Box 5: Defense
Defense: Air Force
F 1: General (1956).
Correspondence: re: liaison office duties and Air Force Academy fact sheet.
F 2: Air Force Academy (1957).
Correspondence: re: nomination and qualification procedures for positions at the Air Force Academy and Merchant Marine Academy.
F 3: Altus Air Force Base (1957).
a. Correspondence: re: reactivation and expansion of Altus Air Force Base and construction of Clinton/Sherman Air Force
Base, with emphasis on federal appropriations, civilian employment opportunities, and housing construction.
b. Newspaper.
F 4: Ardmore Air Force Base (1957).
Correspondence: re: impending decision to close Ardmore Air Force Base.
F 5: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1956-1957).
a. Correspondence: re: post-office conflict of service between Clinton and Foss for base service, banking service to base,
rejection of town of Burns Flat's proposal to "tie-in" with base, sewage and water facilities, and plans for utilization of base,
both operationally and personnel-wise.
b. Newspaper.
F 6: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1956-1957). Housing.
a. Correspondence: re: natural gas supply to base and controversy surrounding on-base or off-base housing construction.
b. Report: Committee of Local Residents: "Summary of Housing Situation in Connection with Clinton-Sherman Air Base"
(December 1956).
F 7: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1957). Housing.
a. Correspondence: re: off-base housing controversy and Kerr-Monroney amendment.
b. Newspaper excerpt.
c. Report: "Memo on Proposed Military Off-Base Housing Amendment" (undated).
d. Report: M. W. Hoover: "Statement of M. W. Hoover before the House Banking and Currency Subcommittee on
Housing" (March 12, 1957).
e. Amendment: TM?: Amendment by addition of new section (229) to amendment of Title II of the National Housing Act (undated).
f. Report: text of colloquy between Mike Monroney (U.S. Senator - Oklahoma) and John Sparkman (U.S. Senator -
Alabama): re: amendment "e" above (undated).
g. Report: Robert S. Kerr and Mike Monroney (U.S. Senators - Oklahoma): "Amendments of Senators Kerr and Monroney
to S. 3855, to extend and amend laws relating to the provision and improvement of housing, the elimination and prevention
of slums, and the conservation and development of urban communities, and for other purposes" (undated).
h. Press Release: re: Kerr-Monroney proposed amendments to S. 3855 (June 4, 1957).
i. Report: "Summary of Public Credit and Money (Gross) Which Have Been Made Available under Federal Housing
Programs, 1933 to June 30, 1955" (May 24, 1956). Congressional Record excerpt: pages 8068-8069.
F 8: Davis Field, Muskogee (1957).
Correspondence: re: federal funds released by Air Force for construction purposes at Davis Field.
F 9: General (1957). Oklahoma.
Correspondence: re: Douglas-Tulsa aircraft construction plant, long-hauling contracts of aircraft parts destined for Tinker Air Force Base, Seed Stabilization contract with Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base, and possibility of a flight test facility at Gage Airport.
F 10: General (1957). Out-of-State.
a. Correspondence: re: Air Force's appreciation of TM's support in Congress.
b. Photograph of a C-124.
c. Newsletter: Douglas-Tulsa Division: Airview News, No. 7 (February 15, 1957).
d. Report: Air Force: Department of the Air Force Disposal Projects: No. 41 (Sampson Air Force Base) and No. 15:
(Lockbourne Air Force Base) (undated).
e. Report: Air Force: "Certain Widely Utilized Personnel Procedures" (January 1957).
F 11: Pay, Allotments, etc. (1957).
a. Correspondence: re: discrepancies in pay rate for lower-rank enlisted personnel and reserve troops and subsistence
allowance for dependents and divorced spouses.
b. Report: Army-Air Force Wage Board: "New Regular Wage Board Supervisory Rate Schedule for the Southern Oklahoma
Locality" (March 26, 1957).
c. Report: Ft. Sill Artillery and Guided Missile Center: "Civilian Personnel Memorandum:" re: "Federal Employees' Salary
Increase Act of 1955" (July 12, 1955). Schedule attached.
F 12: Sheppard Air Force Base (1957).
Correspondence: re: reduction in numbers of civilian employees and converting the qualified disabled veterans to career status.
F 13: Tinker Field (1957).
Correspondence: re: activities and projects of benefit to Oklahoma and Oklahomans at Tinker Air Force Base and of a change in command.
F 14: Altus Air Force Base (1958).
Press Release: Air Force: re: Air Force appropriations for construction purposes at base (January 8, 1958; November 5, 1958).
F 15: Ardmore Air Force Base (1958).
Correspondence: re: retention of the Ardmore Air Force Base.
F 16: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1958).
a. Correspondence: re: construction of Foss Dam and Reservoir and changing the name of the base in honor of an airman
from the area killed in action.
b. Press Release: Air Force: re: Air Force appropriation for construction purposes at the base (February 28, 1958).
c. Press Release: Air Force: "Air Force Request for Construction Authorization Contained in the Department of Defense
Military Construction Bill for Fiscal Year 1959" (undated).
F 17: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1958). Housing.
a. Correspondence: re: possibility of NIKE-Hercules being deployed to Clinton-Sherman base and off-base military housing
controversy (Monroney-Sparkman Senate bill).
b. Press Release: Department of the Army: "Clinton-Sherman Oklahoma to get NIKE-Hercules" (August 12, 1958).
c. Press Release: Department of the Army: re: Air Force appropriations for construction purposes at Clinton-Sherman Air
Force Base (February 10, 1958).
d. Press Release: Department of the Army: re: Air Force appropriations for construction purposes at Altus Air Force Base
(February 10, 1958).
e. Press Release: Department of the Army: re: Air Force appropriations for construction purposes at Vance Air Force Base
(February 10, 1958).
f. Report: re: Federal National Mortgage Association funds available to military housing projects. Congressional Record
excerpt (January 31, 1958). Pages 1227-1228.
F 18: General (1958).
a. Correspondence: re: budget and production of B-52's, deactivation of Ground Observer Corps, and Cape Canaveral trip.
b. Newsletter: "Air Force Academy Athletic Association Sports Newsletter" (June 1958).
c. Report: Special Assistant, Armed Service Housing, Federal Housing Administration: re: military housing (August 25,
1958).
d. Report: Department of the Air Force: re: Disposal Project No. 47: Marion Radio Transmitter Annex (undated).
e. Report: Department of the Air Force: re: Acquisition Project Report No. 418: Mishaum Point Military Reservation (undated).
f. Report: Department of the Air Force: re: Acquisition Project Report No. 419: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (undated).
g. Report: Department of the Air Force: re: Acquisition Project Report No. 420: Dover Air Force Base (undated).
h. Press Release: Department of the Army: re: NIKE missile installations in Wichita Falls area (August 11, 1958).
F 19: Tinker Field (1958).
a. Report: Base Commander: re: developments at Tinker Air Force Base (February 4, 1958).
b. Report: Base Commander: re: activity and project progress at Tinker Air Force Base (May 29, 1958).
c. Resolution: Teamster Local 886: re: discriminatory pay-practices of Page Airways contract with Tinker Air Force Base
toward employees (February 13, 1958).
F 20: Altus Air Force Base (1959).
a. Correspondence: re: briefing by base commander concerning necessity of on-base housing at Altus Air Force Base; use of
base for commercial air traffic; installation of Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles.
b. Press Release: Department of the Air Force: re: Air Force appropriations for construction purposes at Altus Air Force
Base (April 8, 1959).
c. Press Release: re: tour by TM of Altus Air Force Base (March 26, 1959). Report attached.
F 21: Altus Air Force Base (1959). Access Pond.
Correspondence: re: need of an access road to Altus Air Force Base due to increased traffic caused b expansion of on-base housing.
F 22: Altus Air Force Base (1959). Housing.
Correspondence: re: alleged labor violations by contractor on Altus Air Force Base (Capehart) housing project; inclusion of off-base housing provision in S. 57 (Senate Housing Bill); on-going controversy concerning propriety of Capehart Housing Project (i.e., on-base housing versus off-base housing).
F 23: Altus Air Force Base (1959). Housing.
a. Report: Altus Air Force Base: "Study of Family Housing in support of Altus Air Force Base" (undated).
b. Senate Bill: S. 57: "To extend and amend laws relating to the provision and improvement of housing and the renewal of
urban communities, and for other purposes: (John J. Sparkman - Alabama; J. William Fulbright -Arkansas; Ralph W.
Yarborough - Texas; Jennings Randolph - West Virginia; A. S. Mike Monroney - Oklahoma; Wayne Morse - Oregon;
Ernest Gruening - Alaska; Philip A. Hart - Michigan; Warren G. Magnuson - Washington; Henry M. Jackson -
Washington). Committee on Banking and Currency. Eighty-sixth Congress; First Session (February 9, 1959).
F 24: Altus Air Force Base (1959). ICBM.
a. Correspondence: re: possibility of deploying ICBM's; transfer of heavy B-52 wing and refueling tankers from Altus Air
Force Base.
b. Newspaper clippings.
F 25: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1959).
a. Correspondence: re: permanency of Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base; methods used to pay blue-collar workers at the
base; declaration of Highway 44 as a military road.
b. Press Release: Department of the Air Force: re: Air Force appropriation for construction purposes (October 21, 1959).
c. Report: Department of the Air Force: "Air Force #900-9: Honors and Ceremonies: Memorialization Program and
Dedicatory Ceremonies" (August 7, 1957).
d. Press Release: re: tour by TM of Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (March 26, 1959). Report attached.
F 26: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1959). Airmen's Club.
a. Correspondence: re: changing the Service Club at Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base to an Airmen's Club.
b. Report: 4123rd Combat Support Group: "Staff Study: Airmen's Club" (undated).
F 27: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1959). Banking facilities.
Correspondence: re: several area bank's applications for consideration in handling Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base's banking needs.
F 28: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1959). Housing.
Correspondence: re: off-base housing subsidy question and support thereof for the General Housing Bill (H. R. 2357).
F 29: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1959). Housing.
a. Report: Headquarters, Second Air Force: "Study of Family Housing in Support of Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base"
(August 22, 1958).
b. Booklet: Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska: Family Housing (undated).
F 30: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1959). Postal Service.
Correspondence: re: changing post office facilities for base from Clinton to Foss and/or setting up a sub-station at Elk City.
F 31: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1959). Telephone.
a. Correspondence: re: establishment of a direct line and necessary trunking facility between Clinton-Sherman Air Force
Base and Sayre; question as to whether this should be done at Air Force or Southwestern Bell's expense.
b. Newspaper Clipping.
F 32: General (1959).
Correspondence: re: proposal to replace civilian employees with military personnel at SAGE plants; unwillingness of Farmers Home Administration to sponsor "impermanent" housing of military and civilian-military personnel at new bases; and friendly liaison measures between Air Force and TM.
F 33: Tinker Air Force Base (1959).
a. Correspondence: re: reduction in civilian personnel in Oklahoma City Air Material Area and revisions in Wage Board
Position Classifications and Pay Systems. Schedules attached.
b. Report: Base Commander: re: activities and projects at Tinker Air Force Base (May 18, 1959).
F 34: Tinker Air Force Base (1959). Housing Project.
Correspondence: re: maintenance contract bids for Capehart-Rains Family Housing Project and success thereof from occupants point of view.
F 35: Altus Air Force Base (1960).
a. Correspondence: re: change in operations, equipment, and personnel at Altus Air Force Base; construction of ICBM sites;
labor possibilities for local area; possibility of electric supply being provided by local public utility.
b. Press Release: Department of the Air Force: re: Air Force appropriation for construction purposes at Altus Air Force
Base (October 12, 1960).
F 36: Altus Air Force Base (1960). ICBM.
Correspondence: re: construction of missile launch sites in the area of Altus Air Force Base and the economic impact thereof on the local communities.
F 37: Altus Air Force Base (1960). ICBM: Department Materials.
a. Correspondence: re: criteria for determining appropriate missile launch pad locations and a Missile Site Dedication Ceremony.
b. Press Release: Department of the Air Force: re: Air Force appropriations for construction purposes at Altus Air Force
Base (February 5, 1960).
c. Press Release: Department of the Air Force: "Air Force Proposes Program Changes" (March 25, 1960).
F 38: Altus Air Force Base (1960). ICBM: TM Materials.
a. Correspondence: re: contract award for construction of Atlas Missile installations at Altus and TM's successful
solicitation of Altus Air Force Base as a support base for ICBM's.
b. Speech: TM: re: Atlas Missile deployment in Southwestern Oklahoma.
F 39: Altus Air Force Base (1960). ICBM: Clippings.
Pamphlet: The Titan ICBM (January 27, 1960).
F 40: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1960).
a. Correspondence: re: water storage for Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base and job descriptions for positions at the base.
b. Press Release: Department of the Air Force: re: Air Force appropriation for construction purposes at Clinton-Sherman
Air Force Base (April 6, 1960).
c. Press Release: Department of the Air Force: re: Air Force appropriation for construction purposes at Clinton-Sherman Air
Force Base (September 20, 1960).
F 41: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1960). Access Road.
Correspondence: re: improvements of State Highway 44 as a "military access road". Correspondents include Byron Dacus (State Senator - Oklahoma).
F 42: Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (1960). Housing.
a. Correspondence: re: Air Force funds for construction of utilities at Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base (April 14, 1960).
b. Report: Department of the Air Force: "Department of the Air Force Acquisition Project #4766-Clinton-Sherman Air
Force Base-Fee Title-Title VII Family Housing Project" (undated).
c. Press Release: Department of the Air Force: re: Air Force appropriation for construction purposes (April 14, 1960).
F 43: General (1960).
a. Correspondence: re: Air Force contract award announcement; deprecatory remarks toward churches in the Air Force
Training Manual; and TM's appreciation extended toward helpful Air Force personnel.
b. Report: Department of the Air Force: "Small Business and the Air Force" (December 16, 1959).
F 44: Reserve Unit: Childress, Texas (1960).
Correspondence: re: disbandment of Air Force Reserve Unit at Childress, Texas.
F 45: Reserve Unit: Lawton, Oklahoma (1960).
Correspondence: re: disbandment of Air Force Reserve Unit at Lawton, Oklahoma.
F 46: Tinker Air Force Base (1960).
a. Correspondence: re: change in command at Tinker Air Force Base and dissension of civilian employees at Tinker Air
Force Base with proposed "Uniform Officer Staffing Pattern."
b. Report: Base Commander: re: activities and projects at Tinker (February 28, 1960).
Defense: Army
F 47: General (1948).
Correspondence: re: Presidential nominations of three Oklahomans for commissions in the Regular Air Force.
F 48: Corps of Engineers (1949). Kansas
Correspondence: re: flood control program in Southeastern Kansas and Oklahoma.
F 49: Fort Sill (1948-1950).
F 50: Fort Sill (1948-1949). Laundry Case.
Correspondence: re: dismissal of five employees at the base laundry for inefficiency and "reduction in force." Includes testimonies and depositions.
F 51: General (1949).
Correspondence: re: destroying of foals at Ft. Reno and shipment of military personnel's household goods by independent movers at variance with Presidential Executive Order 10053.
F 52: Casualties (1950).
Press Release: Department of Defense: "Report of U.S. Casualties, Summary No. 2:" re: Korea (August 25, 1950).
F 53: General (1950).
a. Correspondence: re: procedures to be followed by commercial enterprises to offer their services and products to the
armed services; and discussion on use of Army Reservists, including length of service; and qualifications and procedures
for obtaining appointment in the Officers Reserve Corps.
b. Press Release: Department of Defense: "Army Seeks Officers in Sixteen Arms and Services" (July 25, 1950).
c. Press Release: Department of Defense: "Army Establishes Service Credit Criteria for Enlisted Reservists on Active Duty"
(October 28, 1950).
d. Booklet: Department of the Army: How to Sell to the United States Army: A Pamphlet Designed to Assist the
Businessman (1950).
F 54: Casualties (1951).
a. Press Release: Department of Defense: "U.S. Casualties in Korean Area (No. 223) -- Oklahoma" (February 10, 1957).
b. Press Release: Department of Defense: "U.S. Casualties in Korean Area (No. 224) -- Oklahoma" (February 12, 1957).
c. Press Release: Department of Defense: "U.S. Casualties in Korean Area (No. 389) -- Oklahoma" (September 2, 1957).
d. Press Release: Department of Defense: "U.S. Casualties in Korean Area (No. 410) -- Oklahoma" (October 2, 1957).
e. Press Release: Department of Defense: "U.S. Casualties in Korean Area (No. 417) -- Oklahoma" (October 13, 1957).
f. Press Release: Department of Defense: "U.S. Casualties in Korean Area (No. 418) -- Oklahoma" (October 14, 1957).
g. Press Release: Department of Defense: "Fifty-seven Armed Forces Dead Being Returned to U.S. from Far East
Command" (March 20, 1951).
h. Press Release: Department of Defense: "Four Armed Forces Dead Being Returned to U.S. from Far East Command"
(May 19, 1951).
i. Press Release: Department of Defense: "U.S. Casualties in Korean Area" (May 28, 1951).
F 55: Corps of Engineers (1951).
Report: Corps of Engineers: "Report on the Federal Civil Works Program as Administered by the Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army; Appendix B; Relationships Affecting the Civil Works Program" (undated).
F 56: Forty-fifth Division (1951).
Correspondence: re: procurement of OU football game film for Forty-fifth Infantry; adequate supply and provisions for men of the unit; and preponderantly, dissatisfaction on the part of the men of the Forty-fifth, their families, and fellow Oklahomans, with being called to duty in Japan after having served in World War II, and for a duration apparently in contrast with the provisions of the Universal Military Training Bill and Public Law 51, Eighty-second Congress.
F 57: General (1951).
Correspondence: re: deferment eligibility for agricultural workers; housing conditions at Ft. Sam Houston (Texas); resolution of Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association denouncing governmental price-cutting at base commissaries; dissatisfaction with length of service under Selective Service System as prescribed by Public Law 51 (Eighty-second Congress); reactivation of remount station at Ft. Reno; newly designated educational institutions to receive ROTC installations.
F 58: Munitions Board (1951).
a. Correspondence: re: state distribution of military prime contracts and advise on where and how military contracts are let.
b. Booklet: Munitions Board, Department of Defense: Production Allocation Manual: Production Planning for Emergency
Procurement (March 1950).
F 59: Adjutant General (1952).
Correspondence: re: change in location of the officers of the U.S. Military Academy Section of the Adjutant General's office.
F 60: Casualties (1952).
a. Press Release: Department of Defense: "U.S. Casualties in Korean Area (No. 482)-Oklahoma" (January 19, 1952).
b. Press Release: Department of Defense: "U.S. Casualties in Korean Area (No. 696)-Oklahoma" (November 21, 1952).
F 61: Fort Sill (1952). Expansion.
Correspondence: re: expansion plants for Ft. Sill, including land acquisition proposals, bids to independent contractors for on-base construction, and cattle grazing on reservation lands.
F 62: Fort Sill (1952). General.
Correspondence: re: Civilian Personnel Division, OSA's communication of February 1, 1952, concerning rates of pay for laundry employees at Ft. Sill.
F 63: Fort Sill (1951-1952). TM Visit.
Correspondence: re: TM's visit to Ft. Sill, with reports and statistical information concerning all phases and facets of operations and projects at the base, with a special emphasis on "Cost Consciousness." Correspondents include George Mahon (U.S. Representative - Texas).
F 64: Fort Sill (1951-1952). TM Visit.
a. Report: Management Engineering Subsection, Office of the Comptroller: "Manpower Utilization Study of Post Custodial
Services" (March 20, 1957).
b. Report: Department of the Army: "Circular No. 94:" re: manpower utilization (November 1951).
c. Pamphlet: Department of the Army #20-300: Techniques of Work Simplification (June 1951).
d. Leaflet: TAC Management, Ft. Sill: Supply Economy ... An Integral Part of the TAC Management Improvement Program
(1950).
e. Pamphlet: Management Engineering Section, Office of the Comptroller: What Does It Take to Be a Good Executive?
(undated).
f. Pamphlet: Management Engineering Section, Office of the Comptroller: Twelve Tests of a Good Organization (undated).
g. Pamphlet: Management Engineering Section, Office of the Comptroller: Methods Studies, a Tool of Good Management (undated).
h. Pamphlet: Management Engineering Section, Office of the Comptroller: What Are the Characteristics of Executive
Leadership (undated).
i. Special Service announcements of upcoming on-base festivities and events and information bulletins concerning mess
hall and commissary procedures and supplies.
j. Map: re: proposed housing development.
F 65: Fort Sill (1951-1952). TM Visit.
a. Booklet: Management Engineering Subsection, Office of the Comptroller: TAC Management, Vol. I, No. 1 (July 1951).
b. Booklet: Management Engineering Subsection, Office of the Comptroller: TAC Management, Vol. I, No. 2 (August
1951).
c. Booklet: Management Engineering Subsection, Office of the Comptroller: TAC Management, Vol. I, No. 3 (September
1951).
d. Booklet: Management Engineering Subsection, Office of the Comptroller: TAC Management, Vol. I, No. 4 (October 1951).
e. Booklet: Management Engineering Subsection, Office of the Comptroller: TAC Management, Vol. I, No. 5 (November
1951).
F 66: General (1952).
a. Correspondence: re: length of service and battlefield promotion policy for men of the Forty-fifth Division.
b. Press Release: Department of Defense: "Army Outlines Plans for Release of ORC and Guard Unit Personnel" (February
15, 1952).
c. Press Release: Department of Defense: "Fiscal Year 1953 Military Construction Program Announced by Army Engineers
Corps" (September 2, 1952). Breakdown by state attached.
d. Press Release: Department of Defense: "Program for Military Public Works Construction Subcommitted to Congress by
Department of Defense" (May 1, 1952). Schedule attached.
F 67: Corps of Engineers (1955).
a. Booklet: Southwestern Corps of Engineers: Water Resources Development in Oklahoma by the Corps of Engineers
(January 1955).
b. Report: Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: "1955 Annual Report (for the fiscal year ended June 30): Chief of
Engineers, U.S. Army, Civil Works Activities."
F 68: Pay (1955).
Report: Department of the Army: Army Regulations No. 35-1311: "Finance and Fiscal, Army Pay Tables (Retired Pay)" (May 10, 1955).
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