 Observance of Philippine-American Day, 1954 August 13

Box 90 Folder 54 Social Security Bill, 1954 August 13

Box 90 Folder 55 Amendments to the Refugee Relief Act, 1954 August 19

Box 90 Folder 56 Reply to Styles Bridges, 1954 August 20

Box 90 Folder 57 Israel-Arab Relations, 1954 August 21

Box 90 Folder 58 Milk Marketing Employees, 1954 August 26

Request Box 91

Box 91 Folder 1 McCarthy Censure, 1954 September 28

Box 91 Folder 2 Dinner in Honor of the 70th Birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt, 1954 October 11

Box 91 Folder 3 Statement on Charles E. Wilson's Statement on Unemployment, 1954 October 12

Box 91 Folder 4 Czechoslovakia Independence Day, 1954 October 31

Box 91 Folder 5 Niagara and St. Lawrence Power, 1954 October 31

Box 91 Folder 6 Jewish Tercentenary Service, 1954 November 6

Box 91 Folder 7 Senate Debate Concerning John P. Davies, 1954 November 11

Box 91 Folder 8 Signal Corps. Supply Agency, 1954 November 24

Box 91 Folder 9 McCarthy Censure--United States Senate is on Trial, 1954 November 30

Box 91 Folder 10 Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award, 1954 December 13

Box 91 Folder 11 Injustices of McCarran-Walter Act, 1955 January 6

Box 91 Folder 12 Change of Senate Rules, 1955 January 6

Box 91 Folder 13 Democratic Committee Victory Dinner, 1955 January 14

Box 91 Folder 14 New York State Power Authority Act, 1955 January 18

Box 91 Folder 15 Bill to Increase Minimum Wage, 1955 January 21

Box 91 Folder 16 Offshore Oil and Oil for Education, 1955 January 21

Box 91 Folder 17 First Radio Report, 1st Session, 84th Congress, 1955 January 23

Box 91 Folder 18 Formosa Resolution, 1955 January 23

Box 91 Folder 19 Civil Rights Bill, 1955 February 1

Box 91 Folder 20 Merchant Marine Academy, 1955 February 8

Box 91 Folder 21 Genocide Treaty, 1955 February 9

Box 91 Folder 22 Mutual Defense Treaty, 1955 February 9

Box 91 Folder 23 Anti-Violence, 1955 February 15

Box 91 Folder 24 Radio Report Draft, 1955 February 20

Box 91 Folder 25 Second Radio Report, 1st Session, 84th Congress, 1955 February 20

Box 91 Folder 26 Washington Hebrew Congregation, 1955 February 20

Box 91 Folder 27 Salary Increases for Members of Congress and Federal Judges, 1955 February 23

Box 91 Folder 28 Immigration Bill, 1955 February 25

Box 91 Folder 29 Nationalities Division Dinner (DNC)--Read on Behalf of Senator Lehman by Julius C. C. Edelstein, 1955 March 8

Box 91 Folder 30 Change in Senate Rules, 1955 March 14

Box 91 Folder 31 Tax Legislation, 1955 March 14

Box 91 Folder 32 American Jewish Tercentenary, 1955 March 20

Box 91 Folder 33 Third Radio Report, 1st Session, 84th Congress, 1955 March 20

Box 91 Folder 34 Foreign Trade Legislation, 1955 March 21

Box 91 Folder 35 Yalta Documents, 1955 March 22

Box 91 Folder 36 Israel Peace Proposals, 1955 March 24

Box 91 Folder 37 European Security Accords, 1955 April 1

Box 91 Folder 38 Edward Corsi Dismissal, 1955 April 9

Box 91 Folder 39 Comments on Adlai Stevenson's Foreign Policy Address, 1955 April 12

Box 91 Folder 40 Death of Albert Einstein, 1955 April 18

Box 91 Folder 41 Radford-Robertson Mission to Formosa, 1955 April 21

Box 91 Folder 42 Refugee Relief Act, 1955 April 25

Box 91 Folder 43 Fair Labor Standards Act, 1955 April 26

Box 91 Folder 44 Niagara Power, 1955 April 26

Box 91 Folder 45 Tribute to Rabbi David De Sola Pool, 1955 April 28

Box 91 Folder 46 Badung Conference, 1955 May 2

Box 91 Folder 47 Dairy Situation--Joint Statement, 1955 May 5

Box 91 Folder 48 Stephen Wise Award Dinner, 1955 May 12

Box 91 Folder 49 Austria Treaty, 1955 May 13

Box 91 Folder 50 Legal Holiday in Honor of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1955 May 13

Box 91 Folder 51 Fifth Radio Report, 1st Session, 84th Congress, 1955 May 15

Box 91 Folder 52 Milk Marketing Order, 1955 May 19

Box 91 Folder 53 Armenian Independence Day, 1955 May 23

Box 91 Folder 54 Housing Bill, 1955 May 23

Box 91 Folder 55 Ukrainian Congress, 1955 May 27

Box 91 Folder 56 Broadcast "Faith in Our Time", 1955 May 29

Box 91 Folder 57 Plan to Create a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, 1955 May 31

Box 91 Folder 58 Securities Subcommittee into Proxy Contests, 1955 June 1

Box 91 Folder 59 Segregated Schools, 1955 June 1

Box 91 Folder 60 Tercentenary Observance, 1955 June 1

Box 91 Folder 61 Mutual Military Aid Compact, 1955 June 2

Box 91 Folder 62 Maritime School Funds, 1955 June 4

Request Box 92

Box 92 Folder 1 Housing Act, 1955 June 7

Box 92 Folder 2 Milk Marketing and Northern New Jersey, 1955 June 8

Box 92 Folder 3 Refugee Relief Act, 1955 June 8

Box 92 Folder 4 Niagara Power Project Testimony, 1955 June 10

Box 92 Folder 5 Sixth Radio Report, 1st Session, 84th Congress, 1955 June 12

Box 92 Folder 6 St. Lawrence Project, 1955 June 14

Box 92 Folder 7 Appointment of William C. Kern to Federal Trade Commission, 1955 June 16

Box 92 Folder 8 Seventh Radio Report, 1st Session, 84th Congress, 1955 July 10

Box 92 Folder 9 Niagara Power, 1955 July 13

Box 92 Folder 10 Philippine Trade Act, 1955 July 18

Box 92 Folder 11 Federal Voting Assistance Act, 1955 July 20

Box 92 Folder 12 Miami Beach Strike, 1955 July 20

Box 92 Folder 13 India Aid, 1955 July 22

Box 92 Folder 14 Taft-Hartley Act, 1955 July 27

Box 92 Folder 15 Harold C. Patterson Nomination to Securities and Exchange Commission, 1955 July 28

Box 92 Folder 16 Miami Beach Strike--Decision, 1955 July 29

Box 92 Folder 17 Niagara Power--Decision, 1955 July 29

Box 92 Folder 18 Accomplishments of the 1st Session, 84th Congress, 1955 August 2

Box 92 Folder 19 Case of Eugene Landy--Naval Commission, 1955 August 5

Box 92 Folder 20 Drought in New York, 1955 August 5

Box 92 Folder 21 Special Session Suggestion, 1955 August 5

Box 92 Folder 22 Flood Disaster, 1955 August 26

Box 92 Folder 23 Federal Disaster Insurance, 1955 August 28

Box 92 Folder 24 Reduction in Forces Notices, 1955 September 15

Box 92 Folder 25 Disaster Insurance Hearings, 1955 September 23

Box 92 Folder 26 Message to New York Conference of Democratic Candidates, 1955 October 7

Box 92 Folder 27 Defense Department's Report on MacArthur's Views, 1955 October 20

Box 92 Folder 28 Democratic Residential Situation, 1955 October 21

Box 92 Folder 29 Dedication of ILGWU Cooperative Village, 1955 September 22

Box 92 Folder 30 Disaster Hearings, 1955 October 26

Box 92 Folder 31 Maritime Training, Fort Schuyler, New York, 1955 October 26

Box 92 Folder 32 Maritime Training, Kings Point, New York, 1955 October 27

Box 92 Folder 33 Disaster Hearings--Plans for Witnesses, 1955 October 30

Box 92 Folder 34 Niagara Power, 1955 October 30

Box 92 Folder 35 Disaster Risk Insurance Bill, 1955 October 31

Box 92 Folder 36 to 37 Sea Loan Grant, 1955 October 31-November 1, 1955 October, (2 folders)

Box 92 Folder 38 Juvenile Delinquency, 1955 November 9

Box 92 Folder 39 Israel-Arab Situation, 1955 November 10

Box 92 Folder 40 Japanese Blouse Imports, 1955 November 10

Box 92 Folder 41 Ukraine--Religious Persecution, 1955 November 10

Box 92 Folder 42 Conference on the Problems of the Negro Worker, 1955 November 11

Box 92 Folder 43 Niagara Power, 1955 November 15

Box 92 Folder 44 Juvenile Delinquency, 1955 November 16-17

Box 92 Folder 45 Miami Beach Strike Case, 1955 November 28

Box 92 Folder 46 Immigration Hearings--Testimony of James T. Farrell, 1955 November 30

Box 92 Folder 47 Testimony of G. Mennan Williams, 1955 December 1

Box 92 Folder 48 Release of Nazi War Criminal Sepp Dietrich, 1955 December 7

Box 92 Folder 49 Civil Rights Rally, 1955 December 15

Box 92 Folder 50 Hanukkah Festival, 1955 December 15

Box 92 Folder 51 Sampson Air Force Base, 1955 December 15

Box 92 Folder 52 Presentation of the Stephen S. Wise Award to Elmer Davis, 1955 December 16

Box 92 Folder 53 Watervliet Arsenal, 1955 December 18

Box 92 Folder 54 Disaster Insurance--West Coast Floods, 1955 December 28

Box 92 Folder 55 Letter to Eisenhower, 1955 December 29

Box 92 Folder 56 New Year's Greeting, Year 1956 Year 5717, 1956, 1956, 5717, 1956

Box 92 Folder 57 New York School of Social Work--Edelstein, 1956

Box 92 Folder 58 Criticizes Robert Moses Thesis--Niagara, 1956 January 3

Box 92 Folder 59 Public Power Aspects, 1956 January 4

Box 92 Folder 60 Comments on President's State of the Union Address, 1956 January 5

Box 92 Folder 61 Analysis of Federal Aid, 1956 January 9

Box 92 Folder 62 Education Program, 1956 January 12

Box 92 Folder 63 Approval of Niagara Bill, 1956 January 16

Box 92 Folder 64 Agrarian Reform in South Italy, 1956 January 17

Box 92 Folder 65 Natural Gas Bill, 1956 January 19

Box 92 Folder 66 United Jewish Appeal Address on Israel, 1956 January 21

Box 92 Folder 67 Festival of Music, 1956 January 23

Box 92 Folder 68 Immigration Testimony, 1956 January 23

Request Box 93

Box 93 Folder 1 Discrimination by Saudi Arabia, 1956 January 25

Box 93 Folder 2 Proposal for Moratorium on Middle Eastern Debate, 1956 January 25

Box 93 Folder 3 Opposition to the Harris-Fulbright Bill, 1956 January 27

Box 93 Folder 4 Congressional Dinner of the Nationalities Division of the DNC, 1956 January 29

Box 93 Folder 5 Foreign Policy Aims, 1956 January 30

Box 93 Folder 6 Democratic State Committee Dinner, 1956 February 2

Box 93 Folder 7 Roosevelt Day Dinner, 1956 February 3

Box 93 Folder 8 Disaster Insurance Bill--Introduction, 1956 February 6

Box 93 Folder 9 True Liberalism vs. Leap Year Liberalism, 1956 February 6

Box 93 Folder 10 Eightieth Anniversary of the Society of Ethical Culture, 1956 February 7

Box 93 Folder 11 Housing Program to Meet the Needs of All Americans, 1956 February 8

Box 93 Folder 12 Proposal of Two Housing Bills, 1956 February 8

Box 93 Folder 13 Gas Bill, 1956 February 17

Box 93 Folder 14 Acceptance of Award from the Decalogue Society, 1956 February 18

Box 93 Folder 15 Gas Bill Investigation, 1956 February 20

Box 93 Folder 16 The McMahon Plan--An Alternative to Hydrogen War, 1956 February 20

Box 93 Folder 17 Request for Inquiry of our Foreign Policy in the Middle East, 1956 February 20

Box 93 Folder 18 Milk Marketing Order, 1956 February 24

Box 93 Folder 19 New York Young Democrats Address, 1956 February 25

Box 93 Folder 20 Eastland Election to Chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1956 March 2

Box 93 Folder 21 Building and Construction Trades Conference, 1956 March 5

Box 93 Folder 22 Dairy Farmers, 1956 March 8

Box 93 Folder 23 The Cyprus Dilemma, 1956 March 13

Box 93 Folder 24 Resolution Calling for Self Determination for Cyprus, 1956 March 13

Box 93 Folder 25 Civil Rights Crisis, 1956 March 16

Box 93 Folder 26 New York State Committees Against Discrimination, 1956 March 17

Box 93 Folder 27 Democratic Party--Party for Young Americans, 1956 March 19

Box 93 Folder 28 National Banquet of the Order of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), 1956 March 19

Box 93 Folder 29 Juvenile Delinquency Appropriation, 1956 March 21

Box 93 Folder 30 Proposed Constitutional Amendment on Election of President, 1956 March 21

Box 93 Folder 31 Greek Independence, 1956 March 23

Box 93 Folder 32 The Offshore Islands, 1956 March 23

Box 93 Folder 33 Lesson from Woodrow Wilson on Saudi Arabian Discrimination, 1956 March 26

Box 93 Folder 34 Testimony before the Housing Subcommittee, 1956 March 27

Box 93 Folder 35 Social Security, 1956 March 28

Box 93 Folder 36 Flood Danger in New York State, 1956 April 9

Box 93 Folder 37 Proposed Federal Commission on the Arts, 1956 April 9

Box 93 Folder 38 George Washington's Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 1956 April 11

Box 93 Folder 39 Interview by James T. Farrell with Adlai Stevenson, 1956 April 11

Box 93 Folder 40 Flood Insurance Program Provisions, 1956 April 12

Box 93 Folder 41 Silver Anniversary Banquet of the National Housing Conference, 1956 April 12

Box 93 Folder 42 Parcel Post Rates Reduction for Relief Packages, 1956 April 13

Box 93 Folder 43 Urging Shipment of Arms to Israel, 1956 April 13

Box 93 Folder 44 Camp Drum, New York, 1956 April 14

Box 93 Folder 45 Federal Commission on the Arts, 1956 April 14

Box 93 Folder 46 Farm Bill, 1956 April 16

Box 93 Folder 47 Israel Independence Day, 1956 April 16

Box 93 Folder 48 Continuing Battle for Freedom, 1956 April 17

Box 93 Folder 49 Acceptance of Citizenship Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1956 April 18

Box 93 Folder 50 Need for Federal Action on Narcotics Problem, 1956 April 19

Box 93 Folder 51 Acceptance of the Twentieth Anniversary Freedom Award, 1956 April 22

Box 93 Folder 52 Daughters of the American Revolution Opposing Resolution on McCarran-Walter Act, 1956 April 24

Box 93 Folder 53 Federal Flood Insurance Act of 1956 1956 April 30, 1956, 1956 April 30

Box 93 Folder 54 Julius C. C. Edelstein in Panel Debate on Immigration Law, 1956 May 1

Box 93 Folder 55 Radio TV News clip on Niagara Bill, 1956 May 1

Box 93 Folder 56 Polish Constitution Day, 1956 May 3

Box 93 Folder 57 Annual Dinner Sponsored by Bronx County Democratic Committee, 1956 May 4

Box 93 Folder 58 Cornerstone Laying Ceremony, B'nai B'rith, 1956 May 6

Box 93 Folder 59 Sidney Hatkin Security Case, 1956 May 7

Box 93 Folder 60 Social Security Amendment--Tips and Gratuities, 1956 May 7

Request Box 94

Box 94 Folder 1 Buffalo Port Dredging--North Channel, 1956 May 8

Box 94 Folder 2 Upper Susquehanna Dams, 1956 May 8

Box 94 Folder 3 Federal Flood Insurance Act, 1956 May 10

Box 94 Folder 4 Kings County Democratic Dinner, 1956 May 10

Box 94 Folder 5 Floor Remarks on Niagara Bill, 1956 May 14

Box 94 Folder 6 War Orphans Educational Assistance Bills, 1956 May 14

Box 94 Folder 7 Niagara Bill Prior to Recommittal Vote, 1956 May 16

Box 94 Folder 8 100th Anniversary of the Founding of Vassar College, 1956 May 16

Box 94 Folder 9 Acceptance of the Philip Murray Award of the NAACP, 1956 May 18

Box 94 Folder 10 Electric Consumers Conference, 1956 May 20

Box 94 Folder 11 Amendment of the Civil Service Retirement Act, 1956 May 21

Box 94 Folder 12 Twentieth Biennial Convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 1956 May 21

Box 94 Folder 13 The Future of Middle Income Housing, 1956 May 24

Box 94 Folder 14 Housing Bill, 1956 May 24

Box 94 Folder 15 Narcotics Bill, 1956 May 25

Box 94 Folder 16 Highway Bill, 1956 May 28

Box 94 Folder 17 War Orphans Educational Assistance Bill, 1956 May 28

Box 94 Folder 18 Urban League of Greater New York, 1956 June 3

Box 94 Folder 19 Civil Rights--A Nationwide Problem, 1956 June 4

Box 94 Folder 20 12th Annual Dinner of the Liberal Party, 1956 June 13

Box 94 Folder 21 Draft Letter to New York State Members of Congress, 1956 June 14

Box 94 Folder 22 Request for House Action on Niagara Bill, 1956 June 15

Box 94 Folder 23 New Animal Disease Laboratory, 1956 June 18

Box 94 Folder 24 Draft on Sheepherder's Bill, 1956 June 19

Box 94 Folder 25 Press Conference on the Arrival of Grace Li in Washington, DC, 1956 June 19

Box 94 Folder 26 Pending Sheepherder's Bill, 1956 June 20

Box 94 Folder 27 Veterans Loan Guaranty Program, 1956 June 20

Box 94 Folder 28 Anti-Segregation Amendment to School Aid Bill, 1956 June 25

Box 94 Folder 29 Resolution on Discrimination by Saudi Arabia, 1956 June 27

Box 94 Folder 30 Public Works Committee Action on Reporting the Niagara Bill, 1956 June 29

Box 94 Folder 31 15th Anniversary of the Death of Paderewski, 1956 June 30

Box 94 Folder 32 Judicial Machinery Improvements, 1956 July 5

Box 94 Folder 33 Series of Washington Farm Reporter Transcripts, 1956 July 12

Box 94 Folder 34 Testimony on Pending Civil Rights Bill, 1956 July 12

Box 94 Folder 35 Nomination of Simon E. Sobeloff to Circuit Court of Appeals, 1956 July 16

Box 94 Folder 36 Radio Report on Juvenile Delinquency Bill, 1956 July 16

Box 94 Folder 37 Pending Legislation to Amend the Social Security Act, 1956 July 16-17

Box 94 Folder 38 Hells Canyon Dam Project, 1956 July 18

Box 94 Folder 39 Public Assistance Program in the Virgin Islands, 1956 July 18

Box 94 Folder 40 Social Security Amendment--Child Welfare Services, 1956 July 18

Box 94 Folder 41 Mansfield-Lehman Amendment--UN Technical Aid Program, 1956 July 19

Box 94 Folder 42 Congressional Action on Juvenile Delinquency and Child Welfare, 1956 July 21

Box 94 Folder 43 Proposed Amendments to Immigration Act, 1956 July 22

Box 94 Folder 44 Asks for Study of Corporate Proxy Practices, 1956 July 23

Box 94 Folder 45 Testimony Before Foreign Relations Committee on Saudi Arabian Discrimination, 1956 July 23

Box 94 Folder 46 Radio Recording on Civil Rights, 1956 July 25

Box 94 Folder 47 Amendment to Pending Immigration Bill, 1956 July 26

Box 94 Folder 48 Failure to Pass Legislation--Niagara Bill, 1956 July 30

Box 94 Folder 49 Seizure of Suez Canal by Egypt, 1956 July 31

Box 94 Folder 50 White House Listing of Niagara Bill is "Political Hypocrisy", 1956 August 2

Box 94 Folder 51 Civil Rights Testimony Before the Platform Committee of the DNC, 1956 August 10

Box 94 Folder 52 National Convention of AHEPA, 1956 August 15

Box 94 Folder 53 Support of Minority Report on Civil Rights, 1956 August 15

Box 94 Folder 54 Seconding Nomination of Adlai Stevenson, 1956 August 16

Box 94 Folder 55 Candidacy for Re-election to the US Senate, 1956 August 21

Box 94 Folder 56 Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) Council Convention, 1956 August 23

Box 94 Folder 57 Nominating Mayor Robert Wagner for US Senator, 1956 September 10

Box 94 Folder 58 Liberal Party Rally, 1956 September 11

Request Box 95

Box 95 Folder 1 Statement on Comments of Senator Prescott Bush, 1956 October 3

Box 95 Folder 2 Delancy Street Remarks, 1956 October 4

Box 95 Folder 3 Harlem Rally, 1956 October 4

Box 95 Folder 4 Statement on Remarks on Civil Rights by Howard Pyle, 1956 October 8

Box 95 Folder 5 Chwastov Case, 1956 October 9-10

Box 95 Folder 6 Saudi Arabian Discrimination Against American GI's, 1956 October 10

Box 95 Folder 7 Discrimination Against Negro Service Personnel in Use of Defense Funds, 1956 October 11

Box 95 Folder 8 Statement on Javits on Immigration, 1956 October 13

Box 95 Folder 9 Rallies in Nassau County, 1956 October 15

Box 95 Folder 10 Urge to Move Mitchel Air Force Base Activities, 1956 October 15

Box 95 Folder 11 Broadcast over WABC TV, "Middle East and Civil Rights", 1956 October 17

Box 95 Folder 12 Levittown Rally, 1956 October 18

Box 95 Folder 13 Brooklyn Message, 1956 October 19

Box 95 Folder 14 Rockland County Rally, 1956 October 19

Box 95 Folder 15 Washington Square Youth Rally--Not Delivered, 1956 October 19

Box 95 Folder 16 American-Hungarian Rally, 1956 October 21

Box 95 Folder 17 Anniversary of the Birth of Franz Liszt, 1956 October 22

Box 95 Folder 18 Lexington Democratic Club, 1956 October 22

Box 95 Folder 19 Madison Square Garden Rally, 1956 October 23

Box 95 Folder 20 Bronx Rally, 1956 October 24

Box 95 Folder 21 Liberal Party Women's Campaign Committee, 1956 October 24

Box 95 Folder 22 Statement on Javits, 1956 October 25

Box 95 Folder 23 Workmen's Circle Meeting, 1956 October 25

Box 95 Folder 24 Harrison, NY Rally, 1956 October 27

Box 95 Folder 25 Hartsdale School, 1956 October 27

Box 95 Folder 26 Rye, NY Rally, 1956 October 27

Box 95 Folder 27 Housing Speech, 1956 October 28

Box 95 Folder 28 Luncheon in Senator Lehman's Honor by Nationalities Division, 1956 October 28

Box 95 Folder 29 Cutters Union, 1956 October 29

Box 95 Folder 30 Vassar Hall Political Rally, 1956 October 29

Box 95 Folder 31 Discontinuation of Segregation in Army's Off-duty Education Program, 1956 October 30

Box 95 Folder 32 Washington Heights Liberal Party Rally, 1956 October 30

Box 95 Folder 33 Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union, 1956 October 31

Box 95 Folder 34 Garment Center, 1956 October 31

Box 95 Folder 35 Introduction of Mayor at Women's Luncheon for Stevenson, 1956 November

Box 95 Folder 36 Columbia University Rally, 1956 November 1

Box 95 Folder 37 Harlem 1st Voter Dance Rally, 1956 November 1

Box 95 Folder 38 Manhattan Center Rally for Robert Wagner, 1956 November 1

Box 95 Folder 39 Pressers Union, 1956 November 1

Box 95 Folder 40 Radio Address, "The Truth About Civil Rights", 1956 November 1

Box 95 Folder 41 Five Counties Rally, 1956 November 2

Box 95 Folder 42 Fur Workers Rally, 1956 November 2

Box 95 Folder 43 Rivington and Pitt Streets Rally, 1956 November 2

Box 95 Folder 44 United Labor Committee Rally, 1956 November 2

Box 95 Folder 45 Statement on Governor Stevenson's Proposal for UN to Hungary, 1956 November 4

Box 95 Folder 46 Yonkers Reception and Rally, 1956 November 4

Box 95 Folder 47 Radio Address--Draft, Not Delivered, 1956 November 5

Request Box 96

Box 96 Folder 1 Radio Address on Liberal Party Program, 1956 November 6

Box 96 Folder 2 Situation in Middle East, 1956 November 14

Box 96 Folder 3 Address to the B'nai Jeshurun Congregation, 1956 November 22

Box 96 Folder 4 Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1956 November 24

Box 96 Folder 5 Weizmann Dinner--Weizmann Institute of Science, 1956 November 27

Box 96 Folder 6 Washington Hebrew Congregation, 1956 December 7

Box 96 Folder 7 Murray-Green Award of the AFL-CIO--Acceptance, 1956 December 11

Box 96 Folder 8 Hadassah Newsletter --"Prospects, Problems and Issues Confronting the 85th Congress", 1956 December 28

Box 96 Folder 9 New Senate Rules, 1956 December 30

Box 96 Folder 10 Farewell Letter, 1957 January 3

Box 96 Folder 11 Lexington Democratic Club, 1957 January 18

Box 96 Folder 12 Speech by Adlai Stevenson in San Francisco, 1957 February 2

Box 96 Folder 13 Western Democratic Conference Session on Human Resources, 1957 February 15

Box 96 Folder 14 National Council of Jewish Women, 1957 March 21

Box 96 Folder 15 City College Baruch School of Business, 1957 April 2

Box 96 Folder 16 Albany Jewish Welfare Fund, 1957 April 9

Box 96 Folder 17 American Jewish Committee's 50th Anniversary Observance, 1957 April 10

Box 96 Folder 18 Luncheon for Louise Waterman Wise Youth Center Sponsored by the American Jewish Congress, 1957 April 10

Box 96 Folder 19 Acceptance of the Social Justice Award of the Religion and Labor Foundation, 1957 April 24

Box 96 Folder 20 Keynote Address at the Seventh Annual Conference of Alumni Association of the New York School of Social Work., 1957 April 27

Box 96 Folder 21 Acceptance of Award at the International Leadership Mobilzation for American Reform Judaism, 1957 May 1

Box 96 Folder 22 Temple Israel Brotherhood in Boston, 1957 May 14

Box 96 Folder 23 Dinner in Honor of Robert Wagner, 1957 May 20

Box 96 Folder 24 Acceptance of the Solomon Bublick Public Service Award, 1957 October 6

Box 96 Folder 25 Rally for Hungarian Peoples, 1957 December 30

Series VII: Subject Files, 1917-1958, bulk 1948-1953

The materials found in this series include memoranda, speeches, referenda, statistics, clippings, press releases, and government documents directly linked to the subject of a current, pending or ongoing legislative matter. The prominent subjects are: agriculture, civil liberties, civil rights, civil service, dairy industry, defense, education, foreign policy and aid, health, housing, immigration including the NCIC, internal security bill, labor, New York State government, local and national politics, Niagara and Saint Lawrence power projects, social security and welfare, tidelands, taxes and veterans. The topical arrangement established by Edelstein has been maintained.

Series VIII: Address Index Cards, undated

These records contain the names and addresses of individuals and organizations compiled by Edelstein. The materials are organized alphabetically with U through Z missing.

Series IX: 2009 Accession, 1952-1963, 2009

These materials contain letters and memoranda, research files on immigration, the Democratic National Committee and policy papers by Joseph Rappaport. Also included are four photographs.

Chronological Files

Request Box 170

Box 170 Folder 1 to 9 1960 July-1961 February, (9 folders)

Request Box 171

Box 171 Folder 1 to 7 1961 March-May, (7 folders)

Request Box 172

Box 172 Folder 1 to 4 1961 June-July, (4 folders)

Personal Research Files

Box 172 Folder 5 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1961

Box 172 Folder 6 Daily Notes--Includes Correspondence, 1960-1961, undated, 1960-1961, undated

Democratic National Committee--Nationalities Division

Box 172 Folder 7 Activities of the Nationalities Division Democratic National Committee in the Election of President John Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1960

Box 172 Folder 8 Captive Nations Week, 1962

Box 172 Folder 9 Chinese Section, 1962

Box 172 Folder 10 Congratulations, 1962

Box 172 Folder 11 Current (issues), 1962-1963

Box 172 Folder 12 Expense Report, 1962

Box 172 Folder 13 Expressions of Interest, 1962

Box 172 Folder 14 German Section, 1962

Box 172 Folder 15 Greek section, 1962

Box 172 Folder 16 Italian Section, 1962

Box 172 Folder 17 Leaders--General Correspondence, 1962

Box 172 Folder 18 Lists, undated

Box 172 Folder 19 Meeting at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC, 1962 June 13

Box 172 Folder 20 Report of the Nationalities Division Activities in the 1953 Elections, 1953 November 7

Request Box 173

Box 173 Folder 1 Report of Activities of the Nationalities Division-Democratic National Committee and Plan of Action in the 1954 Congressional and Gubernatorial Elections, 1953 September 14-15

Box 173 Folder 2 Report of John T. R. Godlewski Nationalities Director Citizens for Kennedy-Johnson, 1960

Box 173 Folder 3 Report Polish -American Section Nationalities Division Democratic National Committee 1960 Presidential Election Campaign, 1960

Box 173 Folder 4 Report of Stanislaw Radziwill's Appearances on Behalf of Senator John Kennedy During the Presidential Election Campaign of 1960, 1960 November 15

Box 173 Folder 5 Statement of Chairman, 1963

Box 173 Folder 6 Suggested New Name for Division, 1962

Box 173 Folder 7 Ukrainian Section, 1962

Box 173 Folder 8 Program of Activities of the Nationalities Division in the 1952 Presidential and Congressional Elections, 1952

Box 173 Folder 9 Program of Activities of the Nationalities Division in the 1953 Municipal and County Elections, 1953

Box 173 Folder 10 Democratic State Convention Buffalo--Liberal Party Convention, 1958

Box 173 Folder 11 Immigration--Legislative Proposals, 1961

Box 173 Folder 12 United States Committee for Refugees, 1960-1961

Photographs

Box 173 Folder 13 Herbert H. Lehman with unidentified individuals (family portrait), undated

Box 173 Folder 14 Herbert H. Lehman, Julius C. C. Edelstein and unidentified individuals at unidentified event, undated

Box 173 Folder 15 Herbert and Edith Lehman, undated

Box 173 Folder 16 Brien McMahon, Herbert H. Lehman, Julius Edelstein and unidentified individuals at unidentified event, undated

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