Archives West Finding Aid

The correspondence in divided into Official Correspondence and Personal Correspondence. The Official correspondence relates to Steiwer's legislative activities and is especially complete for the the period 1932 to 1938. Of special interest in the Official Correspondence is an exchange between Steiwer and Fayra Kaadt in 1934 relating to the Nazi treatment of the Jews and the proper political stance on this isssue.

This series includes files on various campaign issues such as labor, prohibition, and women's issues. Of special note is a large body of correspondence and related materials concerning Steiwer's 1936 keynote address at the Republican national convention. Filed here also are three ledger volumes containing day to day calendars of Senate bills, with handwritten annotations. The volumes cover the 72nd, 73rd, and 74th Congresses, 1931-1936.

This series documents Steiwer's involvement with the 1936-1937 effort of President Franklin Roosevelt to increase the number of Supreme Court justices in the face of the Court's blocking of New Deal legislation. The letters are divided into those supporting and those opposing the change, along with statistics on the levels of support.

The series is arranged chronologically by the date the speech was given by Steiwer. Included are all manner of speeches, including those related to political campaigns, national holidays, Republican Party events, and speeches given on the U.S. Senate floor. Some news releases are also included. Many files include drafts with corrections as well as correspondence, notes, and research materials. Most of the Senate speeches are documented by excerpts from the Congressional Record.

Although all of Steiwer's political career is represented, the largest group of speeches dates from 1936 at the time of the presidential contest between Franklin Roosevelt and Alfred Landon. Other large groups date from Steiwer's initial Senate campaign of 1926, and his 1928 speaking tours in support of Herbert Hoover's presidential campaign. Most speeches after 1932 are highly critical of President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. Steiwer's famous 1936 keynote address to the Republican National Convention is represented here in printed form only, but more extensive files can be found in the series Election Materials.

Subjects of the speeches include: the Panama Canal tax, search and seizure, relief legislation, abuse of cotton payments, the Reciprocal Trade Act extension, primary elections for president, labor disputes, the American Legion, the lumber tariff, convict labor, the Federal gasoline tax, monetary devaluation, the Security and Exchange bill, the Electoral College, the World Court, wages, and the veterans' bonus.

This series includes general printed documentation, including newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and mimeographed reports on subjects relating to Senate legislation and politcal issues. Of special interest are publications of the Communist Party and those relating to communications regulation.

Contained in this series are bound volumes of financial records detailing all manner of expenditures and income. The company's lands were located near Fossil, Oregon.