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Speeches of Attorney General Frank Murphy

1939 | 1940

– 1939 –

May 15, 1939, 2:45 p.m. EDST

Civil Liberties and the Cities, an Address by Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, Before the Joint Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors and the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers at the Empire Room, the Waldorf-Astoria, New York City

June 2, 1939

Statement of the Attorney General Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor of the United States Senate on the Oppressive Labor Practices Act

June 13, 1939, 4:00 p.m.

"The Return of Religion," an Address by Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, at the Commencement Exercises of St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

June 14, 1939, 4:30 p.m. C.S.T.

"The Right Use of Democracy," an Address by Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, at the Second National Catholic Social Action Conference, Cleveland Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio, Broadcast Over the Network of the Mutual Broadcasting Company

June 15, 1939, 8:00 p.m.

"Better Servants for Democracy," an Address by Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, Broadcast to the Eastern Regional Conference of the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada, Meeting at Asbury Park, New Jersey

June 21, 1939, 2:30 p.m.

"The Meaning of Civil Liberty," an Address by Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, at the Commencement Exercises of John Marshall College, Jersey City, New Jersey

July 7, 1939

Report by the Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, to the President of the United States on the Activities of the Department of Justice

September 24, 1939

Brief History and Functions of the Department of Justice on Its Sesquicentennial

September 25, 1939, 3:45 p.m.

"Our Heritage of Justice," an Address by the Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, to the Employees of the Department of Justice in the Great Hall of the Justice Building on the Occasion of the 150th Birthday of the Department of Justice

September 28, 1939

Statement by Attorney General Frank Murphy on the Reopening of the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia

October 2, 1939

Our Heritage of Justice, Extension of Remarks of Hon. Frank E. Hook of Michigan in the House of Representatives, an Address by Hon. Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States

October 13, 1939

"The Test of Patriotism," an Address by Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, National Conference on Civil Liberties, New York City, Hotel Biltmore

October 27, 1939

Keeper of the Faith, an Address by Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, at the "Ten-Year Achievement Dinner" Held in Honor of Dr. Alexander Grant Ruthven, President of the University of Michigan, at the Yost Field House, Ann Arbor, Michigan

– 1940 –

January 7, 1940, 4:15 p.m.

The Challenge of Intolerance, Address by Attorney General Frank Murphy at the National Conference for Palestine, Sponsored by the United Palestine Appeal, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., NBC Red Network

January 14, 1940

The Higher Duty, an Address by Honorable Frank Murphy, Attorney General of the United States, Before the Carroll Club Twentieth Annual Corporate Communion Breakfast, Hotel Biltmore, New York City

January 18, 1940

Statement by Retiring Attorney General Frank Murphy

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