Congressional documents pertaining to the granting of permanent status to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce within the U.S. Department of Commerce. Documents include a February 25, 1924, letter from Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover revealing the existence of a feud between the Commerce Department and the Agriculture Department. A November 13, 1924, presidential staff memo cites census data on foreigners living and working in the U.S. (specifically, Lithuanians, Italians, Poles, Hungarians, and Scandinavians). Other documents include copies of the bureau's Commerce Yearbook, Annual Report, and various bulletins, including Foreign Trade of the United States in the Calendar Year 1925, and a 1928 series on trade and consumption in New England. People and topics in the materials include Julius Klein, director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; Klein's 1928 speech on "profitable prosperity," delivered to executives of the chemical industry; a review of the pending McNary-Haugen farm legislation; and Hoover and Klein's roles in the National Retail Credit Association's 1928 survey of retail credit by the Commerce Department under the direction of economist W. C. Plummert.
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Selected Document List | Page Images
| February 26, 1924 | Letter from C. Bascom Slemp to J.N. Tincher |
| September 21, 1926 | Letter from W.L. Finger to Edward T. Clark |
| 1928 | Federal Publication |
| October 10, 1928 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Julius Klein |
| October 9, 1928 | Letter from Julius Klein to Edward T. Clark |
| August 15, 1928 | Letter from Julius Klein to Everett Sanders |
| August 15, 1928 | Letter from Julius Klein to Edward T. Clark |
| June 28, 1928 | Index Card |
| May 12, 1928 | Index Card |
| February 16, 1928 | Speech from Julius Klein |
| February 25, 1924 | Letter from Herbert Hoover to C. Bascom Slemp |
| February 16, 1926 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Julius Klein |
| February 20, 1924 | Letter from J.N. Tincher to C. Bascom Slemp |
| 1925 | Federal Publication |
| March 25, 1926 | Letter from Julius Klein to Everett Sanders |
| December 9, 1925 | Letter from Julius Klein to Everett Sanders |
| September 30, 1925 | Letter from Julius Klein to Everett Sanders |
| November 13, 1924 | Memorandum |
| October 15, 1928 | Letter from Julius Klein to Edward T. Clark |
| February 23, 1924 | Memorandum from Julius Klein to Herbert Hoover |
| no date | Federal Publication |
| February 16, 1928 | Letter from Julius Klein to Everett Sanders |
| December 6, 1928 | Index Card |