Delivered via messenger 1/14 (Mr. Murphy) January 14, 1935

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1 Delivered via messenger 1/14 (Mr. Murphy) January 14, 1935 Honorable James P. Buchanan, Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: In accordance with your request made at the hearing on the 1935 supplemental estimates of the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 11, 1935, there is submitted herewith a statement indicating the names, classification, salary, and information regarding education and experience of each attorney appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission since its creation: Name: Hammond, Franklin T., Jr. Date of Appointment: August 28, 1934 Graduated from Harvard College, A.B., 1922, L.L.B., 1925; member of the Massachusetts Bar since 1926; partner in the firm of Gason, Snow, Saltonstall and Hunt, of Boston, Mass., 1931; appointed instructor in Equity at Boston College Law School September, Appointed from Massachusetts. Name: Boland, John J. Grade: P-2 Salary: $2600 Date of Appointment: December 1, 1934 Graduated from St. Thomas College, A.B., 1931; Georgetown Law School, L.L.B., 1934; member of the District of Columbia Bar; Congressional Secretary 1930 to 1934; Attorney for the Sabbath Committee, six months of Appointed from Pennsylvania. Name: Conway, Edward B. Date of Appointment: November 1, 1934

2 Graduated from Holy Cross College, A.B., 1926, and Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1929; member of Massachusetts Bar and Bar of Federal District Courts of Massachusetts; associated with Ropes, Gray, Boyden & Perkins, Law, 1929 to Appointed from Massachusetts. Name: Currie, Francis J. Date of Appointment: September 17, 1934 Graduated from Holy Cross College, A.B., 1928, and Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1933; member of New Jersey Bar; associated with C.D. Barney & Co., Brokerage and Investment Banking, and Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Law. Appointed from New Jersey. Name: Farnham, John D. Salary: $3600 Date of Appointment: August 22, 1934 Graduated from Harvard University, A.B., 1923; Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1926; associated with Bureau of Local Hygiene, Inc., Social Research, and Harding, Hess & Eder, Law. Appointed from Minnesota. Name: Flynn, John L. Grade: P-5 Date of Appointment: October 31, 1934 Attended Notre Dame College; graduated from Fordham University Law School, L.L.B., 1929; Reporter, New York World, 1926 to 1927; Salesman, United Sand & Gravel Company, 1927 to 1929; Law Secretary to Hon. Albert Cohen, Supreme Court of New York, ; Assistant District Attorney, Bronx County, State of New York, 1931 to 1933; member of firm, Coldwater & Flynn, 1933 to date of appointment; member of the New York Bar. Appointed from New York. Name: Fortas, Abe Date of Appointment: November 13, 1934

3 Graduated from Southwestern College, A.B., 1930, and Yale Law School, L.L.B., 1933; Assistant Professor of Law Teaching Fellow, Yale University, for six months, 1933 to 1934; Assistant Chief, Legal Division, Market Agreement Section, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933 to date of appointment; member of Connecticut Bar. Appointed from Tennessee. Name: Goldstone, Abner H. Date of Appointment: November 8, 1934 Graduated from Stanford University, A.B., 1922; University of Idaho, M.A., 1923; Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1926; member of New York Bar; associated with Cook, Nathan & Lehman, Law, 1926 to 1929; Hibernia Securities Company, , Security analyst; Pioneer Estate Company, , Law; practice for self, 1933 to date of appointment. Appointed from New York. Name: Greene, Francis T. Date of Appointment: September 14, 1934 Graduated from Virginia Military Institute, A.B., 1930, and Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1933; associated with Haight, Smith, Griffin, & Deming, New York, from entrance to the bar to date of appointment; member of New York Bar. Appointed from Virginia. Name: Kelley, John H. Grade: P-5 Date of Appointment: October 22, 1934 Graduated from Fordham University, L.L.B., 1923; member of New Jersey Bar; admitted to practice in all courts of New Jersey, U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (3rd Circuit); associated with Julius Lichtenstein, Attorney, from 1924 to date of appointment. Appointed from New Jersey. Name: Kline, Robert E. Date of Appointment: October 18, 1934

4 Graduated from Otterbein College, A.B., 1918, and Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1921p member of District of Columbia Bar; associated with Urion, Appel & Urion, ; Holmes & Brewster, ; practice for self, 1926 to date of appointment. Appointed from Maryland. Name: Ives, Chauncey B. Grade: P-1 Salary: $2000 Date of Appointment: December 8, 1934 Graduated from Yale College, B.A., 1928, Harvard, L.L.B., 1931; associated with Curtis, Mallet, Prevost, Colt and Mosle, law clerk and lawyer, ; member of New York Bar. Appointed from New York. Name: Kehl, Edwin P. Date of Appointment: October 31, 1934 Graduated from University of Wisconsin, A.B., 1913, Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1917; member of New York Bar; associated with Shearman and Sterling, ; American Sugar Refining Company, ; Atlantie Gulf & West Indies SS Lines, ; general practice, Kohl-Mathews, ; Goodbody, Danforth, Glenn & Kohl, ; Investment Counsel with Clinch, Morse and Company, 1932 to date of appointment. Appointed from New York. Name: Lynch, Thomas J. Date of Appointment: October 1, 1934 Graduated from University of Michigan, A.B., 1922, University of Michigan Law School, L.L.B., 1925; member of Ohio Bar; associated with Marshall, Melhorn, Marlar and Martin, Toledo, Ohio, 1925 to date of appointment. Appointed from Ohio. Name: MacChesney, Alfred Brunson Grade: P-2 Salary: $2600 Date of Appointment: September 17, 1934

5 Graduated from Yale College, A.B., 1931, Michigan Law School, J.D., 1934; member of Illinois Bar; Special Assistant to the United States Attorney, Chicago, Illinois, from date of admission to Bar to date of appointment. Appointed from Illinois. Name: McElvenny, Ralph T. Date of Appointment: November 1, 1934 Graduated from Stanford University, A.B., 1928, Stanford University Law School, J.D., 1930; member of California and New York Bars; associated with Guaranty Trust Company, ; receiver and attorney, office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1933 to date of appointment. Appointed from District of Columbia. Name: O Brien, Robert H. Date of Appointment: November 7, 1934 Attended Beloit College, Montana State School of Mines, University of Chicago; gradated from University of Chicago Law School, L.L.B., 1933; member of Illinois Bar; associated with Alaska Gastineau Gold Mills, four months, 1920; Anaconda Copper Mining Company, six months, 1921; Anaconda Copper Mining company, ; tutoring, ; attorney, Whitely and McGah, 1932 to 1933; attorney, Public Works Administration, 1933 to date of appointment. Appointed from Montana. Name: Reeder, Robert P. Date of Appointment: November 1, 1934 Graduated Pennsylvania Law School, L.L.B., 1898, Pennsylvania Law School, L.L.M., 1914; member of Bar, Pennsylvania, and United States Supreme Court; Professor of Law, University of Oregon, ; examiner, National War Labor Board, ; Legal expert, War Claims Board, ; Professor of Law, Tulane University, 1920, 1921; attorney, Department of Justice, ; assistant counsel, NRA, six months, 1934 to date of appointment. Appointed from District of Columbia. Name: Riger, Martin

6 Grade: P-2 Salary: $2600 Date of Appointment: November 30, 1934 Graduated from Cornell University, A.B., 1931, Columbia Law School, L.L.B., 1934; member of the New York Bar; associated with Leon Laugerstein, four months, 1934 to date of appointment. Appointed from New York. Name: Righeimer, Frank S. Date of Appointment: October 22, 1934 Graduated from Yale College, A.B., 1929, Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1932; member of Illinois Bar; associated with Frank S. Righeimer, six months, ; Assistant states Attorney, Cook County, 1`933 to date of appointment. Appointed from Illinois. Name: Walker, Francis S. Date of Appointment: September 17, 1934 Graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1930, Yale Law School, L.L.B., 1933; member of Bar, District of Columbia, District of Columbia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court; attorney examiner, P.W.A., August, 1933, to October, 1933; attorney, Department of the Interior, October, 1933, to July, Appointed from Connecticut. Name: Martenet, Edwin J. Grade: P-5 Date of Appointment: September 24, 1934 Graduated from University of Maryland, L.L.B., 1918, Columbia University, A.B., 1923, Columbia University, L.L.M., 1924; associated with Whitney and Langstaff, ; teaching staff, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Government, winter ; Brook Parker and Smith, Attorneys, September, 1926, to January, 1930; practicing attorney, 1930 to date of appointment; member Maryland and North Carolina Bars. Appointed from North Carolina. Name: Purcell, Ganson

7 Date of Appointment: September 7, 1934 Graduate of Williams College, B.A., 1927, Harvard University, L.L.B., 1930; member of District of Columbia Bar; Assistant Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel, United States Senate, Appointed from New York. Name: Swope, Gerard, Jr. Date of Appointment: September 1, 1934 Graduated from Dartmouth College, A.B., 1929, Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1932; associated with Cotton, Franklin, Wright and Gordon, lawyer, ; member of New York Bar. Appointed from New York. Very truly yours, Joseph P. Kennedy, Chairman. FMurphy:NT