Box 25: Revenue and Taxation (1956) -- Senate Office Building (1959).
F 1: Revenue and Taxation (1956).
Taxation of cooperatives; amusement tax; taxation of life insurance companies; constitutional amendment to prevent budget deficits; taxation of transportation outside the United States; local property taxes on federal property; automobile sales; jurisdiction of the Tax Court; taxation of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas; Senate Report on S. 4183, re: local property taxes on federal property; admissions tax. Correspondents include: Oklahoma State Federation of Labor; Wallace F. Bennett; Phillips Petroleum Company.
F 2: Revenue and Taxation, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation (1956-1962).
Renegotiation Act of 1951 as Amended Through August 1, 1956; information on overassessments reported by the commissioner of internal revenue.
F 3: Revenue and Taxation (1957).
Copies of miscellaneous tax legislation; copies of Kerr's proposed amendments to H.R. 7125, a bill to make technical changes in the federal excise tax laws; House Report on H.R. 7125; Estimates of Federal Receipts for Fiscal years 1957 and 1958. Correspondents include: Harry F. Byrd.
F 4: Revenue and Taxation (1958).
Copy of H.R. 8810, re: taxation of dividends paid by regulated investment companies; House and Senate Reports on Technical Amendments Act of 1958; public law created by Technical Amendments Act; questions about Bennett Amendment to Mills Bill (H.R. 8381); Taxation of life insurance companies; tax cuts; return of federal income taxes to the states for educational purposes; copy of letter from Francis Case to Harry F. Byrd and Edward Martin re: depletion rate on gold; press release from George Smathers re: Kerr's interview with Smathers for Florida television. Correspondents include: H. Alexander Smith; Paul H. Douglas; Lyndon B. Johnson; William Proxmire.
F 5: Revenue and Taxation, Excise Taxes (1958).
Senate and Conference Reports on H.R. 7125, a bill to make technical changes in the federal excise tax laws; public law created from H.R. 7125; copy of amendment to H.R. 7125 dealing with bonding period for distilled spirits (specifically whiskey). Correspondents include: Thurston B. Morton; Chamber of Commerce of the United States; J. Allen Frear.
F 6: Revenue and Taxation, Savings and Loan Associations (1958).
Correspondence regarding H.R. 8737, the Savings and Loan Association and Mutual Savings Bank Tax Act (Curtis Bill). Correspondents include: officials of many Oklahoma banks.
F 7: Revenue and Taxation (1959).
Excise taxes; income tax reductions; gasoline tax; taxes on small businesses; statistics on audit activity; capital gains tax; correspondence concerning H.J. Res. 23, proposing a constitutional amendment relative to income taxes and government activity in competition with private business; taxation of firearms; cabaret tax. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Retail Jewelers' Association; Dana Latham (commissioner of internal revenue).
F 8: Revenue and Taxation, Life Insurance Companies (1959).
Copy of preliminary working draft of H.R. 4245, a bill relating to the taxation of life insurance companies; House Report on H.R. 4245; various analyses and illustrations of H.R. 4245; statements of life insurance company officials on H.R. 4245; memorandum on H.R. 4245 from Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Company; reprint of Oklahoma City Times articles on out-of-state insurance companies that owe tax money to Oklahoma.
F 9: Revenue and Taxation, Life Insurance Companies, Correspondence (1959).
Correspondence concerning H.R. 4245, mostly from life insurance company officials; attached statements with some of the correspondence; statement of Patrick Healy, Jr., of the American Municipal Association. Correspondents include: Oklahoma Municipal League; Harry Truman.
F 10: Revenue and Taxation, Telephone Service (Jan. 4-20, 1959).
Correspondence concerning excise tax on telephone service. Correspondents include: Charles A. Schreck.
F 11: Revenue and Taxation, Telephone Service (Jan. 21-22, 1959).
Correspondence concerning excise tax on telephone service. Correspondents include: Sand Springs Chamber of Commerce; Robert W. Ford.
F 12: Revenue and Taxation, Telephone Service (Jan. 23-26, 1959).
Correspondence concerning excise tax on telephone service.
F 13: Revenue and Taxation, Telephone Service (Jan. 27 - Feb. 3, 1959).
Correspondence concerning excise tax on telephone service.
F 14: Revenue and Taxation, Telephone Service (Feb. 4-11, 1959; Dec. 1959; Aug. 1960).
Correspondence concerning excise tax on telephone service.
F 15: Revenue and Taxation (1960).
Payment of withheld taxes by employers; tax deduction for hosting foreign students; Federal National Mortgage Association; taxation of dealer reserve income; deduction of medical expenses; payment of rewards to informers; copy of H.R. 10087, re: foreign tax credits; House Report on H.R. 10087; memorandum on H.R. 10087 from Coca-Cola Export Corporation; taxation of interest and dividends; gasoline tax; taxation of mutual savings banks, savings and loan associations, etc.; taxation of property of American Association of University Women; Oklahoma telephone rates. Correspondents include: Reuel Little; Department of the Treasury.
F 16: Revenue and Taxation (1961).
Resolution of Oklahoma legislature re: taxation of interest paid on state and local indebtedness; tax deductions for small businesses; tax deductions for home repairs; excise tax on club dues; taxation of cooperatives, mutual savings banks, savings and loan associations, etc,; deduction of expenditures for legislative purposes; tax liens; correspondence concerning H.J. Res. 23, proposing a constitutional amendment relative to income taxes and government activity in competition with private business; taxation of interest and dividends; excise tax on toiletries and cosmetics; copy of speech of Douglas Dillon before National Press Club; tax reductions; deductions for charitable contributions; Public Law 87-370 (H.R. 4317), re: annuities for widows and dependents of Tax Court judges. Correspondents include: Department of the Treasury; Family Tax Association; Industrial Editors of Tulsa; University of Oklahoma Foundation; Frank Church.
F 17: Revenue and Taxation (1962).
Senate Report on H.R. 11990, re: public debt limit; taxation of ambulance service organization; tax exemptions; taxation of retirement income; John F. Kennedy's tax proposals; deduction of expenditures for legislative purposes; withholding of taxes on wages and salaries; estate taxes; taxation of patronage refunds of cooperatives; capital gains tax; copy of remarks of Robert V. Roosa, undersecretary of the treasury, at Mortgage Bankers Association of America convention. Correspondents include: Wilbur D. Mills; Roy C. Boecher; A. Willis Robertson.
F 18: Revenue and Taxation, Revenue Bill (Mar. - July 1962).
Correspondence concerning various provisions of H.R. 10650, including taxation of foreign income, taxation of dividends and interest, investment tax credit, deduction of business expenses, capital gains tax, taxation of cooperative dividends, taxation of savings and loan associations, and taxation of income from motion pictures. Correspondents include: John D. Mayo; DuPont Company; Bristol-Myers Company; International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation; Oklahoma Savings and Loan League.
F 19: Revenue and Taxation, Revenue Bill (Aug. - Dec. 1962).
Correspondence concerning various provisions of H.R. 10650, including taxation of foreign income, taxation of dividends and interest, investment tax credit, deduction of business expenses, capital gains tax, taxation of cooperative dividends, and taxation of savings and loan associations; copy of letter from A. Willis Robertson to Harry F. Byrd re: Silver Purchase Acts; copies of letters from Douglas Dillon to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson; copy of letter from Kennedy to Dillon; copy of S. 2885, a bill to repeal certain legislation relating to the purchase of silver; application of foreign income provisions of revenue bill to income from Puerto Rico. Correspondents include: Barbour Cox; J. G. Puterbaugh; Oklahoma Farm Bureau; Dierks Forests; National Farmers Union; Oklahoma Credit Union League; Oklahoma Press Association; Tulsa Labor Council; International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation.
F 20: Rules (n.d., 1946, 1949-1953).
Public Law 79-601, an act to provide for increased efficiency in the legislative branch of the government; election contests; Space Requirements of the United States Senate (Senate document); Oklahoma state seal; voter turnout; copy of letter from Jacob K. Javits; printing of annual reports of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America and veterans organizations; election laws; modification of cloture rule; copy of S. 2570, a bill to authorize the attorney general to conduct preference primaries for nomination of candidates for president and vice president; Senate Report on S. 2570; proposal for Advisory Commission on Senate Rules; copy of S. Res. 320, to pay a gratuity to Gabriel B. Napisa, widower of Minnie E. Pool-Napisa, former administrative assistant of Elmer Thomas; copy of H.R. 7888, a bill to amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. Correspondents include: Girl Scouts of the United States of America; Paul H. Douglas; William Benton; Elmer Thomas; Carl Hayden; and several local unions.
F 21: Rules (1956-1962).
Report on proposed Joint Committee on Central Intelligence Agency; copy of S. Res. 30, amending the cloture rule and providing for continuation of the Senate rules; statement of Harry S. Truman in support of H.R. 7813, regarding the preservation of presidential papers; copy of S. 2435, a bill to organize and microfilm the papers of presidents of the United States in the collections of the Library of Congress; views of Carl Hayden on cloture in Senate Report on S. Res. 25 (80th Congress); study of funds authorized for and expended by Senate committees for inquiries and investigations; federal spending on elections; correspondence concerning modification of cloture rule; Oklahoma Senate resolution re: proposal to enlarge House Committee on Rules. Correspondents include: Lyndon B. Johnson; Thomas C. Hennings; Mike Mansfield.
F 22: Rural Roads (1948-1949, 1953).
Statement of Kerr before Senate Public Works Committee in support of S. 244 and S. 1471, re: rural roads; press release accompanying Kerr's introduction of S. 1471; "All-Weather Roads for the Farmer" by Kerr; Committee Substitute for Oklahoma House Bill 501, an act relating to county roads; remarks of Kerr at American Automobile Association annual meeting (included in Should Federal Aid Be Used for Strictly Local, Rural Roads?, a booklet from a panel discussion); pamphlet from Texas Rural Roads Association; report of Committee on Design and Construction of American Road Builders' Association; "Better Administration for County Roads," a report from Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council. Correspondents include John L. McClellan.
F 23: Senate Office Building (1956-1957).
Materials relating to the Senate Office Building Commission and the construction of the New Senate Office Building. Correspondents include: Architect of the Capitol; Lyndon B. Johnson.
F 24: Senate Office Building (1958-1959).
Materials relating to the Senate Office Building Commission and the construction of the New Senate Office Building. Correspondents include: Architect of the Capitol; Thomas C. Hennings.
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