General Correspondence -- 1954

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: Folder 1

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Includes general correspondence, among which: TLS of S.L. Digby, Federal Power Commission, to John Minor Wisdom, on the Eisenhower Administration; TL of Wisdom to Richard G. Pect, attorney, San Francisco, Ca., TL of Wisdom to J.W. Hargrove, Shreveport, La., and TL of Wisdom to Robert R. Mathews, American Express Co., New York, N.Y., referring to the 1954 New Orleans Mayoral election; TL of Chief Judge Kern (Tax Ct.), TL of Clarence B. Hewes, Washington, D.C., TL of Paul Wooton, Washington, D.C., and TL of J.M. Jones, to the Board of Governors, Metropolitan Club, Washington D.C., on Wisdom; ALS of Harry S. Kaufman, Tuscon, Az., to Wisdom, TL of Wisdom to Kaufman, TLS of George M. Snellings, attorney, Monroe, La., to Wisdom, TL of Wisdom to Mecom, TLS of J. Albert Lyle, New Orleans, La., to Wisdom, and TL of Wisdom to Lyle on the federal judgeship declined by Wisdom, referring to the Eisenhower campaign and the Hatch Act; TL of Wisdom to Robert A. Ainsworth, attorney, New Orleans, La., on the political affiliation of the latter; TL of Wisdom to Edith and Edgar B. Stern, New Orleans, La., referring to the Republican Convention of 1952 and the respective roles of Louisiana and Texas in the Convention; TLS of H.J. Porter, Republican National Committee, to Herbert Brownell, U.S. Attorney General, and TLS of Porter to Wisdom on the possible nomination of Wisdom to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; TLS of Joe Ingraham, attorney, Houston, Tx., on the withdrawal of Wisdom as a candidate for the nomination; telegram of Wisdom to J. Ernest Wilkins, on the appointment of the latter to Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor; TLS of Edward J. Bermingham, Midway, Ala., to Wisdom and TL of Wisdom to Bermingham on the appointment of H. Holland to Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, and referring to John M. Cabot; TLS of W.F. Riggs, New Orleans Chamber of Commerce, to Wisdom and TL of Wisdom to Riggs, referring to Vice President Nixon; TL of Wisdom to Edward P. Hodge, Washington, D.C., and TLS of Frank Rogers, attorney, Roanoke, Va., referring to Dr. G.H. Tichenor Antiseptic Co. v. Schwegmann Bros. Giant Supermarkets, 90 So.2d 343 (La. 1956); TLS of George W. Healy, Times Picayune Publishing Co., New Orleans, La., to Paul Wooten and Edgar Poe, Washington D.C., on the April 6, 1954 speech of President Eisenhower; TL of Wisdom to Don Shoemaker, Asheville, N.C., referring to Senator Fullbright; telegram of Wisdom to Robert F. Kennon, Governor of Louisiana, on the election of the latter as 1954 Chairman of the United States Governors' Conference; TLS of deLesseps S. Morrison, Mayor, New Orleans, La., to Wisdom and TL of Wisdom to Morrison on the Citizens Committee for Passage of Municipal Bond Issues; and, TLS of Morrison to Wisdom on the Citizens Committee for Observance of United Nations Day of 1954; and, TL of Wisdom to Ralph W. Currie, Dallas, Tx., on the nomination of the latter to judicial office. Also includes biographical information on Wisdom.