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Commission Speeches and Public Statements Archive: 1959

This index lists speeches and other public statements by the Chairman, Commissioners, and Staff of the SEC, which cover a wide range of topics concerning the state of the markets and the Commission's regulatory agenda.

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1959 Speeches by the Chairman and Commissioners

Date Title Author
Fourth Quarter
Oct. 20, 1959 Small Business and Securities, State Bar Association of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut Commissioner
James C. Sargent
Oct. 15, 1959 The Role of the Accountant in the Restoration and Maintenance of Public Confidence in the Capital Formation Process, Hagerstown Chapter, National Association of Accountants, Greencastle, Pennsylvania Commissioner
James C. Sargent
Oct. 15, 1959 Inflation and Its Effects on Utility Financing, 71st Annual Convention of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
Oct. 8, 1959 Twenty-Five Years of the SEC -- The Underlying Trends, SEC Silver Anniversary Celebration, Washington, D.C. Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
Third Quarter
Sep. 10, 1959 Some Current Problems of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 42nd Annual Convention of the North American Securities Administrators, Atlantic City, New Jersey Commissioner
James C. Sargent
Aug. 7, 1959 Twenty-Five Years of SEC Regulation, Virginia State Bar Association, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia Commissioner
James C. Sargent
Jul. 21, 1959 A Report on the SEC, Luncheon Meeting of the Society of Security Analysts, San Francisco, California Commissioner
Andrew Downey Orrick
Jul. 16, 1959 Securities Markets 1929-1959 and the S.E.C., National Press Club, Washington, D.C. Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
Second Quarter
Jun. 17, 1959 The SEC and the State Utility Commissions, Twelfth Annual Convention of the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners, Harwichport, Massachusetts Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
Jun. 9, 1959 Current SEC Problems, Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, New York, New York Commissioner
James C. Sargent
May 27, 1959 Public Utility Financing and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mountain-Pacific States Conference of Public Service Commissions, San Francisco, California Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
May 26, 1959 What Every Investor Should Know, Phi Beta Kappa Association in the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. Commissioner
James C. Sargent
May 5, 1959 The Current Market and Enforcement Activities, Stock Brokers' Associates of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
May 4, 1959 S.E.C. Legislative Program, Southwestern Conference on Securities Laws and Regulations, Houston, Texas Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
Apr. 16, 1959 Current Legislative and Related Problems, American Society of Corporate Secretaries, New York, New York Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
First Quarter
Mar. 10, 1959 Current SEC Matters of Interest to Corporate Secretaries, American Society of Corporate Secretaries, Pittsburgh Regional Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Commissioner
James C. Sargent
Mar. 5, 1959 Twenty-Five Years of SEC Securities Regulation, Houston Downtown Rotary Club, Houston, Texas Commissioner
James C. Sargent
Feb. 20, 1959 Twenty-Five Years of Federal Securities Regulation: The Government View, Briefing Conference on Securities Laws and Regulations, Federal Bar Association in cooperation with the Bureau of National Affairs, Chicago, Illinois Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
Feb. 17, 1959 S.E.C. Aspects of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut and the City Club of New York, New York City, New York Chairman
Edward N. Gadsby
Feb. 5, 1959 Current Problems in Federal Regulation on the Sale of Mining Industry Securities, National Western Mining Conference, Denver, Colorado Commissioner
James C. Sargent

1959 Speeches and Statements by Commission Staff

Date Title Author
Nov. 11, 1959 Accounting - Changing Patterns, The Impact of Regulatory Agencies, Fifth Lecture in a Series, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants, Chicago Control of Controllers Institute of America, Chicago, Illinois Andrew Barr, Chief Accountant
Nov. 9, 1959 The SEC and Proxy Contests, Federal Bar Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, New York, New York Manuel F. Cohen, Adviser to the Commission
Jun. 27, 1959 Disclosure in Theory and Practice, Thirty-Six Annual Conference of Certified Public Accountants of the Pacific Northwest, Portland, Oregon Andrew Barr, Chief Accountant
May 21, 1959 The Independent Accountant and the SEC, Twenty-First Annual Ohio State University Institute on Accounting, Columbus, Ohio Andrew Barr, Chief Accountant
Feb. 24, 1959 Rule 133 of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Section on Banking, Corporation and Business Law and Section on Administrative Law, New York, New York Manuel F. Cohen, Chief Counsel, Division of Corporate Finance
Feb. 19, 1959 Practical Aspects of Preparing an Issue for Market, Federal Bar Association and Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., Briefing Conference on Securities Laws and Regulations, Chicago, Illinois Byron D. Woodside, Director, Division of Corporation Finance
Feb. 19-20, 1959 Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935: Statements of Policy of Bond Indenture and Preferred Stock Charter Provisions and Atomic Power Projects, Briefing Conference on Securities Laws and Regulations, Federal Bar Association in cooperation with the Bureau of National Affairs, Chicago, Illinois Joseph C. Woodle, Director, Division of Corporate Regulation

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Modified: 11/21/2007