Civilian Production Administration
Suspension File #S-1096
Singer Sewing Machine Company On January 16, 1947, the
Civilian Production Administration, Office of Temporary Controls, conducted a hearing with
Singer Sewing Machine Company and Newstrom-Davis and Company of Denver, Colorado, to
determine if there was a violation of the Veterans Housing Program Order No. 1 prohibiting
construction, repairs, or alterations in excess of $1,000 without authorization.
The Players:
Civil Production Administration
Frank B. Coleman, Compliance Commissioner
Ernest C. Andersen, Investigator in Charge
James S. Fickel, Compliance Investigator
Lucian Lane, Regional Attorney
Perry N. Moore, Regional Compliance Manager
Loretta G. Cohn, Reporter
Singer Sewing Machine Company:
H. H. Stephens, General Agent
D. L. Stephenson
Kenneth Robinson, Counsel for Singer Sewing Machine Company
Newstrom-Davis and Company:
Paul M. Newstrom
Sidney P. Godsman, Counsel for Newstrom-Davis and Company
Hearing Transcript - This is the full transcript of the
hearing; a cover page, an index, 21 pages of testimony, and a declaration from the
reporter. The following documents are exhibits filed in the hearing.
- Exhibit 1 - Letter defining charges of violation dated December
27, 1946
- Exhibit 2 - Postal registered receipt for Exhibit 1 to Singer Sewing Machine Company
dated December 31, 1946
- Exhibit 3 - Postal registered receipt for Exhibit 1 to Newstrom-Davis and Company dated
December 31, 1946
- Exhibit 4 - Letter to Singer Sewing Machine Company from E. C.
Andersen, Investigator in Charge, setting date of hearing dated January 10, 1947
- Exhibit 5 - Postal registered receipt for Exhibit 4 to Singer Sewing Machine Company
dated December 31, 1946
- Exhibit 6 - Letter to Newstrom-Davis from E. C. Andersen, Investigator in Charge,
setting date of hearing dated January 10, 1947
- Exhibit 7 - Postal registered receipt of Exhibit 6 to Newstrom-Davis and Company dated
December 312, 1946
- Exhibit 8 - Form CPA-4423 Application for Authority to Construct
(Non-Housing) Including Alterations and Repairs to Existing Structures under Veterans'
Housing Program Order 1 by Singer Sewing Machine Company dated June 11, 1946
- Exhibit 9 - Form CPA-4423 Application for Authority to Construct
(Non-Housing) Including Alterations and Repairs to Existing Structures under Veterans'
Housing Program Order 1 by A. H. A. Furu Jr. dated September 3, 1946
- Exhibit 10 - Statement of Cost Incurred to Date supplied by Mr.
Newstrom dated October 9, 1946
- Exhibit 11 - Plan (sketch) of alterations and new construction at 305 North Commercial
Street, Trinidad, Colorado drawn by James S. Fickel, Compliance Investigator for the
Civilian Production Administration October 22, 1946
NOTE: This document was not found in the original file
- Exhibit 12 - Telegram to H. H. Stephens, Singer Sewing Machine
Company from E. C. Andersen, Investigator in Charge, ordering construction stoppage dated
october 24, 1946
- Exhibit 13 - Telegram to Newstrom-Davis and Company from E. C. Andersen, Investigator in
Charge, ordering construction stoppage dated October 24, 1946
- Exhibit 14 - Letter to Civilian Production Administration from
H. H. Stephens of Singer Sewing Machine Company requesting approval to complete the work
at 305 North Commercial Street, Trinidad, Colorado
- Exhibit 15 - Lease to Singer Sewing Machine Company from Furu
Realty and Investment Company for property at 305 North Commercial Street, Trinidad, Las
Animas County, Colorado dated March 6, 1946
- Report and Recommendation of Compliance Commissioner dated January
16, 1947
- Suspension Order S-1096 Singer Sewing Machine Company and Paul
M. Newstrom and Warren Beaman publication date February 19, 1947
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