Legislative Series continued
Box 20 - Poison Gas (September 1969-1971) - Post Office-Reform (1969-1972).
F 1: Poison Gas (September 1969 - 1971).
Topics and types of documents include "Environmental Dangers of Open-Air Testing of Lethal Chemicals," United States Government Printing Office, September 1969; various correspondence dealing with poison gas, legislation, and dumping of nerve gas into the Atlantic Ocean; and Gallagher speech notes. Correspondents include United States Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration; and Department of the Army.
F 2: Polish Constitution Day (n. d., 1959-1961, 1965-1969).
Topics and types of documents include speech notes; speeches; "Count Casimir Pulaski, 1748-1779," biography; Congressional Record remarks; "May Third Constitution: A Tribute"; A Thousand Years of Polish Heritage, All Chicago Committee to Commemorate Poland's Millennium, 1966; fact sheets; and news clippings. Correspondents include Polish-American Congress, Bayonne Chapter; and Polish American Congress, Inc., Washington, D.C. (Fact sheets, news clipping).
F 3 - 4: Pollution (1964-1965, 1969-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with pollution and legislation; journal articles; news clippings; petitions; pamphlets; copy of H. R. 18430 to promote free flow of interstate commerce without damage to the environment; copy of H. J. Res. 349 to establish a Joint Committee on the Environment; and copy of H. R. 10840 to provide for regulations of toxic chemical distribution. Correspondents include Communications Workers of America (resolution) (F 3); Sierra Club, Atlantic Chapter (F 3); Robert McClory (F 3); Dante B. Fascell (F 4); John D. Dingell (list of Congressmen supporting creation of Joint Committee on the Environment members) (F 4); Peter A. Peyser (F 4); Sierra Club, San Francisco (F 4); New Jersey Environmental Protection Agency (F 4); Henry S. Reuss (report) (F 4); Field and Stream (F 4); Earl F. Landgrebe (F 4); William T. Cahill (F 4); and Frank E. Moss (F 4).
F 5: Pollution - Air (1962-1965, 1968-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with air pollution and legislation; petition; reports; pamphlets; newsletters; resolutions; and "Environmental News," (Environmental Protection Agency newsletters) 1971-1972. Correspondents include United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; New Jersey Department of Health; and Unites States Conference of Mayors (resolution).
F 6: Pollution - Air - Automobiles (1971-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence regarding automobile air pollution and legislation; copy of H. R. 8773 to provide income tax deductions for air pollution control devices on used automobiles; statements; news clippings; and "Environmental News," (Environmental Protection Agency newsletters). Correspondents include New Jersey Clean Air Council (report); Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.; and William T. Cahill.
F 7: Pollution - Air - Mid-Atlantic States Air Pollution Compact (1967, 1969).
Topics and types of documents include copy of H. J. Res. 645, H. J. Res. 662, H. J. Res. 37, and H. J. Res. 76 creating a Mid-Atlantic States Air Pollution Control Commission. Correspondents include Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (statement); and Emanuel Celler.
F 8: Pollution - Children's Correspondence (n. d., 1970-1972).
This folder contains correspondence from children concerning pollution and legislation; news clippings; and "Smoking," poem.
F 9 - 12: Pollution - Water (1960-1962, 1964-1965, 1967-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with water pollution and legislation; pamphlets; journal articles; news releases; resolutions; statements; news clippings; reports; newsletters; memorandums; booklets; copy of H. R. 18451 relating to dumping materials in United States navigable waters; Congressional Record remarks; copy of H. Con. Res. 146 expressing the Congressional sense of water pollution; copy of H. R. 4628 to provide a moratorium on Federal ecological preserve oil drilling operations; copy of H. R. 5049 to regulate the discharge of wastes in territorial and international waters; re: Federal Water Pollution Control Act; meeting agenda; Federal Water Pollution Control Administration; Water Quality Improvement Act of 1969; ocean dumping; and "Environmental News," (Environmental Protection Agency newsletters). Correspondents include New Jersey League of Women Voters (F 9, 12); New Jersey Public Health Association (F 9); New Jersey Water Pollution Control Association (statement) (F 9, 10, 12); New Jersey Department of Health (proposal) (F 9); Robert E. Jones (F 9); U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service (news release) (F 9); Rutgers-The State University (F 9-11); Richard J. Hughes (F 9); Stewart L. Udall, United States Department of the Interior (F 10); Robert F. Kennedy (F 10); Frank Horton (Amendment) (F 10); Samuel S. Stratton (F 10); Charles A. Vanik (F 10); Guy Vander Jagt (F 10, 11); Charles M. Teague (F 10); Charles W. Sandman, Jr. (F 10); Peter W. Rodino, Jr. (F 10); Environmental Protection Agency (F 10, 12); Sierra Club, North Jersey Group (F 11); John A. Blatnik (F 11); American Institute of Merchant Shipping (F 11); General Mills, Inc. (F 11); Robert S. Kerr, Jr. (F 12); Water Pollution Control Federation (Report) (F 12); Democratic Study Group (fact sheet) (F 12); League of Women Voters of the U.S. (F 12); Donald M. Fraser (F 12); Council of Environmental Quality (F 12); and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (F 12).
F 13: Population (1970-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with population growth and legislation; news clippings; resolutions; Congressional Record remarks; journal articles; newsletters; and news releases.
F 14: Post Office (1963-1965, 1967-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with post office regulations and legislation; journal articles; booklets; pamphlets; news releases; Congressional Record remarks; correspondence regarding post office appropriations bill; Saturday mail deliveries; copy of H. R. 12054 to improve post office employee-management relations; and copy of H. R. 6019 to prohibit mailing of unsolicited cigarette samples. Correspondents include Thaddeus J. Dulski; United States Post Office Department; National Association of Postmasters of the United States (resolution); United Federation of Postal Clerks (resolution); New Jersey State Postal Union; Robert N. C. Nix; William D. Ford; Robert J. Burkhardt, New Jersey Secretary of State; and United States Postal Service.
F 15: Post Office - Commemorative Stamps (1967-1968, 1971-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with legislation to provide for issuance of commemorative stamps; copy of H. R. 7112 to issue a commemorative stamp for Martin Luther King; and resolution. Correspondents include Robert N. C. Nix; New Jersey Congress of Parents and Teachers; United States Postal Service; and Ukranian National Association, Inc.
F 16 - 17: Post Office - Employment, Wages, Retirement, and Benefits (n. d., 1964-1972).
Topics and types of documents include "Government Employees Salary Reform Act of 1964," United States Government Printing Office, August 1964; various correspondence dealing with post office employee wages and benefits and legislation; petition; memorandums; bulletins; booklets; analysis; news clippings; newsletters; journal articles; Congressional Record remarks; reports; re: H. R. 10281 the Federal pay raise bill; and copy of and re: H. R. 9423 to re-classify postal field service positions. Correspondents include National Association of Letter Carriers (F 16); United Federation of Postal Clerks (F 16); United States Civil Service Commission (F 16); Morris K. Udall (F 16); New Jersey State Association of Letter Carriers (F 16); James M. Hanley (F 16); National Association of Postmasters (F 16); Arnold Olsen (F 16); United States Postal Service (F 17); and American Postal Workers Union (F 17).
F 18 - 19: Post Office - Junk Mail/Obscene Mail (n. d., 1963, 1965, 1967-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with obscene/junk mail and legislation; booklets; news clippings; Congressional Record remarks; "Privacy in the Mail," United States Government Printing Office, 1968; re: H. R. 15309 regarding control of mailing lists; copy of H. R. 17977 and H. R. 9738 limiting the sale and distribution of mailing lists by Federal agencies; copy of H. R. 4722 requiring mailing list brokers to register with the Postmaster General; re: H. R. 4722 to control junk mail; and much of the correspondence in folder 18 concerns an article Gallagher and Morris K. Udall had in American Legion Magazine re: whether unsolicited mail was an invasion of privacy to which correspondents could answer a brief survey on the issue. Correspondents include Tom Murray (F 18); American Legion (F 18); Glenn Cunningham (F 18); Thaddeus J. Dulski (F 18-19); and Frank Horton (press release) (F 19).
F 20: Post Office - Rates (1967-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence dealing with postal rates and legislation; re: President Nixon's proposal to raise postal rates; and journal articles. Correspondents include New Jersey Department of Agriculture; Postal Rate Commission (fact sheet); and International Labor Press Association (pamphlet).
F 21: Post Office - Rates - Military in Vietnam (1966-1969).
This folder contains various correspondence regarding postal rates for packages to United States servicemen in Vietnam.
F 22 - 24: Post Office - Rates - Parcel Post (1963, 1966).
Topics and types of documents include re: H. R. 2525 regarding weight and size of parcel post packages; fact sheets; resolutions; statements; parcel post legislation reform facts; most of folders 23 and 24 regard parcel post rates and rule changes and the resulting effects on REA Express employees; and correspondence dealing with H. R. 14904 dealing with the size and weight limits of parcel post packages. Correspondents include Postmaster General (statement) (F 24); National Association of Postmasters of the United States (question and answer facts) (F 24); United Parcel Service (booklet) (F 24); REA Express (statement) (F 24); National Association of Letter Carriers (F 24); United Federation of Postal Clerks (F 24); and Mail Order Association of America (F 24).
F 25: Post Office - Reform (1969-1972).
Topics and types of documents include various correspondence regarding postal service reform and legislation; statement; news clippings; removal of the post office from the cabinet; and Unions in the post office. Correspondents include National Association of Letter Carriers, miscellaneous New Jersey branches (resolution); United States Postmaster General; Thaddeus J. Dulski; National League of Postmasters; American Farm Bureau Federation; New Jersey State Bar Association; and United States Postal Service (press release).
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