Correspondence VII
Richard J. O'Melia Collection
- "Camp Lejeune, N. C." (attached is a letter to O'Melia from McCormack asking that he (O'Melia) help Gerald Miller find a job in Washington D. C.)
- "A Result-Getting Letter is Brief, Concise, and to the Point" (handwritten letter)
- "Gomillion Detective Agency, Inc."
- "Chief Hotel Court"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia & Kaye" (copy, handwritten notes on letter)
- "Air Mail-Special Delivery"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "Columbia University in the City of New York" (note attached)
- "Urban P. Van Susteren"
- "Western Union"
- "Retain Harry P. Cain Republican United States Senator"
- "Western Union" (handwritten notes on wire as well)
- "McCarthy Broadcast Dinner"
- "Watertown Republican Club"
- "The Employer's Group Insurance Companies"
- "The Boston Post"
- "United States Senate Office of the Legislative Counsel"
- "Communist Party, U.S.A." (two copies)
- "Urgent"
- "May 11, 1954" (handwritten letter)
- "United States Senate"
- "Parapack Institute"
- "New Jersey Chapter of Pro America" (copy)
- "Western Union"
- "E.M. Waldron and Company Incorporated"
- "Queens County Committee"
- "Houdaille-Hershey Corporation"
- "347 West 127 Street" (handwritten notes and underlining on letter)
- "3471 West 127 Street"
- "Law Offices Courshon and Fink"
- "Congress of the United State House of Representatives" (copy)
- "Congress of the United States House of Representatives" (copy)
- "Comptroller General of the United States"
- "Kay, Dunphy, and McNulty"
- "Law Offices Welsh, Trowbridge, Bills, and Gould"
- "United States Senate Committee on Government Operations"
- "United States Senate Committee on Government Operations"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "Houghton, Bullinger, Nehs, and Houghton Attorneys and Counselors at Law"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye"
- "December 12, 1956"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye" (copy with handwritten note)
- "December 28, 1956" (two copies)
- "January 4, 1957"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kay"
- "Law Offices of O'Melia and Kaye" (copy)
- "United States Senate Committee on Government Operations" (copy attached)
- "Comptroller General of the United States"
- "Dear Senator McClellan:" (copy)
- "The Smith-Mann Syndicate" (handwritten note attached)
- "Dear"
- "United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations"
Date: December 13, 1954
From: Gerald J. Miller (1 st Lieutenant, USMC)
To: Mr. McCormack
Content: Giving biographical information in hopes of receiving a college entrance recommendation or help obtaining a job in Washington D. C. from Mr. McCormack.
Date: December 24, 1954
From: Dick J. Mullen
To: Richard O'Melia
Content: Asking that O'Melia send cards to several people listed in the letter.
Date: December 15, 1954
From: Otis G. Gomillion
To: Richard O'Melia
Content: Asking that O'Melia furnish him (Gomillion) with information as to the amount of money that has been paid out of Congressional funds to Senator Wiley for his travels.
Date: January 4, 1955
From: Harold J. Stocker
To: Richard O'Melia
Content: Giving information about a proposed hotel/convention hall/entertainment center to be built in Las Vegas.
Date: November 27, 1954
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard and Jane O'Melia
Content: Talking about deer hunting and supporting McCarthy's efforts to call America's attention to the plight of American POWs in Chinese camps.
Date: December 6, 1954
From: A. J. O'Melia
To: Charles J. Kersten
Content: Offering to send a letter to Brownell.
Date: December 19, 1954
From: E. W. Wilson
To: Richard O'Melia
Content: Inquires whether or not the Newspaper Guild is considered a subversive organization and asks to be sent a list of all groups considered to be subversive.
Date: July 2, 1946
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard and Jane O'Melia
Content: Refers to an enclosed check of $2000.00 sent to help pay for the mortgage and home furnishings.
Date: April 16, 1947
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard and Jane O'Melia
Contents: Talking about family birthdays, Mrs. O'Melia's (Richard's mother's) improving health, and the weather. Refers to another enclosed check that should clear the final balance of the mortgage.
Date: August 5, 1947
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard and Jane O'Melia
Contents: Contains financial advise concerning a business venture O'Melia is engaging in with two other individuals, Chuck and the Doctor.
Date: September 26, 1947
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Contains more financial advice and refers to enclosed financial papers for O'Melia to sign or keep. Inquires about school and refers to family matters concerning Joe Hildebrand.
Date: November 12, 1947
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: More advise concerning financial and business matters. Also talks of a planned hunting trip.
Date: May 24, 1948
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard and Jane O'Melia
Contents: Wishes O'Melia happy birthday and speaking of the impending Attorney General appointment by the governor.
Date: June 17, 1948
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard and Jane O'Melia
Contents: Offers advice to O'Melia concerning his future and an offer from the Marine. Advises against running for congress or joining the family firm. Suggests pursuing a legal connection in Milwaukee or accepting the Marine offer.
Date: May 31, 1950
From: Dwight Eisenhower
To: Robert Donner
Contents: As President of Columbia University Eisenhower is responding to a letter sent by Donner containing names of faculty members Donner implies to be communists. Eisenhower defends the faculty members, and an individual named George S. Counts in particular, against Donner's accusations. Attached is a summary of the letter written by an unknown individual.
Date: September 8, 1952
From: Urban P. Van Susteren
To: Jane O'Melia
Contents: Thanking Jane O'Melia for her contribution of $25 to McCarthy's campaign for Senator.
Date: October 9, 1952
From: George C. Olsen
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Explaining schedule for McCarthy's appearances in Seattle and Everett.
Date: October 13, 1952
From: George C. Olsen
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Concerning preparations for McCarthy's visit and contains as an attachment a letter to Olsen from Jack Gordon, Chairman of the Press Club Gridiron Dinner, at which McCarthy is to speak.
Date: October 18, 1952
From: Mrs. W. R. Cox
To: Joseph McCarthy
Contents: Praising Tyler speech and suggesting that Stevenson speech be made under oath to avoid being discredited.
Date: October 27, 1952 (date on letterhead - no date given for actual writing)
From: Lawrence Marr
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Regarding a bill for $210 paid by Marr.
Date: October 28, 1952
From: E. J. King
To: Richard O'Meila
Contents: Regarding McCarthy and O'Melia's transportation and arrival into Watertown.
Date: August 14, 1953
From: Irving J. Fischer
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Regarding the cost of a set of golf clubs lost on an airline flight from Miami to Washington.
Date: March 24, 1954
From: Bob L.
To: Don
Contents: Thanking Don for returning some news clippings. Asking Senator McCarthy to write a few paragraphs to be included in the new teenager section of the paper.
Date: March 26, 1954
From: John M. Reynolds
To: (?)
Contents: Speaking of a bill for the removal of the statute of limitations for offenses concerning national security.
Date: April 25, 1954
From: William Z. Foster, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Pettes Perry
To: Friend
Contents: Calls for Americans to become unified against the threat of McCarthyism against democratic rights and refers to an enclosed Draft Program of the Communist Party.
Date: April 30, 1954 (date of postage - no date on actual letter)
From: (?)
To: Joseph McCarthy
Contents: Urgently warning McCarthy that he and members of his staff (Cohn and Schine) are under investigation of the army aided by the New York police department for being suspected of being homosexual.
Date: May 11, 1954
From: George Dexter
To: Joseph McCarthy
Contents: Reports that a radio broadcaster named Barry Gray called McCarthy a homosexual through association and urges McCarthy to pull strings to get him off the air.
Date: July 28, 1954
From: Mary C.
To: Don
Contents: Reports information from Standard and Poor Corporation, Publishers, on Jones and Lamson Machine Company.
Date: August 6, 1954
From: John J. Walsh
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Acknowledges that Walsh has received a booklet from O'Melia.
Date: October 19, 1954
From: Helen Lee Woodward
To: Federal Communications Commission
Contents: As president of Pro America, Woodward is requesting that Edward Murrow, editor and narrator for the CBS television program "See It Now," be censured for deliberately misrepresenting a program put on by Pro America.
Date: January 4, 1955
From: Harold Stocker
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Asks O'Melia to send a letter with the data previously discussed on the phone.
Date: March 9, 1955
From: Ed Waldron
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Refers to an attached paper put out by the American Rocket Society concerning a Test Stand built for the Navy by the E.M. Waldron Company.
Date: April 22, 1955
From: Frank J. Coyle
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Thanks O'Melia for helping to arrange for McCarthy to receive the Americanism award of the Queens County American Legion.
Date: May 2, 1955
From: R.G. Gorman
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Confirms a dinner engagement between Gorman and O'Melia while Gorman is in Washington during the week of May 9.
Date: May 25, 1955
From: Paul J. Parobek
To: Olin D. Johnson
Contents: Reports what Parobek sees as violations of his rights by the NACA and the Civil Service Commission that came about because he provided information for a Congressional investigation of the NACA.
Date: August 2, 1955
From: Paul J. Parobek
To: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Contents: Demands Parobek's reinstatement at the NACA on the grounds that his removal was not for reasons of poor performance but a result of the governments failure to enforce laws that would protect Parobek and his job after he complied with the Congressional investigation of the NACA.
Date: December 21, 1955
From: Charles J. Courshon
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Thanks O'Melia for his hospitality while Courshon was in Washington and inquires when O'Melia will be visiting Miami so Courshon can return his kindness.
Date: February 9, 1956
From: Lawrence H. Smith
To: Lyle Kennedy
Contents: Discusses Smith's efforts to form an ad-hoc foreign affairs committee for the purpose of insuring that China does not gain entrance into the United Nations.
Date: February 15, 1956
From: Lawrence H. Smith
To: Lyle Kennedy
Contents: Explains that the absence of Chairman Richards among other events has slowed down the formation of an ad-hoc committee.
Date: March 1, 1956
From: Hugh Campbell
To: John L. McClellan
Contents: Thanks McClellan for presenting Congress with a favorable report about the work of the General Accounting Office.
Date: June 25, 1956
From: Ward Dunphy
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Refers to an enclosed check for $62.50 for the fee of the Zwicke - vs - Stonekote case.
Date: August 6, 1956
From: F.N. Trowbridge
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Requests a copy of the amended Cellar Bill.
Date: September 17, 1956
From: Walter L. Reynolds
To: (?)
Contents: Refers to an enclosed copy of Senate Doc. 148, which is an index to hearings and reports by Congressional committees on Communism and subversive activities.
Date: October 19, 1956
From: Richard O'Melia
To: Thomas McCormack
Contents: Refers to unnamed documents that have been enclosed in response to McCormack's request.
Date: October 23, 1956
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard and Jane O'Melia
Contents: Relates details of a planned hunting trip and vacation to Ireland, and speaks of the Senators visit to Mr. O'Melia's home.
Date: October 31, 1956
From: Bauer F. Bullinger
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Refers to enclosed documents on the Vlier Precipitator.
Date: December 3, 1956
From: Donald D. O'Melia
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Contains an inquiry concerning real estate belonging to Native Americans over the age of sixty-five.
Date: December 12, 1956
From: Richard O'Melia
To: Ray M. Sheehy
Contents: Thanks Sheehy for a cookbook.
Date: December 19, 1956
From: Donald C. O'Melia
To: John O'Leary
Contents: Comments that Richard O'Melia has not heard from O'Leary since Donald O'Melia's last letter. Asks O'Leary to respond.
Date: December 28, 1956
From: Richard J. O'Melia
To: John L. McClellan
Contents: Requests that O'Melia be taken off the rolls for a day so that he may withdraw money paid into the Pension and Retirement Fund. O'Melia explains that this money is to be used to help pay for surgery for his nephew, who has a brain tumor.
Date: January 4, 1957
From: Richard O'Melia
To: A.J. O'Melia
Contents: Explains arrangements made, with Senator McCarthy's help, for the treatment of O'Melia's nephew who has a brain tumor.
Date: January 18, 1957
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Richard O'Melia
Contents: Reports that A.J. O'Melia has heard nothing further from Samuel Skylar since his (A.J. O'Melia's) last conversation with Richard O'Melia.
Date: January 24, 1957
From: A.J. O'Melia
To: Samuel Skylar
Contents: Acknowledges having received the Superior matter and states that A.J. O'Melia will hold the file from McKay until he has examined it further.
Date: February 2, 1957
From: Richard O'Melia
To: Joseph C. Duke
Contents: Inquires about possible transportation options, including permits for parking a helicopter.
Date: February 6, 1957
From: ? Campbell
To: John L. McClellan
Contents: Thanking McClellan for sending a copy of Senate Report No. 1, 85 th Congress.
Date: (?)
From: (?)
To: Senator McClellan
Contents: Expresses concern about attacks made by the Johnston and Hannings Committees on the government security program. Refers to an enclosed article from the Washington Star in which the government security program is discredited. Urges McClellan to support further efforts to seek out and remove Communists already working within the American government.
Date: September 28, 19--
From: Judd Renz
To: Francis Carr
Contents: Contains suggestions of ways in which McCarthy and his supporters can organize to defend him against his opponents and increase the numbers of his supporters. Attached note directed at Richard O'Melia inquires whether O'Melia has heard anything of these suggestions.
Date: (?)
From: (?)
To: (?)
Contents: Commends Thomas W. LaVenia for his work with the Subcommittee and recommends him for promotion and sponsorship.
Date: (?)
From: Carl Marcy
To: (?)
Contents: Refers to enclosed document, the Legislative History of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for the 84 th Congress, which was sent upon the recipients request.
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