Box 20: Natural Resources (1949) -- Natural Resources (1951).
F 1: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Statements (1949).
Statements of Leland Olds of the Federal Power Commission and Lyndon B. Johnson.
F 2: Natural Resources (1950).
Data on gas, coal and oil; speech on federal energy policy; fuels policy.
F 3: Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources (1950, 1952-1958).
Legislative history of depletion allowances (1950); gypsum; lead and zinc; disposition of mineral resources by federal land banks; coal; fluorspar; copy of S. 2375: to provide payment as incentive for production of certain minerals (1957); copy of S. 4036: Domestic Minerals Act of 1958. Correspondents include: Cleveland M. Bailey; Labor's Non-Partisan League; Independent Petroleum Association of America.
F 4: Natural Resources, Natural Gas (1950).
"State Regulations of Minimum Field Gas Prices," an article in the Oklahoma Law Review by William J. Holloway, Jr.; statement by Nelson Lee Smith, chairman of the Federal Power Commission; gas rates; original and subsequent purchases of gas; Phillips Petroleum Company. Correspondents include: Federal Power Commission; Allen J. Ellender.
F 5: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Judicial Material (1950).
Material on cases concerning Guymon-Hugoton field and involving Cities Service Gas Company, Peerless Gas and Oil, and Phillips Petroleum Company; material on Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company and rates; letters from several senators acknowledging receipt of a letter from Kerr re: Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company.
F 6: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill (1950).
Various typescripts, reports, and statements on S. 1498, the Kerr Gas Bill; copy of letter from Joseph McCarthy regarding his vote on Kerr Gas Bill; copy of letter from Sam Rayburn to Harry S. Truman.
F 7: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, History (1950).
F 8: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, In-State Support (Mar. 1950).
Correspondents include W. J. Holloway.
F 9: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, In-State Support (Apr. 1950).
Correspondents include: Luther Bohanon; Associated Industries of Oklahoma; B. D. Eddie; Roy J. Turner; N. R. Graham; Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Interstate Oil Compact Commission.
F 10: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Notes (1950).
F 11: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Opposition (1950).
Correspondents include: Americans for Democratic Action.
F 12: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Out-of-State Support (n.d., Jan. - Mar. 1950).
Correspondents include: Edwin C. Johnson.
F 13: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Out-of-State Support (Apr. 1950).
Copy of letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to Fred L. Crawford. Correspondents include: Allan Shivers (governor of Texas); Wesley E. Disney; Independent Petroleum Association of America; Sid McMath (governor of Arkansas); Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.
F 14: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Radio Commentary (Mar. 1950).
Radio copy from various broadcasts.
F 15: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Radio Commentary (Apr. 1950).
Radio copy from various broadcasts.
F 16: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Radio Commentary (May-June, Aug. 1950).
Radio copy from various broadcasts.
F 17: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Remarks and Press Releases by Kerr (1950).
F 18: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Veto (Apr. 1950).
Copy of message from Harry S. Truman vetoing Kerr Bill; correspondence mainly expressing displeasure that the bill was vetoed. Correspondents include: Interstate Oil Compact Commission; Reuel Little; W. J. Holloway; Independent Petroleum Association of America.
F 19: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill, Veto (May - Sept. 1950).
Correspondence mainly expressing displeasure that the bill was vetoed. Correspondents include: Interstate Oil Compact Commission; Oklahoma Farm Bureau.
F 20: Natural Resources, Petroleum (1950).
Oil industry in Wyoming; Mineral Industry Survey on crude petroleum and petroleum products.
F 21: Natural Resources, Petroleum, Imports (1950).
Graphs and data on petroleum imports; report by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce on petroleum imports; miscellaneous petroleum import studies.
F 22: Natural Resources, Petroleum, Taxes, Statements (1950).
Statements of various representatives of petroleum industry on depletion allowances.
F 23: Natural Resources (1951).
"Basic Data Related to Energy Resources," a study by the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; copy of S.J. Res. 42: to create interstate compact to conserve oil and gas; hearings on national fuel reserves and fuel policy; statement prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey on fuel reserves.
F 24: Natural Resources, Natural Gas (1951-1954).
Miscellaneous legislation to amend the Natural Gas Act; issue of federal regulation of independent producers; Supreme Court decision in Phillips Petroleum Company case regarding regulation of independent producers by the Federal Power Commission.
F 25: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Kerr Gas Bill (1951-1953).
Materials reflecting on Kerr Gas Bill and its intent and aftermath.
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