becomes president of City Bank
conversation with Pecora
demeanor at Pecora hearings
description
as a director of New York Federal Reserve
fall from grace
first appearance in Wall Street investigation
joins City Bank
question of income tax evasion
resignation from City Bank and aftermath
as scapegoat for crash and Great Depression
significance of his confrontation with Pecora at Senate hearings
subpoenaed by Pecora
testifies about City Bank bonuses at Pecora hearings
testifies about City Bank investments at Pecora hearings
testifies about sale and buy-back of City Bank stock at Pecora hearings
testifies on last day of Pecora hearings
testimony to Senate Finance Committee on foreign loans
Mitchell, Elizabeth
Mitchell, William D.
Moeur, Benjamin
Moley, Raymond
Moore, A. Henry
Morgan, J.P., Jr.
appears before Pecora hearings
initial meeting with Pecora
opposes Glass-Steagall legislation
private view of Pecora
Morgan, J.P., Sr.
Mount Rushmore
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (movie)
Murphy, Charles
Murphy, Frances
National Banking Act
national banking holiday
National City Bank of New York. See City Bank
National City Company. See also Baker, Hugh; securities affiliates
advertises securities
aggressively pushes securities sales
and Anaconda Copper
and Boeing Company
Charles E. Mitchell becomes head
formation of
Minas Geraes bond offerings
Peruvian bond offering
pushes sale of City Bank’s stock
relationship to City Bank
role of foreign bonds in driving growth
National Origins Act
National Recovery Act
New York Federal Reserve
New York Law School
New York Stock Exchange . See also Whitney, Richard
New York Stock Exchange Reform Committee
New York University (NYU)
newspapers. See Wall Street, press coverage
Nicander, A. H.
Norbeck, Peter
and 1932 elections
background
as chairman of Senate Banking and Currency Committee
description
hires Pecora
loses chairmanship of Senate Banking and Currency Committee
style in confronting NYSE president Whitney
style in confronting Samuel Insull, Jr.
view of FDR
view of Hoover
view of Pecora
Norris, George
Nue, James
N.W. Halsey (company)
Obama, Barack
O’Hanlon, J. F.
Oliver Farm Equipment
Olson, David
Olvany, George
Other People’s Money (Brandeis)
over certifications
Overfield, Chauncey
Panic of 1893,
Panic of 1907,
Patman, John
Peabody, Endicott
Pearson, Drew
Pecora, Ferdinand
appointed assistant district attorney in Manhattan
appointed to New York Supreme Court
appointed to Securities and Exchange Commission
attempted bribes
attends New York Law School
background
candidate for Manhattan district attorney
candidate for mayor of New York City
compensation as Senate Banking and Currency Committee counsel
completes requirements to become lawyer
courtroom attributes
critics of
cross-examination skills
death
description
determination to succeed
education
examines Richard Whitney
explores City Bank’s investment in Cuban sugar industry
explores compensation and bonuses of City Bank executives
explores Insull
explores loans to City Bank executives
explores National City foreign bond offerings
explores National City securities selling methods
explores Port Authority bond offering
explores relationship between City Bank and National City securities affiliate
explores trading in City Bank stock
as family man
feud with Glass
first tangles with Wall Street
hired by Norbeck for Senate’s Wall Street investigation
impact on FDR’s inaugural address
interest in politics
meets and marries Florence Waterman
memoir of Senate hearings
personal life
and press
pronunciation of his name
prosecutorial career
as Protestant Italian
as public speaker
and question of graft
and question of racism
reappointed senate counsel
at start of City Bank hearings
subpoenas Charles E. Mitchell
and Tammany Hall
as womanizer
wrap-up of City Bank hearings
Pecora, Florence (wife)
Pecora, Louis (son)
Pecora, Luigi (father)
Pecora, Rose Messina (mother)
Pecora Commission. See Pecora, Ferdinand; Senate Committee on Banking and Currency
Pelosi, Nancy
People’s National Bank
Perkins, James H.
Pershing, John “Black Jack,”
Peruvian bonds
Plummer, A. Newton
Port Authority of New York
Potter, W.C.
press. See Wall Street, press coverage
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
Prohibition
Pujo Committee
Purnell, William
racism
Ramsey, John
Raskob, John J.
Rayburn, Sam
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Recovery Party
Reno, Milo
Rentschler, Gordon
Reynolds, Robert
Ricci, Lawrence
Richey, Lawrence
Riis, Jacob
Ripley, Joseph
Ritchie, Albert
Roberts, Owen
Roche, Olin Scott
Rockefeller, Percy
Rockefeller family
Rogers, Will
Rolph, James
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
actions before inauguration
arrives in Washington.C. for inaugural
assassination attempt
declares national banking holiday
first hundred days
gives first fireside chat
as governor of New York
and Herbert Hoover
inauguration
names first SEC commissioners
Norbeck’s view
opposes deposit insurance
relationship with Pecora
and Samuel Untermyer
view of Huey Long
view of Mitchell and City Bank
view of Pecora hearings
view of securities market reform
Roosevelt, Theodore
Ross, Edward A.
Rummel, Fred
Ryan, John D.
Saperstein, David
Scapegoats (Sherrod)
Schlesinger, Arthur
Schoepperle, Victor
Seabury, Samuel
SEC. See Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
securities. See also investment banking
Pecora proposes broadening Senate investigation
reform legislation
spread
Securities Act
securities affiliates. See also investment banking; National City Company
City Bank’s structure
eliminated in Glass-Steagall bill
impact of McFadden Act
inadequacies of laws
and Lehmann opinion
National City Company under Perkins
Pecora’s view
product sales methods
relationship of investment to commercial banking
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
creation
effectiveness as administrative agency
FDR names first commissioners
Securities Exchange Act. See also Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Seligman, Joel
Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. See also Norbeck, Peter; Pecora, Ferdinand
description of hearing room
Fletcher as committee chairman
Insull investigation
Kreuger investigation
Norbeck as committee chairman
pending consideration of Glass’s bill
problems at start of Wall Street banking investigation
role of senators at Pecora hearings
Walcott initially picked to head Wall Street investigation
Senate Committee on Finance, hearings on foreign bond sales
shantytowns
Sheaffer, W. A.
Shearman & Sterling (law firm)
Sherrod, Julian
short sellers
committee investigation of
Hoover’s view
Silver, Julius
Singer, Saul
Smith, Al
Smith, Ben “Sell ‘Em,”
St. George’s Episcopal Church, New York City
St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, New York
St. Stephen’s College
state banks. See also banking crisis, runs, closings, holidays, and withdrawal restrictions
Statue of Liberty
Steagall, Henry
Sterling, John
Steuer, Max
Stewart, James (actor)
Stewart, James (Senate committee staff member)
Stillman, James, Jr.
Stillman, James, Sr.
Stokes, Thomas, L.
Stone, I. F.
Strong, Benjamin
Stuart, Harold
Swedish Match King
Swope, Gerard
Sylvester, Horace
Taft, William Howard
Tammany Hall, New York City
Teapot Dome scandal
Thompson, Eugene
Thorne, Oakleigh
Train, George
Trust Company of New York
Truth in Securities Act. See Securities Act
Tucker, Ray
Tugwell, Rexford
Union National Bank
Union Trust
Untermyer, Samuel
United States Chamber of Commerce
Vallée, Rudy
Valley Bank and Trust Company
Vandenberg, Arthur
Vanderlip, Frank
Villard, Oswald Garrison
Wagner, Robert
Walcott, Frederic
Walker, Jimmy
Wall Street. See also banks and bankers; investment banking; short sellers
Couzens’s view
Hoover’s view
before Pecora hearings compared with after
press coverage
and public reaction to investigation
question of abuse of power
Wall Street under Oath (Pecora)
Walsh, David
Warburg, James Paul
Warder, Frank H.
wash sales
Waterman, Florence Louise. See Pecora, Florence (wife)
Western Electric
Wheeler, Burton K.
Whitman, Charles
Whitney, George
Whitney, Richard
Wickersham, George W.
Wiggin, Albert
Willis, H. Parker
Wilson, Edmund
Wilson, Woodrow
Winkler, Max
Winston, Garrard
Wise, Stephen Samuel
Woodin, William
Wright, Malcolm
Young, Owen D.
Zangara, Giuseppe
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