PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION:

An Inventory of Its Main Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

OVERVIEW


	Creator:	Minnesota Commission of Public Safety.
	Title:	Main Files.
	Dates:	1917-1919.
	Abstract:	Subject files documenting the activities of this seven-member commission (governor, attorney general, and five persons appointed by the governor) given broad powers to ensure the protection of persons and property, the defense of the state and the nation, and the application of the state's resources to successful prosecution of the war.
	Quantity:	18.5 cubic feet (19 boxes).
	Location:	See Detailed Description section for shelf locations.

The records consist of series of commission correspondence and miscellaneous materials organized into subject files (referred to as "rerum files" by commission office staff). They relate to all commission activities including (generally) the issuance and enforcement of orders, investigations, and the organization of county and local public safety committees; and (specifically) employment, the draft, patriotic meetings and speakers, publicity, labor problems, liquor and saloons, marketing and sale of food and goods produced, use of foreign languages, forest fire relief, shortages of fuel, food, and fodder, and alleged subversive and anti-American activities.

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ARRANGEMENT

These records are organized in numbered files (example, F1); numbers were assigned consecutively as a new subject file was established. There may be several files dealing with substantially the same subject.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item, file number, and file title here]. Minnesota Commission of Public Safety. Main Files. Minnesota Historical Society. State Archives.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 972-7; 11,429 (mss)

Provenance note: File Nos. F116, F135, F153, F211, and F212 were transferred to the State Archives from the J. A. A. Burnquist Papers.

Processing Information:

Catalog ID No.: 1704067

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION


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103.L.7.4F	F1. Indexes and Files (office procedures).
		Includes the Proceedings of the Minnesota River Valley Crop and Public Safety Association, Crookston, April 17-18, 1917; model articles of association for county public safety associations; newsletter issued by Vance Chapman, The County Chairman, Capitol News Bureau, St. Paul, undated; letter to the Des Moines Register regarding the Nonpartisan League, September 5, 1918; and excerpts from Report to the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety, February 24, 1918, regarding the Nonpartisan League.


	Correspondence with and miscellaneous materials relating to State Councils of Defense:
		Includes copies of other states' laws and reports, newsletters, press releases, and other issuances of state defense councils and public safety committees.
		F2. Alabama.
		F3. Arizona.
		F4. Arkansas.
		F5. California.
		F6. Colorado.
		F7. Connecticut.
		F8. Delaware.
		F9. Florida.
		F10. Georgia.
		F11. Idaho.
		F12. Illinois.
		F13. Indiana.
		F14. Iowa.
		F15. Kansas.
		F16. Kentucky.
		F17. Louisiana.
		F18. Maine.
		F19. Maryland.
		F20. Massachusetts.
		F21. Michigan.
		F22. Minnesota.
		F23. Mississippi.
		F24. Missouri.
		F25. Montana.
		F26. Nebraska.
		F27. Nevada.
		F28. New Hampshire.
		F29. New Jersey.
		F30. New Mexico.
		F31. New York. 2 folders.
		F32. North Carolina.
		F33. North Dakota.
		F34. Ohio.
		F35. Oklahoma.
		F36. Oregon.
		F37. Pennsylvania. 2 folders.
		F38. Rhode Island.
		F39. South Carolina.
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103.L.7.5B		F40. South Dakota.
		F41. Tennessee.
		F42. Texas.
		F43. Utah.
		F44. Vermont.
		F45. Virginia.
		F46. Washington.
		F47. West Virginia.
		F48. Wisconsin. 2 folders.
		F49. Wyoming.


		F50. Adjutant General. 12 folders.
			Folders labeled variously: Draft, Home Guard. Includes correspondence relating to the draft and Home Guard and relief for soldiers' families; lists of draft board members, Home Guard officers, and soldiers absent without leave; lists of men selected as fit for service by local draft boards, August 1918; and Adjutant General's circulars, primarily to local draft boards.


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103.L.7.6F	F51. Order No. 37, Providing that All Able Bodied Men Must Be Regularly Employed (the Work or Fight Order). 3 folders.
		Includes correspondence relating to reports of men not working and to other labor and employment matters, including farm labor and employment of women.


		F52. Liquor Violations.
			On the Iron Range, Buhl and vicinity.


		F53. Fire, Fire Marshal, State Forester.
			Labeled Forest Fire correspondence; includes materials relating to fire safety (forest fires and others) and to concerns of the State Forester and Forest Service other than the forest fire danger.


		F54. Registration (Draft Registration).
			Includes correspondence relating to exemptions and cases of failure to register.


		F55. U.S. Department of Justice. 3 folders.
			Correspondence, primarily with T. E. Campbell, special agent, U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation, St. Paul, regarding reports of draft evasion, pro-German or anti-American sentiment, and similar matters.


		F56. Women's Councils and Committees (Mrs. Winter). 4 folders.
			Correspondence with or relating to the Council of National Defense, Woman's Committee, Minnesota Division (which was also the Women's Auxiliary Committee of the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety) and other women's organizations or activities.


		F57. Fish and Game. 7 folders.
			Primarily correspondence with Carlos Avery, state game and fish commissioner, regarding fishing laws, taking and selling fish as a method of meat conservation, production of fish at state fisheries, and confiscation of guns for game law violations. Includes financial and production reports of state fisheries.


		F58. U.S. Department of Interior.
			Bureau of Education Bulletin No. 11, A Community Center, What It Is and How to Organize It, Henry E. Jackson, G.P.O, 1918.


		F59. Resolutions.
			Resolutions adopted by various organizations (including some labor unions) and forwarded to the commission. They include commendation of the commission and recommendations for action by the commission.


		F60. Press Publicity for MCPS.
			Some items are labeled publicity; others, country papers. They include several newspaper issues and correspondence with the Minnesota Editorial Association.


		F61. Minnesota Foreign Language Press.
			Relating entirely to Scandinavian newspapers.


		F63. Stevens County Enlistment Correspondence.
			Relating to county credit for enlistments to be applied against draft quotas.


		F64. Federal Quartermasters Reserve Corps.
			Circulars describing the corps and soliciting names of potential corpsmen.


	F66. National Council of Defense.
		Informational issuances, including bulletins, circulars, and news releases. Includes a few items issued by other federal agencies.
		1 folder.
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103.L.7.7B		16 folders.
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103.L.7.8F		2 folders.


		F67. National Council of Defense Correspondence. 10 folders.
			General correspondence between the MCPS and the National Council of Defense, and correspondence of Charles W. Henke, publicity director of the MCPS, with the National Council.


		F67a. National Council of Defense, State Councils Section, Chicago.
			Correspondence with John Winterbotham of the State Councils Section Chicago office.


	F68-F72. Correspondence of the Commission Secretary. 9 folders.
		Primarily correspondence with individual members of the commission.
		F68. Charles W. Ames Correspondence. 2 folders.
			Relating primarily to the teaching of foreign languages in schools and to liberty loan campaigns.
		F69. John Lind File.
		F70. C. H. March File. 2 folders.
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103.L.8.1B		F71. John F. McGee File. 3 folders.
		F72. A. C. Weiss File.


		F73. Hygiene. 2 folders.
			Correspondence and other materials relating to influenza, venereal disease, the Minnesota Social Hygiene Commission, sanitation, and public health; correspondence with Dr. Carol Aronovici, social service director of the Amherst H. Wilder Charity (items labeled F58, Social Service); and correspondence relating to sanitary conditions at armories and at Fort Snelling, conduct of soldiers at Fort Snelling and Mendota, services to soldiers at Fort Snelling, and sale of liquor to soldiers (items labeled F161, F105, F128).


		F74. Applications (Job Applications). 2 folders.
			Letters requesting positions with the commission, and replies (generally negative).


		F75. Order No. 30, Providing for the Arbitration of Labor Differences.
			Relating to various labor disputes or complaints, and authorization for and activities of the Arbitration Board.


		F76. Food Administration: Food Conservation and Thrift. 5 folders.
			Correspondence relating to the growing and shipping of wool; correspondence with A. D. Wilson at the University Farm, St. Paul; Woman's Committee correspondence relating to food conservation; and Publicity Director Charles Henke's correspondence relating to food.


		F77. Daylight Closing. 2 folders.
			Relating to regulation of business hours, especially of grocery stores and sellers of gasoline and oil.


		F78. Report of the Advisory Committee on Women's Organizations, May 4, 1917.


		F79. Liquor.
			General correspondence relating to liquor sale and operation of saloons; includes petitions from citizens of Polk County relating to sale of liquor in Red Lake County.


		F80. Liquor to Soldiers.
			Also includes a few petitions regarding immoral women who follow military camps.


		F81. Labor.
			Relating to plasterers union; hours of labor and wages at the Patrick-Duluth Woolen Mill; instructions for persons doing the industrial survey of women employed outside the home; and a case of sexual harassment of women employees of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway which the Women's Cooperative Alliance and Minnesota Department of Labor and Industries investigated.


		F82. Drainage.
			Relating to the postponement or suspension of drainage projects during the war.


		F83. Military: Soldiers Pay.
			Especially pay for Mexican border service. Includes letters relating to relief for soldiers' wives and widows and reimbursement for soldiers investigating liquor sale and transportation in St. Louis and Koochiching counties.


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103.L.8.2F	F84. J. J. Opsahl File.
		Correspondence, primarily (but not exclusively) with J. J. Opsahl, colonization agent for the Red River Lumber Company lands and president of the Northern Minnesota Sheep Growers' Association. Relates to the possibility of grazing sheep on surplus hay in the Red Lake Indian Reservation lands, to the seeding of burnt-over lands in northern Minnesota, and to cultivation of land on the White Earth Indian Reservation. Some items are labeled F109: State lands or seeding burnt-over area.


		F85. Boys Reserve (U.S. Boys' Working Reserve).
			Relating to programs to employ boys aged 16-21 as farm workers. Includes circular letters, information booklets, and some correspondence.


		F86. Employment. (U.S. Employment Service).
			Correspondence, primarily with Hugo V. Koch, director, U.S. Employment Service (St. Paul), relating to employment, employment offices, wages, and recruitment.


		F87. Minneapolis Public Safety Committee.
			Includes a set of resolutions passed by the Minneapolis Committee.


		F88. Military: Sanitary Conditions of Soldiers' Quarters in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
			Contains two Health Department reports.


		F89. Gardens.
			Relating to the City Gardening Bureau and the War Gardens Committee of the St. Paul Association, gardening practices (Garden Talks circulars), the U.S. School Garden Army, and encouragement of employees' gardens by mining companies.


		F90. Sheriffs' Conference, August 15, 1917.
			Primarily copies of transmittal letters accompanying checks sent to county sheriffs in reimbursement for expenses of attending sheriffs' conference; also includes letters relating to activities of sheriffs in monitoring public meetings or enforcing commission orders (such as closing saloons on draft registration day). Many of the items are marked with a county file number.


		F91. Syndicalism.
			Relating to distribution of posters containing a copy of the act (Laws 1917, Chapter 215) defining criminal syndicalism (the advocacy of crime, sabotage, violence, or other unlawful methods of terrorism as a means of accomplishing industrial or political ends).


		F92. [U. S. Army].
			Includes entrainment schedules.


		F93. War Risk Insurance. 2 folders.
			Includes inquiries relating to allotments (amounts withheld from soldiers' pay) and allowances (amounts contributed by the government) paid directly to soldiers' families; as well as soldiers' life insurance.


		F94. Attorney General.
			Includes attorney general's opinions on various subjects, copies of letters transmitting to the attorney general's office other letters for reply, and correspondence relating to commission meetings.


		F95. Red Cross. 3 folders.
			Includes lists of chapter chairmen, issues of the Red Cross Bulletin, and circular letters; correspondence relating to relief cases referred to the Red Cross, war saving stamps, and war fund drives; the enrollment of men and women for foreign service with the Red Cross; con men representing themselves as Red Cross agents; local Red Cross activities; and rumors that Red Cross knitted items were a) not reaching soldiers, b) being sold to soldiers, c) not appreciated by soldiers.


		F96. Farm Labor.
			Includes report of meeting of representatives of the commercial organizations of the northwest on labor supply for the harvest season of 1917 (St. Paul, May 5, 1917), instructions for a survey/census of urban employees for farm service, and memo regarding mobilization of labor for farm work.


		F97. Exemptions (from draft).
			Relating primarily to employees of Northwestern Knitting Company (Munsingwear), Minneapolis.


		F98. Order No. 38, Providing for Municipal Wood Yards.
			Relating to the commission's authorization for the St. Louis County board of commissioners to acquire fuel timber stumpage and to cut and market fuel wood and also timber along highways in Freeborn County.


		F99. Bakers.
			Relating to non-return of unsold bread (especially regarding Johnson Brothers Grand Avenue Bakery in Duluth), federal regulation requiring licensing of bakeries using more than ten barrels of flour a month, conservation of sugar and fat, and the emergency council of the baking industry.


		F100. Northern Information Bureau [NIB] Reports.
			Reports made by NIB (a detective agency) agents attending meetings of the IWW and Mooney Defense League and Socialist Party and copies of flyers, announcements, and other publications of or distributed by these and other organizations.


		F100. Closing of Cream Stations.
			Letters and petitions in protest against.


		F101. Liberty Loan. 5 folders.
			Includes correspondence relating to county loan drives and reports of subscriptions.


		F102. Order No. 7: Liquor, Relating to Saloon Hours and Cabaret Entertainment.
			Includes correspondence with the hotel keepers' associations with respect to abatement of the order, petition of retail liquor dealers, and correspondence regarding violations of the order. The order closed saloons from 10 pm to 8 am, prohibited women from entering or being served in a saloon, and prohibited dancing and cabaret performances in places where liquor was sold.


		F103. Publicity: Newspapers. 3 folders.
			Includes lists of Minnesota newspapers; correspondence of Charles W. Henke, publicity director, relating to newspapers and subscriptions; news releases, cartoons, and other material furnished to newspapers; and replies to editorials.


		F104. U.S. Secretary of the Navy.
			A few items relating to need for funds for naval reserve quartered at Duluth.


		F105. Rail Transportation.
			Relating to return loads and return load bureaus to take the burden of short haul off of railroads and put it on motor trucks operating over highways.


		F106. Special Meeting of the Commission with Iron Range Area Officials, June 21, 1917.
			Minutes, list of invitees, and voucher transmittal letters. Discussion topics included agitation by unpatriotic elements and the restriction of the use of intoxicants, prevention of unlawful assemblies, and distribution of copies of the acts relating to syndicalism and sedition in the languages in use on the Range.


	F107. County Organization Material.
		Primarily copies of circular letters sent to county defense council directors.
		1 folder.
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103.L.8.3B		1 folder.
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103.L.9.6F		3 folders.


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103.L.8.3B	F108. John S. Pardee File.
		Personal correspondence, primarily copies of letters sent.


		F109. S. W. Frazier File.
			Correspondence of Frazier, organization agent for the commission, relating in part to county agent service (including a list of county agents), and to the organization and activities of county defense councils and the appointment of county directors.


		F110. Saloons. 7 folders.
			Primarily correspondence relating to violations of commission orders with respect to saloons and liquor sales, and complaints about drunkenness, saloons, blind pigs, and liquor traffic.


		F111. U.S. War Department.
			Circulars and correspondence relating to training camp activities, pictorial history of the war, veterinary corps, and conservation of hay in the upper Mississippi River Valley by regulation of the operation of reservoirs.


		F112. Science and Research.
			Correspondence relating to the Minnesota War Invention and Research Committee and inventions or propositions submitted to it.


		F113. Battleship Minnesota.
			Relating to the commission's appropriation to purchase supplies and accessories for the comfort and recreation of sailors on the USS Minnesota.


		F114. Patriotic Meetings (speakers, publicity).
			Relating primarily to a speaker's manual or handbook prepared by Professor William Stearns Davis, University of Minnesota.


		F115. Hoboes and Tramps.


		F116. Secret Service.
			Correspondence with O. R. Hatfield of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, relating primarily to payment for services, and solicitations for business by the William J. Burns International Detective Agency and the J. Oswald Jones Detective Agency.


		F117. Scandinavian Press.
			Primarily reports of N. A. Grevstad on the work of the Scandinavian Press Service of the commission.


		F118. Order No. 8, Relating to Sale of Liquor in St. Louis County.


		F119. Pool Halls.
			List of St. Paul pool room license holders, poster regarding St. Paul pool room ordinance, and complaints or inquiries relating to pool halls.


		F120. Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission.
			Correspondence relating to complaints referred to RRWC about a dangerous Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad crossing near Kilkenny, telephone service at Morris, and maintenance of fences along the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad right of way near Redwood Falls.


		F121. Entomology-Barberry Bush: Order No. 28, Providing for the Eradication of Barberry.
			Reports of the state entomologist, A. G. Ruggles, on barberry eradication, and correspondence relating to the eradication program and distribution of informational materials.


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103.L.9.6F		F122. Commission File.


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103.L.8.3B	F123. Food Waste and Production. 3 folders.
		Relating to operation of grain elevators; hay; grading of wheat; food conservation; Canadian food regulations; complaints about flour and sugar hoarding and other violations of food rules; food prices and shortages.


		F124. Farm Labor. 2 folders.
			Includes report and recommendation of the Committee on Cost of Living (relating to the flour and bread business); materials relating to the farm labor census, especially payment of bills; correspondence with E. Dana Durand, University of Minnesota, who apparently supervised part of the work; and tabulation charts. Also sample copies of farm crop and labor reports, one form from each county that submitted individual reports.


		F125. St. Paul Association.
			Relating to the St. Paul Association's cooperation with and assistance to the commission.


		F126. Railroads.
			Relating especially to shipment of perishables and shortage of refrigerator cars.


		F127. Virginia, Minnesota.
			One letter from J. J. Opsahl relating to a northern Minnesota development meeting.


		F128. Coordination of Patriotic Activity.
			Materials relating in some way to the coordination of patriotic activities for various organizations, including the Travelers Patriotic League. Also materials labeled F58-Social Service that contain plans for the organization of social services, a circular from the Council of National Defense relating to organization of the Negroes, and a plan prepared by Dr. Carol Aronovici for the registration and placement of idle labor in Minnesota.


		F129. Order No. 39, Closing Saloons on Entrainment Dates.
			Inquiries relating to.


		F130. Liquor in Indian Territory.
			Relating to Plummer, Bemidji, Walker, and Riverton.


		F131. Hard Labor for County Jail Prisoners.
			Also relating to overcrowding in St. Louis County jails due to arrest of those who failed to register for the draft.


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103.L.8.4F	F132. Liquor to Soldiers/International Falls Investigation.
		Letters relating to sale of liquor to soldiers throughout the state and materials relating to a sub-commission investigation of matters of public safety (including liquor sale, disorderly resorts, conduct of county and municipal officials, and labor difficulties) in International Falls and vicinity.


		F133. Private Employment Agencies.
			Regarding complaints against various Minneapolis agencies.


		F134. Brotherhood Emblem.
			Regarding an emblem designed by Reverend William J. Palmer, Minneapolis.


		F135. Nonpartisan League. 8 folders.
			Correspondence relating to (and some with) the Nonpartisan League [NPL] or its leaders, including A. C. Townley, and to Wisconsin Senator Robert LaFollette; reports of or complaints regarding NPL meetings; an NPL meeting poster; correspondence, especially with county public safety committees, regarding the commission's monitoring of NPL activities; and material regarding preparation of transcripts of league members' speeches. Includes some material relating to the league's supposed influence on the attitudes of farmers in the New Ulm area and their reluctance to participate in the farm census.


		F136. Ambrose Tighe Correspondence. 2 folders.
			Correspondence of commission members with the commission attorney, Ambrose Tighe, regarding drafting, interpretation, and enforcement of orders, and other matters requiring legal advice. Includes material relating to drainage projects.


		F137. Investigation of Twin Cities Milk Producers Association (and Order No. 13, Fixing Prices for Milk).
			Includes a report of the State Board of Arbitration on its arbitration of a controversy between Milk Wagon Drivers Union Local No. 546 of St. Paul and employers.


		F138. Fare for Laborers.
			Correspondence with the Railroad and Warehouse Commission regarding railroad fares for farm laborers.


		F139. Telephone Company Correspondence.
			Relating to telephone wars between competing telephone companies in Lewiston, Minnesota, and theft of telephone lines for sale of scrap metal.


		F140. Band Leaders.
			Letter (sent) referring to Band leader Rossiter and Regimental Sargeant Major Hugh F. Hall of the First Minnesota Infantry.


		F141. State Food Commission.
			Correspondence with the Committee of Food Production and Conservation operating from the University Farm, St. Paul. The Committee's letterhead stated: Under and Cooperating with the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety. Includes material relating to the committee's publicity brochures, bulletins, and circulars and to bills and vouchers submitted to the commission for payment.


		F142. Soldiers' Dependents. 2 folders.
			Relating to advances or loans made by the commission against dependents' allowances or allotments in cases where regular government allowances or servicemen's allotments had not been received or other special cases and activities of the Red Cross Civilian Relief Committee.


		F143. Inquiries for Employment in War Work. 2 folders.
			Letters from persons and organizations relating both to paid employment and to services volunteered.


		F144. D. D. Lescohier File. 3 folders.
			Correspondence with Don D. Lescohier, superintendent of the commission's employment office, relating primarily to office supplies and expenses, but also to the work of the office in supplying farm labor.


		F145. Order No. 41, Providing Municipal Wood Yard, Village of Crosby.


		F145. Charles Henke: Personal.
			Relates both to commission matters and partially to personal and community affairs in Dassel (and vicinity) where Henke published the Dassel Dispatch.


		F146. District Agents File.
			Correspondence with and reports of district agricultural agents, R. S. McIntosh, Frank J. Brown, William L. Cavert, and A. B. Hostetter, working cooperatively with the University of Minnesota extension service and the commission to promote the activities of local safety commissions, especially with regard to crop storage and marketing and to facilitate the gathering of data for the farm crop and labor census. Some items labeled F147, F149, and F177.


		F147. Creameries.
			Relating to problems of cream shipment and closing of cream stations.


		F148. Field Agents File (H. E. Wreisner, S. S. Scott, W. O'Brien, Robert Stevens).
			Correspondence with and reports of field agents relating to county public safety, Red Cross, and Liberty loan activities, (and to salaries and expense reimbursements). Some items are labeled F150, F194 and F204.


		F149. Order No. 42, Providing Municipal Wood Yard, Village of Ironton.


		F150. [War] Nurses.
			Inquiries relating to enrollment in the U.S. Student Nurse Reserve, and to length of working day for nurses (referred to other agencies).


	F152. Miscellaneous Commission File:
		Inquiries relating to and transmittal letters for information or publications furnished by the commission.
		Information Furnished, Miscellaneous. 2 folders.
		Commission File, Miscellaneous.
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103.L.8.5B		Miscellaneous Correspondence. 18 folders.
			Chronological order.
		Miscellaneous Publications, Publicity, Speakers. 3 folders.
			Reverse chronological order.


		F153. Secret Service, T. G. Winter. 2 folders.
			Relating to agents' expenses, complaints referred to Winter for investigation (primarily transmittal letters from the commission secretary, not complaints themselves), a few investigation reports, and employment of agents.


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103.L.8.6F	F154. Fuel. 2 folders.
		Includes final report of John McGee as federal fuel administrator; circulars from U.S. Fuel Administration; and correspondence relating to shortages and delivery of hard coal, use of automobiles on Sundays (pleasure motoring), use of wood and soft coal as alternate fuels, Monday closing of businesses as a fuel conservation measure, and federal fuel regulations and compliance therewith.


		F155. State Board of Control.
			Relating to coal supply for state institutions; investigation of cases of several patients at St. Peter State Hospital who claimed to have been unjustly committed; special fishing licenses granted to the board for the purpose of supplying food for state institutions; request by board purchasing agent to relieve the Adjutant General of some of the liquor confiscated under commission orders; and the distribution of reading material in county jails (in particular, complaints regarding Industrialisti, a Finnish newspaper, from a Grand Rapids resident).


		F156. Telegrams.


		F157. Requests for Information on MCPS Orders. 4 folders.
			Includes requests for publications and general information on war effort and activities of the commission.


		F158. Labor Employment Office. 3 folders.
			Primarily weekly reports classifying kinds of work for which help was wanted and for which applications were received, and giving numbers of referrals and placements; and correspondence regarding payment of expenses and requisitions for supplies.


		F159. Order No. 14, Sunday Closing and Weekday Hours for Pool Halls, Billiard Halls, and Public Dance Halls. 13 folders.
			Correspondence relating to enforcement (especially interpretation of included and excluded dances). Includes a number of posters advertising dances.


		F160. Explosive Licenses.
			Relating to appointments of local licensors pursuant to an act of Congress to prohibit the manufacture, distribution, storage, use and possession in time of war of explosives; and to storage of explosives in the Twin Cities area and other places.


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103.L.8.7B	F161. Liquor: Martin and Red Lake Counties. 5 folders.
		Relating primarily to the commission's investigation of liquor sale in Red Lake County resulting in Order No. 43 prohibiting the sale or keeping for sale of liquor in the county. Also includes material relating to investigations at Trosky, liquor sale and prostitution in International Falls, and liquor sale in a few other locations.


		F162. Fireworks Prohibition.
			Letters inquiring whether the commission had established any regulation relating to fireworks on July 4th (1917) and objecting to any contemplated restriction.


		F163. Alien Registration, Order Nos. 23 and 25. 6 folders.
			Relating to the conduct of the registration of aliens pursuant to Order Nos. 23 and 25. Includes some correspondence regarding various rights of aliens or constraints upon them (such as exemption from draft, possession of firearms). Includes original copy of regulations governing alien registration, February 11, 1918, and a sample alien registration card.


		F164. State Auditor Correspondence.
			Relating to commission receipts and expenses, alien registration forms, and timber and land matters.


		F165. International Falls and Unfit Men.
			Miscellaneous letters relating to rehabilitation camps for unfit men, men refusing to work, prostitution and venereal disease in International Falls, and control of tuberculosis.


		F166. Order No. 12, Prohibiting Shipment of Liquor to Beltrami or Clearwater Counties.
			Correspondence relating to the order, particularly with local officials in northern Beltrami County (Baudette, Spooner, Williams).


		F167. Military Publicity.
			Pamphlet from New York state (Organization for the Development of the Military Resources of the State of New York) and request from Brentano's (booksellers) of New York City to buy war-related or recruiting posters from agencies or organizations issuing them.


		F168. Minnesota Brewers Bureau.
			Correspondence with Thomas H. Girling, secretary of the Minnesota Brewer's Bureau, relating to complaints of illegal liquor sale referred to the bureau. The bureau tried to enlist the cooperation of its members and their clients in enforcing the various liquor regulations.


		F169. Governor Burnquist File.
			Correspondence of the governor relating to various commission activities.


		F170. Minnesota Historical Society.
			Includes copies of annual reports and Minnesota History Bulletin, mailing lists, and a few items of correspondence with other historical agencies and the Minnesota Public Library Commission.


		F171. Finns.
			Relating to Finnish language materials (pamphlets, posters, handbills) distributed by the commission; also includes materials relating to Finns and Slovenians in northern Minnesota and the Iron Range, particularly Ely and Winton.


		F172. Food Committee.
			Correspondence of and with the Food Production and Conservation Committee relating to threshing, seed corn, saving of seed of standard varieties of farm crops, and distribution of food committee bulletins.


		F173. U.S. Committee of Public Information. 3 folders.
			Correspondence with the committee relating primarily to distribution of committee publications and speakers for public meetings (and the cancellation of many because of epidemic); and reports on activities of the MCPS.


		F174. Rangoon Burma Beans.
			Regarding importation and shipment of certain kinds of beans considered poisonous because of the level of hydrocyanic acid contained in them.


		F175. Public Safety.
			Miscellany relating to unions, strikes, crop acreage estimates, the Peoples Council of America for Democracy and Peace, and unguarded dams.


		F176. Syndicalism.
			Relating to distribution of copies of the syndicalism law in various languages.


		F177. Scandia Bank Case.
			Relating to the Farmers State Bank of Scandia, whose application for charter was delayed by a commission investigation prompted by allegations that its incorporation would not be beneficial to the community and that its incorporators' motives were not entirely patriotic.


	F178. Peace Officers (Order No. 4, Providing for the Appointment of Voluntary Peace Officers Invested with the Powers of Constables).
		Relating to the appointments of peace officers, their powers and duties, and the issuance of badges; includes commissions and American Protective League oaths.
		3 folders.
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103.L.8.8F		5 folders.


		F179. Dairy and Food.
			Correspondence with the Dairy and Food Department relating to testing of certain samples of bread, flour, peanut butter, candy, silver polish, and soap for foreign matter or poisonous substances, and cider for alcohol content; and to free lunches at saloons.


		F180. Labor Department.
			Relating to employment of returning soldiers and sailors, a Department of Women in Industry Conference in Chicago, expenses of the Employment Office, and laborers' fare advances.


		F181. Chautauquas.
			Correspondence with several Chautauqua systems or circuits regarding their bookings in Minnesota and the possibility of putting commission speakers on their programs.


		F182. H. J. Hughes. 2 folders.
			Correspondence with or referred to Hughes as chairman of the Marketing Division of the Committee of Food Production and Conservation, relating to local marketing committee organization, potato marketing, hay and straw, road improvement, expense and salary payment. Also bulletins issued by the Marketing Division.


		F183. Auto Squads.
			Relating to the commissions' directive to sheriffs to organize local volunteer squads and secure the assistance of automobile owners in having cars available in emergencies. Also includes material relating to development and promotion of rural motor express lines or routes suggested by the Highways Transport Committee of the Council of National Defense.


		F184. Education Department. 9 folders.
			Materials relating to teaching of German and other languages in schools, flag display in schools, patriotism in schools, loyalty oaths, meetings held in school houses, school houses used for dances, and summer work for teachers; transcripts of proceedings of the Minneapolis school board relating primarily to the dismissal of a teacher who was a member of the IWW; report of investigation of German textbooks used in public schools; materials relating to the Fairfax, Minnesota, school district involving alleged pro-Germanism and a disagreement between the school board and superintendent of schools; letters protesting a proposition to close public high schools, vocational schools, and colleges as a means of alleviating farm labor shortages; and a survey of private and parochial schools indicating those conducted in foreign languages.


		F185. Richard Price File.
			Correspondence with Price, director of the University of Minnesota extension service and secretary-treasurer of the League of Minnesota Municipalities, relating to printing of Facts about the War and requesting the commission's model ordinance for suppression of disloyal utterances and acts.


		F186. George Peterson File.
			Correspondence with Peterson, secretary of the Retail Grocers and General Merchants Association of Minnesota and member of the Minnesota state senate, relating to the organization of the Market Division of the Food Conservation Committee.


		F187. Banks.
			Regarding the commission's position of discouraging the organization of new banks during the war; and many allegations that organizers of some banks were disloyal and reports on investigations thereof. Includes new bank applications forwarded to the commission for consideration.


		F188. Grain Elevators.
			Lists of elevator companies and correspondence regarding elevator fire hazards and necessity of careful supervision to conserve food supplies.


		F189. Commercial Clubs of Minneapolis.
			Lists of organizations.


	F190. Requests for Literature Put Out by MCPS.
		2 folders.
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103.L.9.1B		2 folders.


		F191. Military Exemption.
			Includes complaints about or appeals from local exemption board decisions and reports by directors of county public safety organizations on the attitude and work of the county exemption boards.


		F192. New Enterprises.
			Includes material relating to the commission's position of discouraging the organization of new banks and the starting of public enterprises calling for heavy taxation and the incurring of public debt (e.g., judicial ditches, school buildings, municipal buildings and utility works).


		F193. Peoples Council.
			Relating to a complaint about circulation of a paper called the Peoples Councillor.


		F194. Joseph Garborino Case.
			Regarding a long-standing (since 1906) complaint of Garborino that he had been defrauded by attorneys hired by him to handle a rent default matter.


		F195. U.S. Food Administration.
			Copies of circulars, bulletins, and regulations; correspondence relating to food regulations and their enforcement (e.g., hoarding of flour, two-stop rule for bakeries), exhibits at county fairs, watchmen at milling plants and elevators; and speakers bureau.


		F196. Telegraphers.
			Relating to the training of telegraphers, training courses in Minnesota schools, and recruitment for the Signal Corps. Primarily correspondence with county public safety associations or superintendents of schools (and officials of other educational institutions) regarding organization of telegraphy training courses.


		F197. Order No. 11, Prohibiting Shipment of Liquors into Koochiching County.
			Relating to the issuing of the order, and to charges of malfeasance against Thomas P. White, Koochiching County sheriff, and Frank H. Keyes, mayor of International Falls.


	F198. Publication: Minnesota in the War.
		Relating to distribution of the weekly bulletin (and other materials), including mailing lists, requests for single issues or to be placed on mailing lists, and comments on articles.
		6 folders.
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103.L.9.6F		2 folders.


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103.L.9.1B		F199. Discharge Claim of Joseph B. Verdick.


		F200. Department of Marketing. 2 folders.
			Correspondence with P. A. Ragatz, marketing agent for the commission, relating to operation of a central warehouse (including expenses and salaries); marketing of hay, wool, flax, barley, straw, potatoes, and cattle; the shortage of railroad cars (especially refrigerator cars); and reports to the commission.


		F201. Information to Schools. 2 folders.
			Regarding information and publications supplied to schools.


		F202. Minnesota Bar Association.
			Regarding the association's establishment of an advisory committee to offer legal services to the commission and the offer of one of the association's members (Charles L. DeReu of Marshall) to be a patriotic speaker.


		F203. Miscellaneous Publications Sent to MCPS. 2 folders.


		F204. Farm Tractors.
			Regarding advertising and distribution of tractors (especially Fordson).


		F205. Miscellaneous Associations and Societies - Publicity Sent to MCPS.
			Correspondence relating to publications of the League to Enforce Peace, National Security League, National Committee of Patriotic Societies, and many war relief organizations.


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103.L.9.2F	F206. Twin Cities Street Car Strike.
		Includes extracts from commission minutes; letters relating to the appointment of members, meetings, and activities of the special committee investigating the controversy; statements and reports submitted to the commission; pamphlets; report of the President's Mediation Commission; and letters from individuals and organizations expressing opinions on the strike of Twin City Rapid Transit street railway employees, unions and strikes in general, and the Nonpartisan League.
		2 folders.
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103.L.9.6F		3 folders.


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103.L.9.2F	F207. Truck Supplies.
		Letters (primarily check transmittal letters) relating to maintenance of a truck apparently owned by or assigned to the Public Safety Commission.


		F208. Film Distribution. 2 folders.
			Correspondence relating primarily to the film service of the National Committee on Public Information and investigations of the feasibility of establishing a Division of Films as part of the commission's publicity activities.


		F209. Correspondence from U.S. Postmasters.
			Correspondence with the office of the inspector in charge, St. Paul Division of the Post Office Department, relating to such matters as misdirection of mail, sale and redemption of war saving stamps, chain letter schemes, the sending of unpatriotic material through the mail, and alleged disloyal statements or activities of the local postmaster.


		F210. Western Newspaper Union Correspondence.
			Correspondence relating to the commission's employment of the Western Newspaper Union to produce plates of patriotic cartoons and other matter for distribution to the local newspapers.


		F211. N. I. Lowry Correspondence.
			Correspondence and reports of Lowry, the commission's special agent, relating to investigations made by Lowry into complaints of liquor traffic and liquor law violation, disregard of commission's orders, liberty bond slackers, and cases of alleged disloyalty and sedition; and reports on the work of county public safety committees or councils of defense.


		F212. Louis J. Glaser File. 2 folders.
			Includes an address on the Wisconsin state budget; report on investigation of strikes on the Mesaba Iron Range by Frank Leader, criminal and industrial investigator; campaign speech in support of Governor Burnquist; copy of address of Colonel Roosevelt at Pan-American Exposition, 1915; notes on ditch construction; report on University of Minnesota School of Mines work for the Tax Commission; report on and correspondence regarding Paynesville, Minnesota; report and recommendations of the Advisory Board of the State Sanatorium for Consumptives; material relating to licensing the manufacture and sale of tuberculins by Dr. Karl von Ruck of the Bacterio-Therapeutic Laboratory (Asheville, North Carolina); reports on and correspondence regarding Blooming Prairie, Minnesota; report on Gibbon, Minnesota; and other reports on investigations made by Glaser for the commission.


		F213. German Language.
			Reports and correspondence relating to the use of the German language in general and to the use of German textbooks in schools.


		F214. Order No. 19, Prohibiting Shipment of Liquor into Polk County.


		F215. Lt. [Paul] Perigord, Patriotic Speaker.
			Correspondence regarding arrangements for speaking engagements for Perigord, who was sponsored by the Speakers Division of the National Council of Defense.


		F216. Soldiers Civil Rights.
			Correspondence regarding the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Rights Act (P.L. 103, 65th Congress, March 8, 1918) and legal aid for soldiers and their dependents. Also materials (labeled F161) relating generally to soldiers and sailors.


		F217. Order No. 35, Prohibiting Transportation of Liquor by Automobile or Other Vehicles through Dry Territory.
			Correspondence relating to the enforcement of the order.


		F218. Blooming Prairie Case (Order No. 17, In the Matter of the Regulation of the Sale and Keeping for Sale or Delivery, of Intoxicating Liquors, in the Village of Blooming Prairie).
			Correspondence, village council notices, investigation reports, depositions, and other materials relating to the issuing of the order and its enforcement. Also relates to subsequent Order Nos. 34 and 48.


		F219. Order No. 20, Prohibiting Shipment of Liquor into Clay County.
			Correspondence, depositions, and other materials relating to the issuing and enforcement of this order.


		F220. Order No. 22, Providing Disposition of Liquor Confiscated Under Orders of the Commission. 3 folders.


		F221. Order No. 21, Providing Fees for Scaling and Measuring State Timber.
			Correspondence and report of a committee considering the subject of fees.


		F222. Order No. 26, Referring to the Manufacture and Sale of Bread.
			Correspondence relating to the order and also to the matter of milk pricing.


		F223. Shipping Board. 2 folders.
			Correspondence relating primarily to employment in shipyards; many letters were referred to D. R. Cotton, director, U.S. Public Service Reserve (St. Paul). Also materials relating to other concerns of the U.S. Shipping Board.


	F224. Order No. 24, An Order Prohibiting the Introduction of Liquor into Territory in the State of Minnesota, in Which by the Virtue of any Indian Treaty or the County Option Law of the State of Minnesota, the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors is Prohibited.
		5 folders.
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103.L.9.3B		2 folders.


		F225. Anthony Pleva, Special Agent for MCPS on IWW
			Investigation reports on liquor sale in Baudette and Spooner (north Beltrami County), Nonpartisan League meeting, Liberty Loan non-subscribers, violations of commission orders relating to liquor sale, and IWW activity in Duluth.


		F226. Trosky Saloon File, Order No. 10, Regulating the Sale ... of Intoxicating Liquors in the Counties of Martin and Pipestone. 4 folders.
			Correspondence relating to the order; to the sale of liquor in various communities, including some not in Martin or Pipestone County (especially Pierz); and a large number of petitions requesting closing of saloons.


		F227. Railroad Car Shortage.
			Correspondence relating to problems securing transportation, primarily for feed and agricultural products.


		F228. IWW.
			Includes several IWW circulars and complaints to the commission regarding IWW activity.


		F229. Vacant Land. 2 folders.
			Correspondence relating to cultivation of vacant land as recommended in a resolution of the commission. Includes complaints to the commission regarding vacant land or farmers refusing to farm or rent land, and requests for assistance in leasing vacant land.


		F230. Field Agent Frank Eddy.
			Brief reports on visits to Todd, Wadena, Becker, and Morrison counties, and the communities of St. Cloud, Albany, Freeport, Melrose, Sauk Centre, and Westport.


		F231. Notice to Austrians.
			Signed printed statements indicating that the Austrian-American signer stands by the President of the U.S. in his last speech to Austria.


		F232. Salvation Army.
			Correspondence relating to a Salvation Army campaign for war work funds.


		F233. War Finance. 2 folders.
			Includes lists of local war finance committees and correspondence regarding appointment and organization of the committees (which were to have charge over all drives for loans or donations).


		F234. Thomas E. Cashman File.
			Correspondence with commission member Cashman regarding commission meetings and business (including a few matters affecting Owatonna or Steele County) and expense reimbursements.


		F235. Economy Board Recommendation from CND [Council of National Defense]. 2 folders.
			Correspondence with local merchants relating to a recommendation that merchants reduce retail deliveries to a minimum. Includes circulars from the CND and some correspondence regarding closing hours for retail businesses.


		F236. Americanization. 3 folders.
			Includes many federal circulars and newsletters; correspondence between President Burton of the University of Minnesota and the commission's Americanization Committee (especially its president, Dr. Carol Aronovici); correspondence regarding appointment of local committees and chairmen; and poster (Duluth Americanization Committee); all relating primarily to the organization of Americanization activities and the distribution of publications.


		F237. Bulletins, U.S. Department of Agriculture.


		F238. Child Welfare (and Children's Year). 2 folders.
			Correspondence regarding distribution of circulars and other materials relating to community singing, child welfare clinics, weighing and measuring clinics, and education; and a report of the committee.


		F239. Willard-Fulton Boxing Match.
			Protests against a boxing match that had been proposed for July 4, 1918 in St. Paul.


		F240. Order No. 31, Authorizing Minnesota Soldiers and Sailors to Vote at the 1918 Primary Election. 4 folders.
			Includes applications for ballots, correspondence regarding reimbursement to county auditors for expense of postage in sending out ballots, instructional circulars, and other materials regarding the process of sending and tabulating soldiers' ballots.


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103.L.9.4F	F241. Order No. 33, Providing a Penalty for Violation of Any Order.
		Primarily correspondence regarding distribution of Order No. 33, but also to a few reported violations of other orders.


		F242. Order No. 32, Prohibiting Employment of Aliens as Teachers.


		F243. Order No. 29, Warning to Settlers, Campers, Construction Crews and All Citizens [Regarding Setting of Fires in Certain Counties].
			Correspondence relating primarily to the distribution and publicizing of the order, but also to complaints about the order and to alleged violations.


		F244. Crop and Stock Census, Order No. 27. 2 folders.
			Includes published summary report and correspondence relating to its distribution, some county tabulations or summaries, correspondence with field agent of the USDA Bureau of Crop estimates, and correspondence relating generally to the census.


		F245. Report on Exemption Boards.
			Correspondence relating to the calling in of late occupational cards from local draft boards.


		F246. Moratorium Resolution.
			Relating to protection of rights of soldiers and sailors, especially with respect to contracts, mortgages, leases, etc.


		F247. Soldiers Rights: County Legal Committees. 3 folders.
			Correspondence relating to the appointment of county legal committees, which were to act as advisory committees to local draft boards, and to furnish aid to registrants and their dependents. Includes a number of soldiers' civil rights bulletins from other states.


		F248. Tyler, Minnesota, Tornado Relief; and Fire Relief Fund.
			Correspondence relating to donations to and payments from the Tyler Relief Fund and accounting records of the Fire Relief Fund.


		F249. Order No. 44, Providing for Investigation in Connection with the Sale of Liberty Bonds. 2 folders.
			Includes reports and transcripts of investigations of persons refusing to purchase their allotment of liberty bonds and lists of slackers.


		F250. New Ulm.
			Correspondence and other materials relating to the governor's suspension from office of Albert Pfaender (New Ulm city attorney), L. A. Fritsche (mayor of New Ulm), and Louis G. Vogel (Brown County auditor) pending investigation of the commission's charges of malfeasance and nonfeasance (particularly with respect to the draft).


		F251. Order No. 45, Prohibiting the Sale of Liquor on Registration Day.


		F252. Order No. 46, Providing a Method Whereby Minnesota Soldiers and Sailors May Vote in the 1918 General Election.
			Correspondence relating to the distribution of applications for war ballots. Includes a few election notices and a Duluth election district map.


		F253. War Industries Board Correspondence.
			Correspondence with D. R. Cotton, regional advisor, War Industries Board, Resources and Conversion Section, relating to restrictions on building construction, issuance of construction licenses and building permits; payment of a portion of office expenses by the commission; and several letters (labeled F253a) relating to shortage of oxygen gas used in oxygen-acetylene welding.


		F254. Order No. 47, In the Matter of the Prohibition of the Sale and Keeping for Sale of Intoxicating Liquor in the Village of Ceylon, in the County of Martin.
			Correspondence relating to the order and to payment of bills incurred in connection with it.


		F255. Order No. 48, In the Matter of the Prohibition of the Sale and Keeping for Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in the Village of Blooming Prairie, Steele County.
			Includes correspondence relating to expenses incurred in enforcing the order; affidavits, depositions, and correspondence relating to liquor in Blooming Prairie; and issues of the Blooming Prairie Times.


		F256. Truck Traffic (Highways Transport Committee).
			Correspondence with or relating to the Highways Transport Committee and the State Highway Department, development of rural motor express service, road construction, and a proposed military map of Minnesota.


		F257. Order No. 49, Providing Agents of Commission in St. Louis County.


		F258. Military Training Camps Association Bills and Correspondence.
			Correspondence relating to the activities of the association and to the commission's reimbursement of some of its expenses.


		F259. Order No. 50, Authorizing Appropriations for Forest Fire Relief.


		F260. Order No. 51, Authorizing Appropriations for Forest Fire Relief.


		F261. Order No. 52, Authorizing Appropriations by County Boards in Event of Calamities.


	F262. Forest Fire Relief.
		Correspondence relating to funds raised for relief of fire sufferers (Fire Relief Fund), rebuilding, fire fighting and expenses incurred therefor, and distribution of hay or grain for livestock.
		6 folders.
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103.L.9.5B		1 folder.


		F263. Order No. 53, Relating to Forest Fire Emergency.


		F264. Order No. 54, Appointing an Agent in Dakota County.


		F265. Order No. 56, Prohibiting Hunting in Fire Area.
			Copy of order, copies of public notices, and a few items of correspondence.


		F266. Minnesota War Records Commission. 2 folders.
			Includes commission minutes, director's reports; bulletins and circulars, and correspondence (primarily of publicity director Charles Henke) with the commission relating to the commission's activities and organization.


		F267. Post War Soldier Employment. 5 folders.
			Primarily letters received by the commission from county directors in response to a circular letter asking what arrangements had been made locally for the re-employment of returning servicemen. Also form letters from the U.S. Employment Service enclosing lists of returning servicemen who completed Discharged Soldiers Application for Employment cards and various related materials.


		F268. Order No. 59, Rescinding Certain Orders of the Commission.
			Correspondence regarding rescission of orders relating to the shipment and sale of liquor.


		F269. Order No. 55, Providing for Cutting and Sale of Cordwood.


		F270. Order No. 57.


		F271. Order No. 58.


		F272. Applications for Discharge.
			Regarding release of agricultural workers needed at home.


		F273. LeSueur-Haywood Letter.
			Facsimile of a letter from Arthur LeSueur to William D. Haywood (of the IWW) used as an exhibit in the Chicago trial of IWW members, and circulated by the Public Safety Commission.


		F274. Report of MPSC.
			Correspondence regarding the distribution of the commission's final report.


		F275. List of County Market Committees.
			Includes lists of county extension agents and secretaries of farmers' clubs.


		F276. Requests for Orders.
			Includes mailing lists for commission orders, requests to be placed on the lists, and requests for individual orders.


		F277. Vagrancy Ordinance. 7 folders.
			Responses from mayors and village officers to the commission's request that each municipality adopt the commission's model vagrancy ordinance.


		F278. Loyalty Forms. 2 folders.
			Returned questionnaires distributed by the State Department of Education to high and graded schools relating to presentation of loyalty and patriotic programs in the schools (and in the communities as a whole).


		F279. U.S. Employment Bureau.
			Circular letters and news releases in the form of telegrams from D. M. Reyonolds, Field Division, Council of National Defense, U.S. Employment Service. Pertains to employment, labor problems, the draft, and publicity relating thereto.


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103.L.9.6F	F280. State Fair Committee; County Fairs Information.
		Relating primarily to distribution of pamphlets and posters at the 1918 State Fair and various county fairs.


		F281. Patriotic Societies Coordination.
			Correspondence with or relating to various patriotic organizations, Americanization committees, and relief committees.


		F282. Sedition.
			Primarily letters to the commission containing complaints or allegations of disloyal activity.


		F283. Liberty Chorus.
			Correspondence relating to the organization of liberty choruses and community singing, the appointment of a state director, and distribution of song sheets; includes the publication, I.W.W. Songs.


		F284. Selective Service Report.
			Report on Minnesota's draft registration process.


		F285. Food Conservation Bulletins.
			Includes posters, pamphlets, issues of Minnesota Farm Review, circulars, and other materials distributed by the Committee of Food Production and Conservation.


		F286. Report on Organization and Activities of State Councils of Defense, National Council of Defense, June 18, 1917.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:: Draft -- Minnesota.; Feeds -- Minnesota.; Forest fires -- Minnesota.; Fuel -- Minnesota.; Industrial relations -- Minnesota.; Manpower policy -- Minnesota.; Minnesota -- Civil defense.; Propaganda, Anti-American -- Minnesota.; Rationing -- Minnesota.; Subversive activities -- Minnesota.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- Minnesota.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Food supply -- Minnesota.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Minnesota -- Public opinion.; World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Minnesota.

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