Box 14: Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1953) -- Judiciary (1954).
F 1: Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1953).
Copy of S. 904: To standardize rates on household goods shipped by the United States government for its employees; copy of S. 1396: To authorize the adoption of a certain rule with respect to the broadcasting or telecasting of professional baseball exhibitions in interstate commerce; copy of H.R. 5894: To amend the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951 and certain other provisions of law to provide adequate protection for American workers, miners, farmers, and producers; House Report on H.R. 5894; agricultural products; German dollar bonds; Reciprocal Trade Agreements; Interstate Commerce Commission. Correspondents include: Securities and Exchange Commission.
F 2: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Leased Vehicles (1953).
Correspondence concerning S. 925, H.R. 3290, and H.R. 3203.
F 3: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Pakistan Wheat Export Program (1953).
F 4: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Transportation Rates (1953-1954).
Copy of S. 1461: To amend the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, concerning requests of common carriers for increased transportation rates; Senate Report on S. 1461; correspondence concerning "Time Lag Bill." Correspondents include: American Farm Bureau Federation; Associated Motor Carriers of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Railways Legislative Committee; American Retail Federation.
F 5: Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1954).
Rates on household goods shipped by U.S. government for its employees; curbing and eventually terminating federal business-type activities; Interstate Commerce Act; press release from the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission.
F 6: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Glass Import Tax (Feb. - Mar. 3, 1954).
F 7: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Glass Import Tax (Mar. 4-5, 1954).
F 8: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Glass Import Tax (Mar. 6-10, 1954).
F 9: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Glass Import Tax (Mar. 11 - May 1954).
F 10: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Peanuts (1954-1955).
"Report on the Need for Supplemental Imports of Peanuts Under Section 22 During Quota Year Beginning July 1, 1954"; correspondence and report from U.S. Tariff Commission; statement of J. E. Thigpen of Department of Agriculture.
F 11: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Trading with the Enemy Act (1954).
Copy of S. 3423: To amend the Trading with the Enemy Act; Senate Report on S. 3423; statement of George D. Riley, member of National Legislative Committee of the American Federation of Labor.
F 12: Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1955).
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); memorandum on the import quota on sugar from Mexico; bicycle industry; merchant marine; copy of H.R. 5395, a bill to provide members of the Armed Forces compensation at the rate of $2.50 per day for each day spent in hiding during World War II or the Korean conflict in order to evade capture by the enemy; Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. Correspondents include: Manuel Tello (ambassador from Mexico); Phillips Petroleum Company; American National Cattlemen's Association; Warren G. Magnuson.
F 13: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Alcoholic Beverages (1955-1956).
Advertising of alcoholic beverages. Correspondents include: Raymond Gary.
F 14: Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Petroleum (1955).
Correspondents include: National Coal Association; J. G. Puterbaugh.
F 15: Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1956).
Copy of S. Res. 236: Directing the Tariff Commission to investigate whether imports of textiles or textile products are affecting injuriously the domestic industry; Sugar Act of 1948; textiles; travel tax in Alaska and Hawaii; statement from AFL-CIO. Correspondents include: Warren G. Magnuson; Herbert H. Lehman; L. Munoz-Marin (governor of Puerto Rico); Frederick G. Payne; Wallace F. Bennett; James E. Murray; John J. Riley.
F 16: Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1957).
Copy of S. 1796: To amend the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951 with respect to escape clause procedure; copy of S. 2376: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose import taxes on lead and zinc; lead and zinc; escape clause procedure of Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951. Correspondents include: Mike Monroney; Arthur V. Watkins; Wallace F. Bennett.
F 17: Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1958).
Copy of S. 4272: To establish a Commission on International Trade Agreement Policy; reciprocal trade; space; imports of glass; international shipping laws; copy of H.R. 12591 re: Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1958; reports on H.R. 12591; petroleum imports. Correspondents include: Ralph Yarborough; Joseph C. O'Mahoney; Frank J. Lausche.
F 18: Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1959-1962).
Copy of S. 2176: To provide for the inclusion of certain producers and growers of raw materials as interested parties in escape clause proceedings under the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, to make mandatory the recommendations of the United States Tariff Commission in such proceedings; copy of H.J. Res. 365: To temporarily suspend the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to approve consolidations, unifications, or acquisitions of control of railroad properties; Fair Trade Bill; railroads; freight rates; humane treatment of animals used in research; proposed establishment of Office of International Travel; sugar; freight forwarding. Correspondents include: Warren G. Magnuson; Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce; Oliver S. Willham; Oklahoma State Cotton Exchange; Henry C. Hitch, Jr.
F 19: Judiciary, Private Bills, Thomas J. Morris (1948-1956, 1960).
Correspondents include: Toby Morris; William Langer; Pat McCarran; Victor Wickersham; Mike Monroney; Harley M. Kilgore.
F 20: Judiciary (1949).
Copy of H.R. 1423: Relative to granting and giving instructions in civil and criminal cases in the district courts of continental United States; copy of S. 1290: To establish and effectuate a policy with respect to the creation or charting of certain corporations by Act of Congress; copy of H.R. 4963: To provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges; Conference Report on H.R. 4963; Public Law 81-205; copy of H.R. 157 re: Young American Medal for Bravery; report on H.R. 157; First Report of the Consultants to the U.S. Civil Service Commission re: Hearing Examiner Personnel Under the Administrative Procedure Act; antitrust laws; nomination of Burnita Shelton Matthews as a judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals; practitioners before administrative agencies; judgeships in Oklahoma; war contracts; picketing of federal courts; and equal rights amendment. Correspondents include: Frank L. Chelf; Pat McCarran; Oklahoma Woman's Temperance Union; Oklahoma State Federation of Women's Clubs; Oklahoma Bar Association; and Guy M. Gillette.
F 21: Judiciary, Private Bills (1949).
Persons and entities named in private bills include: William Harold (Robert) Audley; Carl C. Ballard; Joseph DeSouza, Jr.; Virgil L. Hesterly; Constance Jenkins; Loomis Furniture Company; Milton Roe Sabin and Bertha Florence Sabin; Frank Smith and Elizabeth Smith; David R. Wolverton. Correspondents include: George Howard Wilson.
F 22: Judiciary, Private Bills, Jakub Kahan (1949-1952).
Correspondents include: Pat McCarran; Julian J. Rothbaum.
F 23: Judiciary (1950-1951).
Copy of S. 3906: To amend the War Contractors Relief Act with respect to the definition of a request for relief, to authorize consideration and settlement of certain claims of subcontractors, to provide reasonable compensation for the services of partners and proprietors (1950); Senate Report on S. 3906; Presidential Veto Message on S. 3906; Senate Report on S. Con. Res. 75: To record congressional approval in accordance with Public Law 863 of the Eightieth Congress of suspension of deportation in certain cases in which the Attorney General had suspended deportation for more than 6 months (1950); Senate Report on S. 15: To amend section 215 of Title 18 of the United States Code (1951); Senate Report on S. 27: To prohibit the transportation of obscene matters in interstate or foreign commerce (1951); copy of S. 35: To provide for the appointment of deputy United States marshals without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws and regulations (1951); Senate Report on S. 35; copy of S.J. Res. 82: To amend Title 28 of the United States Code so as to add thereto a chapter relating to procedure in condemnation proceedings (1951); House Report on S.J. Res. 82; copy of S. 719: To establish beyond doubt that, under the Robinson-Patman Act, it is a complete defense to a charge of price discrimination for the seller to show that its price differential has been made in good faith to meet the equally low price of a competitor (1951); Senate Report on S. 719; minority views on S. 719; copy of S. 1898: To establish and effectuate a policy with respect to the creation or chartering of certain corporations by Act of Congress (1951); copy of S. 1958: To provide for jury trials in condemnation proceedings in United States district courts (1951); Senate Report on S. 1958; presidential message relating to the decennial censuses and the apportionment of representatives in Congress (1951); United States v. New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; copy of H.R. 6670: incorporation of the Girl Scouts (1950); un-American activities legislation; adoption of foreign children; war contracts; displaced people; condemnation cases; information on H.J. Res. 289: termination of war with Germany; equal rights amendment; report on S. 3906: War Contractors Relief Act (1950); copy of S. 2868: To incorporate the Future Farmers of America (1950). Correspondents include: Kenneth McKellar; Oklahoma Farm Bureau; Dean Terrill; Oklahoma Civil Liberties Union.
F 24: Judiciary, Private Bills (1950-1953).
Persons named in private bills include: Betty C. Childress; Alice K. Carr; Harold Joe Davis; Keiko Uchida Doane and minor child; Chimako Watanabe. Correspondents include: Elmer Thomas.
F 25: Judiciary, Mineral Rights in Lake Texoma Area (1951-1952).
Copy of H.R. 2437: to extend time for filing claims (1951); copy of S. 1095: To extend the time for filing claims on behalf of certain persons (1952); Senate Report on S. 1095; statement by Kerr on S. 1095. Correspondents include: Raymond Gary; Reuel Little.
F 26: Judiciary, Private Bills (1951-1953).
Persons and entities named in private bills include: Burnham Chemical Company; Commerce Trust Company; Michael D. Daniel; Giovannina Echelle; Josefina V. Guerrero; L. E. Lewis; John David Logan; Jun Miyata; Grace Seki; Jack Stuckey. Correspondents include: Toby Morris; Pat McCarran.
F 27: Judiciary, Private Bills, Jimmie Lee Davis (1951-1952).
F 28: Judiciary, Private Bills, Kenneth McRight (1951-1954).
Correspondents include: Pat McCarran; Harley M. Kilgore; William Langer.
F 29: Judiciary (1952).
Memorandum and statement on S. 16: To provide for payment of an annuity to widows of judges; copy of S. Res. 276: Favoring the offering of prayers on Sunday, February 17, 1952, by the people of the United States for the guidance and protection of the nation; copy of H.R. 287: Granting and giving instructions in civil and criminal cases in the district courts of continental United States; House Report on H.R. 287; immigration; instructions to juries; copy of S. 1593: diversity of citizenship cases; jurisdictional limit for litigation in federal courts; legislation for National Day of Prayer. Correspondents include: Alfred P. Murrah; Young Pakistan League of America; Pat McCarran.
F 30: Judiciary, Federal Construction Act (1952).
Copy of S. 2907: To prescribe policy contracts made by executive agencies; Senate Report on S. 2907. Correspondents include: National Electrical Contractors Association.
F 31: Judiciary, Private Bills (1952-1953).
Persons named in private bills include: Lennie G. Clarkson and William E. Clarkson; Rosa Egner and Gerald Egner; L. E. Louis; Anthony Lynn Neis. Correspondents include: Carl Albert; William Langer.
F 32: Judiciary, Private Bills, Franklin Jim (1952-1954).
F 33: Judiciary, Private Bills, Karen Christene Eisen Murdock (1952).
F 34: Judiciary, Private Bills, Anna Elizabeth (Craps) Urabazo (1952-1953).
Correspondents include: William Langer.
F 35: Judiciary (1953).
Copy of S. 24: To permit judicial review of decisions of Government contracting officers involving questions of fact arising under government contracts in cases other then those in which fraud is alleged; copy of H.J. Res. 323: To grant the state of Oklahoma consent to sue the United States in the Supreme Court; copy of hearings and report on interlocking subversion in government departments; immigration; Bricker Amendment.
F 36: Judiciary, Private Bills (1953-1954).
Persons and entities named in private bills include: Michael Demcheshen; Ben Hong Dunne; Hannelore Mayerl Fulbright; Barbara Herta Geschwandter; Kimi Hashimoto; Rene Rachell Luyse Kubicek; Palestinian Arabs; Ida Reissmuller and Johnny Damon Eugene Reissmuller; Anneliese Schillings; Frank Sopko; Robert Harold Wall. Correspondents include: Victor Wickersham; William Langer; Chauncey W. Reed.
F 37: Judiciary, Private Bills, Thomas D. Hanly (1953-1954).
Correspondents include: William Langer.
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