The William Radner Papers consist of correspondence between Radner, government officials, and executives in the shipping industry. Other items in the collection include memoranda, newspaper clippings, and reports relating to his career with the War Shipping Administration.

Size: 5 linear inches (about 800 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: Irene Simon donated to the U.S. government her copyright interest in all unpublished documents in this collection. Documents created by U.S. government employees in the course of their official duties are also in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Erwin J. Mueller (1976)
Updated by: Jason Wilhelmsen (2009) as part of the Truman Library Internship Program.
Supervising Archivists: Randy Sowell and David Clark.

1908 (14 February)		Born William Radner, New York City
1929		A.B., Columbia University.
1931		LL.B., Columbia Law School
1934-1936		Counsel, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Washington D.C.
1936-1938		Counsel, U.S. Maritime Commission
1938-1942		Secretary, Matson Navigation Company.
1942-1946		General Counsel, War Shipping Administration
1946-1951		Attorney, Washington, D.C.
1951 (22 October)		Died, San Francisco, California.

The William Radner Papers are comprised of correspondence, newspaper clippings, drafts of legislation, reports, and memoranda mostly related to his work as General Counsel of the War Shipping Administration.

The collection includes official correspondence between Radner, government officials, shipping industry executives, and others associated with the War Shipping Administration; letters of recommendation written by Radner for former colleagues and employees; memoranda and reports relating to the activities of the War Shipping Administration and the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II; materials concerning the celebration of National Maritime Day in York, Pennsylvania in 1944; documents relating to Radner’s involvement with the Sea Transport Mobilization Survey, a project of the National Security Resources Board, in 1948-1950; newspaper obituaries marking Radner’s death in 1951; and the transcript of a hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1946 concerning competition between water and railroad freight-carriers.

Related collections at the Truman Library include the Records of the President’s Advisory Committee on the Merchant Marine (Record Group 220).

Container Nos.		Series
1		SUBJECT FILE, 1942-1951
		Correspondence, newspaper clippings, memoranda, reports and other items. Arranged alphabetically.

SUBJECT FILE, 1942-1951

• London, England—Trip, 1945
• National Maritime Day (York, Pennsylvania), May 22, 1944
• National Security Resources Board—Sea Transport Mobilization Survey, Draft Report of Operations, Working Group, April 28, 1950
• References - Personnel
• Sea Transport Mobilization Survey
• War Shipping Administration
• Water-Competitive Rail Rates and Practices—Interstate Commerce Commission (Proceedings)

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