TY - GEN AU - Swidler,Joseph C. TI - Joseph C. Swidler papers, KW - Institute for Public Policy Alternatives KW - National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners KW - New York (State) KW - Public Service Commission KW - Tennessee Valley Authority KW - U.S. Atomic Energy Commission KW - United Nations KW - United States KW - Federal Power Commission KW - International Conference on Water for Peace KW - (1967 KW - Washington, D.C.) KW - Allegiance KW - Electric power failures KW - Northeastern States KW - Energy policy KW - Interconnected electric utility systems KW - Lawyers KW - Loyalty KW - Power resources KW - Law and legislation KW - Water resources development KW - Politics and government KW - itoamc KW - Public officials N1 - Open to research N2 - Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, business and legal files, transcripts of congressional hearings, autobiographical material, oral history transcript, printed matter, and other papers documenting Swidler's career as a lawyer specializing in the regulation of the public power system. Includes material on his service with the Tennessee Valley Authority, Federal Power Commission, the electric power failure in the Northeastern states (1965), New York Public Service Commission, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Institute for Public Policy Alternatives, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, International Conference on Water for Peace, a United Nations seminar on international utilization of water resources, and various private law firms. Topics include the creation of a continental power grid, loyalty hearings with regard to the Tennessee Valley Authority employees' alleged connections with the Communist Party, and the infrastructural and energy supply crises of the 1960s and 1970s UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003023 UR - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003023.3 ER -