Public Relations (continued)
F 1: Public Relations: Radio Correspondence (1958).
Correspondents includes C. B. Akers and Jed Johnson Jr.
F 2: Public Relations: Radio Correspondence (1959-1962).
F 3: Public Relations: "A Report From Senator Kerr in Washington" (February 1954 - September 1962).
--February 1954. The first of a series of reports from Kerr; population, soil conservation, and agriculture.
--March 22, 1954. Anti-recession, more spending money, increase in farm production, and food stamps.
--May 6, 1954. Peace and prosperity; more free roads; agriculture; reduce income taxes; national defense.
--September 1954. Farm supports, soil and water conservation; Grand River Dam, roads, schools, taxes, social security; veterans.
--February 1955. Legislation, farming, food stamps, soil and water conservation; schools; roads.
--May 1955. Economic growth; Oklahoma's 50th anniversary; farming, commencement.
--December 1955. Building new reservoirs; "Land, Wood, and Water"; conservation.
--June 19, 1956. Public works; highways; "Land, Wood, and Water"; farm bill.
--August 1956. Prosperity; "Land, Wood, and Water"; navigation; anti-pollution; construction; social security; farming.
--December 1956. Farm bill; oil imports, "Land, Wood, and Water"; flood control; rural co-operatives; Highway 66.
--October 1957. Economy; navigation; soil conservation; social security; roads; federal funds.
--May 1958. Public works appropriations; soil conservation; general.
--September 1958. Oklahoma progress; flood control; omnibus water bill; highways; social security; Oklahoma producers; veterans benefits; public works.
--October 1959. Oklahoma's accomplishments; public works; flood control; Fort Sill; farming; veterans; Service Bureau.
--September 1960. "Oklahoma's accomplishments; "Land, Wood, and Water"; public works; schools; service bureau.
--1961. Highway Bill; "Land, Wood, and Water"; Schools Get Funds; Reclamation; Housing Act; Oklahoma Ordnance Works obtained.
--1962. "Land, Wood, and Water"; "Skyline Drive."
In later issues this newsletter was called "Senator Kerr Reports to Oklahoma."
F 4-5:Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Reports to Oklahoma Source Material" (1962).
Includes list of water projects in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas; Value of Prime Contracts Awarded by Federal Agency in Areas of Substantial Unemployment, a booklet from the U.S. Department of Commerce; information on General Electric; Hill-Burton Project Register; projects under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; Statistical Profiles: Oklahoma Rural Redevelopment Areas; summary of ARA activity in Oklahoma; charts; graphs; miscellaneous; rough drafts and copies of "Senator Kerr's Reports to Oklahoma."
F 6: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (December 1950 - March 1951).
--December 14, 1950. General.
--December 18, 1950. National unity; new mobilization program; Drew Pearson.
--December 28, 1950. Defense strategies; foreign aid to Europe; Dean Acheson.
--January 4, 1951. Republican foreign policy; Grand River Dam; general.
--January 11, 1951. Ernest McFarland; Senator Monroney; Social Security Act.
--January 18, 1951. Truman's State-of-the-Union message; Elmer Harbor; merit system; mutual aid.
--January 25, 1951. Industrial expansion; soil and water conservation; budget; general.
--February 1, 1951. Drafting eighteen-year-old's; Social Security Act; general.
--February 8, 1951. Farming; Camp Gruber; general.
--February 15, 1951. Senator Taft and Republicans; new power program; new social security law.
--February 22, 1951. Industrial development; federal aid; general.
--March 1, 1951. Three new bills; military training; general.
--March 15, 1951. Return to Oklahoma; cotton price ceiling; general.
--March 22, 1951. The Forty-fifth Division; decrease in higher education enrollment; general.
--March 29, 1951. Douglas Aircraft plant; defense mobilization; farm labor; general.
F 7: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (April 1951 - May 1951).
--April 5. Evils of drinking; Patti Page; general.
--April 12. Draft quotas; agriculture; general.
--April 19. MacArthur controversy.
--April 26. MacArthur controversy; evils of drinking; general.
--May 3. MacArthur controversy; general.
--May 10. MacArthur controversy; Evangelical Crusade; Rural Electrification Administration; general.
--May 17. MacArthur controversy; general.
--May 24. Expanding economy; military volunteer; general.
--May 31. Republican policies; economy; general.
F 8: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (June 1951 - August 1951)
--June 7. Universal military training; farm machinery shortage; general.
--June 14. Price stabilization program; castor oil production; general.
--June 21. Defense plans, college graduations; salute to mothers; general.
--June 28. River navigation; federal grants-in-aid; general.
--July 5. Oklahoma delegation; credit for veterans; general.
--July 12. Government power dams; tornado damage repair; general.
--July 19. Flooding in southwest; public power expansion; general.
--July 26. Flooding and soil conservation; Young Democracy; increase in funding; general.
--August 2. Forty-fifth Division; flooding; disaster loans; general.
--August 9. G.I. Bill of 1951; Republican policies; telephone program; general.
--August 16. Freight rates; flood control; general.
--August 23. Government spending; G.I. education bill; general.
--August 30. Forty-fifth Division; flood control; general.
F 9: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (September 1951 - December 1951).
--September 6. Indian soldiers; government spending; new housing; general.
--September 13. Atomic Energy Commission; liquor; general.
--September 20. Future Farmers of America; Japanese peace treaty; general.
--October 4. Industrialization; taxes; general.
--October 11. Rebuilding Europe; cotton market; "Deplet-iation"; medical school enrollment; general.
--October 18. Future Farmers of America; Foss and Cobb Creek reservoirs; general.
--October 25. Eighty-second Congress; general.
--November 1. Forty-fifth Division in Japan; "Election Fever"; general.
--November 8. Narcotics enforcement; universal military training; general.
--December 13. Government spending; general.
--December 27. Council of State Chambers of Commerce; general.
F 10: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (January 1952 - March 1952).
--January 17. Oklahoma's natural resources; Henry Garland Bennett; general.
--January 24. Oklahoma Farmers Union; production; natural resource program; general.
--January 31. Republicans; farm news; general.
--February 7. Visit to the President; General MacArthur; general.
--February 14. Nebraska Presidential primary; farm price support program; general.
--February 21. Highways; "Taft War"; farm machinery; Don McBride; general.
--February 28. Freight rates; Washita River program; foreign policy; general.
--March 6. Soil and water development; N.A.T.O.; general.
--March 13. Highway safety programs; Senator Jenner; general.
--March 20. Farm prices; general.
--March 27. Henry G. Bennett; Washita Project report; general.
F 11: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (April 1952 - June 1952).
--April 3. State improvement programs; industrialization; traveling; general.
--April 10. Nebraska Presidential primary; Cobb Creek dam project; general.
--April 17. Farm program; conservation; Korean veterans; general.
--April 24. Flooding; Women's National Press Club; general.
--May 1. Road program; military taxes; castor beans; general.
--May 8. Chicago Convention; William Stigler retirement; general.
--May 15. General.
--May 22. Farm electric program; campaigning; general.
--May 29. Soil & water conservation; general.
--June 5. Federal Aid Highway Act; Oklahoma projects; general.
--June 12. General.
--June 19. Oklahoma dogwoods; highways; general.
--June 26. Soil and water programs; general.
F 12: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (July 1952 - October 1952).
--July 3. Western Electric Power Co-operatives; 4-H; general.
--July 10. Unity; schools; general.
--July 17. Republicans; soil and water programs; general.
--August 14. Post-campaign thoughts; general.
--September 11. Oklahoma Democrats; general.
--October 9. Three new programs; Cimarron River Watershed; proposed air route; Denison Dam bridge; general.
--October 30. Soil and water conservation; freight rates; general.
F 13: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (January 1953 - March 1953).
--January 1. New session of the Congress; President Eisenhower; general.
--January 7. Air Force retrenchment; continuation of commissaries; general.
--January 15. New session of the Congress; soil and water program; tax cut; general.
--January 22. Flood control; soil conservation; highways; general.
--January 29. Eisenhower Inaugural; farm program in danger; 4-H; general.
--February 5. International trade and commerce; education; general.
--February 12. President Eisenhower; agricultural prices; Ben Dwight; general.
--February 19. Agriculture; Shirley Malone and kissing incident; general.
--February 26. Imports vs. price supports; education; general.
--March 5. Lunch with Eisenhower; Washita campaign; general.
--March 12. Public power services; Oklahomans; general.
--March 19. Increased production; general.
--March 26. Possible attack; military air defense; general.
F 14: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (April 1953 - June 1953).
--April 2. Washita Development Program; flood control; Senator Dirksen; general.
--April 9. Agriculture price supports; peace treaties; general.
--April 16. Defense plans; general.
--April 23. Agriculture; soil and water conservation; general.
--April 30. Farm program; cattle prices; proposed budget cuts; general.
--May 7. Utility cooperatives; education; general.
--May 14. Proposed budget cuts; cattle prices; general.
--May 21. Power cooperatives; general.
--May 28. Ex-prisoners-of-war convention; agriculture; general.
--June 4. Price supports; LeFlore County prosperity; general.
--June 11. Belgian girl appeals for visa; commencement; general.
--June 18. Water conservation; Jess Kayser; general.
--June 25. Daily Oklahoman; wheat price supports; Senator Taft; general.
F 15: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (July 1953 - December 1953).
--July 2. Agriculture; electric power cooperatives; general.
--July 9. Drought and agriculture; water conservation projects; general.
--July 16. Cattle industry; general.
--July 23. Livestock price supports; general.
--July 30. Cattle price supports; tax relief; general.
--August 6. Public power; death of RSK's mother; general.
--August 13. Increase in national debt; general.
--September 3. Hydrogen bomb; cattle price supports.
--December 31. Agricultural price supports; Senator Dirksen; general.
F 16: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (January 1954 - March 1954).
--January 7. Proposed reactivation of Clinton Air Force Base; liquor sold at military posts; general.
--January 14. Agriculture price supports; scenic highway; general.
--January 21. Castor bean production; cotton; cattle price supports; Oklahoma Indians.
--January 28. Oklahoma schools; water conservation; Indian Bureau; general.
--February 4. Soil and water conservation; new state conservationist; Ray Walker; general.
--February 11. Cattlemen's Association; cattle prices; general.
--February 18. Ross Rizley's new agriculture program; general.
--February 25. Wartime marriages; Page Belcher; water conservation.
--March 4. Oklahoma sales tax; public power; utilities; general.
--March 11. Soil conservation; utility rates; general.
--March 18. RSK's proposed bill; Ike invited to Oklahoma; general.
--March 25. Road building program; proposed tax cut; RSK's new granddaughter; general.
F 17: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (April 1954 - June 1954).
--April 1. Scarcity; coffee prices; general.
--April 8. Hydrogen bomb; human interest story; general.
--April 15. President Eisenhower; Oklahoma defense program; Oklahoma schools; general.
--April 22. Federal Highway Act; general.
--April 29. Tax reductions; dairy prices; general.
--May 6. Wool price supports; general.
--May 13. Cattle industry; general.
--May 20. Campaign opponent; Benson beef-buying plan; extension of McFarland Amendment.
--May 27. New projects; milk prices; general.
--June 3. Wheat price supports; cattle prices supports; general.
--June 10. RSK opponent; soldiers fight for veterans benefits; general.
--June 17. RSK opponent; Ethiopian A & M college; general.
--June 24. Soldier granted veteran's benefits; rural electric cooperatives victory; general.
F 18: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (July 1954 - January 1955).
--July 1. Campaign; general.
--July 8. Kerr Kernal (no newsletter).
--July 15. Price support program; public assistance program; general.
--July 22. Opponents withdrawal; RSK gratitude; general.
--July 24. Admittance of Ralston Harry to a veterans hospital and defense bill; rural electric cooperatives
--July 29. Agriculture; cattle price supports; Secretary Benson; general.
--August 5. Atomic energy bill; price supports; general.
--August 12. Water conservation; General MacArthur; general.
--August 19. Price supports; tax reductions; declining farm income; general.
--September 2. Drought relief.
--September 23. Farm and power policies; soil and water program slows; general.
--December 30. Christmas; national unity; RSK's objectives; general.
--January 13. Public power; flood control; Wolf Ladejinsky; Carl Albert; general.
--January 20. Public works; roads; general.
--January 28. Water conservation; agriculture; general.
F 19: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (February 1955 - April 1955).
--February 3. Price supports; food stamps; school construction; general.
--February 10. Medical and health care programs; nurses; general.
--February 17. School construction; drought relief; "oil surplus"; general.
--February 24. "Oklahoma"; National Defense Day; "Alfalfa" Bill Murray; general.
--March 3. Hydrogen Bomb; Geiger counters; general.
--March 10. Land, wood, and water; tax reductions; general.
--March 17. Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM); taxes; 4-H; general.
--March 24. Foreign imports; taxes; water transportation; general.
--March 31. Flood control; Yalta Papers; general.
--April 7. Appeal to Eisenhower re foreign policy in Asia; Kerr as chairman of the Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors; Hoover Commission
--April 14. Benson and farming; technical trading; general.
--April 21. Oklahoma tourist attractions; water conservation; Sam Rayburn Library; general.
--April 28. Proposed research agency; water transportation; general.
F 20: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (May 1955 - July 1955).
--May 5. Price supports; drought; imports; funding increases; general.
--May 12. Highway program; commencement season; general.
--May 19. General.
--May 26. Military public works; general.
--June 2. Highways; farm credit; water conservation; general.
--June 9. Flood control; public power; general.
--June 16. Aircraft industry; general.
--June 23. Foreign travel; farming; general.
--June 30. General Maxwell D. Taylor; highway and water development; farming; general.
--July 7. Water development; general.
--July 13. Oklahoma construction boom; Lyndon Johnson; Russia's agriculture; general.
--July 21. Public works; Air Force Reserve at Davis Field; general.
--July 28. Preventing a deportation; soil and water conservation; general.
F 21: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (August 1955 - April 1956).
--August 4. Soil and water program; Secretary Benson; general.
--October 27. Farming; soil and water; flood control; general.
--November 17. Soil and water resources; local support; "Land, Wood, and Water"; general.
--December 8. Secretary Benson and farming; Benson and price supports.
--January 12. Farm price supports; general.
--January 26. Oklahoma water program; farm prices; general.
--February 2. Food stamp plan; social insurance; general.
--March 22. Opposing power rate increases; flood control; soil and water program; general.
--March 29. Farm amendment passes; cattle price supports; Secretary Benson; general.
--April 5. Central Oklahoma navigation plans; general.
--April 19. Oklahoma Golden Jubilee Essay Contest; general.
--April 26. Farm Bill; gas bill; power rates freeze; general.
F 22: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (May 1956 - February 1957).
--May 17. Federal Aid Highway Act; tourist boom; general.
--May 24. Defense program; general.
--May 31. Construction program; soil conservation; general.
--July 26. Flood control; social security; general.
--January 24. Drought; public power; soil and water conservation; general.
--January 31. Eisenhower's second term; flood control; public power; general.
--February 7. Soil and water conservation; Forty- fifth Division; general.
--February 14. Flood control; adoption of foreign orphans; general.
--February 21. Farming; Eisenhower's foreign policy; general.
--February 28. Douglas Aircraft plant, sorghum molasses; general.
F 23: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (March 1957 - May 1957).
--March 7. RSK's mother; water conservation; more committee memberships; general.
--March 14. Oklahoma water program; Newt Graham; general.
--March 21. Social Security amendments; Oklahoma reservoirs; general.
--March 28. Oklahoma praise; water program; agriculture; general.
--April 11. President Eisenhower (criticism of); general.
--April 18. Ada, Oklahoma; Bill Skelly; disaster aid denied; general.
--April 25. Arkansas River navigation; Paul and Myra Walker; President Eisenhower; general.
--May 2. Fiscal policies; "Land, Wood, and Water"; dairy price supports; general.
--May 9. Foreign aid; water program; general.
--May 16. Benson's farm program; general.
--May 23. Natural resource conservation; Benson's farm program; general.
--May 30. Flood control, flood damage, general.
F 24: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (June 1957 - December 1957).
--June 20. Soil and water conservation; flood relief; general.
--June 27. Fiscal policies; flood relief; flood prevention; general.
--July 4. Fiscal policies; credit tightens; government bonds; general.
--July 11. Farming; Benson and Humphrey; general.
--July 18. Soil and water program; corps of engineers; general.
--July 25. President's fiscal policies; general.
--August 1. Fiscal policies; cost of living; imports; general.
--August 8. Electric power and water; flood control; general.
--August 15. Fiscal policies; interest rates and credit; general.
--August 22. Oklahoma and industry; census; Eisenhower's fiscal policy;
--December 12. Eisenhower's policies; scientific progress; general.
F 25: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (February 1958 - August 1958).
--February 27. Recession; general.
--March 6. Recession and unemployment; cost of living increase; dairy price supports; general.
--March 15. FDR silver anniversary at O.U.; soil and water program; twins; general.
--March 20. Public works projects; general.
--April 3. Public works projects; general.
--April 10. Congressional progress; Clark Gable; general.
--May 8. Oklahoma population increase; flood control; general.
--June 5. Flood control; farm bill; general.
--June 26. Various construction programs; foreign relations; general.
--July 3. "Soliloquy on Fringe Benefits" addresses gifts given to RSK.
--July 17. Flood control; water transportation; general.
--July 24. Central Oklahoma water project; Secretary Benson; general.
--August 7. Foreign imports; Reciprocal Trade Act amendment; Oklahoma "Service Bureau"; general.
--August 14. Social Security Act; foreign imports; general.
--August 28. Public works; Social Security; soil and water program; general.
F 26: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (January 1959 - May 1959).
--January 29. Oklahoma budget; Corps of Engineers project.
--February 5. Potomac River; civil works budget; water program.
--February 19. "Land, Wood, and Water"; general.
--February 26. Indian sculptures as memorials; Keystone Dam; general.
--March 5. Senator Johnson; Senator Proxmire; Benson's farm program; general.
--March 12. U.S. Senate; Policy Committee; general.
--March 26. Senator Ellender; general.
--April 2. Agriculture; general.
--April 23. New Office; fiscal policy; Captain Cooper of the Space Program; general.
--April 30. Committee on National Water Resources; general.
--May 14. Oklahoma's water program; navigation; general.
F 27: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (July 1959 - June 1960).
--July 9. Oklahoma's water program; St. Lawrence Seaway; general.
--July 16. "Land, Wood, and Water"; river navigation; general.
--July 23. Public power and the water program; navigation lock at Wilson Dam; general.
--July 30. Water conservation; Congressional progress; general.
--August 6. Water program; general.
--August 13. Tennessee Valley Authority; general.
--August 20. Russian resource development; soil and water; Eisenhower art exhibit; general.
--August 27. Callery Chemical Plant; general.
--April 21. Public Works Committee on flood control; rivers and harbors.
--June 9. Soil and water; Omnibus Bill.
F 28: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (September 1960 - May 1961).
--September 7. Public works; "Land, Wood, and Water"; general.
--March 30. Peace Corps; general.
--April 6. "Land, Wood, and Water"; general.
--April 13. RSK's use of tax money; general.
--April 20. Space program; general.
--April 27. Proposed salinity control; water pollution symbol; Red River program.
--May 4. Space program; general.
--May 11. Water conservation; general.
--May 18. Space program; general.
--May 25. Soil conservation; general.
F 29: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (June 1961 - September 1961).
--June 8. Severe weather; general.
--June 15. Oklahoma water recreation; general.
--June 22. Road construction; water program; general.
--June 29. Oklahoma water program; water pollution program; Distinguished Service Citation.
--July 6. RSK's accomplishments; current programs; water pollution act; general.
--July 20. Urban renewal; general.
--July 27. Flood control projects; soil conservation; general.
--August 3. Bud Wilkinson; physical fitness; general.
--August 10. Farm program; wheat; feed grains; general.
--August 17. Housing for elderly; general.
--August 24. School lunch program; Oklahoma politicians.
--September 7. Community development; general.
F 30: Public Relations: "Senator Kerr Says" (January 1962 - October 1962).
--January 25. "Land, Wood, and Water"; highways; general.
--February 1. The Cold War.
--February 8. The President's budget.
--February 22. Oklahoma industrialization.
--July 28. Important aspects of welfare program.
--August 2. Increase in Oklahoma's federal funds.
--October 17. Water program; resource development.
F 31: Public Relations: Television Correspondence (1953-1956).
Correspondents include Bernard J. Boyle and Oklahoma Education Association.
F 32: Public Relations: Television Correspondence (1957-1962).
F 33: Public Relations: "Today" (1960).
Correspondence concerns RSK's appearance on the television show to promote his book, Land, Wood and Water. Correspondents include Arlene Francis, Joe L. Evins, and C. B. Akers.
F 34: Public Relations: Transcripts (1950-1951, 1954-1957, 1959-1960).
Includes radio and television transcripts and comments; transcript of radio show with Sarah McClendon interviewing Grayce Kerr on first year in Washington, D.C.; transcripts of the show, "Youth Wants to Know."
Robert S. Kerr Collection Box List
Robert S. Kerr Collection Description
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