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

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). The papers were processed during the period from October 1979 through October 1981 by S. E. Balzarini. An interview of Charlotte Y. Martin by Stephen Balrarine was added to the collection in 2005.

BIOGRAPHY

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 Execu tive 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.

ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION

The papers of Clarence Daniel ("Dan") Martin, Jr. are arranged in three major series: Papers, 1916-1945; Papers, 1955-1976; and Memorabilia, 1916-1980.

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 let ters 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. This General Subject File has been constructed by the processor from materials scattered throughout the initial accession and has been arranged alphabetically by subject.

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, 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 collec tion, 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 subsubseries: Office Subject File, 1961-1965; and General Subject File, 19601976. The Office Subject File consists of the personal material Martin main tained 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, 1916-1980, 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.

SERIES: DESCRIPTION                                                              CONTAINER

Series 1: Papers, 1916-1945.
  Subseries 1.1: Correspondence, 1930-1941                                         1
  Subseries 1.2: General Subject File, 1916-1945                                   1-2
Series 2: Papers, 1955-1976.
  Subseries 2.1: Official Files
    Correspondence, 1961-1965                                                      2-7
    Transportation Subject File, 1958-1965                                         7-10
    Transportation Policy File, 1960-1965                                          10-11
    Speeches and Testimony, 1961-1965                                              11-13
    Maritime Subsidy Board Actions, 1963-1965                                      13-14
    Transportation Reports, 1955-1965                                              14
  Subseries 2.2: Personal Files
    Office Subject File, 1961-1965                                                 14-16
    General Subject File, 1960-1976                                                16 
Series 3: Memorabilia, 1916-1980.	                                           17

CONTAINER LIST

Box	Folder	Description	# of Items
Series 1: Papers, 1916-1945
		Correspondence File, 1930-1941:
1	1-18	Correspondence, 1930-1941	1025
	19	Correspondence, n.d.	30
		General Subject File, 1916-1948:
	20	Baby book, 1916	1
	21	Cancelled Checks, 1935-1939	150
	22	Cards--Identification, student, etc.	15
	23	College Catalogs, Harvard, n.d.	6
	24	College Notes, 1934-1938	200
2	25	Culver Military Academy, summer sessions, 1930-1932	65
	26-27	High School, Cheney--notes, papers, etc., 1930-1934	350
	28	Invitations, 1934-1940	50
	29	Military service, 1945	2
	30	National Intercollegiate Flying Club, 1935-1938	10
	31	Newspaper clippings, 1935-1941	30
	32	Photographs, n.d.	40
	33	Report cards, 1923-1924, 1926, and 1929	5
Series 2: Papers, 1955-1976
		Official Files:
		Correspondence, 1961-1965:
	34-45	Correspondence, Jan. 26-Dec. 31, 1961	2460
3	46-67	Correspondence, Jan. 1, 1962-Oct. 31, 1963	3305
4	68-79	Correspondence, Nov. 1, 1963-May 31, 1964	2045
5	80-90	Correspondence, June 1-Nov. 15, 1964	2060
6	91-102	Correspondence, Nov. 16, 1964-March 31, 1965	2075
7	103-111	Correspondence, April 1-May 31, 1965	875
		Transportation Subject File, 1958-1965:
	112	Air Transport Association, 1964-1965	5
	113	American Bureau of Shipping, Annual Report, 1964	1
		Aviation:
	114-115	Aircraft Loan Guarantee Program, April 1962-May 1965	80
	116-117	Airline Subsidy Reduction Program, July 1963-March 1964	35
	118	Helicopter Proceedings, CAB, Jan.-May, 1965	65
	119-121	International Air Transport Study, 1961-1963	40
	122	Northwest Airlines, Inc., 1964	2
	123	Seaboard World Airways, Inc., 1965	3
8	124	Short-Haul Transport Program, 1963-1964	15
		Supersonic Transport:
	125-132	Program, Jan. 21, 1963-May 4, 1965	170
	133	American Airlines, 1963	1
	134	Commerce Position, May-June 1963	20
	135	Douglas Aircraft, April 1963-January 1964	2
	136	Lockheed, CAB Meeting, March 1964	1
	137	Senate Committee Hearings, October 1963	3
	138	Bridwell, Lowell K., September 1964	1
	139	Business Economic, Office of, March 1962-April 1965	40
	140	Civil Aeronautics Board, 1963-1965	4
		Commerce, Department of:
	141-142	Briefing Books, 1960 and 1965	10
	143-144	Hodges, Luther. Meetings, 1963-1964	60
	145	Committee of American Steamship Lines, April 1961-May 1965	30
		Maritime Administration:
	146	Alaska Ports, Survey of, 1965	1
		N. S. Savannah (Nuclear Ship):
	147-151	General Correspondence, April 1963-April 1965	255
9	152	Backup Crew, June 1963-May 1964	40
	153	National Capital Transportation Agency, November 1962-May 1963	6
	154	New York World's Fair, May 1964-April 1965	5
		Panama Canal Company:
	155-156	Board of Directors, 1961-1965	55
	157	Correspondence, 1961-1965	40
	158	Financial Statements, February-April, 1965	3
	159-160	Reports, 1961-1965	15
10	161	Elliot Roosevelt proposals, January-March 1965	15
	162	Pan American Railway Congress Assn., August 1962-November 1963	20
	163	Plowman, Dr. E. G. (Deputy Undersecretary for Transportation), 1964	5
	164	Project Mercury Commemorative Stamp, 1962	1
		Public Roads:
	165	Alaska Task Force, 1964	1
	166	Highway Cost Allocations Study, March 1965	1
	167	Railroad Labor Dispute, July 1963- December 1964	35
	168-170	St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., February 1961-May 1965	35
		Shipping to Moscow:
	171-172	Background, October 1963-October 1964	45
	173	Correspondence, March-August 1964	25
	174	Final Reports, July 1964	2
	175	Press Information, February 11-March 16, 1964	65
	176	Secretary's Meeting, March 23, 1964	20
	177	Telegrams-Cables, February-March 1964	20
	178-181	Staff Activity Reports, May 1964-May 1965	70
	182	Trinity River Basin, November 1963-April 1965	10
	183	U. S. Science Exhibit, Century 21 Exposition, September 1958-October 1962	20
	184	Virgin Islands, March-May 1964	2
	185	Washington, D. C., Permanent Exhibition, May 1965	12
	186	Weather Bureau, July 1961-October 1963	10
		White House:
	187	Cabinet Meetings, January-October 1964	10
	188	Correspondence, February 1961- September 1964	16
	189	Democratic Platform, July 1964	8
	190	State of the Union Message, January 1964-January 1965	10
		Transportation Policy File, 1960-1964:
	191	Industry Meetings, 1962	20
		Message:
11	192	November 1960-March 1961	75
	193	March-November 1961	40
	194	May-September 1961	100
	195	August 1961	100
	196	September-December 1961	200
	197	December 1961-May 1962	225
	198	Policy Group, W. Owens, March-July 1961	35
	199	Policy Planning Groups, 1961	40
	200	Program: Present and Future, 1962	1
	201-203	Recommendations, 1963-1964	80
	204	Reorganization Proposals, March- November 1961	115
		Speeches and Testimony, 1961-1965:
	205-222	March 14, 1961-March 24, 1962	150
12	223-288	March 8, 1962-February 4, 1964	380
13	289-334	February 10, 1964-May 13, 1965	310
	335	Article, Paul Martin, May 1965	1
	336	Miscellaneous Articles, n.d.	5
		Maritime Subsidy Board Actions, 1963-1965:
	337-339	General, 1964-1965	85
	340	American Export Lines, Inc., Subsidy Case, 1964-1965	3
	341-342	American Hawaiian Subsidy Case, 1963-1965	40
	343	Bloomfield Steamship Co. Subsidy Case, 1964	5
	344	Farrell Lines, Inc., Subsidy Case, 1964	3
	345	General Order 99, Decision on, 1965	2
14	346	Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Subsidy Case, 1964	2
	347	Lykes Brothers (Cargo Ships) Subsidy Case, 1963	21
	348	Moore-McCormack Lines Inc., Subsidy Case, 1964	25
	349	Prudential Lines, Inc., Subsidy Case, 1964	4
	350-351	States Steamship Subsidy, 1964-1965	50
	352	U. S. Lines-American Export-Waterman Steamship Case, 1964	5
	353	Waterman Steamship Company Subsidy Case, 1964-1965	8
		Transportation Reports, 1955-1965:
	354	Maneuvering Propulsion Devices on Merchant Ships, Use of. January 1965	1
	355	Maritime Resources of Security and Trade, n.d.	1
	356	Merchant Marine, n.d.	1
	357	Miscellaneous, 1955-1962	8
	358	New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 1962	6
	359	Northeast Corridor, n.d.	4
	360	Ocean Conference Freight Rates: Inbound vs. Outbound with Japan, July 1964	1
	361	Regulations, Current Index of. April 1965	1
	362	Transportation Policy and Program Proposals, September 1964	1
	363	Transportation Policy and Program of the Department of Commerce, n.d.	1
		Personal Files, 1960-1976
		Office Subject File, 1961-1965:
	364-366	Appointment Calendar, 1961-1963	3
15	367-368	Appointment Calendar, 1964-1965	2
	369	Biographical sketch, 1961	6
	370-373	Christmas Card lists, 1961-1964	40
		Clippings:
	374	General, 1961-1965	70
	375	Martin's appointment, 1961 and 1965	20
	376	Commerce, Department of. Luther H. Hodges	20
	377-401	Correspondence: Personal, A-Z, 1961-1965	645
	402	Kennedy, John F. (President), 1961-1965	7
	403	Klotz, Herbert W., 1963-1965	2
	404	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1965	2
	405	Magnuson, Warren G., 1961	7
	406	Martin, Clarence D., Sr., 1961	4
	407	Personal Information, U.S. Government, 1961-1965	3
	408	Photographs: Official, 1961-1965	250
	411	Public Roads: Drew Pearson's Column, 1963-1965	15
	412	Receipts, 1961-1965	25
	413	Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 1963-1965	2
	414-415	Telephone Calls, 1961-1962	2
16	416-418	Telephone Calls, 1963-1965	3
		General Subject File, 1960-1976:
	419	Correspondence, 1961	4
	420	Martin Clippings, 1960-1970	15
	421	Photographs, 1960-1973	4
	422	Tape recordings, Feb. 19, 1961	2
Series 3: Memorabilia, 1916-1980
17		Tickets and souvenir programs, Christmas cards (1964), Culver Military Academy naval manuals, records of Martin Speech (July 1961), Harvard National Lampoon and Alumni Association Magazines. Interview of Charlotte Y. Martin by Stephen Balrarine, audio cassette, 1980.	300