The papers of Martin L. Friedman consist of speeches, itineraries and schedules, press clippings, photographs, memorabilia and other items related to his work as a special assistant to President Truman.

Size: Less than one linear foot (about 200 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave the United States all her copyrights in the unpublished materials in this or any other collection of papers received by the United States and deposited in any depository administered by an agency of the United States. Documents created by U. S. Government officials in the course of their duties are also in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Rochelle Caruthers (2008).

1918 ( December 22)		Born, Omaha, Nebraska
1939		A.B., in Political Science and Public Administration, Rutgers University
1939-1940		Professorial Assistant and graduate student in Political Science, Rutgers University
1940-1941		Research Analyst, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Labor Department
1941-1943		Management Specialist, War Department
1942-1946		U.S. Army and Army Air Force, rising to rank of Captain
1946-1949		Chief, Technical Staff, Army Air Force Wage Board
1949-1953		Special Assistant to President Harry S. Truman
1952-1968		Active as aide and advance man for Democratic Candidates for President
1953-1970		Engaged in private practice of law as partner of Oscar Chapman
1970-1977		Sole practitioner, counsel to Phillips Petroleum Company
1968-1970		President, National Democratic Club, Washington, D.C.
1977 (March 23)		Died, Washington, D.C.

The papers of Martin L. Friedman consist of memorabilia, speeches, itineraries and schedules, press clippings, photographs and other items related to his work as a special assistant to President Truman.

The memorabilia in the collection includes tickets, programs, and invitations for many events, such as the 1948 Democratic National Convention; the 1949 Inaugural; the Army- Navy football game in Philadelphia on December 2, 1950; the 1951 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner; and the showing of the Army Signal Corps film "Midwest Flood Disaster of 1951.” The collection also includes press clippings concerning the 1952 Democratic National Convention and scandals in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

Among the other materials are four speeches, two of which were given by President Truman, and itineraries for several trips taken by the President. There are also several documents that show Friedman's involvement with the Democratic Presidential campaign of Governor Adlai Stevenson. There is a detailed memo and itinerary for Governor Stevenson's first trip west in September 1952 as well as information concerning Governor Stevenson's visit to the White House in August of 1952.

The Truman Library also has the Martin L. Friedman Files, which are part of the Harry S. Truman Papers, and an oral history interview with Martin L. Friedman.

Container Nos.		Series
1		SCRAPBOOK FILE, 1948-1954
		Speeches, itineraries and schedules, press clippings, photographs, memorabilia and other items related to Martin L. Friedman’s work as a special assistant to President Truman.

SCRAPBOOK FILE, 1948-1954

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