Box 12: Indian Affairs (1953) -- Internal Revenue Code (1954).
F 1: Indian Affairs (1953).
Hunting and fishing permit on Indian reservation; liquor; amount of money spent for expenses of Choctaw Chief Harry J. W. Belvin; termination of federal supervision; Indian hospitals; information on various legislation; Indian Claims Commission; Choctaw and Chickasaw coal and asphalt payments; competency status; Indian education and Johnson-O'Malley contracts; copy of S. 130: To amend Title 18, United States Code, entitled "Crimes and Criminal Procedure," with respect to state jurisdiction over offenses committed by or against Indians in the Indian country, and to confer on the state of Minnesota civil jurisdiction over Indians in the state; copy of S. 132: To transfer the administration of health services for Indians and the operation of Indian hospitals to the United States Public Health Service; copy of S. 330: To provide for segregation of the interests of individual members of the various Indian tribes in funds deposited in the Treasury to the credit of such tribes; copy of S. 331: To provide for disposition of inherited interests in the estates of deceased Indian allottees; copy of S. 332: To confer jurisdiction on the several states over offenses committed by or against Indians on Indian reservations; copy of S. 335: To provide a decree of competency for United States Indians in certain cases; copy of H.R. 303: To transfer the administration of health services for Indians and the operation of Indian hospitals to the Public Health Service; House Report on H.R. 303; copy of H.R. 520: To restrict the application of section 1154 of Title 18 of the United States Code relating to the dispensing of intoxicants to Indians; copy of H.R. 1220: Relating to the fulfillment by the United States of its obligations with respect to certain Indians under an agreement ratified by an Act of Congress approved February 28, 1877; copy of H.R. 1381: To promote the rehabilitation of the Five Civilized Tribes and other Indians of eastern Oklahoma; H. Con. Res. 108: Expressing the Sense of Congress that certain tribes of Indians should be freed from Federal supervision; House Report on H. Con. Res. 108. Correspondents include: N. B. Johnson; Frank Miler (chairman of Wichita tribe); Chief Red Bird (of Cheyenne tribe); Floyd E. Maytubby; Choctaw-Chickasaw Confederation of Oklahoma County; Harry J. W. Belvin.
F 2: Indian Affairs, Land (1953).
Joint Resolution to grant the state of Oklahoma consent to sue the United States in the Supreme Court; leasing of Indian lands; petitions from residents of southwestern Oklahoma re: leasing; Choctaw and Chickasaw coal and asphalt lands; Anadarko Area Office; exemption of Indian lands from taxation; copy of H.R. 6218: To extend the period of restriction and of tax exemption of lands of certain members of the Five Civilized Tribes. Correspondents include: Farmers Central Committee of Carnegie, Oklahoma; Area Director W. Wade Head; Johnston Murray.
F 3: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Five Civilized Tribes, Inter-Tribal Council (1953).
Correspondence from Area Director W. O. Roberts detailing the opinions of the council on various legislation.
F 4: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Osage (1953).
The Osage People and Their Trust Property (field report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs); correspondence concerning H. Con. Res. 108, dealing with termination of federal supervision; statement of Oklahoma congressional delegation re: H. Con. Res. 108; statement by George V. Labadie of Osage Tribal Council. Correspondents include: Paul Pitts (principal chief of Osage tribe).
F 5: Indian Affairs (1954).
Indian Claims Commission; copy of resolution of the Inter-Tribal Council of the Five Civilized Tribes; exemption of Indian lands from taxation; resolutions and conclusions of the Emergency Conference of American Indians on Legislation; information on various legislation; termination of federal supervision; need for the office of principal chief of the Choctaw Nation; competency status; correspondence concerning H.R. 4985, H.R. 8982, H. Con. Res. 108, and S. Con. Res. 73; copy of S. Con. Res. 73: Expressing the sense of Congress on the procedure to the enactment of legislation affecting Indians; copy of H.R. 4985: To provide a decree of competency for United States Indians in certain cases; copy of H.R. 8982: To provide for more effective extension work among Indian tribes and members thereof. Correspondents include: Hugh Butler; Johnston Murray; National Congress of American Indians; Paul Pitts (principal chief of Osage tribe); Ponca Tribal Council; Institute of Ethnic Affairs.
F 6: Indian Affairs, Health (1954).
Transfer of Indian health services and hospitals from Bureau of Indian Affairs to Public Health Service; statistics on Indian hospital usage; correspondence concerning H.R. 303; copy of H. Con. Res. 221: Declaring the sense of Congress on the closing of Indian hospitals; copy of H.R. 303: To transfer the maintenance and operation of hospital and health facilities for Indians to the Public Health Service; Senate Report on H.R. 303; Survey Report on the Bureau of Indian Affairs; "Bureau of Indian Affairs Statement on the Hospitals and Medical Care Programs." Correspondents include: Mike Monroney; Albert Gore; Anadarko Unit of National Congress of American Indians; California Indians Congress; San Carlos Apache Tribal Council; Quenchan Tribal Council (Yuma, Arizona).
F 7: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Land (1954).
Correspondence concerning H.R. 6218, H.R. 7772, and S. 2999: extension of restrictions on lands of Five Civilized Tribes; leasing of Cheyenne and Arapaho land at Canton Reservoir; copy of proceedings of congressional hearing on disposition of lands at Fort Reno Military Reservation (includes brochure on Fort Reno Experiment Station and statements by Oliver S. Willham and many other officials); copy of S. 2999: Relative to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma; copy of H.R. 7772: Relative to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma. Correspondents include: American Law Division of Legislative Reference Service of Library of Congress; N. B. Johnson; Guy Cordon; Department of the Interior.
F 8: Indian Affairs (1955).
Copy of H. Con. Res. 25: Declaring the sense of Congress on the closing of Indian hospitals; termination of federal supervision; Indian Claims Commission; copy of S. 1463: To provide for the management and disposition of certain public-domain lands in the state of Oklahoma; designation of banks as depositories for Indian monies; Wyandotte cemetery in Kansas City; McCurtain Indian Reservation; scholarships for Indians; Fort Jackson Treaty claims of the Creeks; copy of letter from Douglas McKay to Oliver LaFarge, president of Association on American Indian Affairs; copy of S. 729: Relative to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma; copy of S. 1458: To provide for the distribution of funds belonging to the members of the Creek Nation of Indians; copy of S. 2197: To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to distribute equally to members of the Kaw Tribe of Indians certain moneys to the credit of the tribe in the United States Treasury; copy of S. 2198: To extend the period of restrictions on lands belonging to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma. Correspondents include: Association on American Indian Affairs; Lawrence E. Zane (chief of Wyandotte tribe).
F 9: Indian Affairs, Oklahoma, Osage (1955).
Oil and gas leasing; booklet from Osage Oil & Gas Lessees Association; petition of Osage County landowners to form Osage County Land Owners Protective Association; extension of mineral period; copy of H.R. 6976: Relating to the affairs of the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma. Correspondents include: Paul Pitts (principal chief of Osage tribe).
F 10: Indian Affairs, Termination (1955).
Resolution of the Oklahoma Legislature; correspondence concerning S. 401. Correspondents include: Federation of the Western Oklahoma Indians; Robert Goombi.
F 11: Indian Affairs (1956).
Information on visit of Osage Tribal Council to Washington, D.C.; statement of Kerr and Mike Monroney in support of increased funding for Indian education in Oklahoma under the Johnson-O'Malley Act; extension of Indian Claims Commission; correspondence concerning various legislation affecting Indians; copy of draft of bill re: statutes of limitations applicable to suits involving Osage land titles; copy of S. 3350: Relating to the affairs of the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma; copy of S. 3874: To provide for the transfer and sale of certain lands of the Kaw Tribe of Indians located in the State of Oklahoma; copy of S. 3942: To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians; draft of S. 3942's corresponding bill in the House. Correspondents include: N. B. Johnson; Lawrence E. Zane (chief of Wyandotte tribe); Division of Indian Education of Oklahoma State Department of Education; Karl E. Mundt.
F 12: Indian Affairs (1957-1959).
Industrial development in and near Indian reservations; Turtle Mountain Ordnance Plant at Rolla, North Dakota; appropriations for Indian health services; copy of H.R. 8053: To authorize funds available for construction of Indian health facilities to be used to assist in the construction of community hospitals which will serve Indians and non-Indians; heirship of Indian lands; information on proposals for Indian monuments and memorials; leasing of land of Colorado Indians; transfer of land in Sequoyah County; copy of S. 809: To provide economic assistance to the American Indian; copy of S. 1417: Relating to the affairs of the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma; House Report on S. 1417; Public Law 85-192; copy of S. 1839: To permit Indians who are holders of beneficial interests under patents of allotted and restricted lands to secure refunds of income taxes paid to the United States on income from such lands which has been held exempt from federal income tax; copy of amendment to S. 1839 proposed by Kerr; copy of S. 3138: To authorize the preparation of a roll of persons of Indian blood whose ancestors were members of the Otoe and Missouria Tribe of Indians and to provide for per capita distribution of funds arising from a judgment in favor of such Indians; Senate Report on S. 3138; House Report on H.R. 8524: To authorize the preparation of a roll of persons of Indian blood whose ancestors were members of the Otoe and Missouria Tribe of Indians and to provide for per capita distribution of funds arising from a judgment in favor of such Indians; Public Law 85-395; appraisal of Indian land.
F 13: Indian Affairs (1960).
Transfer of land at Concho Reservation to Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes; copy of H.R. 7701: To provide a program for an "Operation Bootstrap"; resolution of Business Committee of Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes; resolution of General Council of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes re: legislation dealing with disposition of tribal lands; preparation of Otoe-Missouria tribal roll and per capita distribution of funds; industrial development; map of Canadian County with landowners and Cheyenne-Arapaho School Reserve designated; copies of H.R. 12970 and S. 3871: To amend section 2 of the Act of April 12, 1926 (44 stat. 239), entitled: "An Act to amend section 9 of the Act of May 27, 1908 (Thirty-fifth statutes at large, page 312), and for putting in force, in reference to suits involving Indian titles, the statutes of limitations of the State of Oklahoma, and providing for the United States to join in certain actions, and for making judgments binding on all parties; correspondence concerning S. 3871; land for Anadarko Public Schools; appropriations for Indian hospitals and schools and other services. Correspondents include: Tulsa Chamber of Commerce; Woodrow Wilson (chairman of Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes); Robert Goombi; Fern Thompson Fisher (secretary-treasurer of Otoe-Missouria Tribal Council); Kerr-McGee Oil Industries; N. B. Johnson.
F 14: Indian Affairs, Hospitals (1960).
Possible closing of Indian hospital at Shawnee; possible closing of Indian health station in Carnegie; possible closing of Indian hospital at Lawton. Correspondents include: Kickapoo Tribal Council; Citizen Band of Potawatomi Indians; Division of Indian Health of Public Health Service; Rex Whistler (principal chief of Sac and Fox tribe); Central Oklahoma Indians at Large; Robert Goombi; Tom Steed.
F 15: Indian Affairs (1961-1962).
Disposal of surplus administration reserves of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian Reservation; resolution of the Oklahoma Legislature re: Chickasaw tribal government; resolution of the Oklahoma Legislature re: settlement of Indian claims; transfer of Indian lands to Anadarko Public Schools; designation of American Indian Day; repairs and construction at Indian hospital at Lawton; copy of H.R. 5971: Providing for the disposition of judgment funds of the Omaha Tribe of Indians; claims of Omaha tribe; Report to the Secretary of the Interior by the Task Force on Indian Affairs; press release re: report; refund of income taxes paid on income from restricted lands; disposition of portion of Chilocco School reserve land; claims of the Cherokee Nation. Correspondents include: Victor Wickersham; Jacob K. Javits; Department of the Interior.
F 16: Interior and Insular Affairs (1949).
Opposition to confirmation of Ernest Gruening as governor of Territory of Alaska; complaint against Gruening and others for construction of a road to his private home; settlement of Alaska by veterans and other American citizens; information on Guam; road construction through national park in Virginia; accusations against Gruening; oil exploration in Everglades National Park; establishment of Island Beach National Monument in New Jersey; Alaska Public Works Bill; information on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs trip to the South Pacific and Japan; booklets: Information on the Marshall Plan for Americans Going Abroad and Immunization Information for Persons Proceeding Abroad; report on the Pacific Islands; renovation of the White House; copy of H.R. 5205: To quitclaim certain property in Enid, Oklahoma, to H. B. Bass; copy of private law created from H.R. 5205; Puerto Rico; seal hunting and living conditions in Pribilof Islands. Correspondents include: Charlottesville (Virginia) Chamber of Commerce; American Museum of Natural History; Eugene Lanier (mayor of Seward, Alaska); A. Fernos-Isern (resident commissioner of Puerto Rico); Institute of Ethnic Affairs; Owen Brewster; and Sheridan Downey.
F 17: Interior and Insular Affairs, Statehood, Alaska and Hawaii (1949-1954).
House Report on H.R. 331: statehood for Alaska; House Report on H.R. 49: statehood for Hawaii; copy of S. 49: statehood for Hawaii; Senate Report on S. 49; resolution of Alaska territorial legislature; correspondence concerning statehood for Alaska and Hawaii; compilation of editorial comments on statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. Correspondents include: Francis W. Thompson (president of Bacone College); E. L. Bartlett (congressional delegate from Alaska); Oklahoma Federation of Women's Clubs; American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS); Hawaii Statehood Commission; Alaska Statehood Committee; National Grange; Joseph C. O'Mahoney; George Lynn Cross; Eugene S. Briggs (president of Phillips University); U.S. Jaycees (Junior Chamber of Commerce).
F 18: Interior and Insular Affairs, Virgin Islands (1949-1950).
Virgin Islands Company; Virgin Islands Corporation; appointment of government officials for the Virgin Islands; application of Social Security legislation to the Virgin Islands. Correspondents include: Legislative Assembly of the Virgin Islands; American Virgin Islands Civic Association; Hugh Butler; Ward M. Canaday.
F 19: Interior and Insular Affairs (1950-1951).
Request for national monument commemorating the Battle of New Orleans; conversion of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to a national park; preservation of Old Stone House in Georgetown; dam construction in Dinosaur National Monument; Bureau of Reclamation projects; Canadian River Compact; Puerto Rico; Stephen Foster memorial; reappointment of Ingram M. Stainback as governor of Hawaii.
F 20: Interior and Insular Affairs (1952-1953).
Funding for fish cultural stations; surface values of national forest land; copy of H.R. 4991: private bill for Almira Gilbreath Ramser; House Report on H.R. 4991. Correspondents include: Toby Morris.
F 21: Interior and Insular Affairs (1954-1962).
Washita River Basin reclamation project; Tilapia fish; water conservation and development policies; wildlife conservation; sale of government lands in reservoir areas; rates charged by Southwestern Power Administration; reclamation program; water management in Upper Missouri Basin; coal production; evaluation procedures for land and water resources projects; Columbia River Regional Power Corporation Bill; water resources development on Salt Fork and Prairie Dog Town Fork of Red River; federal aid for state tree nurseries; hearings on the Norman Project; appropriations for national forests; irrigation; Knowles Dam Project in Montana; "Recommendations Relative to Report of the Select Committee on National Water Resources"; correspondence concerning private bill for Iva (Ida) Holloway; correspondence from Elliott Roosevelt concerning private bills for the relief of homesteaders regarding mineral rights; Senate, House, and Conference Reports on H.R. 8680: Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955; Jim Woodruff Reservoir; copy of S. Con. Res. 32 and report regarding congressional recognition of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City; water resource development in the Soviet Union. Correspondents include: James E. Murray; Muskogee Chamber of Commerce; Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Richard L. Neuberger; Dennis N. Chavez; Frank E. Moss; Philip A. Hart; Gale W. McGee; Clair Engle; Oklahoma Outdoor Council; Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
F 22: Internal Revenue Code (1950-1953).
Statement of Solomon Barkin on behalf of the Congress of Industrial Organizations discussing tax exemption of charitable foundations and trusts; list of senators' votes on Humphrey Amendment; corporate income taxes on stock companies and insurance companies; copy of S. 942: taxation of trusts owned by members of the Armed Forces who died while in active service; copy of H.R. 6177: To amend section 3801 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to mitigation of statute of limitations; correspondence re: H.R. 6177; need for additional tax enforcement officers; filing of income tax returns by servicemen stationed abroad; deduction of child care expenses; deduction of losses on political loans; excess profits tax; copy of H.R. 7893: To provide for improved enforcement and administration of the revenue laws; correspondence re: H.R. 7893; personal exemptions; employment of domestic help; taxation of dividends; taxation of income from restricted Indian lands; relief for taxpayers in the court system; copy of H.R. 3168: To amend section 113 (b) (1) (B) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the adjustment of the basis of property for depreciation, obsolescence, amortization, and depletion; House Report on H.R. 3168; copy of H.R. 4473: The Revenue Act of 1951; Summary of the Provisions of the Revenue Act of 1951 as Agreed to by the Conferees; amendment to H.R. 4473; memoranda on various provisions of H.R. 4473; memorandum from J. G. Puterbaugh; Diesel Fuel Tax provision; copy of H.R. 5193: Relating to the exemption of foreign travel from the tax on transportation of persons; taxation of gambling; regulations affecting stock redemptions.
F 23: Internal Revenue Code, H.R. 8300 (1954).
Comparisons of H.R. 8071 and H.R. 8300 concerning deductions for child care expenses; copy of H.R. 8071: To amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow the taxpayer to deduct from gross income, as a nontrade or nonbusiness expense, the cost of providing care for certain dependents if such care is required because the taxpayer is gainfully employed; materials from committee hearings on H.R. 8300; partnership provisions; Summary of H.R. 8300, the Proposed Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as Passed by the House of Representatives; copies of amendments to H.R. 8300.
F 24: Internal Revenue Code, H.R. 8300, Correspondence (Mar. - Apr. 1954).
Correspondents include: Margaret Chase Smith; Oklahoma Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs; Council of State Governments; Democratic National Committee; General Federation of Women's Clubs; National Federation of the Blind; Hubert H. Humphrey; Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association; Shawnee Milling Company.
F 25: Internal Revenue Code, H.R. 8300, Correspondence (May 1954).
Correspondents include: Independent Petroleum Association of America; A. Sidney Camp; National Live Stock Tax Committee; United States Wholesale Grocers' Association; William A. Purtell; Milton R. Young; Charles E. Potter.
F 26: Internal Revenue Code, H.R. 8300, Correspondence (June - Aug. 1954).
Correspondents include: Herman P. Eberharter; George Meany (president of American Federation of Labor); Walter P. Reuther (president of Congress of Industrial Organizations); Anthony F. Keating (president of Tulsa Community Chest).
F 27: Internal Revenue Code, H. R. 8300, Press Releases (1954).
F 28: Internal Revenue Code, H.R. 8300, Sections 34, 116, 246, 6016, 37-38, 101, 104-106 (1954).
Insurance company stocks; double taxation of dividends; corporate income taxes; retirement income; life insurance policies; employers' accident and sickness plans.
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