NTE2cg449.xml Guide to the Clarence Daniel Martin, Jr. Papers 1916-1976 Martin (Clarence Daniel Jr.) Papers Finding aid prepared by S. E. Balzarini Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2022 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections Cage 449 Martin, Clarence Daniel, 1916-1976 Clarence Daniel Martin, Jr. Papers 1916-1976 16.5 Linear feet of shelf space 17 Boxes The papers of Clarence Daniel Martin, Jr. consist of materials primarily relating to federal transportation policy, also materials relating to his service on the Board of the Panama Canal Company. Earlier papers include letters from his father, Washington Governor C.D. Martin, commenting on state and national events and politics. Collection materials are in English

Clarence Daniel ("Dan") Martin, Jr., the son of Clarence D. and Margaret Mulligan Martin, was born on October 23, 1916, in Spokane, Washington. He attended the public schools in Cheney, Washington, and summer sessions at Culver Military Academy, Culver, Indiana. Following graduation from Cheney High School in 1934, Martin entered Harvard University. During his freshman year at Harvard Martin played football and was tapped as a member of the Iriquois Club. He shared his family's interest in flying and became president of the Harvard Flying Club as well as president of the National Intercollegiate Flying Club. Martin was graduated from Harvard in 1938 with a B.S. degree in political science and economics. The Harvard Class of '38 was a diverse group that included: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.; Marshall Field, Jr.; Randolph A. Hearst; Theodore H. White; Casper Williard Weinberger; and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. In 1939 Martin took a year of graduate study at the University of Washington Law School.

The following year, 1940, he joined the family flour milling business, F. M. Martin Grain and Milling Company, Inc. of Cheney, Washington. As a graduate of the Harvard N.R.O.T.C. he was called to active duty in May 1941 and saw five years active service in World War II with the U.S. Navy, rising from the rank of Ensign to Lieutenant Commander as a naval aviator, a patrol plane commander on duty in the Air Force Atlantic Fleet, and Commanding Officer of the U. S. Naval Air Facility, Middle River, Maryland.

Upon release from active duty in 1946, Martin formed a business partnership in Seattle, Washington, in wholesale hardware and later a raw materials business. In 1950, he moved the center of his business activities to Los Angeles County, California. He opened a retail automobile dealership in Santa Monica, California, and Phoenix, Arizona. Upon the death of his father, Clarence D. Martin, Sr., in 1955, he assumed the management of the family corporation in Washington State, principally farming, real estate, and miscellaneous investments. Martin's political interests were molded by his father, C. D. Martin, Sr., who was a fiscally conservative New Deal Democrat who served as Governor of the State of Washington from 1933 to 1941. His association with the Kennedy family began at Harvard where he was a classmate of John F. Kennedy's older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy. Martin coordinated Jack Kennedy's pre-convention drive for the Democratic presidential nomination in southern California and later served as Deputy Chairman for Finance of the Democratic National Committee during the 1970 election campaign.

Martin was appointed Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation by the newly elected President Kennedy on February 9, 1961, and took the oath of office the following day. Martin's appointment, however, was more than a political reward. He was chosen because of his administrative ability and the fact that he was removed from the bitter squabbles in which competing modes of transportation had long engaged.

As Under Secretary, Martin was the principal official responsible for the Department of Commerce's role as adviser to the President on national transportation policy. In addition, he was responsible for policy direction and coordination of the operations of the Bureau of Public Roads, the Maritime Administration, the Office of Emergency Transportation, the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and the Great Lakes Pilotage Administration.

President Kennedy also appointed Martin to serve as a member of the Alaska International Rail and Highway Commission and the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Company. The latter group selected him to serve on their Executive Committee. As Chairman of the Interagency Committee on Transport Mergers Martin had the responsibility of developing the Kennedy Administration's policy on proposed mergers of transportation companies.

After President Kennedy's assassination, Martin continued to serve as Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation in the Johnson administration. After over four years of federal service, Martin resigned his position and returned to his business interests in California. There he resumed his civic activities, serving as California State President and President of the Santa Monica Bay Council of the Navy League of the United States; on the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America; as President of the Bay Council; and as a member of the Rotary Club of Santa Monica.

Martin maintained an active interest in sports throughout his life. He was part owner and vice-president of the Los Angeles Rams professional football team, and was the first to introduce professional soccer to the Los Angeles area.

Martin died on June 14, 1976, while in Boston. He was survived by his wife, Charlotte Yeoman Martin, a Butte, Montana, native, and their three children Diana, Cary, and Bradley.

The papers of Clarence Daniel Martin, Jr. consist of materials primarily relating to federal transportation policy, also materials relating to his service on the Board of the Panama Canal Company. Earlier papers include letters from his father, Washington Governor C.D. Martin, commenting on state and national events and politics.

The first series, Papers, 1916-1948, has been divided into two subseries: Correspondence, 1930-1941; and General Subject File, 1916-1948. Almost all of the material in the 1930-1941 Correspondence subseries was originally received with the papers of Clarence D. Martin, Sr. The correspondence includes letters written to Dan Martin during the period from 1930 through 1941, which encompasses his high school years, his summers at Culver Military Academy, his undergraduate years at Harvard, his graduate study at the University of Washington Law School in Seattle, and his initial months in the United States Navy. This subseries centers on Dan Martin's letters from his father; during this period, C. D. Martin, Sr., was governor of the State of Washington. (The other half of the correspondence, Dan Martin's letters to his father may be found in the Clarence Daniel Martin Papers, 1896-1954, Cage 336.) This file is unusually complete; despite his busy schedule, Governor Martin wrote to his son on an almost daily basis when Dan was away from home--at camp, vacationing, or during his years at Harvard. The Harvard correspondence from Governor Martin is especially useful because it includes discussions of current political and economic trends, both on the state and national level. Dan Martin also received letters from his mother, Margaret Martin, his brothers William and Frank, his father's secretary and business representative, Elizabeth Goerling, and many of his high school and college friends. The Correspondence subseries is arranged chronologically with the undated material placed at the end of the subseries.

The second subseries, General Subject File, 1916-1945, includes material from all aspects of Dan Martin's early years. Especially prominent is the material on his education: grade school report cards, class notes, papers and letters from Cheney High School, summer sessions at Culver Military Academy (19301932), and from his years at Harvard (1934-1938). Martin was president (1938) and treasurer-secretary (1937) of the National Intercollegiate Flying Club and this is reflected in the Club's correspondence and minutes, as well as in the "Newspaper Clipping" folder. The only hint of Martin's finances while at Harvard rests in his cancelled checks for the period from 1935 to 1939. A folder of "Photographs" consists of primarily undated and unidentified photos of Martin's high school and college classmates.

The period from 1945, the end of his military career, to 1960, when Martin became involved with the Kennedy drive to win the Democratic presidential nomination, is not documented in these papers. During this 15 year period, Martin moved from Seattle to Los Angeles, began his automobile dealership in Santa Monica, and became active in such civic organizations as the Rotary, the Boy Scouts, and the Navy League. This lack of documentation accounts for the sharp chronological break between the first and second series of the Martin papers.

Series II, Papers, 1955-1976, focuses on Martin's years in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations as Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation. Martin served in this capacity from February 1961 through May 1965. The second series is divided into two subseries: Official Files, 1955-1965, and Personal Files, 1961-1976. This division reflects Martin's office filing system while serving as Under Secretary. He attempted to segregate his official materials from his personal papers. Such a division is difficult under the best of circumstances; consequently, materials which might well be included in the Official Files (such as appointment books and telephone logs) are arranged in the Personal Files.

The Official Files subseries is arranged in six subseries (which reflects the received order and attempts to recreate the office filing structure used by Under Secretary Martin): Correspondence, 1961-1965; Transportation Subject File, 1958-1965; Transportation Policy File, 1960-1965; Speeches and Testimony, 1961-1965; Maritime Subsidy Board Actions, 1963-1965; and Transportation Reports, 1955-1965.

The Correspondence, 1961-1965, sub-subseries consists of the official daily correspondence of Under Secretary Martin during his years with the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. This correspondence comprises the bulk of the collection, accounting for over two-thirds of the total items, and includes Martin's responses to questions from the public, business, and governmental agencies, Commerce Department memoranda, policy statements, and, in some cases, in-coming correspondence. The correspondence file is arranged chronologically. The second sub-subseries, Transportation Subject File, 1958-1965, consists of material collected on selected transportation topics arranged alphabetically. This material pre-dates Martin's accession to office because relevant material pertaining to transportation topics was retained in the files from the previous administration or collected by Martin during his tenure. The Transportation Subject File includes material on aviation (a large part of which concerns the development of the Supersonic Transport); the development of the nuclear ship N. S. Savannah; the Panama Canal (Martin served both as a director and on the Executive Board); the St. Lawrence Seaway; and the U. S. "Shipping Mission to Moscow." The third sub-subseries, Transportation Policy File, 1960-1964, contains alphabetically arranged material on the formulation of the annual transportation message to the nation, policy planning information, and program development for the Department of Commerce. The fourth sub-subseries, Speeches and Testimony, 1961-1965, includes addresses (before both Houses of Congress) given by Martin during his tenure in office. This sub-subseries also includes some material from conferences and meetings attended by Martin, and also articles by Martin. This material is arranged chronologically by the date on which Martin participated in the event. The fifth sub-subseries, Maritime Subsidy Board Actions, 1963-1965, is arranged alphabetically by the name of the subsidy case involved. The sixth sub-subseries, Transportation Reports, 1955-1965, contains reports arranged alphabetically by title, concerning topics of interest and importance to the department during the period from 1955 through 1965.

The second subseries, Personal Files, 1960-1976, is divided into two additional subseries: Office Subject File, 1961-1965; and General Subject File, 19601976. The Office Subject File consists of the personal material Martin maintained at his office. It includes out-going correspondence to his friends and close associates, photographs, newspaper clippings, appointment calendars, telephone logs, Christmas card lists, and files concerning various individuals, such as: John F. Kennedy, Luther H. Hodges (Secretary of Commerce), Warren G. Magnuson (senior Senator from Washington), and Drew Pearson (newspaper columnist). The files are arranged alphabetically by subject and cover the period of Martin's federal service, 1961-1965.

The General Subject File, 1960-1976, has been assembled by the processor with materials drawn from throughout the collection. It contains some correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs and certificates, and a tape record ing. The majority of the material is from the period after Martin left federal service, from 1965 through 1976.

Series 3, Memorabilia, 1916-1976, contains various material which Martin chose to save over the years, such as: two flags from the Maritime Administration, souvenir programs, tickets and cards (some of which may have been his father's, Governor C. D. Martin), several copies of Martin's official photograph, Harvard football programs, the Lampoon, and alumni magazines, souvenirs of his trip to Japan, Christmas cards for 1964, two naval manuals from Culver Military Academy, and two long-play records of Martin's commencement address to the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy graduating class of 1961.

The papers are arranged in three series and multiple subseries. In general, the various correspondence subseries are arranged chronologically, subject subseries are either arranged alphabetically by subject or kept in the original order.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Clarence Daniel Martin, Jr. Papers, 1916-1976 (Cage 449)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

The papers of Clarence Daniel Martin, Jr. (1916-1976) were donated to the Washington State University Libraries by Charlotte Y. Martin in two separate accessions: February 1977 (MS 77-6) and March 1981 (MS 81-14).

Clarence Daniel Martin Papers, 1896-1954 (Cage 336)

Martin Family Papers, 1926-1986 (Cage 868)

F. M. Martin Grain and Milling Company Records, 1894-1959 (Cage 338)

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Martin, Clarence Daniel, 1916-1976 -- Archives Martin, Clarence D. (Clarence Daniel), 1886-1955 Martin, Clarence D. (Clarence Daniel), 1886-1955 Panama Canal Company United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 -- Sources Washington (State) -- Politics and government -- 1889-1950 -- Sources Washington (State) Politics and Politicians Series 1: Papers 1916-1945 Correspondence File 1930-1941 1 1-18 Correspondence 1930-1941 1025 items. 1 19 Correspondence undated 30 items. General Subject File 1916-1948 1 20 Baby book 1916 1 item. 1 21 Cancelled Checks 1935-1939 150 items. 1 22 Cards--Identification, student, etc. undated 15 items. 1 23 College Catalogs, Harvard undated 6 items. 1 24 College Notes 1934-1938 200 items. 2 25 Culver Military Academy, summer sessions 1930-1932 65 items. 2 26-27 High School, Cheney--notes, papers, etc. 1930-1934 350 items. 2 28 Invitations 1934-1940 50 items. 2 29 Military service 1945 2 items. 2 30 National Intercollegiate Flying Club 1935-1938 10 items. 2 31 Newspaper clippings 1935-1941 30 items. 2 32 Photographs undated 40 items. 2 33 Report cards 1923-1924, 1926, 1929 5 items. Series 2: Papers 1955-1976 Official Files Correspondence 1961-1965 2 34-45 Correspondence Jan. 26-Dec. 31, 1961 2460 3 46-67 Correspondence Jan. 1, 1962-Oct. 31, 1963 3305 items. 4 68-79 Correspondence Nov. 1, 1963-May 31, 1964 2045 items. 5 80-90 Correspondence June 1-Nov. 15, 1964 2060 items. 6 91-102 Correspondence Nov. 16, 1964-March 31, 1965 2075 items. 7 103-111 Correspondence April 1-May 31, 1965 875 items. Transportation Subject File 1958-1965 7 112 Air Transport Association 1964-1965 5 items. 7 113 American Bureau of Shipping, Annual Report 1964 1 item. Aviation 7 114-115 Aircraft Loan Guarantee Program April 1962-May 1965 80 items. 7 116-117 Airline Subsidy Reduction Program July 1963-March 1964 35 items. 7 118 Helicopter Proceedings, CAB Jan.-May, 1965 65 items. 7 119-121 International Air Transport Study 1961-1963 40 items. 7 122 Northwest Airlines, Inc. 1964 2 items. 7 123 Seaboard World Airways, Inc. 1965 3 items. 8 124 Short-Haul Transport Program 1963-1964 15 items. Supersonic Transport 8 125-132 Program Jan. 21, 1963-May 4, 1965 170 items. 8 133 American Airlines 1963 1 item. 8 134 Commerce Position May-June 1963 20 items. 8 135 Douglas Aircraft April 1963-January 1964 2 items. 8 136 Lockheed, CAB Meeting March 1964 1 items. 8 137 Senate Committee Hearings October 1963 3 items. 8 138 Bridwell, Lowell K. September 1964 1 item. 8 139 Business Economic, Office of March 1962-April 1965 40 items. 8 140 Civil Aeronautics Board 1963-1965 4 items. Commerce, Department of 8 141-142 Briefing Books 1960, 1965 10 items. 8 143-144 Hodges, Luther. Meetings 1963-1964 60 items. 8 145 Committee of American Steamship Lines April 1961-May 1965 30 items. Maritime Administration 8 146 Alaska Ports, Survey of 1965 1 item. N. S. Savannah (Nuclear Ship) 8 147-151 General Correspondence April 1963-April 1965 255 items. 9 152 Backup Crew June 1963-May 1964 40 items. 9 153 National Capital Transportation Agency November 1962-May 1963 6 items. 9 154 New York World's Fair May 1964-April 1965 5 items. Panama Canal Company 9 155-156 Board of Directors 1961-1965 55 items. 9 157 Correspondence 1961-1965 40 items. 9 158 Financial Statements February-April, 1965 3 items. 9 159-160 Reports 1961-1965 15 items. 10 161 Elliot Roosevelt proposals January-March 1965 15 items. 10 162 Pan American Railway Congress Assn. August 1962-November 1963 20 items. 10 163 Plowman, Dr. E. G. (Deputy Undersecretary for Transportation) 1964 5 items. 10 164 Project Mercury Commemorative Stamp 1962 1 item. Public Roads 10 165 Alaska Task Force 1964 1 item. 10 166 Highway Cost Allocations Study March 1965 1 item. 10 167 Railroad Labor Dispute July 1963- December 1964 35 items. 10 168-170 St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. February 1961-May 1965 35 items. Shipping to Moscow 10 171-172 Background October 1963-October 1964 45 items. 10 173 Correspondence March-August 1964 25 items. 10 174 Final Reports July 1964 2 items. 10 175 Press Information February 11-March 16, 1964 65 items. 10 176 Secretary's Meeting March 23, 1964 20 items. 10 177 Telegrams-Cables February-March 1964 20 items. 10 178-181 Staff Activity Reports May 1964-May 1965 70 items. 10 182 Trinity River Basin November 1963-April 1965 10 items. 10 183 U. S. Science Exhibit, Century 21 Exposition September 1958-October 1962 20 items. 10 184 Virgin Islands March-May 1964 2 items. 10 185 Washington, D. C., Permanent Exhibition May 1965 12 items. 10 186 Weather Bureau July 1961-October 1963 10 items. White House 10 187 Cabinet Meetings January-October 1964 10 items. 10 188 Correspondence February 1961- September 1964 16 items. 10 189 Democratic Platform July 1964 8 items. 10 190 State of the Union Message January 1964-January 1965 10 items. Transportation Policy File 1960-1964 10 191 Industry Meetings 1962 20 items. Message 11 192 November 1960-March 1961 75 items. 11 193 March-November 1961 40 items. 11 194 May-September 1961 100 items. 11 195 August 1961 100 items. 11 196 September-December 1961 200 items. 11 197 December 1961-May 1962 225 items. 11 198 Policy Group, W. Owens March-July 1961 35 items. 11 199 Policy Planning Groups 1961 40 items. 11 200 Program: Present and Future 1962 1 item. 11 201-203 Recommendations 1963-1964 80 items. 11 204 Reorganization Proposals March- November 1961 115 items. Speeches and Testimony 1961-1965 12 205-222 March 14, 1961-March 24, 1962 150 items. 12 223-288 March 8, 1962-February 4, 1964 380 items. 13 289-334 February 10, 1964-May 13, 1965 310 items. 13 335 Article, Paul Martin May 1965 1 item. 13 336 Miscellaneous Articles undated 5 items. Maritime Subsidy Board Actions 1963-1965 13 337-339 General 1964-1965 85 items. 13 340 American Export Lines, Inc., Subsidy Case 1964-1965 3 items. 13 341-342 American Hawaiian Subsidy Case 1963-1965 40 items. 13 343 Bloomfield Steamship Co. Subsidy Case 1964 5 items. 13 344 Farrell Lines, Inc., Subsidy Case 1964 3 items. 13 345 General Order 99, Decision on 1965 2 items. 14 346 Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Subsidy Case 1964 2 items. 14 347 Lykes Brothers (Cargo Ships) Subsidy Case 1963 21 items. 14 348 Moore-McCormack Lines Inc., Subsidy Case 1964 25 items. 14 349 Prudential Lines, Inc., Subsidy Case 1964 4 items. 14 350-351 States Steamship Subsidy 1964-1965 50 items. 14 352 U. S. Lines-American Export-Waterman Steamship Case 1964 5 items. 14 353 Waterman Steamship Company Subsidy Case 1964-1965 8 items. Transportation Reports 1955-1965 14 354 Maneuvering Propulsion Devices on Merchant Ships, Use of January 1965 1 item. 14 355 Maritime Resources of Security and Trade undated 1 item. 14 356 Merchant Marine undated 1 item. 14 357 Miscellaneous 1955-1962 8 items. 14 358 New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 1962 6 items. 14 359 Northeast Corridor undated 4 items. 14 360 Ocean Conference Freight Rates: Inbound vs. Outbound with Japan July 1964 1 item. 14 361 Regulations, Current Index of April 1965 1 item. 14 362 Transportation Policy and Program Proposals September 1964 1 item. 14 363 Transportation Policy and Program of the Department of Commerce undated 1 item. Personal Files 1960-1976 Office Subject File 1961-1965 14 364-366 Appointment Calendar 1961-1963 3 items. 15 367-368 Appointment Calendar 1964-1965 2 items. 15 369 Biographical sketch 1961 6 items. 15 370-373 Christmas Card lists 1961-1964 40 items. Clippings 15 374 General 1961-1965 70 items. 15 375 Martin's appointment 1961, 1965 20 items. 15 376 Commerce, Department of. Luther H. Hodges 20 items. 15 377-401 Correspondence: Personal, A-Z 1961-1965 645 items. 15 402 Kennedy, John F. (President) 1961-1965 7 items. 15 403 Klotz, Herbert W. 1963-1965 2 items. 15 404 Miscellaneous Correspondence 1965 2 items. 15 405 Magnuson, Warren G. 1961 7 items. 15 406 Martin, Clarence D., Sr. 1961 4 items. 15 407 Personal Information, U.S. Government 1961-1965 3 items. 15 408 Photographs: Official 1961-1965 250 items. 15 411 Public Roads: Drew Pearson's Column 1963-1965 15 items. 15 412 Receipts 1961-1965 25 items. 15 413 Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr. 1963-1965 2 items. 15 414-415 Telephone Calls 1961-1962 2 items. 16 416-418 Telephone Calls 1963-1965 3 items. General Subject File 1960-1976 16 419 Correspondence 1961 4 items. 16 420 Martin Clippings 1960-1970 15 items. 16 421 Photographs 1960-1973 4 items. 16 422 Tape recordings Feb. 19, 1961 2 items. Series 3: Memorabilia 1916-1976 17 Tickets and souvenir programs, 1964 Christmas cards, Culver Military Academy naval manuals, records of July 1961 Martin Speech, Harvard National Lampoon and Alumni Association Magazines 300 items.