Kowalski, Frank 1907-1974 creator mixed material monographic eng 7,500 21 1 1 11 Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, military orders, patents, newspaper clippings, printed matter, scrapbooks, drawings, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Kowalski's career in the U.S. Army (1925-1958) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959-1963). Military files document his directorship of the Disarmament School, U.S. Army Forces in the European Theater, London, England (1944-1945) and the school's training of Allied and American officers for the demobilization and disarmament of Germany; his various assignments during the U.S. occupation of Japan (1948-1952), particularly as chief of staff of the American advisory group overseeing the establishment of the Japanese National Police Reserve (Keisatsu Yobitai) at the outbreak of the Korean War; and his directorship of the Army Command Management School, Fort Belvoir, Va. (1954-1958). Congressional files document his work relating to several labor disputes in Connecticut, his interest in military reform as a member of the House Committee on Armed Services and its Special Subcommittee on the Utilization of Military Manpower, and his opposition to the Vietnam War. Postcongressional files relate to his membership on the Subversive Activities Control Board (1963-1966). Includes manuscripts describing the economic, political, and social conditions in Poland (1945); a report (1944) based on interviews of Polish-born soldiers who served in the German army; and fragments of Kowalski's manuscript examining U.S. occupation and rearmament of Japan titled, Grace of Heaven, and published as Niho Saisumbi (Tokyo, 1969); and an unpublished manuscript titled, Worms in Charter Oak, concerning Kowalski's political career and his relations with the Democratic state chairman of Connecticut, John M. Bailey. Correspondents include Bunzō Akama, William Benton, Chester Bowles, Wilber Marion Brucker, Arleigh A. Burke, Chester R. Davis, Keizo Hayashi, William Bradford Huie, Robert F. Kennedy, Hiroo Konda, Keikichi Masuhara, Wilbur D. Mills, Hirokichi Nishioka, Adam Clayton Powell, Sam Rayburn, Abraham Ribicoff, Yoshizo Takeda, and Maxwell D. Taylor. Open to research. Classified, in part. Motion picture films and sound recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. U.S. Army officer and U.S. representative from Connecticut. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011061 Akama, Bunzō 1898- Correspondence Bailey, John M. (John Moran) 1904-1975 Benton, William 1900-1973 Correspondence Bowles, Chester 1901-1986 Correspondence Brucker, Wilber Marion 1894-1968 Correspondence Burke, Arleigh A 1901- Correspondence Davis, Chester R 1896-1966 Correspondence Hayashi, Keizo 1907- Correspondence Huie, William Bradford 1910-1986 Correspondence Kennedy, Robert F 1925-1968 Correspondence Konda, Hiroo Correspondence Masuhara, Keikichi 1903- Correspondence Mills, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Daigh) 1909- Correspondence Nishioka, Hirokichi 1893- Correspondence Powell, Adam Clayton 1908-1972 Correspondence Rayburn, Sam 1882-1961 Correspondence Ribicoff, Abraham 1910-1998 Correspondence Takeda, Yoshizō 1885- Correspondence Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport) 1901-1987 Correspondence Japan. Keisatsu Yobitai. United States. Army Management United States. Army Officers United States. Army. Forces in the European Theater. Disarmament School. United States. Congress. House. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Special Subcommittee on the Utilization of Manpower in the Military. United States. Subversive Activities Control Board. United States Army Command Management School. Labor disputes Connecticut Manpower planning United States Military government Japan Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Protest movements United States World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, Polish Connecticut Politics and government Fort Belvoir (Va.) Germany Armed Forces Demobilization Japan Defenses Japan Foreign relations United States Japan History Allied occupation, 1945-1952 Poland Economic conditions 1945-1981 Poland Politics and government 1945-1980 Poland Social conditions 1945- United States Foreign relations 1945- United States Foreign relations Japan United States Politics and government 1945- Army officers Representatives, U.S. Congress Kowalski, Frank, 1907-1974 mm 90079561 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011061 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011061.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011061 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011061.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. DLC 900301 20260227111723.0 mm 90079561