Box 5: Business and Industry (1959) -- Defense Department (1952).
F 1: Business and Industry, DuPont Company Stock (1959).
Correspondence concerning S. 200 (Frear Bill), which would protect stockholders if the DuPont Company were forced to distribute General Motors stock; copy of letter sent by DuPont to stockholders.
F 2: Business and Industry (1960-1962).
Service stations; drug industry; loss leader sales; Interstate Commerce Commission; Small Business Act; cooperatives taxation; small business investment companies; clay industry; insurance regulations; labor; unemployment compensation; Fair Labor Standards Act; Automobile Finance and Insurance Act; tire industry; copy of H.R. 3690: To amend the Small Business Act; copy of report of Select Committee on Small Business on small business exports; steel prices; Federal Trade Commission Act. Correspondents include: John Sparkman; Frank T. Bow.
F 3: Business and Industry, DuPont Company Stock (1961-1962).
Correspondence regarding DuPont's stock in General Motors; copies of H.R. 8847: amending Internal Revenue Act of 1954 concerning stock disposal, and amendments; correspondence re: H.R. 8847 and amendments (S. 2266 and H.R. 8190 are also mentioned); Department of Justice press release; various memos on analysis of disposal of the stock; typescript of allegations by [Drew] Pearson and "fact" rebuttal; arguments by Albert Gore; documents and correspondence from DuPont Company and General Motors. Correspondents include: Robert F. Kennedy; Virgil Browne.
F 4: Church Related (1952-1953, 1955-1957).
Prayer room in U.S. Capitol; Italian Church of Christ; Greek Orthodox equality; Vatican City ambassador; reduced rate for air transportation for ministers; denial of hospital facilities to missionary personnel in Japan; tax exemption for Baptist hospitals.
F 5: Civil Defense (1952-1953, 1955-1957, 1960).
Appropriations; atomic bomb testing; storm relief; U.S. Weather Bureau equipment; surplus property; equipment; stockpile report issued by Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization.
F 6: Civil Rights (1939, 1947-1948).
Copy of S. 42: To insure to persons within the jurisdiction of every state due process of law and equal protection of the laws, and to prevent the crime of lynching; copies of H.R. 7 and S. 94: Making unlawful the requirement for the payment of poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in a primary or other election for national officers; copies of H.R. 41 and S. 1465: For the better assurance of the protection of persons within the several states from mob violence and lynching; copy of H.R. 4471: To amend Section 51 of Title 18, United States Code; copy of H.R. 4472: To amend Section 52 of Title 18, United States Code; copy of S. 2860: To provide for the better assurance of the protection of persons within the several states from lynching; copy of H.R. 5261: Making unlawful the requirement for the payment of poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in a primary or other election for national officers; copy of Public Law 252, 76th Congress (to prevent pernicious political activities) with attached message from Franklin D. Roosevelt. Correspondents include: American Council on Human Rights.
F 7: Civil Rights (1949).
Copy of S. 91: To provide for the better assurance of the protection of persons within the several states from lynching; copy of S. 97: Making unlawful the requirement for the payment of a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in a primary or other election for national officers; copies of H.R. 7 and S. 119: Making unlawful the requirement for the payment of a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in a primary or other election for national officers; copy of H.R. 115: For the better assurance of the protection of citizens of the United States and other persons within the several states from mob violence and lynching; copy of H.R. 368: To amend Section 52 of Title 18, United States Code; copy of H.R. 369: To amend Section 51 of Title 18, United States Code; copy of H.R. 371: To prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, or ancestry; copy of H.R. 384: To prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, national origin, or ancestry; copy of H.R. 1351: For the better assurance of the protection of citizens of the United States and other persons within the several states from mob violence and lynching; copy of H.R. 1900: Making unlawful the requirement for the payment of a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in a primary or other election for national officers; states' rights; Civil Rights Committee; racial segregation; Civil Rights Bill; statement from National Theatre; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Fair Employment Practices Commission. Correspondents include: Civil Liberties Clearing House; J. Howard McGrath.
F 8: Civil Rights, Cloture Rule on Civil Rights Bill (1949).
Correspondents include: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; National Council of Negro Women; Negro Newspaper Publishers Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Oklahoma Farmers Union; National Lawyers Guild; Oklahoma State Council of the CIO; Civil Liberties Clearing House; Congress of Industrial Organizations; W. P. Atkinson.
F 9: Civil Rights (1950-1956, 1959-1962).
Equal Rights Amendment; news dissemination; rights of blind people; segregation; First Amendment rights; immigration and naturalization laws; fair employment practices; equal opportunity; Civil Rights Bill; freedom of information; copy of S.J. Res. 3: proposing the ERA; copy of S. 3706: To amend the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 to provide for the determination of the identity of certain Communist-infiltrated organizations; report on S. 3706. Correspondents include: Japanese American Citizens League Anti-Discrimination Committee; Oklahoma Federation of Business and Professional Women (with endorsement by Raymond Gary); National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs.
F 10: Commission on Government Security (1956).
Correspondence with Ernest Shamblin and his plan for a bipartisan foreign policy.
F 11: Communism/Socialism (1950).
Nationalized professional schools; protection against un-American and subversive activities; opposition to worldwide communism; Mundt-Ferguson Bill. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Farmers Union.
F 12: Communism/Socialism (1952-1955, 1959-1961).
Guatemala; Japanese peace treaty; seaport sabotage; Joseph McCarthy; copy of S. Res. 18 re: Communist Party of the U.S.; religious organizations; Communist Party; Freedom Commission; subversive activities penalty; "Executive N" protocol.
F 13: Communism/Socialism (1962).
Aid to communist countries; Medicare; combined space program with USSR; urban renewal; United Nations bonds; amendment to Subversive Control Act of 1958.
F 14: Communism/Socialism, Propaganda Through the U.S. Mail (Jan. 1962).
Correspondence re: H. Res. 9004 and S. 2738, offered by Glen C. Cunningham and Hugh Scott, respectively.
F 15: Communism/Socialism, Propaganda Through the U.S. Mail (Feb. 1-15, 1962).
Correspondence re: H. Res. 9004 and S. 2738, offered by Glen C. Cunningham and Hugh Scott, respectively.
F 16: Communism/Socialism, Propaganda Through the U.S. Mail (Feb. 16-25, 1962).
Correspondence re: H. Res. 9004 and S. 2738, offered by Glen C. Cunningham and Hugh Scott, respectively.
F 17: Communism/Socialism, Propaganda Through the U.S. Mail (Feb. 26-28, 1962).
Correspondence re: H. Res. 9004 and S. 2738, offered by Glen C. Cunningham and Hugh Scott, respectively.
F 18: Communism/Socialism, Propaganda Through the U.S. Mail (Mar. 1-5, 1962).
Correspondence re: H. Res. 9004 and S. 2738, offered by Glen C. Cunningham and Hugh Scott, respectively.
F 19: Communism/Socialism, Propaganda Through the U.S. Mail (Mar. 6-10, 1962).
Correspondence re: H. Res. 9004 and S. 2738, offered by Glen C. Cunningham and Hugh Scott, respectively.
F 20: Communism/Socialism, Propaganda Through the U.S. Mail (Mar. 11-31, 1962).
Correspondence re: H. Res. 9004 and S. 2738, offered by Glen C. Cunningham and Hugh Scott, respectively.
F 21: Communism/Socialism, Propaganda Through the U.S. Mail (Apr. - May 1962).
Correspondence re: H. Res. 9004 and S. 2738, offered by Glen C. Cunningham and Hugh Scott, respectively.
F 22: Congressional Record (1950, 1957).
"Items of interest and Resume of Congressional Record," 81st Congress, 2nd Session; correspondence from Lyndon B. Johnson concerning types of material to be put in the Congressional Record.
F 23: Conservation (1952, 1954-1955).
Land trade to Federal Wild Life Conservation Department; sale of a bridge at Fort Gibson Reservoir site to Mayes County; water conservancy bill; agricultural conservation appropriations; Gulf Outlet of Mississippi River; soil conservation; major river basin programs that have been approved; Waurika Reservoir; Markham Ferry Project appropriations; Texoma Reservoir; Canton Reservoir acquisition; Corps of Engineers legislation for municipal water supplies; Frying Pan-Arkansas Project; Colorado River Project; Rivers and Harbors and Flood Control Subcommittee; Upper Colorado River Storage Project; Red River Project; Yellowtail Project; Arkansas River Project; Washita Basin Project. Correspondents include: Clair Engle; Clinton P. Anderson; Robert F. Kennon (governor of Louisiana); Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee; New Orleans Tidewater Development Association.
F 24: Conservation (1957-1962).
Hell's Canyon; Lake Texoma; Arkansas River; Washita soil conservation and flood control program; Beaver-Cow Creek Reservoir; public works projects; Delaware Valley water programs; water conservation; saline water conversion program; Tennessee Valley Authority; National Wilderness Preservation System; Burns Creek Project; water pollution laboratory. Correspondents include: Wayne Morse; Edward Martin; Mike Monroney; Tulsa Chamber of Commerce.
F 25: Constitutional Amendments (1947, 1951-1953, 1955, 1961-1962).
Copy of H.J. Res. 27: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the terms of office of the President (1947); copy of H.J. Res. 73: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States forbidding any state or political subdivision thereof to deny or abridge the right of any citizen to vote on account of failure to pay a poll tax or property tax assessed against him (1947); copy of S.J. Res. 52: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the election of President and Vice President (1951); copy of H.J. Res. 323: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to taxes on incomes, inheritances, and gifts (1951); copy of S.J. Res.127: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant to citizens of the United States who have attained the age of eighteen the right to vote (1952); copy of S. 1331: To further implement the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution. Senate report number 1156 (1952); Senate Report on S. 1331; The Manner of Selecting Delegates to National Political Conventions and the Nomination and Election of Presidential Electors, compiled by the Senate Library (1952); copies of H.J. Resolution 30 and S.J. Resolution 53: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant to citizens of the United States who have attained the age of eighteen the right to vote (1953); copy of S.J. Res. 1: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to the making of treaties and executive agreements (1953); data on the Equal Rights Amendment as prepared by the Library of Congress (1953); copy of H.J. Res. 214: An amendment to the Constitution to provide that a new state may be admitted only pursuant to the procedure established by the Constitution for amending the Constitution (1953); treaty-making powers of Congress and the president; limitations on income taxes; electoral college; Bricker Amendment concerning foreign treaties; admission of new states; "Christian Amendment"; election of the president and vice president. Correspondents include: George Smathers and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
F 26: Defense Department (1949, 1951).
Reorganization of the Corps of Engineers; request for fiscal year 1952 expenditures on construction and alterations in Air Force, Army, and Navy; Defense Production Act; appropriations; Defense Production Administration; Petroleum Administration of Defense. Correspondents include Lyndon B. Johnson; John L. McClellan.
F 27: Defense Department (1952).
Katryn Forest Massacre; Uniform Service Pay Act; Defense Production Act; Mutual Security Act. Correspondents include: Russell B. Long; Oklahoma Farm Bureau; Independent Petroleum Association of America.
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