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The Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Writes to Senate Secretary Edwin A. Halsey Du

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The Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Writes to Senate Secretary Edwin A. Halsey Du
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Jesse H. Jones (1874 – 1956). Businessman. Served as head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the federal agency which was originally created by Herbert Hoover to provide financial support for industrial growth and expansion during the Great Depression and, later, during World War II. TLS. 1 page. April 6, 1938. Washington, D.C. Jones writes to Senate Secretary Edwin A. Halsey; “Pardon my delay in acknowledging the picture of the Vice-President, Senator Truman and myself taken recently in your office upon the occasion of Senator Truman’s exhibiting to the Vice-President and me the two revolvers originally belonging to Jesse James. Your thoughtfulness and trouble in getting the autographs of Vice-President Garner and Senator Truman is appreciated, as also is the reference to “Jesse James” Jones. Sincerely your friend, Jesse H. Jones” A fine association and interesting content.