ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. Three Typed Letters Signed, to former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Edward N. Hurley, each sending Christmas and New Year greetings. Together 2½ pages, 4to or smaller, "Fidelity and Deposit Company" or "Roosevelt & O'Connor" stationery; New York, 2 January 1924; 7 January; 29 December 1925 2 January 1924: ". . . I wish the nation had you back at the head of the Shipping Board. We would then, at least, have a policy and effective management. . . ."
The United States Shipping Board, chaired by Edward N. Hurley during the first World War, was charged with increasing and managing the fleet of commercial ships in support of the War. After the War, President Calvin Coolidge came into conflict with the Board--which had continued to attempt to increase the amount of commerce carried by U.S. ships--because he wanted to support U.S. businesses, which had, in recent years, increasingly found foreign shippers to be more convenient. In 1934, the Board was abolished and its functions transferred to various agencies in the Department of Commerce.
With--Archive of over 40 Typed Letters Signed by various Senators, FDR's secretaries, and others, to Edward N. Hurley, mostly acknowledging receipt of reports concerning the Middle West Utilities Company or sending thanks. Each 1 page, 4to, stationery. Vp, 1933.