Background
Mehl, Joseph Martin was born on September 9, 1886 in near Arcola, Illinois, United States. Son of Iver Johnson and Julia (Hanson) Mehl.
Mehl, Joseph Martin was born on September 9, 1886 in near Arcola, Illinois, United States. Son of Iver Johnson and Julia (Hanson) Mehl.
B. Accounts, Jewell Lutheran College, Jewell, Iowa, 1905. Master of Laws, Georgetown University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1919, Master of Patent Law, 1919.
Bank messenger, Des Moines, Iowa, 1905. Clerk United States Reclamation Service, Yuma, Arizona, 1906-1907. Accountant Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, Nebraska, 1907-1908.
Accountant Farmers Grain Company, Story City, Iowa, 1908-1909.
Manager Garwin Farmers Elevator Company, Garwin, Iowa, 1909-1912. Admitted to Iowa State Bar 1916 after 4 years, supervised study in law office, District of Columbia Bar, 1919, Illinois Bar, 1922.
Investigator Cooperative Organization, unites states department Ag Washington, District of Columbia, 1917-1921. Assistant to president and late executive secretary United States Grain Growers, Incorporated., Chicago, Illinois, 1921-1924.
Investigator in future trading, later grain exchange supervisor, United States Department of Agriculture, Chicago, Illinois, 1924-1929.
Assistant chief Commodity Exchange Administration and predecessor bureau, Grain Futures Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia, 1929-1940. Chief Commodity Exchange Administration, 1940-1943. Commodity Exchange Administration, 1940-1943.
Chief Compliance Branch, F.D.A., 1943-1945.
Director Office of Investigatory Services, War Food Administration, 1945-1946, also administrator Commodity Exchange Acting. Director Compliance and Investigation.
P.M.A., and Administrator of Commodity Exchange Acting, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia, 1946-1947. Administrator Commodity Exchange Authority, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, 1947-1954, retired.
Commodity exchange consultant, since 1955.
Member American Bar Association. Clubs: Brook Manor, Cosmos.
Married Lenora Eveline Charlson, January 6, 1911. Children: Joseph Martin, Charlson Iver.