Hopkins, Harry L., 1933-1946

File — Box: 30, Folder: 6-11

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

June 26, 1935--To Hinckley, field representative, Emergency Relief Administration, Salt Lake City, from J. Otis Garber describing territories of regional examiners.
July 5, 8, 1935--Hinckley to Hopkins making recommendations for reorganization of local, state, and regional programs.
June 26-July 2, 1936--Hinckley receives letters of congratulation and praise when he is appointed as regional director in charge of eleven western states.
June 26, 1938--Hinckley to Hopkins in which he contemplates his future and states: "The question then is, if I am going to remain in government service, should I not get into something along the lines of my previous experience, namely, transportation?" He discards the idea of going home to run his own business (automobile agency) or become a "country squire," likewise, refuses to run for a political office. He asks Hopkins for his advice.
December 23, 1938--Hinckley was sworn in as a member of the Civil Aeronautics Authority August 8, and telegrams Hopkins for Christmas: "More power. Not even the sky is the limit. It is a very Merry Christmas. I am afraid everything is going to be all right."
December 13, 1940--To Hopkins from Hinckley praising Governor Henry H. Blood.
February 14, 1944--Telegram of condolence to Hopkins at the death of his son on active duty.
October 6, 1944--Hinckley in a memorandum to Hopkins states that the issue in the campaign is not the fourth term for President Franklin D. Roosevelt but "the winning of the war at the earliest possible date and returning the maximum number of boys to their homes."
December 18, 1944--Note referring to a successor for Harry S. Truman.
July 6, 1945--Hinckley writes of Hopkins, "As a citizen and friend, I appreciate more than I can tell you the great service you have given the country and its stockholders."
November 5, 1945--From Hopkins commenting on the "great record" of Hinckley in his position as director of Contract Settlement.
January 30, 1946--Death of Hopkins, a biographical sketch dated June 1, 1938, and news clippings of Mrs. Hopkins death.

Dates

1933-1946

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