Box 23: Post Office and Civil Service (1955) -- Public Works (1956).
F 1: Post Office and Civil Service, Retirement (Jan. - Apr. 1955).
Copy of H.R. 379: to amend Civil Service Retirement Act to include service in federal-state cooperative programs when determining retirement; copy of H.R. 3792: to increase amount of annuity for civil service retirement; correspondence mostly concerning H.R. 3792. Correspondents include Oklahoma State Federation of Chapters of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees.
F 2: Post Office and Civil Service, Retirement (May - Sept. 1955).
Correspondence concerning H.R. 3792, which would increase the amount of annuity for civil service retirement, as well as S. 1153, which called for revisions in civil service retirement; correspondence referring to plan to include federal-state cooperative work when determining civil service retirement; copies of S. 2402 and H.R. 7618, which called for revisions to Civil Service Retirement Act.
F 3: Post Office and Civil Service (1956-1958).
Copy of S. 845: to provide for method to promote substitute rural carriers to position of regular rural carrier; copy of S. 196 re: preserving equities for permanent classified civil service employees; miscellaneous correspondence on various postal and civil service issues. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Federation of Labor; Oklahoma State Hospital Association; Raymond A. Young.
F 4: Post Office and Civil Service (1959).
Correspondence re: S. 909: to allow employees credit for holidays that fall on a Saturday; remodeling of post office in Durant, Oklahoma, to include court facilities for Bryan County; civil service retirement; hazardous jobs. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Council of Government Employees.
F 5: Post Office and Civil Service (1960).
Report on health benefits for federal workers; miscellaneous correspondence.
F 6: Post Office and Civil Service, Pay Increase (Jan. - July 21, 1960).
Correspondence concerning pay increases for both postal and non-postal employees and especially mentioning H.R. 9883; Dwight D. Eisenhower's veto of pay bill. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors; Government Employes' Council of the AFL-CIO.
F 7: Post Office and Civil Service, Pay Increase (July 22 - Oct. 1960).
Correspondence concerning pay increases for both postal and non-postal employees; Dwight D. Eisenhower's veto of pay bill. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers Association; Oklahoma State Association of Letter Carriers.
F 8: Post Office and Civil Service (1961).
Correspondence mostly referring to classification and compensation of engineers, scientists, and related professionals in civil service (H.R. 5563/S. 1713).
F 9: Post Office and Civil Service, Rate Increase (1961-1962).
Data on costs of mail; statement by postmaster general; statement by Ralph Nicholson (assistant postmaster general); emphasis on H.R. 7927 or the Postage Revision Act of 1961.
F 10: Post Office and Civil Service, Retirement (1961).
Miscellaneous correspondence.
F 11: Post Office and Civil Service (1962).
Miscellaneous correspondence. Correspondents include: Joseph S. Clark; Olin D. Johnston; Lindley Beckworth.
F 12: Presidential Power (1961-1962).
Correspondence mainly concerning the idea that Congress was relinquishing power to the executive branch of government and expressing concern that John F. Kennedy was wanting more power. Correspondents include: Henry M. Jackson.
F 13: Price Stabilization (1952).
Correspondence concerning the ending of price controls. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Cotton Ginners' Association; Tulsa Chamber of Commerce.
F 14: Public Land (1946, 1949).
Miscellaneous bills and legislative reports concerned with public land; statement of Francis V. Keesling, Jr. (San Francisco's representative on Washington affairs and also the representative of the American Municipal Association for this statement) re: exemption of federal government from tax payments.
F 15: Public Land (1950-1952).
Miscellaneous bills concerned with public land, including copies of H.R. 6460 and report re: disposition of public land in Oklahoma between the Cimarron base line and the north boundary of Texas and copies of H.R. 2478 and report re: conveyance of land of abandoned rifle range to Chandler, Oklahoma; Decatur House. Correspondents include: Tom Steed.
F 16: Public Land, Conveyance of Land to Eastern Oklahoma A & M College (1952-1955).
Reports, legislation, and correspondence concerning transfer of land of the McCurtain Indigent Indian Reservation to Eastern Oklahoma A & M College. Correspondents include: Bureau of Indian Affairs; E. T. Dunlap; Ed Edmondson; Hugh Butler; Henry Dworshak; Mike Monroney; Guy Cordon; Bureau of Land Management.
F 17: Public Land (1953).
Statement by Kerr on mineral rights of land covered by Lake Texoma; miscellaneous copies of legislation; correspondence and legislation re: conveyance of land to Oklahoma for construction of Quartz Mountain State Park; statement by N. R. Graham on development of state parks in Oklahoma; recreation areas within Denison Dam and Reservoir area. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board.
F 18: Public Land (1954).
Grazing; miscellaneous copies of legislation, much of which concerned conveyance of certain lands to various Oklahoma communities; Veterans Hospital in Muskogee; copy of hearings asking for monetary relief for Oklahoma due to relocation of roads because of Grand River Dam. Correspondents include: Guy Cordon; Ed Edmondson.
F 19: Public Land (1955-1956).
Camp Gruber; miscellaneous copies of legislation; copy of S. 998 (and related correspondence) re: conveyance of land to Woodward, Oklahoma, for purpose of constructing a water storage tank; legislation and correspondence asking for monetary relief for Oklahoma due to relocation of roads because of Grand River Dam; copy of S. 1851: to convey certain land to Maty Ann Aust; disposition of land formerly owned by Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians; land conveyed to Chandler, Oklahoma; Denison Dam. Correspondents include: Department of the Army; Clinton P. Anderson; Tom Steed; Department of Agriculture; Allen J. Ellender; Raymond Gary; Toby Morris; Estes Kefauver.
F 20: Public Land (1957-1961).
Copies of S. 846 and report re: establishment of a National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission; copy of H.R. 815: to establish a national cemetery in Oklahoma; copies of S. 3339 and S. 112, both of which called for the establishment of a national cemetery at Fort Reno, Oklahoma; letter from Bureau of the Budget on national cemeteries.
F 21: Public Works (1949).
Construction of post offices in Oklahoma; miscellaneous legislation; copies of S. 2116 and H.R. 5739 (with report) re: advance planning of public works; road construction; Minidoka Reclamation Project in Idaho; public works in Alaska; Tennessee Valley Authority steam plant at New Johnsonville, Tennessee; Dardanelle Dam on the Arkansas River; statement from the National Association of Electric Companies regarding New Johnsonville plant. Correspondents include Dennis Chavez; Brooks Hays; and Thomas H. Werdel.
F 22: Public Works, Waterway Improvements (1949).
Claims to the waters of the Colorado River system; canal in Oklahoma City; booklet and correspondence from the Colorado River Association. Correspondents include Elmer Thomas.
F 23: Public Works (1950-1953).
Report on Markham Ferry Project on Grand River; miscellaneous legislation for construction of new federal buildings, such as building in Newnan, Georgia, and customs services in El Paso, Texas; development of Priest Rapids site on Columbia River; legislation for cottage site development in reservoir areas; water projects. Correspondents include: Edward J. Thye; Johnston Murray; Dennis Chavez; Ken Regan; Edward Martin; Warren G. Magnuson; Sid Simpson.
F 24: Public Works (1954).
Water projects, including Tenkiller Ferry, Markham Ferry, Niagara Falls, and Delaware River; copy of S. 2961 re: land conveyance to George C. and Ellen J. Stratton; construction of federal buildings and post offices. Correspondents include: Ed Edmondson; George D. Aiken; Glenn R. Davis; American Public Power Association; Russell Long; Oklahoma Outdoor Council.
F 25: Public Works (1955).
Copies of S. 1524 and press release re: Public Facilities Loan Act of 1955; copies of outgoing correspondence regarding construction of various federal buildings. Correspondents include Dennis Chavez.
F 26: Public Works, Tennessee Valley Authority (1955-1956).
Materials concerning S. 2373 re: amending the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933; statement on proposed changes; report with budget information; correspondence from National Rural Electric Cooperative Association with attached statement by Senator Edward Martin. Correspondents include: Tennessee Valley Authority.
F 27: Public Works, Water Projects (Jan. - Mar. 1955).
Report from Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors to the chief of engineers which included numerous bills on water projects and water pollution; Hell's Canyon Dam; itinerary for visiting Corps of Engineers installations along Mississippi River and Gulf states; flood control; schedule of hearings on flood control by Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors; resolution from residents of Celilo Village in Celilo, Oregon, re: Dalles Dam. Correspondents include: Wayne Morse; Allen J. Ellender; Dennis Chavez; Richard L. Neuberger.
F 28: Public Works, Water Projects (Apr. - June 1955).
Schedule of hearings of Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors on flood control; flood damage due to hurricane; statements from two businessmen on hurricane damage in New Medford, Massachusetts; statement from Prescott Bush re: S. 414 on directing Corps of Engineers to survey New England, New York, and New Jersey to develop ways to prevent loss of lives and damage to property because of hurricane winds and tides; Delaware River; outgoing correspondence on a number of projects not only in Oklahoma but from around the country, including Niagara River, Beaver and Cow Creeks, Oologah, Eufaula, and Salem Church Dam. Correspondents include: Francis Case; Stuart Symington; Prescott Bush; Albert Gore; Strom Thurmond; George M. Leader (governor of Pennsylvania).
F 29: Public Works, Water Projects (July 1955).
Outgoing correspondence on a number of projects not only in Oklahoma but from around the country including Niagara River, Optima Dam, Beaver and Cow Creeks, and Eufaula Dam; municipal water supply. Correspondents include: Prescott Bush; Clinton P. Anderson; Beaver-Cow Creek Watershed Development Association; Wayne Morse; John L. McClellan (president of Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association).
F 30: Public Works, Water Projects (Aug. - Dec. 1955).
Outgoing correspondence on a number of projects in Oklahoma, including Washita project, Eufaula, and Grand River; Hell's Canyon; Mississippi River-Gulf outlet. Correspondents include: Wayne Morse; Robert F. Kennon (governor of Louisiana).
F 31: Public Works (1956).
Municipal water supply; Little Sioux River; hydroelectric power; damage due to hurricanes, agenda for Subcommittee on Flood Control, Rivers, and Harbors; copies of miscellaneous legislation; report of the legislative activities of the Committee on Public Works; various flood control projects. Correspondents include: Clinton P. Anderson; Prescott Bush; Herbert H. Lehman; Norris Cotton; W. Kerr Scott; John Stennis; Dennis Chavez; Paul H. Douglas; Hubert H. Humphrey; Bourke B. Hickenlooper; Earle C. Clements; Thomas E. Martin; Philip J. Philbin; Edward J. Thye; James C. Auchincloss; Clifford P. Case; Thomas G. Abernethy.
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