ROBERT S. KERR COLLECTION
LEGISLATIVE SERIES
Box and Folder Inventory

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Box 21: Natural Resources (1951) -- Post Office and Civil Service (1950).

F 1: Natural Resources, Petroleum (1951-1957, 1959, 1961).

Questions and answers from Kerr on petroleum and war; petroleum imports; charts from the American Petroleum Institute re: production.

F 2: Natural Resources, Tideland Oil (1952).

Copies of miscellaneous government publications re: S.J. Res. 20 or the Tidelands Oil Bill (also called oil for education legislation); correspondence on legislation both before and after veto by Harry S. Truman; press release from Attorney General Price Daniel. Correspondents include: Chamber of Commerce of the United States; Mac Q. Williamson; American Association of Small Business.

F 3: Natural Resources (1953-1956, 1959, 1962).

Natural resource development; natural gas rates; Our Historic National Fuels Policy, a booklet by the Independent Natural Gas Association of America and the American Gas Association. Correspondents include: American Farm Bureau Federation; Everett M. Dirksen.

F 4: Natural Resources, Tideland Oil (1953).

Remarks by Ed Edmondson in Congressional Record. Correspondents include Allen J. Ellender.

F 5: Natural Resources, Helium (1954-1955, 1958-1961).

Copies of miscellaneous legislation on helium; helium plant at Keyes, Oklahoma. Correspondents include: Carl Hayden, James E. Murray, U. S. Department of the Interior, W. W. Keeler (Phillips Petroleum), Everett M. Dirksen, John S. Cooper, and Gordon Allott (press release).

F 6: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Harris and Fulbright Gas Bills (1955).

Copies of proposed legislation concerning regulation of natural gas by federal government; radio transcript between Sam Schneider and J. D. Fleming, secretary of Oklahoma Cotton Ginners and Oklahoma Cottonseed Crushers Association; radio transcript between Sam Schneider and Lewis Munn of Oklahoma Farm Bureau; background information on proposed amendment to Natural Gas Act of 1955 from office of Paul H. Douglas; typescript of hearing of House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce on operations of Federal Power Commission; advertisements from the Natural Gas and Oil Resources Committee.

F 7: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Harris and Fulbright Gas Bills, In-State Correspondence (Jan. - May 1955).

Correspondence concerning the right of the Federal Power Commission to regulate natural gas production. Correspondents include: Robert A. Hefner, Jr.; National Tank Company; L. C. Clark, mayor of Tulsa.

F 8: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Harris and Fulbright Gas Bills, In-State Correspondence (June - Dec. 1955).

Correspondence concerning the right of the Federal Power Commission to regulate natural gas production. Correspondents include: Tulsa Chamber of Commerce; Reuel Little.

F 9: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Harris and Fulbright Gas Bills, Out-of-State Correspondence (1955).

Correspondence concerning the right of the Federal Power Commission to regulate natural gas production; copy of letter/statement from Dennis Chavez. Correspondents include: John F. Simms, governor of New Mexico; Stewart Udall.

F 10: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Harris and Fulbright Gas Bills (1956).

Copies of proposed legislation concerning regulation of natural gas by federal government; statement by Mike Monroney; message from Dwight D. Eisenhower vetoing Harris-Fulbright Bill; Senate voting record on bill.

F 11: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Harris and Fulbright Gas Bills, In-State Correspondence (Jan. 1-10, 1956).

Correspondence concerning the right of the Federal Power Commission to regulate natural gas production.

F 12: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Harris and Fulbright Gas Bills, In-State Correspondence (Jan. 11-31, 1956).

Correspondence concerning the right of the Federal Power Commission to regulate natural gas production. Correspondents include several members of International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL, Local 633; Independent Oil Workers Union of Oklahoma; Mike Monroney.

F 13: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Harris and Fulbright Gas Bills, In-State Correspondence (Feb. - Mar. 1956).

Correspondence concerning the right of the Federal Power Commission to regulate natural gas production as well as Dwight D. Eisenhower's veto of the bill. Correspondents include: J. G. Puterbaugh.

F 14: Natural Resources, Natural Gas, Harris and Fulbright Gas Bills, Out-of-State Correspondence (1956).

Correspondence concerning the right of the Federal Power Commission to regulate natural gas production as well as Dwight D. Eisenhower's veto of the bill; statement by Walter F. George. Correspondents include John Stennis; Scott W. Lucas.

F 15: Natural Resources, Natural Gas (1957-1958, 1960-1961).

Copies of miscellaneous legislation; concern over federal regulation of natural gas production; press release from Henry M. Jackson; newsletter from William Proxmire. Correspondents include: James E. Murray.

F 16: Natural Resources, Mines and Mineral Resources (1959-1962).

Copies of miscellaneous legislation, including hearings and report on boron high energy fuels; mine safety; lead and zinc production; memo from Office of Secretary of the Interior on lead and zinc; correspondence and report from Ed Edmondson on lead and zinc; correspondence and proposed bill on lead and zinc from Clinton P. Anderson; copy of letter from Kerr to U.S. Tariff Commission on lead and zinc industry.

F 17: Post Office and Civil Service (1949).

Appointments of postmasters; reclassification of government positions; commemorative stamps; air star mail routes; veterans' preference.

F 18: Post Office and Civil Service, Handicapped (1949).

Correspondence concerning legislation calling for federal aid to the handicapped.

F 19: Post Office and Civil Service, Pay Raise (Jan. - June 15, 1949).

Correspondence primarily concerning postal pay raises; reclassification of certain postal supervisory positions. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Federation of Federal Employees Unions.

F 20: Post Office and Civil Service, Pay Raise (June 16 - Aug. 9, 1949).

Correspondence primarily concerning postal pay raises; compensation to rural carriers for use of their own vehicles; proposal to change rural carriers from mileage basis to hourly basis; reclassification of certain postal positions. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers Association; Wesley V. Disney; Robert Ramspeck.

F 21: Post Office and Civil Service, Pay Raise (Aug. 10 - Dec. 1949).

Correspondence primarily concerning postal pay raises; Postal Reclassification Bill; pay raises for non-postal government employees. Correspondents include: National Association of Letter Carriers; National Federation of Post Office Clerks; National Federation of Federal Employees; Oklahoma State Association of the National Association of Letter Carriers; Oklahoma State Federation of Labor; National Rural Letter Carriers Association.

F 22: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (Feb. - Mar. 1949).

Leaflet on parcel post; booklet on how second class postal rate increase will impact farmers; correspondence concerning S. 1103 and H.R. 2945: to increase postal rates on parcel post. Correspondents include: W. S. Campbell; Pocket Books; American Agricultural Editors' Association; National Electric Cooperative Press Association.

F 23: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (Apr. - May 1949).

Correspondence concerning S. 1103 and H.R. 2945: to increase postal rates on parcel post.

F 24: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (June - Dec. 1949).

Correspondence concerning S. 1103 and H.R. 2945: to increase postal rates on parcel post. Correspondents include: American Newspaper Publishers Association.

F 25: Post Office and Civil Service, Retirement (1949).

Correspondence on various legislation calling for changes in civil service retirement, including allowing an employee of a state who was working for a program financed by federal funds to count that time for retirement. Correspondents include: Olin D. Johnston.

F 26: Post Office and Civil Service (1950).

Postal pay; civil service retirement. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors.

F 27: Post Office and Civil Service, Curtailment of Services ([1950], Apr. 1-25, 1950).

Correspondence concerning curtailment of mail delivery. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Association of the National Association of Letter Carriers.

F 28: Post Office and Civil Service, Curtailment of Services (Apr. 26 - July 1950).

Correspondence concerning curtailment of mail delivery.

F 29: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (Jan. 1950).

Correspondence concerning S. 1103 and H.R. 2945: to increase postal rates on parcel post; memo from Railway Express Agency on pending legislation.

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Robert S. Kerr Collection Box List
Robert S. Kerr Collection Description


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