{"value"=>"<p>In 1936, the Fair Corporation retained the firm of Lord Day & Lord as General Counsel to negotiate the lease of Flushing Meadow Park from the City of New York. The firm, represented by Herbert Brownell, Jr., thereafter managed all legal matters for the Fair. Routine activities included preparing the debenture issue, pursuing local and federal legislation, drafting and executing construction and concessions contracts, and protecting against misuse of the Fair's copyrighted name and insignia. Counsel also litigated claims by and against the Fair, negotiated labor disputes, advised department heads on policies and procedures, researched tax and import matters, reviewed demolition specifications and financial papers and, in 1942, executed the dissolution of the Fair Corporation itself. Staff attorneys J. T. Noonan, James S. Hemingway and C.W. Merritt assisted Brownell. The records in this group include correspondence, leases, depositions, opinions, contracts and case records and reflect the breadth of matters handled by the department.</p>"}