Box 1
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Crowe, Eyre. Extract from memorandum., 1907 January 01
Enclosed with No. 395. Comments on futility of making concessions to Germany in vain hope that she will be conciliated; recalls gratuitous concessions of last twenty years during which a perpetual state of tension has existed between England and Germany.
Messersmith, G.S., 1922 November 30
Address at Thanksgiving dinner of American Colony, Hotel de Londres, Antwerp.
Messersmith, G.S., [1927 May 19]
Describes reception in Antwerp of Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid following their marriage.
Messersmith, G.S., Antwerp. Memorandum for Foreign Service., 1928 January 27
1929 September 07
Press release from the Secretary of State re the disturbances in Palestine and the efforts of Mr. Paul Knabenshue, American Consul General, to protect American citizens and their property; some unreasonable requests have no doubt been made, but the Department has confidence in his ability and judgment.
Robertson, W. Henry, American Foreign Service Officer, Retired., 1932 June 15
An article of the superfluous world trade extension agencies, particularly those of the Department of Commerce.
Messersmith, G.S., Berlin. To [Henry L. Stimson], Secretary of State., 1932 July 19
Dispatch re the importance of informing Foreign Service officers regularly as to social and economic background of the countries to which they are accredited.
Messersmith, G.S., Berlin. To Frederic M. Sackett, American Ambassador, Berlin., 1932 July 19
Letter of transmittal accompanying copy of above dispatch.
Strother, Shelby F., Brooklyn. To G.S. Messersmith, Berlin., 1932 November 12
Lacks enclosures. Comments on enclosures apparently critical of Messersmith's
To G.S. Messersmith, Berlin., 1932 December 06 [?]
Indignant at attacks on Messersmith in the New York Herald and particularly at Walter Lippmann.
Press cutting, undated, from unidentified newspaper., 1932 December [6?]
Visa to be given Einstein after questioning, but Einstein, angry, may cancel trip to America.
Press cutting from the New York Tribune., 1932 December 06
5 copies, mounted. Walter Lippmann's column in which he scores Messersmith for his handling of the Einstein case.
Press cutting from New York Times. By cable from Berlin, Dec. 5., 1932 December 06
4 cols., mounted. 2 copies. "Einstein's ultimatum brings quick visa; our Consul angered him by political quiz"; the State Department had forwarded to the Consulate in Berlin a complaint from the Woman Patriot Corporation that Einstein, because of his affiliation with Communist organizations, should not be admitted to the U.S.; Secretary of State Stimson is quoted as saying that the procedure was routine.
Press cutting from the San Diego Union., 1932 December 06
2 cols., mounted. Einstein to be given visa after questioning.
Press cutting from the New York Herald Tribune., 1932 December 07
3 cols., mounted. 2 copies of second and third columns. The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, meeting with Mrs. Gerard Swope, local chairman, demands recall of George S. Messersmith; from Caputh, Germany, Dec. 6, by United Press, Einstein waives consul's "joke", laughs off "Inquisition" as schoolboy prank and accepts visa; the American Civil Liberties Union makes inquiries about State Department practices.
Presscuttings from the New York Herald Tribune., 1932 December 07
4 cuttings mounted on 1 leaf. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom demands recall of Messersmith; Einstein laughs off "inquisition" as schoolboy prank and accepts visa; American Civil Liberties Union declares protest of Woman Patriot Corporation prejudiced; Walter Lippmann's attack on Messersmith in his "note on the Perfect Bureaucrat"; editorial ridicules Woman Patriot Corporation, but describes as childish Einstein's reaction to his questioning.