Manuscripts

Memoranda and bulletins

Description: 5 items: three examples of the "Mirror-News memo," which served to give kudos to staffers for a job well done ; 3-pp. press release, "Mirror subscribers to receive Sunday Times as a regular part of their Mirror subscription" ; 2-pp. letter, 11/27/1957, from L.D. Hotchkiss (LAT Editor) to Robert T. Hartmann (LAT Washington DC Bureau Chief).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1955 - 1957
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Corporate Bulletins

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1960 vacation announcement, 1/26/1960 ; 2-pp. Norman Chandler memo on increased benefits, 2/18/1960 ; positions approved for four vice-presidents for TM Company Corporate Staff, 7/7/1960 ; renaming The Mirror-News as The Los Angeles Mirror, 7/29/1960 ; issues raised by "public appearances and outside writing, radio and television assignments undertaken by various members of our newspaper staffs," 8/5/1960 ; 2-pp. memo on the subject of dismissals, 10/25/1960 ; memo with 5-pp. attachment on California Fair Employment Practice Act, 11/21/1960 ; related forms. Dedication of new auditorium at TM Square ; "Mirror subscribers to receive Sunday Times as part of their Mirror subscription" ; approval of the appointments of Otis Chandler and Robert M. Allen as Corporate Vice Presidents (OC assuming overall responsibility for the newspaper division) ; general pay rate increase ; new employee orientation ; employees with recurring credit problems - garnishments ; antitrust laws ; initial employment applications. Appointments and promotions ; attempts to unionize LAT ; TM stock option plan ; shareholders meeting ; employee tickets to Rams-Redskins game ; use of the Harry Chandler Auditorium ; "rotation assignments" ; computer composition program ; improved retirement benefits and profit sharing ; "Everywoman's Family Circle - Fact Sheet" ; employee travel ; payroll vouchers ; bomb threats to TM Square. Robert D. Nelson memo to "Management Personnel" announcing change of name from "Stenographic Bureau" to "Secretarial Services," 6/1/1964 ; cover memo and 2-pp. news release on TM acquisition of The Sun Company of San Bernardino.

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Memoranda file

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: interoffice memos, many of them involving Straszer and/or L.D. Hotchkiss, LAT top Editor L.D. Hotchkiss. ITEMS ARE BRITTLE; PLEASE USE WITH CAUTION.

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Washington Bureau

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items. Letters and memos. Much of the material in the file involves the operation and activities of the Washington Bureau, reflected in a series of letters between Nick Williams and Robert Hartmann, bureau chief. Other specific subjects: LAT staffers to be making visits to DC; 2-pp. "Summary of 1957 Activities of the Times Washington Bureau"; contracts for Washington Capital News Service; Nixon goodwill tour of Europe, 1957; chart with breakdown for years 1953 - 1956 on Wash Bureau "Stories Filed," "Subjects Covered (i.e. Executive Branch, Congress, Misc.); multi-page report headed "MEMO for Mr. Hotchkiss--Times Washington Bureau," which outlines the operations of DC Bureau in theory and practice; letters between Editor L.D. Hotchkiss and Hartmann; etc.

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United States and California Supreme Court Documents

Manuscripts

8 items: various brief legal documents in the case of "The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California..." (most items are staple-bound documents under 50-pp.) ; 57-pp. "Brief for Respondent in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari," October Term, 1939. 7 items: various brief legal documents in "The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California..." (most items are staple-bound documents under 50-pp.) ; 65+ pp. "Supplemental brief on behalf of Respondent," October Term, 1940. 29-pp. (on 15 sheets) copy of legal document, "In the Supreme Court of the State of California - The Times-Mirror Company... and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles," (L.A. No. 16928), "... Harry Chandler and L.D. Hotchkiss (L.A. No. 16929), "Brief for American Newspaper Publishers Association as Amicus Curiae," n.d. - ca. 1939. 4 items: various brief legal documents in "The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California..." (items are staple-bound documents under 50-pp.) ; 21-pp. staple-bound, "Nos. 1, 3.--October Term, 1941," also names "Harry Bridges, Petitioner."

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Corporate Bulletins

Manuscripts

Paul Bell invites all employees to annual Christmas Party, 12/22/1952 ; Norman Chandler expresses concern over "losses by death and illness, particularly heart attacks, in the last few months..." 9/25/1953. Norman Chandler memo on presentation of service pins at monthly luncheons, 6/14/1955 (attached is example of letter to be used to invite staffers) ; Norman Chandler memo on leadership and attached sheet with essay titled "Leadership," 7/1/1955 ; memo from Raymond Tanner, LAT Credit Union Treasurer, on changes to credit union bylaws, 12/13/1955. 1-pp. Philip Chandler memo on salaries and pay rates, 4/3/1956 ; 2-pp. Norman Chandler memo on Times-Mirror stock sales rumors, 4/11/1956. brief Norman Chandler memo on changes in management in the Editorial Department involving L.D. Hotchkiss and Nick B. Williams, 8/8/1957. Overtime pay, 2/21/1958 ; the group insurance plan, 3/21/1958 ; unemployment compensation benefits, 3/21/1958 ; wage and salary review, 4/15/1958 ; the retirement age of 65, 6/18/1958 ; related forms. pay in lieu of notice in case of dismissal, 1/7/1959 ; maternity leave policy, 1/21/1959 ; retirement plan, 1/26/1959 ; new vacation voucher and procedure, 4/28/1959 ; holidays for non-craft departments, 5/7/1959 ; tuition refund plan, 8/3/1959 ; the California Fair Employment Practice Act, 10/2/1959 ; retaining back copies of The Times in the mail room, 12/3/1959 ; sick pay, sick days, 12/23/1959 ; related forms.

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"Contempt" Case

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Approx. 20 items - wire service printouts on cases, letters, news clips and other material related to LAT contempt case. Includes: 16-pp. transcript from Supreme Court of U.S., "Times-Mirror Co. vs. Superior Court (CA) ; several pieces of correspondence involving L.D. Hotchkiss, Times Editor ; includes a letter, n.d., from L.A. Mayor Fletcher Bowron to Judge Clarence Kincaid on Bowron's efforts, as he puts it, to "stamp out bribery and corruption" and to attack underworld. Note: it is not clear what connection, if any, this letter has to the LAT contempt action and defense.

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