Correspondence, July - August, 1940., 07/19/1940-08/30/1940

File — Box: 1, Folder: 24

Identifier: 35079

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Materials relating to a libel case by JDM against PM Magazine for an article it published linking JDM to Nazi penetration of the United States.

Dates

07/19/1940-08/30/1940

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Extent

From the Collection: 12 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

28 letters mostly to and from JDM concerning a series of articles in PM Magazine by Henry Paynter linking JDM to Nazi propaganda in America. Includes carbons and TLSs from JDM to Frank Lynch and Alfred Sloan, Jr. of General Motors, to Robert Ingersoll of PM Magazine and to Horace R. Lamb, JDM's attorney. Folder also includes the following items: 1 TLS from Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., Chairman of General Motors (27 Aug 1940); 2 mimeographed newsletters from Islands for War Debts Committee.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

MOONEY, JAMES D. - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter

MOONEY, JAMES D. - CORRESP. FROM: Autographed Letter

GENERAL MOTORS - CORRESP. TO & FROM: Autographed Letter

PM MAGAZINE - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter

PM MAGAZINE - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

SLOAN, ALFRED P., JR. - CORRESP. TO & FROM: Autographed Letter

INGERSOLL, ROBERT - CORRESP. TO: Autographed Letter

PAYNTER, HENRY - REFERENCE: Autographed Letter

ISLANDS FOR WAR DEBTS COMMITTEE - NEWSLETTERS: Printed Item

LAMB, HORACE - CORRESP. TO & FROM: Printed Item

LYNCH, FRANK - CORRESP. TO & FROM: Autographed Letter