Charles W. Taussig was President of the American Molasses Company in 1933, when he became one of the original members of the "brains trust." From 1935 to 1934, he served as Chairman of the National Advisory Committee of the National Youth Adminstration. Mr. Taussig served on the Anglo-American Carribbean Commission, as co-chairman in 1942, and as chairman of the American delegation from 1946 until his death in 1948. He also served as a member of the President's Council for the Virgin Islands, chairman of the U.S. Commission to study Social and Economic Conditions in the British East Indies, and on the United Nations Conference on International Organization. The papers consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence, memoranda, published materials, reports, drafts of speeches and articles, and newspaper and magazine clippings relating to Mr. Taussig's business interests and government service.

(A.) "Youth Files" includes correspondence and related papers pertaining to Mr. Taussig's work as chairman of the President's Advisory Committee and the broader aspects of the NYA in the operation of the national, state, and local programs; papers relating to non-governmental youth movements and organizations such as the Affiliated Young Democrats, the American Student Union, the American Youth Congress, and the World Youth Congress; papers relating to the White House Conference(s) on Children in a Democracy in which Mr. Taussig played an important part; memoranda of conversations held with F.D.R. and other public and private persons who were actively interested in youth problems; reports received from NYA officials and from other sources on youth needs, youth projects, and youth movements, various copies and drafts of Mr. Taussig's speeches, radio broadcasts, and published articles; and miscellaneous printed materials consisting of press releases, reports, and publications of youth organizations, l934-l944. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

"General Files" includes correspondence and other papers diversified in subject and type. Included is political correspondence relating to New York State and national politics (1933-44) and correspondence relating to the national campaign of 1944; correspondence relating to the World Economic Conference (1933) to which Taussig was technical adviser to the U.S. delegation; confidential reports from the American Embassy in Berlin on German Labor Camps; correspondence with prominent leaders in the "New Deal": such as Adolph Berle, Jr., Jerome Frank, Raymond Morley, and Rexford Guy Tugwell; drafts and texts of speech material prepared by Mr. Taussig for F.D.R. in the campaign of 1932; drafts of magazine articles and other writings together with correspondence with publishers; papers relating to his collector's interests in prints, etchings, and works of history on the early rum trade in COLONIAL AMERICAN; correspondence and related papers pertaining to membership in organizations including Americans for Democratic Action, the Foreign Policy Association, National Institute of Public Affairs, National Planning Commission, and Town Hall; copies of speeches and radio addresses made by Mr. Taussig on the subjects of the depression, "New Deal", recovery, and world trade; and correspondence with officials in the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce and Interior, especially on topics arising from the decline in world sugar prices and the revival of agriculture, trade and industry in the United States and its Caribbean possessions arranged alphabetically by subject with sub-topical divisions.

"Caribbean Files" contains materials relating to the various commissions appointed by the United States, Great Britain, France and the Netherlands to study and make recommendations for the reform of economic, social and political conditions in the West Indies. Included is correspondence with government officials in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico including important exchanges with Paul M. Pearson (1933-35) and Laurence Cramer (1935-41) Governors of the Islands with Rexford Guy Tugwell, Governor of Puerto Rico (1941-46); correspondence with F.D.R., Cordell Hull, and British colonial and home officials in regard to the organization, operation and recommendations of the various Caribbean Commissions and Councils; extensive correspondence with Sir Frank Stockdale, co-chairman of the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission and chairman of the British Section of the Caribbean Commission, on both official and personal matters; about 100 photostats of selected historical documents relating to the information and work of the Anglo-American Commission and the Caribbean commission (an out-growth of the Anglo-Amercian Commission and expanded to include France and the Netherlands) and these include, among other documents, communications to and from President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Adolph Berle, Jr., Cordell Hull, Sir Frank Stockdale, Sumner Welles, and other U.S. and foreign officials as well as records of some interesting conversations held with Anthony Eden, Lord Halifax, Cordell Hull, and Sumnar Welles; and a quantity of miscellaneous official and personal correspondence relating chiefly to personnel, social matters, and routine business connected with administrative matters. Other important documents in this file are reports of the various commissions and councils made to F.D.R. and the Department of State, among those is a report of the U.S. Commisssion to Study Social and Economic Conditions of the British West Indies (179 p. typescript) 1940 and a report of his trip to London made in 1942 to consult with British officials on the formation of the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission; a memorandum of conversation with F.D.R. on Carribean problems in 1944; and papers relating to Caribbean problems generally and including correspondence with Jefferson Caffrey, Laurence Duggan, Sumnar Welles, and other Department of State officials, particularly on Cuban problems relating to sugar quotas, banking, reciprocal tariff agreements, and internal political disturbances. Additional papers located in this file are press releases by the Caribbean Office in the Department of State; reports and minutes of meetings of successive West Indies Conferences held between 1942 and 1948; biographical sketches of Mr. Taussig; and other papers arranged alphabetically by sujects with sub topical divisions.

A file of documents relating to the United Nations Conference on International Organization. Included are photostatic copies of original documents (most of the original documents are probably on file in the Archives of the Department of State) and consisting primarily of correspondence with President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of State Edward R. Stattinius, Secretary of the Interior, Harold Ickes, and other executive heads in regard to U.S. policy on the question of Trusteeship for Dependent Areas; draft reports on Trusteeship sent to President Truman; and records of conversations held with other U.S. and foreign delegates and advisors. Printed materials compose the bulk of materials in this file and include the final and preliminary drafts of the U.S. delegates on proposals that were to go before the committees; precis of committee proceedings; report of committees and commissions; background materials for Trusteeship over Dependent Areas; Minutes of Meetings of Commission 2 (Trusteeship System); Summary Reports of the Meeting of Commission 3 (Security Council); cumulative lists of committees and members of committees, and other publications, reports, and digests regarding the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals and Trusteeship system. 1944-45. Generally arranged by Commission and Committee and thereunder chronologically.

An extensive file of newspaper clippings (loose and mounted) constitute the remainder of the material. Items represented in the collection are from newspapers in the United States, the Caribbean Republics and Dependencies and the press of Great Britain and Canada. Some are in French and Dutch. They are arranged in three(3) major sub-groups which have a correlative relationship with the major activites of his public life in (1) the post he occupied as economic advisor in the"brain trust" abd as chairman of the National Advisory Committee of the National Youth Adminstration, (2) the various offices he held in matters relating to the Caribbean, and (3) the United Nations Conference on International Organizations which met in San Francisco. The news items and editorials carry much information on the background of the Caribbean colonial policies as well as the youth needs, youth projects, and youth movement, various copies and drafts of Mr. Taussig's speeches, radio broadcasts, and published articles; and miscellaneous printed materials consisting of press releases, reports, and publicatios of youth organization, 1934-1944, arranged alphabetically by subject.

This box contains items 1 to 99 of the Index. Papers deal with the Caribbean area in general and include State Department memos, drafts and other communications re establishment of AACC and of Anglo American plans and programs for the area. Also contains reports, memos and other communications from the British Office of the Commission as well as personal messages between CWT and other members of the Commission, British and American. (All photostats)

Diary and Appointment books kept by Mr. Taussing and his secretary containing a day by day record of engagements and notes of his activities for the period beginning December 9, 1936 and ending on May9,1948. 15 vols.

A number of small files containing material which are very similar to the papers in the main files which have been described above. Included are: (1) copies of speeches made by Mr. Taussing and other persons in the government service as well as copies of his radio addresses and published articles, 1932-44 (these are duplicates; other copies are located in the "GENERAL FILES") 1 box; (2) a working draft of his novel, RUM ROMANCE and REBELLION, published in 1928 (various other drafts plus correspondence are located in the "GENERAL FILES") 1 box; (3) a file of personal correspondence which is concerned with his club affiliations, his membership in community organizations, and miscellaneous, special engagements, but containing also a printed report of the Army Pearl Harbor Board and a report by the Navy Court of Inquiry on the disaster at Pearl Harbor, 2 boxes; (4) reports of the International Labor Conference held in Montreal in 1944, 1 box; and (5) outlines and lists prepared by Mr.Taussig giving locations, descriptions, and abstracts of material in the files.

A. Editorials on joining American Molasses Company B. Coloumists and comments on joining American Molasses Company.

A. CARIBBEAN AREA 1. Caribbean in General a. Sugar B. Pacific Area 1. Phillipines 2. Hawaii

1. "The Weekly Reporter" 2. "Proceedings of the 17th Annual Congress December 1940 at New Jersey College for Women" 3. Meeting of Board of Advisors and Friends of NSFA, December 1, 1941

1. Roosevelt campaign speech material and draft

1. 3/33 - "The Brass Band" 2. 5/17/33 - "Brains, Just Brains" - 10/33 REDBOOK MAGAZINE with copy of article. 3. 12/6/33 - MEMORANDUM on Proposed Education Activities of the Administration. 4. ADDRESS before the American Legion Advertising Men's Post. 5. Drafts of Securities and Exchange Acts.

1. 5/20/35 - "Recreational and Community Centers" 2. 8/19/35 - ADDRESS at State Director's Meeting, NYA 3. 9/19/35 - ADDRESS before National Council of Parents and Teachers Convention 4. 10/14/35 - ADDRESS before American Federation of Labor Convention 5. 10/16/35 - Answers to questions asked by Shephard Stone and script of National Student Federation BROADCAST 6. 11/12/35 - ADRESS before Rotary Club, Baltimore

1. 02/18/36 - ADDRESS before Parent's League, Greenwich, Conn: "Youth and Democracy" 2. 02/26/36 - ADDRESS before National Education Association, St. Louis, and ARTICLE in STUDENT MIRROR: "Youth and Democracy" 3. 04/25/36 - ADDRESS before City, Club, Cleveland: "Finding a Place for Youth" 4. 07/10/36 - ADDRESS, American Youth Commission Meeting: "Government and the Problems of Youth" 5. 09/10/36 - "And What of Youth?" 6. 09/30/36 - ADDRESS at Ann Arbor Conference, Articles in "Educational Digest" and "School and Society": "The Demand of the Present Crisis on the High School" 7. 10/28/36 - ADDRESS Rochester District, NYA Conference: "Industry and Youth Need NYA" 8. 11/10/36 - ADDRESS in Washington: "The Next Four Years" 9. 12/05/36 - ADDRESS before the Foreign Policy Association: "Europe's Crisis - The Danger to America" 10. 12/12/36 - RADIO BROADCAST: "Child Crime - The Public Responsibility"

1. 06/23/37 - Draft No. II, ROOSEVELT SPEECH to the Nation 1. 01/14/38 - MEMORANDUM FOR ROOSEVELT: Recommend- ations of Business, Labor and Industry Conference 2. 02/09/38 - ADDRESS before NAC Meeting: "Total Funds" 3. 04/04/38 - ADDRESS at Montgomery, Ala.: "The Preservation of our Democracy" 4. 04/10/38 - INTRODUCTION to "A New for Youth" by Betty and Ernest Lindley 5. 05/25/38 - MEMORANDUM written for Roosevelt on the New Deal and Communism 6. 07/19/38 - SPEECH before the Health and Welfare Committee 7. 08/15/38 - ADDRESS before the World Youth Congress, Randall's Island 8. 11/01/38 - ADDRESS at NAC meeting, St. Paul, Minnesota 9. 11/10/38 - ADDRESS before Advisory Committee Conference, Albany, New York t. Paul,

1. 02/01/39 - ADDRESS before Maryland Youth Congress Meeting 2. 08/26/39 - ARTICLE for LIBERTY MAGAZINE, and copy of issue: "No, the NYA is Not Communistic" 3. 11/06/39 - "Tonight I'm going to talk about Talk.,"

1. 10/16/40 - ADDRESS before Connect- icut Conference of Social Work: "Youth and Total Defence"

1. 3/41 - ATRICLE on the Caribbean for SURVEY GRAPHIC Magazine

2. )7/01/41 - ADDRESS at University of Virgina Institute of Publice Affairs: "Some Aspect of the Caribbean Problem"

1. 3/21, 3/31 - ADDRESSES before the Barbados Conference AACC 2. 10/07/44 - ADDRESS before the Foreign Policy Associs- tion of the Caribbean Commission

1. Meeting Discussion Notes 2. Minutes of Meetings 3. Memoranda 4. Date on Organization 5. Reports

1. Meeting Notices 2. Memoranda and Discussion Outlines 3. Releases 4. Miscellaneous

1. Memoranda 2. Reports 3. Releases

1. Memoranda 2. Discussion Notes 3. Meeting Notices and Form Letters 4. Reports 5. Releases

1. Reports and Statements 2. Memoranda 3. Releases 4. Mettings Notices

1. Reports and Statements 2. Memoranda 3. Releases 4. Meeting Notice

1. Monthly Statements 2. Memoranda, Minutes, Reports 3. Publicity, Releases, Reprints 4. Programs and Announcements

1. Monthly Statements 2. Memoranda, Minutes, and Reports 3. Publicity 4. Programs and Announcement

1. Monthly Statements 2. Memoranda, Minutes and Reports 3. Publicity 4. Programs and Announcements

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