This report discusses commercial ties between the United States and the 27-member European Union. These ties are substantial, growing, and mutually beneficial, but differences in regulatory approaches limit an even more integrated marketplace from developing. This report is intended to serve as an introduction and primer on this complicated, broad, and often highly technical set of issues.

Letter from the Excelsior Hotel Italie to D. W. Kempner confirming his reservation and assuring him that they will find him similar accommodations to what he had a couple years ago.

Letter from David F. Glines to Alex Bradford discussing Glenn [No last name] recent work in Naples, Italy with the Military Government. Mr. Glines comments that Glenn has contracted malaria but has left the care of the hospital.

Telegram sent by Kempner to Ingrid Warburg Spinelli informing her that communication may be uncertain and may require further detail and authority consult.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to Gianni Mattioli thanking him for the calendar he sent and expressing his desire to see him again, but because of his health he probably won't on this trip.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to I. H. Kempner Jr. and Thos. L. James providing an itinerary of Kempner's upcoming trip through Europe. This itinerary was provided to allow the men to communicate through letters.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to W. L. Gatz discussing how Gatz and others might be coming down soon for a ball. Kempner also discusses various topics surrounding cotton, the gins, and a delivery of pecans.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Ugo Simonelli requesting changes to a reservation due to Mr. and Mrs. Thorne no longer attending.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mattioli & Ghedini informing them that Mr. Daniel W. Kempner, whom their letter was addressed to, is not currently in the office.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Mattioli and Ghedini discussing I. H. Kempner III's upcoming trip to Milan and requesting that they show him around.

Letter from Harris L. Kempner to Gianna and Angela Maria Mattioli discussing travel plans and reservations for an upcoming trip to Europe.

Interview with Robert Seidel, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Elkhart, Indiana, who served in the 763rd Bomb Squadron in the European Theater. Accompanied by his wife Helen, Seidel discusses his family, the start of the war and joining the Air Corps, training as a flight engineer, assignment to the B-24 and deployment to Spinazzola, Italy, flying combat missions, life at the base, ditching his aircraft near Salzburg and getting captured, being interrogated, internment at Stalag Luft IV, liberation, and returning to the US. In appendix are three photos of Seidel, his B-24 crew, and their aircraft, Seidel's papers from when he was a German prisoner, his POW log book, the official narrative report of the mission he was lost on, and a letter from his family while he was in Italy.

This report looks at how the European Union Emission Trading Scheme's coverage of carbon emission from commercial flights affects air carriers from the United States and other countries.

Letter sent from Mrs. Frank D. Scott to Cecelia McKie thanking her for the message and stating she had given Frances (her daughter) and Luis Backleder (her son-in-law) up for dead. She mentions other family members, daughter Evelyn Cherry and son-in-law Ralph Cherry, in the Philippines. Her other son-in-law Ralph (Bob) Bouth is also a prisoner. She mentions she has not heard directly from Ralph (Bouth) or Evelyn. Envelope addressed to Mrs. William L. McKie, Sacramento, California from Venice, California. Envelope is postmarked Pasadena, California.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Francis Farenthold endorsing Sargent Shriver as the vice presidential nominee.

Letter from Greta M. Wales to I. H. Kempner thanking him for his kindness and requesting a copy or two of a receipt she and her sister need to sign.

This report discusses arrangement between the United States and European Union (EU), on the first insurance "covered agreement."

Letter from John Todd Willis, Jr. to Clara Evans Willis, on May 7, 1944. He tells her to get the very best care during and after her operation, and to ask his father to write him every day to tell him how his mother is.