Oral History Interviews with
Judge Marvin Jones
Member of U.S. House of Representatives (from Texas), 1917-40; Judge, U.S. Court of Claims, 1940-43; U.S. War Food Administrator, 1943-45 (on leave from U.S. Court of Claims); Chief Justice, U.S. Court of Claims, 1947-64; and Senior Judge, 1964 to the present.
Interview Transcripts
April 3 | April 20 | April 24 | May 8 | May 14,1970
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List of Subjects Discussed
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X-Y-Z
Acheson, Dean, 104-105, 107, 111
Agricultural Adjustment Act, processing fee provided by, 168-172
Agricultural Extension Service, as related to foreign aid policy, 260-262
Anderson, Clinton, 246-247, 250, 251-253, 349, 351, 352, 359, 390, 391
Bailey, Joseph W., 75
Bankhead, William B., 81-82, 83-84
Barnes, James M., 212, 213, 214, 215
Bowles, Chester,.248-249, 329-330, 331, 354-355, 375
Brannan, Charles, 253-255, 257-258
Brown, Prentice M., 330
Buchanan, James P., 173-175
Byrnes, James F.:
Carter, Amon, 307-308
Clark, Champ, 13-14, 32, 85
Clifford, Clark, 298
Congress Hall Hotel, 59-60
Connally, Tom, 85-86
Coolidge, Calvin:
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- and Democratic National Convention of 1944, 117-120
as Director, office of Economic Stabilization, 92-94, 95, 97-98, 106, 115
as Director, Office of War Mobilization, 130-131, 141, 179-185, 186-188, 193-194, 330, 336, 341, 342,
evaluation of, 116-117
- Corcoran, Thomas G., 298
Cowen, Wilson, 252, 343, 359-360
Davis, Chester, 172-173, 183, 195-196, 197
Democratic National Convention, 1940, 148-153
Democratic National Convention, 1960, 310-314
Dies, Martin, Jr., 72-73
Dies, Martin, Sr., 71-72
Dupuis, Charles, 387, 388, 389
Evans, Spike, 199
Farley, James, 151
Farm Board (1929), 333, 334, 338
Farm Credit Administration, 41-46, 47
Farmers Union, 255-257
Farm program, 1920's, 223-225
Farm program, 1930's, 339, 344-346
Farm vote in 1948, 278-279
Fitzgerald, D.A., 264-265
Flynn, Edward J., 177, 178
Food shortages in 1945, 367-372, 375-377
Garner, John Nance, 87-88, 151
Gilbert, Richard V., 331
Good, James W., 90-91
Gregory, Clifford V., 162, 166
Harding, Warren, estimation of, 50-55
Henderson, Leon, 274, 275
Hoffman, Paul, 263-265
Hoover, Herbert, 66-70, 334-338, 377-378, 384
Hope, Clifford, 158
Hudspeth, Claude, 86
Hull, Cordell, 229, 230
Hutson, J.B., 340-342
Hyde, Arthur, 36
Ibn Saud, 261-263
International Conference on Food and Agriculture (1943), 94, 99-107, 109-114, 115
Jackson, Justice Robert H., 121, 124
Jacoway, Henderson M., 361
Jeffers, William M., 144, 373
Johnson, Lyndon, 237-239
Johnson, Mrs. Lyndon B., 314
Jones, Judge Marvin:
- and agricultural legislation in the 1920's, 56-59
biographical data, 1-4
and branches of Government, service in all three, 37-38
Byrnes, James F., advisor on Agriculture to, 92 .98, 184-185, 323
cattle price ceilings, role in, 186-191
as chairman of international conference on food and agriculture (1943), 94, 98-107
Connally, Tom, relationship with, 85-86
Democratic National Convention, 1940, potential vice presidential candidate in, 148-150
Chief Justice, U.S. Court of Claims, appointment to, 132
committee assignments in Congress, 88-89
and congressional election of 1916, 4-12
congressional record of, 13-18
Coolidge, Calvin, meeting with, 57-59
evaluation of, as War Food Administrator, 202-203, 204
farm appropriation bill of 1936, initiates amendment to, 172-176
Farm Policies and Politics in the Truman Years (by A. Matusow, comments on, 220-221, 360-361, 385
and Morgenthau, Henry, 40
and New Deal agricultural legislation, 15-18, 38-39, 41-49
Presidential campaign of 1936, role in, 154-160
Presidential campaign of 1940, role in, 153-154, 160-166
and Roosevelt, Franklin D., 15, 17-18, 115, 150, 152-153, 209-210, 231
and Roosevelt, Franklin D., and Mrs., fortieth wedding anniversary of, 121-123
Secretary of Agriculture, offered position of, 177-179, 180-183
seniority system in Congress, comments on, 89-91
Should Uncle Sam Pay When and Why, author of, 284-287
on tarriff and farm policy, 232-241
tribute to officials and employees of the Agriculture Department, 393-394
Truman, Harry S., relationship with, 134-135, 217-218, 353-354
as War Food Administrator, 128-131, 179-183, 193-200, 218, 323-332, 349-358, 361-364, 379-385,
War Food Administrator experience, lessons for the future, 396-398
War Production Board, relationship with, 205-207
and Wallace, Henry (1940), 83-84
and Wilson, Woodrow, 30
Kennedy, John F., 312-313, 314
Lanham, Fritz, 84
League of Nations, defeat of American membership in, 31-35
Legge, Alexander, 224-225
Lehman, Herbert, 334, 358
MacArthur, General Douglas, 288-296
Mann, Jim, 23-26
Marshall, Lee, 389
Martin, Joseph, 155
Montague, Joe, 190
Morgenthau, Henry, 18, 40, 45
Myers, William I., 40-42, 45
Nelson, Donald, 205, 206, 207
Office of Price Administration (OPA), anecdote concerning, 364-367
Patton, James, 255-257, 258
Pearson, Drew, 274, 276
Point 4 program, 265
Porter, Paul, 157, 273, 274, 275
Presidential campaign of 1948, 267-277, 278-283
Presidential election, 1952, 309
Rationing of food, World War II, 248-249
Rayburn, Sam, 73-83, 280, 313, 319
Reed, James A., 31-35, 36
Roosevelt, Franklin D.:
- and Jones, Marvin, 98-99, 209-210
and Mrs. Roosevelt, fortieth wedding anniversary, 121-125
and tariff offset controversy, 240-241
and White House reception for delegates to international food and agriculture conference, 114-115
Rosenman, Samuel, 296-298
Russell, Don, 117-118
Russell, Richard B., 263, 303
School lunch program, origin of, 236
Sears, Willis Grantz, 347-348
Sellers, Ashley, 252
Simpson, John A., 257
Smith, Ellison D. ("Cotton Ed"), 94
Soviet Union, role in international food and agriculture conference in 1943, 109-113
Sugar bill (1937), 228-231
Sumners, Hatton, 13, 88
Synthetic rubber program, use of wheat and sugar, 373-374
Taber, John, 174, 175, 177
Tariff credit for agriculture, enactment in 1935, 235-236
Texas, and sectional prejudice in national politics, 305-306
Thomason, Robert C., 85
Thurman, Strom, 281, 282
Treadway., Allen T., 170
Truman Committee, 127
Truman, Harry S.:
- accomplishments of his administration, 315-318
and "boat" incident while Vice President, 213-216
candidacy in 1952, decision to decline, 301-302
estimation of, 132 133, 258-259, 318-320
Jones, Marvin, meetings with, 134, 211-212
MacArthur, General Douglas, comments on President Truman's "courage," 291-292
Truman-MacArthur controversy, 291-295
Tugwell, Rexford, 229
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, inception of, 107-108
Upson, Mark, 387-389
U.S. Court of Claims, contract cases in, 185
Vinson, Fred M., 209, 328, 330, 342, 343, 355, 375-376, 395-396
Wallace, Henry A., 151, 153, 154, 161, 162-163, 164, 165-170, 282-283
War Food Administrator:
- "bare shelves" policy, denial of, 220-221
corn and hog price problem, 142-144
egg price support issue, 137-139
policies of, 201-202, 208-209, 220-223, 225-228, 242-244
repair of broken packages on New York docks, 135-137
synthetic rubber issue, 144-147
Welles, Sumner, 105
Whaley, Richard, 343-344
Wickard, Claude, 96-98, 180-181, 183, 191-192, 198, 385, 386
Wilson, Woodrow, 30-31
Wolcott, Jesse, 212
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