Box 3: Post Office and Civil Service - Ways and Means (1947-1948).
F 1: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947). Agricultural Conservation Committeemen.
Discussion of H.R.1414; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, to permit certain officers and employees of county agricultural conservation committees to elect to come within the purview of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930" (Lindley Beckworth - Texas).
F 2: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Career/Veteran Status.
Discussion of S. 2327; "To amend the act of June 27, 1944, Public Law 359, and to preserve the equities of permanent classified civil service employees of the United States" (William Langer - North Dakota).
F 3: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947). Census Act.
Discussion of H.R.1821; "To provide for the collection and publication of statistical information by the Bureau of the Census" (Harold C. Hagen - Minnesota), and H.R.1045; "To amend the act entitled 'An act to provide for a permanent Census Office,' approved March 6, 1902, as amended (the collection an publication of statistical information by the Bureau of the Census)" (Christian A. Herter - Massachusetts).
F 4: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Civil Service Pay.
Wage increase bill for federal employees.
F 5: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Civil Service Pay.
Discussion of S.1537; "To increase the rate of compensation of heads and assistant heads of executive departments and of other officers" (Ralph E. Flanders - Vermont; Raymond E. Baldwin - Connecticut).
F 6: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Civil Service Pay.
Discussion of S.1930; "To provide additional compensation for employees of the Federal Government and of the government of the District of Columbia" (Harry P. Cain - Washington).
F 7: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Civil Service Pay.
Discussion of H.R. 5472; "To provide a temporary increase in the compensation of officers and employees of the Federal Government and of the District of Columbia municipal government" (Edward H. Rees - Kansas).
F 8: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Civil Service/ Postal Pay.
Discussion of H.R.4727; "To provide additional compensation for employees of the Federal Government and of the government of the District of Columbia" (Homer R. Jones - Washington), and H.R.4773; "To provide additional compensation for postmasters and employees of the postal service" (Homer R. Jones - Washington).
F 9: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947-1948). General Correspondence.
Discussion of H.R.1551; "Providing an allowance for the purchase of uniforms for city and village delivery letter carriers" (Katharine St. George - New York), H.R.1321; "To amend the act entitled 'An act to amend further the Civil Service Retirement Act, approved May 29, 1930, as amended,' approved January 24,1942, and for other purposes" (John C. Butler - New York), S.1930; "To provide additional compensation for employees of the Federal Government and of the government of the District of Columbia" (Harry P. Cain - Washington), and S.1931; "To provide additional compensation for postmasters and employees of the postal service" (Harry P. Cain - Washington).
F 10: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947). Loyalty Act.
Discussion of H.R.3813; "To provide for removal from, and the prevention of appointment to, offices or positions in the executive branch of the Government of persons who are found to be disloyal to the United States" (Edward H. Rees - Kansas); Executive Order No. 9835 on Loyalty Dismissals; Comment on Preamble.
F 11: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947-1949). Postage Rates.
Proposed increase in third class postage.
F 11b: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947). Postage Rates.
F 12: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Postal Pay.
Pending legislation for postal pay increase; Correspondence and clippings; "Dollars or Sense"; Reprinted from the January, 1948 issue of the Union Postal Clerk, official organ of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks.
F 13: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Postal Pay.
Discussion of S.1949; "To provide additional compensation for postmasters and employees of the postal service" (Raymond E. Baldwin - Connecticut).
F 14: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947). Postal Pay.
Discussion of H.R.1636; "To amend section 6 of the Act entitled `An Act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the Postal Service; to establish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for other purposes', approved July 6, 1945, with respect to the application of such section to rural carriers" (William H. Stevenson - Wisconsin).
F 15: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Postal Pay.
Discussion of H.R.4640; "To provide additional compensation for employees in the field service of the Post Office Department" (John C. Butler - New York).
F 16: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Postal Pay.
Discussion of H.R.4704; "To adjust compensation for postmasters and employees of the postal service" (John D. Dingell - Michigan).
F 17: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Postal Pay.
Discussion of H.R.5667; "To provide additional compensation for postmasters and employees of the postal service" (John C. Butler - New York).
F 18: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947-1948). Postal Savings.
Discussion of H.R.4879; "To amend section 7 of the act of June 25, 1910, as amended, to reduce the interest rate on postal-savings deposits to 1 percent per annum" (Robert J. Twyman - Illinois), and S.1015; "To amend section 7 of the Act of June 25, 1910, as amended, to reduce the interest rate on postal-savings deposits to 1 percent per annum" (Ellsworth B. Buck - New York).
F 19: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947-1948). Retirement.
Discussion of H.R.1321; "To amend the act entitled `An act to amend further the Civil Service Retirement Act, approved May 29, 1930, as amended', approved January 24, 1942, and for other purposes" (John C. Butler - New York), and H.R.738; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act Approved May 29, 1930, as amended, so as to exempt annuity payments under such act from taxation" (Edward H. Rees - Kansas). Correspondence and clippings.
F 20: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947). Retirement: F.B.I..
Discussion of S.715; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to provide annuities for investigatory personnel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who have rendered at least 20 years of service" (Styles Bridges - New Hampshire; and William Langer - North Dakota).
F 21: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947-1948). Retirement.
Law Enforcement Personnel. Discussion of H.R. 2959; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to provide annuities for investigatory personnel of the Treasury Department who have rendered at least 20 years of service" (James T. Patterson - Connecticut), H.R. 6123; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930 as amended, to provide annuities for personnel who have rendered at least 20 years of service in positions requiring direction, supervision, inspection, or direct contact with United States or military prisoners" (Marion T. Bennett - Missouri), and H.R.6454; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, to provide annuities for certain Federal Employees who have rendered at least 20 years service in the investigation and apprehension of persons suspected or convicted of offenses against the United States" (Harold C. Hagen - Minnesota).
F 22: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947-1948). Retirement.
Discussion of H.R.3232; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended" (William H. Stevenson - Wisconsin),H.R.2447; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended" (Homer R. Jones - Washington), H.R.3872; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended" (William H. Stevenson - Wisconsin), S.637; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended" (William Langer - North Dakota; and Dennis Chavez - New Mexico), and H.R.4127; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended" (William H. Stevenson - Wisconsin). Correspondence and clippings.
F 22b: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947). Rural Carriers.
Includes correspondence on salaries for rural carriers as well as compensation for postal service employees. Correspondents include Edward H. Rees.
F 23: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947). Rural Carriers.
Discussion of H.R.1187; "To provide for the selection and appointment of substitute rural carriers" (William C. Cole - Missouri).
F 24: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1947). Star Routes.
Discussion of S.264; "To provide for the carrying of mail on star routes, and for other purposes" (William Langer - North Dakota).
F 25: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). Suspensions.
Public Law 623 (S.1486); "To provide for payment of salaries covering periods of separation from the Government service in the case of persons improperly removed from such service" (Edward J. Thye - Minnesota; and Herbert R. O'Conor - Maryland).
F 26: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1948). War Service Status.
Discussion of S.2324; "To grant a preference to certain former employees and temporary and war-service-indefinite employees of the United States in obtaining a permanent civil-service status" (William Langer - North Dakota); correspondence and clippings.
F 27: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). Alaskan Settlement.
Discussion of H.R.1548; "To provide for the settlement of certain parts of Alaska by war veterans" (Preston Peden - Oklahoma), and H.R.868; "To provide for the settlement of certain parts of Alaska by war veterans" (William Lemke - North Dakota).
F 28: Public Lands, Committee on (1947-1948). Alaskan Statehood.
F 29: Public Lands, Committee on (1948). Anadarko Indian Arts and Crafts Building.
F 30: Public Lands, Committee on (1947-1948). Choctaw/Chickasaw Coal Land.
a. Correspondence and clippings.
b. Resolution from the Choctaw-Chickasaw Confederation.
c. H.J.Res.363 (Report No. 1868). Joint Resolution "Providing for the ratification by Congress of a contract for the purchase
of certain lands and mineral deposits by the United States from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians" (Richard J.
Welch - California).
d. S.J.Res.203 (Report No.1266). Joint Resolution "Providing for the ratification by Congress of a contract for the purchase
of certain lands and mineral deposits by the United States from the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians" (Hugh A.
Butler - Nebraska).
e. Report No.1868 (To accompany H.J.Res.363).
F 31: Public Lands, Committee on (1948). Crow Lands.
Discussion of H.R. 2352; "To provide for sale to the Crow Tribe of interests in the estates of deceased Crow Indian allottees" (Wesley A. D'Ewart - Montana).
F 32: Public Lands, Committee on (1948). Everglades National Park.
Discussion of H.R.3378; "Relating to the completion of Everglades National Park, in the State of Florida, and for other purposes" (George Smathers - Florida).
F 33: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). Five Civilized Tribes.
a. Discussion of H.R.149; "Relative to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma" (William
G. Stigler - Oklahoma).
b. Correspondence and clippings.
c. Resolution from Holt, Billingsley, Dunlap, Sugg, Bethell, Cantrell, Frix, Langley, Russell (Okmulgee), Shipley, Smith,
Taylor, Waggoner, Watkins, Williams (Okmulgee), and Wood.
d. H.R.3173; "An Act relative to restrictions applicable to Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma, and for other
purposes" (William G. Stigler - Oklahoma).
e. Report No. 543 to accompany H.R.3173.
f. Public Law 336 (H.R.3173).
F 34: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). Fort Sill Indian Hospital.
Proposed reduction in beds and medical personnel.
F 35: Public Lands, Committee on (1947-1948). Gamblin claims.
F 36: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). Indian Claims Commission.
Proposed creation of Indian Claims Commission; resolution from the Council of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Tribes.
F 37: Public Lands, Committee on (1947-1948). Indian Schools.
Closing of Concho Indian School, Goodland Indian Orphanage, Riverside Indian School, and Fort Sill Indian School. Reduction of the Department of Interior budget for Indian Schools.
F 38: Public Lands, Committee on (1948). Indians: General.
F 39: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). Indians: Restrictions.
F 40: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). Indians.
Restrictions. Discussion of H.R.1113; "To emancipate United States Indians in certain cases" (Wesley A. D'Ewart - Montana).
F 41: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). Investigation.
Investigation of the regional Indian offices at Oklahoma City; correspondence and clippings.
F 42: Public Lands, Committee on (1947-1948). Jackson Hole.
Discussion of H.R.1330; "To abolish the Jackson Hole Nation Monument as created by Presidential Proclamation No. 2578, dated March 15, 1943, and to restore the lands belonging to the United States within the exterior boundaries of said monument to the same status held immediately prior to the issuance of said proclamation" (Frank A. Barrett - Wyoming).
F 43: Public Lands, Committee on (1947-1948). Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Lands.
Discussion of S. 813; "To authorize the patenting of certain lands which formed a part of the original Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation in Oklahoma to the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, and for other purposes" (Elmer Thomas - Oklahoma; and E.H. Moore - Oklahoma), and H.R.3021; "To authorize the patenting of certain lands which formed a part of the original Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Reservation in Oklahoma to the city of Lawton, Oklahoma, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma); correspondence and clippings..
F 44: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). Mineral Rights.
Mineral rights to land bought by the government.
F 45: Public Lands, Committee on (1948). Mining.
Discussion of S.2479; "Providing for the suspension of annual assessment work on mining claims held by location in the United States" (Arthur V. Watkins - Utah).
F 46: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). National Cemeteries.
Discussion of H.R.1109; "To provide for one national cemetery in every State and Territory and such other national cemeteries in the States and Territories as may be needed for the burial of war veterans and certain other persons as provided for in section 281, title 24, United States Code, as amended" (Dean P. Taylor - New York).
F 47: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). National Mineral Resources Division.
a. Discussion of H.R.1602; "To establish within the Department of the Interior a National Minerals Resources Division, and
for other purposes" (Leo E.Allen - Illinois), and H.R.2455; "To establish within the Department of the Interior a National
Minerals Resources Division, and for other purposes" (Charles H. Russell - Nevada).
b. Resolution by the Miami, Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce.
c. Resolution by the Rotary Club of Miami, Oklahoma.
F 48: Public Lands, Committee on (1948). Osage Indians.
Discussion of H.R.5401; "Relating to the tribal and individual affairs of the Osage Indians of Oklahoma" (George B. Schwabe - Oklahoma); resolution from the Osage Tribal Council.
F 49: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). Reclamation.
Discussion of H.R.1886; "To amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939" (Robert F. Rockwell - Colorado), and H.R.1977; "To amend and reenact section 9 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939" (William Lemke - North Dakota).
F 50: Public Lands, Committee on (1948). Southwest Indian Mission.
Discussion of H.R.5763; "To authorize the sale of certain public lands in San Juan County, Utah, to the Southwest Indian Mission, Inc." (Richard J. Welch - California), and S.2278; "To authorize the sale of certain public lands in San Juan County, Utah, to the Southwest Indian Mission, Inc." (Elbert Thomas - Utah; and Arthur V. Watkins - Utah).
F 51: Public Lands, Committee on (1947). State Parks.
Discussion of H.R.151; "To provide that the United States shall aid the States in the acquisition and development of systems of State park , and for other purposes" (Claude Pepper - Florida).
F 52: Public Lands, Committee on (1947-1948). White Antelope Heirs.
Claims to land grants by the heirs of White Antelope, and Arapaho Indian chief involved in the Sand Creek Massacre.
F 53: Public Works, Committee on (no date). Committee Documents.
List of members names from the Committee on Public Works in the Eightieth Congress.
F 54: Public Works, Committee on (1947). Corps of Engineers: Eufaula Dam Project.
F 55: Public Works, Committee on (1948). Highway Construction.
Discussion of H.R.6572; "To authorize the granting of Federal aid with respect to the construction of toll bridges, highways, and tunnels" (Glen Beall - Maryland). A: H.R.6572.
F 56: Public Works, Committee on (1947-1948). Lanham Act.
Discussion of H.R.5710; "To amend the act entitled `An act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes,' approved October 14, 1940, as amended" (J.Harry McGregor - Ohio), H.R.2473; "To authorize the transfer without charge to the States and their political subdivision of all interest of the United States in educational and recreational facilities acquired under the act of October 14, 1940, as amended" (Leroy Johnson - California), and H.R. 3545; "To amend title II of the act entitled `An act to expedite the provision of housing in connection with national defense, and for other purposes,' approved October 14, 1940, as amended, to permit the making of contributions during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, for the maintenance and operation of certain school facilities, and for other purposes" (Gerald W. Landis - Indiana).
F 57: Public Works, Committee on (1947-1948). National Institute for Industrial Training.
a. Discussion of S.1843; "To provide for the conveyance of Slowe and Carver Halls, defense housing projects, in
Washington, D.C., to the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial" (Arthur Capper - Kansas), and H.R.4664; "To
provide for a National Institute of Industrial Training of Negro Youth" (A.L.Miller - Nebraska). Correspondents include
A.L. Miller.
b. Congressional Record: "A National Institute of Industrial Training for Negro Youth." Remarks of A.L. Miller.
c. "A Proposal to use Slowe and Carver Halls as a National Institute of Industrial Training which shall constitute a unit of
the Field Services of the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial in its' program of training workers of low educational
status for service and industrial occupations"
F 58: Public Works, Committee on (1947). Public Works Planning.
Discussion of H.R.3490; "To enable States and their agencies and political subdivisions to plan for the construction of public works" (Frederick A. Muhlenberg - Pennsylvania).
F 59: Public Works, Committee on (1948). Tennessee Valley Authority.
Proposed construction of a steam plant; "Who Pays for TVA?" A brochure about the proposed steam plant for the Tennessee Valley Authority.
F 60: Questionnaires (no date). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #136. General.
F 61: Questionnaires (1947). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #137. Unions, Anti-Trust, Unincorporated business taxes, and luxury taxes.
F 62: Questionnaires (1947). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #138. Loss-leader sales, anti-trust, and federal Wage-Hour Law.
F 63: Questionnaires (1947). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #139. S.118, S.104, H.R.1671, H.R.1672, and S.110.
F 64: Questionnaires (1947). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #140. S.866, and H.R.1759.
F 65: Questionnaires (1947). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #141. Anti-Trust, S. Con. Res. 14, and H.R.1111.
F 65b: Questionnaires (1947). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballots #142, 143, 144.
F 65c: Questionnaires (1947). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #145.
F 65d: Questionnaires (1948). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballots #146, 147, 148.
F 66: Questionnaires (1948). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #149. H.R.5403, H.R.5559, S.J.Res.182, H.R.6250, and S.1887.
F 66b: Questionnaires (1948). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #150.
F 66c: Questionnaires (1948). National Federation of Small Business.
Ballot #151, 152, 153.
F 67: Questionnaires (1947). Oklahoma State Industrial Union Council.
Questionnaire sent to all United States Congressmen from Oklahoma regarding general issues of national concern.
F 67b: Small Business, Committee on (1948). Steel industry.
F 68: Un-American Activities, Committee on (1947-1948). Un-American Activities.
a. "Red Fascism in the United States Today," by J. Edgar Hoover.
b. "100 Things You Should Know About Communism and Religion," Prepared and released by the Committee on
Un-American Activities.
F 69: Un-American Activities, Committee on (1948). Mundt - Nixon Bill.
Discussion of H.R.5852; "To combat un-American activities by requiring the registration of Communist-front organizations, and for other purposes" (Karl E. Mundt - South Dakota).
F 70: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1948). V.A. appropriation: General.
Resolution from the Department of Oklahoma Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
F 71: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947). Bonus Bills: H.R. 132, 262, 272, 294, and 500.
F 71b: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947-1948). Colostomy victims.
Includes correspondence regarding proposed legislation.
F 72: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1948). Committee Documents:
a. Resume of Bills Reported by the Committee on Veterans Affairs.
b. Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944; The act providing for vocational rehabilitation of disabled veterans.
c. Resolutions from the Veterans Affairs Committee of the Southern Governors Conference.
F 73: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947-1948). Disabilities and Pensions.
Discussion of H.R.594; "To increase the pension payable to war veterans suffering from permanent total non-service-connected disabilities from $50 to $75 per month" (Paul Cunningham - Iowa), H.R.4148; "To increase the pension payable to war veterans suffering from permanent total non-service-connected disabilities to $75 per month, and for other purposes" (Thomas G. Abernethy - Mississippi), H.R.4475; "To increase the pension payable to war veterans suffering from permanent total non-service-connected disabilities from $50 to $75 per month" (Thomas A. Jenkins - Ohio), H.R.4554; "To increase the pension payable to war veterans suffering from permanent total non-service-connected disabilities from $60 to $75 per month" (Thomas A. Jenkins - Ohio), H.R.4900; "To increase World War I and II disability and death compensation and pension rates" (George W. Sarbacher, Jr. - Pennsylvania), H.R.5123; "To increase World War I and II disability and death compensation and pension rates" (James C. Davis - Georgia), and H.R.5213; "To provide pensions for disability and age under Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), part III, in the same amounts as now provided for veterans of the War with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, and the Boxer Rebellion, and for other purposes" (James E. Van Zandt - Pennsylvania).
F 74: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1948). Education.
Discussion of H.R.5848; "To amend paragraph 3 of part Viii, Veterans Regulation No.1 (a), as amended, to preclude election by the veteran of certain courses not related to the veteran's employment objective" (W. M. Wheeler - Georgia).
F 75: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1948). Education and Training Fees.
Discussion of H.R.6079; "Establishing a procedure by which the Administrator may assure veterans full educational and training opportunities commensurate with the tuition charges by educational and training institutions, and for other purposes" (Homer A. Ramey - Ohio).
F 76: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947). Farm Training.
Discussion of H.R.2181; "Relating to institutional on-farm training for veterans" (W.M. Wheeler - Georgia).
F 77: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1946-1948). General.
a. Discussion of H.R.677; "To provide pensions for disabled veterans of World War I under similar conditions, and in the
same amounts, as now provided for disabled veterans of the Spanish-American War" (Edith Nourse Rogers -
Massachusetts), H.R.1899; "To provide adjusted-service compensation for those persons who served in the armed forces of
the United States during World War II, and to adjust with respect thereto the monetary benefits received pursuant to the
Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and for other purposes" (George B. Schwabe - Oklahoma), and
H.R.157; "To promote maximum employment, business opportunities, and careers for veterans in a free competitive
economy" (Jessee P. Wolcott - Michigan).
b. Resolutions on veterans affairs from the Mid-West Veterans Service Conference in Oklahoma City (5 resolutions).
c. Resolution from the American Legion.
F 78: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1948). G.I. Bill and Flight Training.
F 79: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947). Housing.
Discussion of H.R.4488; "To amend the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, to provide homes for veterans, through veterans' homestead associations, and the public facilities essential therefor" (Edith Nourse Rogers - Massachusetts), and S.1759; "To amend the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, to provide homes for veterans, through veterans' homestead associations, and the public facilities essential therefor" (Edward Martin - Pennsylvania).
F 80: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947). Housing: Reconstruction Finance.
F 81: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947). Insurance Policies.
F 82: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947). Merchant Marines G.I. Benefits.
Discussion of H.R.2357; "To extend the educational benefits of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 to persons who served in the merchant marine of the United States during World War II" (Henry D. Larcade - Louisiana).
F 83: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1948). Muskogee Veterans Hospital.
a. Discussion of H.R.5070; "To authorize an appropriation in the amount of $500,000 for the expansion of hospital facilities
at the United States Veterans Hospital at Muskogee, Oklahoma" (William G. Stigler - Oklahoma).
b. Resolution from the Indian Territory Chapter No. 7 Disabled American Veterans.
c. Resolution from The American Legion Department of Oklahoma.
F 84: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947). Pensions.
Spanish-American vets, Civil War vets, Boxer Rebellion vets, and Philippine Insurrection vets. Discussion of H.R.3961; "To provide increase in the rates of pension payable to Spanish-American War and Civil War veterans and their dependents" (Alvin E. O'Konski - Wisconsin), and H.R.969; "To provide increases in the rates of pensions payable to Spanish-American War veterans and their dependents" (Edith Nourse Rogers - Massachusetts).
F 85: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947-1948). Pensions.
World War I: Discussion of H.R.26; "Granting pensions to veterans and the widows and dependent children of veterans, of the World War equivalent to pensions granted to veterans, and the widows and dependent children of veterans, of the War with Spain" (Lindley Beckworth - Texas), H.R.677; "To provide pensions for disabled veterans of World War I under similar conditions, and in the same amounts, as now provided for disabled veterans of the Spanish-American War" (Edith Nourse Rogers - Massachusetts), and H.R.5535; "Granting service pensions of $75 per month to veterans of World War I, and for other purposes" (Edwin Arthur Hall - New York). Correspondence and clippings.
F 86: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947). Service-connected Diseases.
H.R.3889; "To amend Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), parts I and II, as amended, to establish a presumption of service connection for chronic and tropical diseases" (James T. Patterson - Connecticut).
F 87: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947-1948). Subsistence Allowances.
Discussion of H.R.161; "To increase the subsistence allowances to veterans receiving education or training pursuant to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944" (A. Leonard Allen - Louisiana), H.R.870; "To amend certain provisions of Veterans Regulation No. 1 (a), as amended" (Edith Nourse Rogers - Massachusetts), H.R.1617; "To increase the subsistence allowances to veterans receiving education or training pursuant to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944" (E.H. Hedrick - West Virginia), H.R.2176; "To amend certain provisions of Veterans' Regulation No. 1 (a), as amended" (Edith Nourse Rogers - Massachusetts), H.R.3584; "To provide increased subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing certain courses under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and for other purposes" (W. Howes Mease - Kentucky), and S.1394; "To provide increased subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing certain courses under the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and for other purposes" (Wayne Morse - Oregon; Irving M. Ives - New York; William E. Jenner - Indiana; Elbert Thomas - Utah; Claude Pepper - Florida; and Lister Hill - Alabama); Resolution from various American Legion Posts of Payne County, Oklahoma.
F 88: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947). Training.
Discussion of H.R.246; "To raise the ceilings on wages and allowances payable to veterans undergoing training on the job, and for other purposes" (Bernard W. Kearney - New York).
F 89: Veterans Affairs, Committee on (1947-1948). Tuberculosis.
Discussion of H.R.4243; "To provide minimum ratings for service-connected arrested tuberculosis" (George W. Sarabacher, Jr. - Pennsylvania).
F 89b: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947). Armed Forces.
P.L. 367 (H.R. 479): "Relating to the income tax liability of members of the armed forces dying in the service.
F 90: Ways and Means, Committee on (1948). Communications: War-Time Communications Tax.
F 91: Ways and Means, Committee on (1946-1948). Co-operatives.
a. Tax advantages to cooperative corporations. Correspondents include John J. Williams.
b. Press release from the Ways and Means Committee.
c. "Congressional Record"; Speech of Honorable John J. Williams on "Tax Advantages to Cooperative Corporations"
d. Mailing Card "Co-operatives--or Free Enterprise?" from constituents to Toby Morris.
e. Bulletin No. 52 of the National Tax Equality Association, Oct. 15, 1946.
f. Pamphlet "How Cooperatives Escape Income Tax," from the U.S. Business Organizations, Inc.
g. Radio broadcast of Fulton Lewis, Jr., September 19, 1947.
F 92: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947). Copper.
Discussion of H.R.1626; "To maintain continued employment, to provide adequate supplies of copper to assist American industry in the reconversion period, to protect the American people against a new inflationary threat, and to assist in promoting stabilization in the American economy" (James T. Patterson - Connecticut), and H.R.2404; "To suspend certain import taxes on copper" (James T. Patterson - Connecticut).
F 93: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947). Cosmetics: Excise Tax.
F 94: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947). Government Spending.
Presidents' budget cut and general.
F 95: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947). Gun Control.
Discussion of S.332; "To provide for the registration of certain firearms, the taxation of the transfer thereof, and for other purposes" (Alexander Wiley - Wisconsin).
F 96: Ways and Means, Committee on (1948). Income Tax Preparers.
Discussion of H.R.5732; "To prohibit unqualified individuals from receiving compensation for preparing or assisting in the preparation of income-tax returns" (Gregory McMahon - New York); statement of Robert Ach to Subcommittee No.3 Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives Regarding H.R.2657.
F 96b: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947-1948). Inheritances. Includes public laws.
F 97: Ways and Means, Committee on (1948). Museum Admissions: General.
Brief for exemption of charges for admission to museums (including public museums, planetariums, historic house museums, botanical gardens, zoological parks and aquariums) from the Federal Tax on Admissions.
F 98: Ways and Means, Committee on (1948). Musical Instruments.
Excise taxes. Discussion of H.R.4259; "To amend sections 3404(d), 3406 (a), and 3443 (a) (3) (A) (i) of the Internal Revenue Code" (Daniel A. Reed - New York).
F 99: Ways and Means, Committee on (1948). News Vendors.
Discussion of H.R.5052; "To exclude certain vendors of newspapers or magazines from certain provisions of the Social Security Act and Internal Revenue Code" (Bertrand W. Gearhart - California).
F 100: Ways and Means, Committee on,(1948). Notch Tax on Corporations.
"The Wall That Keeps Small Business Small," by John H. Wilson.
F 101: Ways and Means, Committee on (1948). Old Age Pensions.
a. General. Correspondents include Gerald W. Landis.
b. National Pension Guide (February 1948 and April 1948).
F 102: Ways and Means, Committee on (1948). Old Age Pensions: Petitions.
F 103: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947). Old Age Pensions.
Legislation (draft). The Social Security Act amended, and various inner correspondence; H.R.781; "Providing direct Federal old-age assistance at the rate of $60 per month to needy citizens sixty years of age or over" (Gerald W. Landis - Indiana).
F 104: Ways and Means, Committee on (1939). Old Age Pensions.
Legislation. Discussion of H.R.781; "Providing direct Federal old-age assistance at the rate of 460 per month to needy citizens 60 years of age or over" (Gerald W. Landis - Indiana), H.R.3732; "To provide a Federal old-age pension for the needy aged" (John E. Fogarty - Rhode Island), H.R.2707; "To provide Federal old-age assistance at the rate of $65 per month to needy citizens fifty-five years or over" (E.H. Hedrick -West Virginia), H.R.16; "To provide every adult citizen in the United States with equal basic Federal insurance, permitting retirement with benefits at age 60, and also covering total disability, from whatever cause, for certain citizens under 60; to give protection to widows with children, to provide an ever-expanding market for goods and services" (Homer D. Angell - Oregon), and H.R.2410; "To amend the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620) by adding a new title thereto to be known as title XIV, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma); Public--No. 271--74th (H.R.7260) Congress; Title I--Grants to States for Old-Age Assistance; H.R.1831; "To equalize State old-age assistance payments and to provide burial allowances under title I of the Social Security Act" (Paul Stewart - Oklahoma).
F 105: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947 - 1948). Old Age Pensions.
a. Discharge Petitions. Correspondents include John E. Fogarty, Otto E. Passman, Henry D. Larcade, Jr., Edward J. Hart,
Arthur G. Klein, Abraham J. Multer, Augustine Kelly, William G. Stigler, Joe Hendricks, Henry M. Jackson, Mike
Kansfield, Clair Engle, Antonio Fernandez, Vito Marcantonio, Edward A. Garmatz, Adolph J. Sabath, Leo Isacson, Richard
F. Harless, W.K. Granger, George Fallon, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Toby Morris, Don Wheeler, James H. Morrison, Chet
Holifield, E.H. Hedrick, and Frank R. Havenner.
b. Official List of Members of the House of Representatives of the United States. March 1, 1948.
F 106: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947). Old Age Pensions: Clippings.
F 107: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947-1948). Old Age Pensions.
General Correspondence "Ab - Al" and Clippings.
F 108: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947-1948). Old Age Pensions.
Correspondence: American Pension Committee.
F 109: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947-1948). Old Age Pensions.
a. General correspondence "Am - Br." Correspondents include Homer D. Angell and Schuyler Otis Bland.
b. "Public Welfare Platform" objectives for public welfare legislation in 1947, from the American Public Welfare Association.
c. Congressional Record. Speech of Homer D. Angell, "Why Not a Marshall Plan for the Aged of America?"
d. National Pension Guide (May 1948)
F 110: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947-1948). Old Age Pensions.
General correspondence "Bu - C."
F 111: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947-1948). Old Age Pensions.
General correspondence "D - E."
F 112: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947-1948). Old Age Pensions.
General correspondence "F - Ga." Correspondents include John H. Folger.
F 113: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947-1948). Old Age Pensions: General Welfare Federation of America.
a. National Pension Guide (August 1947; May - October 1948).
b. Income - Pension (% Salary) Graph.
c. "Am I Sick, or just Discarded?" By the General Welfare Federation of America, Inc.
d. Flyer; "F. G.Swanson Solicits Your Votes for Re-election as State Representative--District No. 33."
F 114: Ways and Means, Committee on (1947-1948). Old Age Pensions.
General correspondence "Gi - H." Correspondents include E. H. Hedrick.
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