Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1939-1944

File — Box: 38, Folder: 19-20

Identifier: II

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

July 7, 1939--To Hinckley, chairman, Civil Aeronautics Authority, stating that he had designated Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd to serve as commanding officer of the expedition to the Antarctic to make an investigation and survey of the natural resources of the land and sea of the Antarctic regions and assigning secretaries of state, treasury, navy, interior, and aeronautical authority to form a committee for the purpose of organizing, directing, and coordinating the conduct of the survey.
March 21, 1940--Letter addressed "Dear Bob" commenting on the good news of an entire year of flying without a single fatal accident.
June 20, 1940--Nomination of Hinckley to be assistant secretary of commerce and signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt.
May 8, 1944--Letter to "Bob" thanking him for a copy of in which a photograph appeared of the epochal flight of the NC-4 across the Atlantic in 1919.
1939-1941--Hinckley correspondence (carbon copies) to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his (Hinckley's) capacity as chairman of Civil Aeronautics Authority and as director of the Office of Contract Settlement.

Dates

1939-1944

Conditions Governing Access

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