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Abe Fortas Euployment In July, 1933, Mr. Fortas entered on duty as an attorney, Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), Department of Agriculture, Washington, D, C. In February, 1934, he was transferred to New Haven, Connecticut, and remained there until July, 1934. During that period he was in a “when actually employed” status. From February, 1934, to June, 1934, he was also a teaching fellow at Yale University. Upon his return to Washington, D. C., in July, 1934, he was employed as a senior attorney with the AAA and in September, 1934, he was reassigned as chief attorney. Mr. Fortas remained in that position until his resignation in November, 1934. Mr. Fortas entered on duty as a principal attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D. C., in November, 1934, and was reassigned as an assistant director in February, 1935. In January, 1936, he was transferred to New Haven, Connecticut, where he remained until June, 1936, when he returned to Washington, D.C. In September, 1936, he was again transferred to New Haven, Connecticut, and in January, 1937, was reassigned to a "when actually employed" status. Effective in June, 1937, he was transferred to Washington, D. C., as a full-time employee. In September, 1937, he returned to New Haven, Connecticut, in a "when actually employed" status where he remained until February, 1938, at which time he was reassigned as Assistant Director (Head Attorney), and transferred to the Public Utilities Division, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D. C. In July, 1938, he was reassigned as Assistant Director (Expert). The latter employment was terminated in April, 1939. -2-