Box 8: Post Office and Civil Service - Questionnaires (1949 - 1950).
F 1: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1950). Postal Service.
a. Discussion of H.R.8195; "To rescind the order of the Postmaster General curtailing certain postal services" (James H.
Morrison - Louisiana), S.3450; "To rescind the order of the Postmaster General curtailing certain postal services" (William
Langer - North Dakota), and S. Res.261; "Favoring a recession of the order of the Postmaster General curtailing certain
postal services" (William Langer - North Dakota).
b. Correspondence and clippings.
c. Resolution from the National Federation of Post Office Clerks.
F 2: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1950). Promotions.
Discussion of S.2825; "To provide for the promotion of employees in the postal field service to meritorious and longevity salary grades" (Olin D. Johnston - South Carolina), and H.R.5260; "To provide for promotion by merit of employees in the postal service and to establish uniform procedures for examination and appointment of candidates for promotion to supervisory positions" (Christopher C. McGrath - New York).
F 3: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1950). Promotions.
Discussion of H.R.6553; "To provide for the promotion of carriers in the rural delivery service in recognition of longevity of service" (Tom Murray - Tennessee), and H.R.6603; "To provide that certain service performed in the custodial service and in the mail equipment shops of the Post Office Department shall be credited toward promotion to the meritorious and longevity grades established for the postal field service" (Tom Murray - Tennessee). Public Law 428 (H.R.4495; "To provide additional compensation and other benefits for postmasters, officers, and employees in the postal field service" (George P. Miller - California).
F 4: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949-1950). Reclassification.
Discussion of H.R.4678; "To reclassify postmasters, assistant postmasters, and other positions in the postal field service" (George P. Miller - California), H.R.4757; "To reclassify postmasters, assistant postmasters, and other positions in the postal field service" (James H. Morrison - Louisiana), and S.1978; "To reclassify postmasters, assistant postmasters, and other positions in the postal field service" (Olin D. Johnston - South Carolina).
F 5: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Reclassification.
a. Discussion of H.R.4495; "To provide additional benefits for certain postmasters, officers, and employees in the postal
field service with respect to annual and sick leave, longevity pay, and promotion, and for other purposes" (George P. Miller
- California).
b. Correspondence "A - L."
F 6: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Reclassification.
a. Discussion of H.R.4495; "To provide additional benefits for certain postmasters. officers, and employees in the postal
field service with respect to annual and sick leave, longevity pay, and promotion, and for other purposes" (George P. Miller
- California).
b. Correspondence "M - Z."
c. Speech of John R. Walsh about the Postal Reclassification Bill.
F 7: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949).
Discussion of H.R.2372; "To amend 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 clerks in air mail field railway post offices" (George P. Miller - California), and S.541; "To amend 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 clerks in air mail field railway post offices" (George P. Miller - California).
F 8: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949).
Discussion of H.R.1241; "To reclassify assistant postmaster and other supervisory positions in the postal field service" (George P. Miller - California).
F 9: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949-1950). Reclassification.
Discussion of S.1978; "To reclassify postmasters, assistant postmasters, and other position in the postal field service" (Olin D. Johnston - South Carolina).
F 10: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Religious Census.
F 11: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Retirement.
F 12: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1950). Retirement.
Discussion of H.R.4295; "To provide certain benefits for annuitants who retired under the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, prior to April 1, 1948" (Homer Thornberry - Texas), H.R.5096; "To adjust the rates of annuities for certain employees retired under the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, prior to April 1, 1948" (George P. Miller - California), and H.R.5032; "To adjust the rates of annuities for certain employees retired under the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, prior to April 1, 1948" (Usher L. Burdick - North Dakota).
F 13: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Retirement Benefits.
Discussion of H.R.1722; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, so as to provide certain benefits for annuitants who retired prior to April 1, 1948" (George P. Miller - California).
F 14: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1950). Retirement.
Civil Service Amendments. Discussion of S.1275; "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended" (Olin D. Johnston - South Carolina; and Zales N. Ecton - Montana).
F 15: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949-1950). Rural Carriers.
F 16: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Rural Carriers.
Discussion of H.R.2774; "To amend section 17 of Public Law 134 of the Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended" (A.S. Herlong, Jr. - Florida), S.1232; "To increase the equipment maintenance allowance payable to rural carriers" (Olin D. Johnston - South Carolina), and S.1231; "To repeal the limitation upon the total annual compensation of certain rural carriers serving heavily patronized routes" (Olin D. Johnston - South Carolina).
F 17: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Rural Carriers.
Discussion of H.R.4772; "To provide a forty-hour week for rural carriers, and for other purposes" (George M. Rhodes - Pennsylvania).
F 18: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Stamps.
Discussion of H.J.Res. 211; "To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorating the volunteer workers and contributors of the Nation's community chests" (Kenneth B. Keating - New York).
F 19: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Stamps.
S.970; "To authorize the issuance of a special series of stamps commemorative of the one hundred and ninety- first birth anniversary of Major Jean Pierre Chouteau" (Elmer Thomas - Oklahoma).
F 20: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Stamps.
S.971; "To authorize the issuance of a special series of commemorative stamps honoring one hundred and sixty years of cotton textile manufacturing in America" (Elmer Thomas - Oklahoma).
F 21: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1950). Star Mail Carriers.
F 21b: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Suspensions.
F 22: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1949). Work Credit.
Discussion of H.R.3759; "To credit for the purpose of determining eligibility for promotion all service performed by employees of the postal service who are transferred from one position to another within the service" (Homer Thornberry - Texas).
F 23: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Alaskan Indians.
H.R.3196; "To authorize appropriations for roads, trails, and other aids to transportation serving lands and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alaska" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 24: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Alaskan Settlement.
Discussion of H.R.1549; "To provide for the settlement of certain parts of Alaska by war veterans" (William Lemke - North Dakota).
F 25: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Alaskan Settlement.
a. Discussion of H.R.4424; "To provide for the settlement of certain parts of Alaska by war veterans" (William Lemke -
North Dakota), and S.2229; "To provide for the settlement of certain parts of Alaska by war veterans" (Edwin C. Johnson -
Colorado).
b. "An American Iron Curtain?"
F 26: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Alaska Statehood.
a. "Facts about Alaska Statehood."
b. "Why Alaska needs Statehood"
F 27: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Alaska Statehood.
Discussion of H.R.331; "To provide for the admission of Alaska into the Union" (E.L. Bartlett - Alaska).
F 28: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Albuquerque Hospital.
Discussion of S.2404; "Authorizing an appropriation for the construction, extension, and improvement of a county hospital at Albuquerque, New Mexico, to provide facilities for the treatment of Indians" (Dennis Chavez - New Mexico; and Clinton P. Anderson - New Mexico). Correspondents include John E. Miles.
F 29: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Alcoholic Beverage Sale to Indians.
F 30: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Discussion of S.2726; "To abolish the functions of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior, to remove the guardianship over Indians and trusteeship over Indian lands, and to repeal the act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended" (George W. Malone - Nevada). Also mentions H.R.4896.
F 31: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). California Indians.
a. Discussion of H.R.4616; "To facilitate the administration of the restricted lands on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation,
California, and for other purposes" (John Phillips - California), H.R.5310; "To confer jurisdiction on the State of California
over the lands and residents of the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in said State, and for other purposes" (John Phillips -
California), H.R.6464; "To facilitate the allotment of lands, and the administration thereof, in the reservation of the Agua
Caliente Band of Mission Indians in Riverside County, California, and the administration of restricted lands on such
reservation, and for other purposes" (Usher L. Burdick - North Dakota), H.R.6511; "To facilitate the allotment of lands, and
the administration thereof, in the reservation of the Agua Caliente Band of Mission Indians in Riverside County, California,
and the administration of restricted lands on such reservation, and for other purposes" (Dixie Gilmer - Oklahoma),
H.R.9272; "To amend the Act of October 5, 1949 (Public Law 322, Eighty - first Congress), so as to extend the time of
permits covering lands located on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma),and H.R.4584; "To
provide for disposition of lands on the Cabason, Augustine, and Torres-Martinez Indian Reservations in California, and for
other purposes" (John Phillips - California).
b. Correspondents include Compton I. White, and John Phillips.
c. Remarks of Hugh Butler from the Congressional Record, "Indian Bureau Budget Proposals"
F 32: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Canadian River Reclamation Project.
F 33: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Cape Florida Light House as a National Monument.
F 34: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Central Arizona Project.
a. Discussion of S.75; "Authorizing the construction, operation, and maintenance of a dam and incidental works in the main
stream of the Colorado River at Bridge Canyon, together with certain appurtenant dams and canals, and for other purposes"
(Ernest W. McFarland - Arizona; Carl Hayden - Arizona), H.R.934; "Authorizing the construction, operation, and
maintenance of a dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Bridge Canyon, together with
certain appurtenant dams and canals, and for other purposes" (John R. Murdock - Arizona), and H.R.935; "Authorizing the
construction, operation, and maintenance of a dam and incidental works in the main stream of the Colorado River at Bridge
Canyon, together with certain appurtenant dams and canals, and for other purposes" (Harold A. Pattern - Arizona).
b. Correspondents include John R. Murdock.
c. Remarks of John R. Murdock from the Congressional Record.
F 35: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Chippewa Indians.
H.R.1755; "To authorize a $100 per capita payment to members of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians from the proceeds of the sale of timber and lumber on the Red Lake Reservation" (Harold C. Hagen - Minnesota).
F 36: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Choctaw - Chickasaw Claims.
H.R.4626; "Conferring jurisdiction upon the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma to hear, determine, and render judgement upon the claims of individuals to property rights as citizens of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations or Tribes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 37: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Cobb Creek Project.
H.R.8762; "To authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance by the Secretary of the Interior of the Cobb Creek reclamation project, Oklahoma" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 38: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Colorado River.
Colorado River water problems of seven western states. Correspondents include John R. Murdock.
F 39: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Columbia Basin Project.
a. Discussion of H.R.8345; "To amend the Columbia Basin Project Act with reference to recordable contracts" (Hal Holmes
- Washington).
b. Resolution from the Columbia Basin Commission.
F 40: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Columbia Valley Administration.
General. Correspondents include Hugh B. Mitchell.
F 41: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Commission of Federal Reimbursement.
a. Discussion of H.R.1356; "Creating a Commission on Federal Reimbursement to States and Local Governments by reason
of Federal ownership of improved and unimproved real property" (Clair Engle - California).
b. Statement of Francis V. Keesling, Jr. at a hearing before the Peterson Sub-Committee of the House Committee on Public
Lands, March 2, 1949.
F 42: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Committee Organization.
Morris selected as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs.
F 43: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Committee Trip.
a. Correspondents include J. Hardin Peterson.
b. Statement of H. Oehlmann, Executive Vice President, Yosemite Park and Curry Co. before the Public Lands Committee
of the House of Representatives.
F 44: Public Lands, Committee on (1951). Committee Work.
Report No. 3242 (H.Res.66); "Pursuant to House Resolution 66, first session, Eighty-first Congress, the Committee on Public Lands makes report of certain of its activities which fields will be of interest to the Congress" (J. Hardin Peterson - Florida).
F 45: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Competency of Indians.
Discussion of H.R.2724; "To provide a decree of competency for United States Indians in certain cases" (Wesley A. D'Ewart - Montana), and S.186; "To emancipate United States Indians in certain cases" (Hugh Butler - Nebraska).
F 46: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Concho School.
F 47: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Drummond, Alfred and Addie.
H.R.2702; "To authorize the Secretary of the Army to convey by quitclaim deed certain mineral rights in certain lands situated in the State of Oklahoma to Alfred A. Drummond and Addie G. Drummond" (Carl Albert - Oklahoma).
F 48: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Engineers.
Discussion of H.R.4357; "To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to procure by contract in the open market and in the manner common among businessmen, the services of engineers, engineering associations or organizations, needed or required in connection with the acquisition or construction of public works" (William G. Stigler - Oklahoma), and S.1722; "To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to procure by contract in the open market and in the manner common among businessmen, the service of engineers, engineering associations or organizations needed or required in connection with the acquisition or construction of public works" (Elmer Thomas - Oklahoma).
F 49: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Everglade National Park.
a. Discussion of H.R.1254; "To authorize the acquisition of lands for the Everglades National Park, Florida" (George A.
Smathers - Florida), H.R.3878; "To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to procure with available funds, including those
made available by the State of Florida, the remaining lands and interest within the boundary agreed upon between the State
of Florida and the Secretary of the Interior, within and less than that authorized by the act of May 30, 1934 (48 Stat. 816),
and within which the State has already donated its lands, and for other purposes" (J. Hardin Peterson - Florida),and
H.R.4029; same as H.R.3878 (J. Hardin Peterson - Florida).
b. Correspondence and clippings.
c. Supplementary statement by J.J. McCord on H.R.1254 to the House Subcommittee on Public Lands, March, 1949.
d. Statement of D.A. McDougal on H.R.1254.
e. Draft of amendment to H.R.1254.
F 50: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Flathead Indian Nation.
H.R.4509; "To amend the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 452), and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma). Public Law 557 (H.R.4509).
F 51: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Forfeitures.
Discussion of H.R.4762; "To amend title 18;, section 3618, of the Code of Laws of the United States of America, to empower the courts to remit or mitigate forfeitures" (Norris Poulson - California).
F 52: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Ft. Berthold Reservations.
Discussion of H.R.8411; "To provide for certain per capita payments to members of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota" (John R. Murdock - Arizona).
F 53: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Fort Berthold Reservation Tribes:
a. H.J.Res. 33; "Providing for the ratification by Congress of a contract for the purchase of certain Indian lands by the
United States from the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, and for other related purposes"
(William Lemke - North Dakota).
b. Companion bill S.J.Res. 11; "Providing for the ratification by Congress of a contract for the purchase of certain Indian
lands by the United States from the Three Affiliated Tribes of Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, and for other
related purposes" (William Langer - North Dakota; and Milton R. Young - North Dakota).
c. Suggested amendments to H.J.Res. 33 as passed by the House.
F 54: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Fort Berthold Reservation Tribes.
a. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Indian Affairs of the Committee on Public Lands House of Representatives on
H.J.Res. 33.
b. Report No.544 (H.J.Res. 33).
c. Amendments to H.J.Res.33.
d. Senate amendments to H.J.Res.33.
F 55: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Fort Berthold Reservation Tribes.
a. Brief in support of S.J.Res.11 and H.J.Res.33.
b. House Conference Memorandum H.J.Res.33 From the standpoint of Congress.
c. Annual Statement of Fiscal Affairs of Indian Tribes by States and Jurisdictions Fiscal Year 1948.
d. Miscellaneous statements.
F 56: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Ft. Gibson Reservoir.
H.R.3340; "To provide for the designation of the reservoir formed by the dam on the Grand River near Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, as Lake Chouteau" (W.F. "Dixie" Gilmer - Oklahoma).
F 57: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Ft. Reno Lands.
a. Discussion of H.R.4756; "To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma formerly a past of the Cheyenne - Arapaho Reservation
and known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation for the Cheyenne - Arapaho Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma" (Toby Morris
- Oklahoma), S.1788; "To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma formerly a part of the Cheyenne - Arapaho Reservation and
known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation for the Cheyenne - Arapaho Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma" (Elmer Thomas -
Oklahoma),and H.R.6114; "To set aside certain lands in Oklahoma, formerly a part of the Cheyenne - Arapaho Reservation,
and known as the Fort Reno Military Reservation, for the Cheyenne - Arapaho Tribes of Indians of Oklahoma, and for other
purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
b. Press release from William Howard Payne.
c. Speech and debate about the Cheyenne - Arapaho Indian Tribes of Oklahoma by Toby Morris.
F 58: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Fort Sill Indian School.
a. H.R.6133; "Transferring management of certain public lands from the Agriculture Department to the Fort Sill Indian
School in Oklahoma for agriculture uses" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
b. Public Law 612 (S.2086); "Transferring management of certain public lands from the Agriculture Department to the Fort
Sill Indian School in Oklahoma for agriculture uses."
F 58b: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Gamblin Claim.
F 59: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). General.
Various legislation, including House Report 1323, H.R.6114, H.C.Res.21, H.J.Res.25, H.R.2724, H.R.4232, H.R.4025, H.R.4896, H.R.5914, and H.R.6112.
F 60: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Gold.
F 61: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Goshute Indian Reservation.
H.R.4231; "To reserve certain land on the public domain in Utah for addition to the Goshute Indian Reservation" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 62: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Great Smoky Mountains Park.
F 63: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Hawaiian Statehood.
Discussion of H.R.49; "To enable the people of Hawaii to form a constitution and State Government and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states" (Joseph R. Farrington - Hawaii).
F 64: Public Lands, Committee on (1947-1950). Indians: General.
a. Press Release from William E. Warne.
b. Distribution of Indian Service Employees as of Oct. 31, 1947.
c. Correspondence.
F 65: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Indian Claims Commission.
F 66: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Indian Culture.
Discussion of H.R.5315; "To advance knowledge on the history and culture of the American Indian through the acquisition and preservation of irreplaceable artifacts and relics" (Compton I. White - Idaho).
F 67: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Indian Debts.
H.R. 9339; "To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to compromise, adjust, or cancel certain debts of individual Indians and Indian tribal organizations, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 68: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Indian Lands.
H.R.5099; "To authorize the United States to purchase restricted lands of individual Indians, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 69: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Indian Land Leases.
Discussion of H.R.5098; "To authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term leases" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 70: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Indian Livestock Loans.
H.R.5097; "For the administration of Indian livestock loans, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 71: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Indian Rehabilitation.
Discussion of H.R.7638; "To promote the rehabilitation of the Indians of western Oklahoma, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 72: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Indian Reservation Roads.
Discussion of H.R.5232; "To amend the Road Act of May 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 750), authorizing appropriations for roads on Indian reservations" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma). Report No.1046 (H.R.5232).
F 73: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Indian Rolls.
Discussion of H.R.4896; "To provide that the Indians Claims Commission shall hear and determine claims to enrollment on the rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes and of the Osage Indians" (Edward H. Rees - Kansas).
F 74: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Indian Rolls.
Discussion of H.R.7129; "To provide for the determination of claims to enrollment on the rolls of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Delaware, and Osage Tribes of Indians" (Edward H. Rees - Kansas).
F 75: Public Lands, Committee on (1947-1949). Indian Tax Refund.
a. Discussion of H.R.4353; "To amend section 2 of the Act of January 29, 1942 (56 Stat. 21), relating to the refund of taxes
illegally paid by Indian citizens" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma), and S.899; "To amend section 2 of the Act of January 29, 1942
(56 Stat. 21), relating to the refund of taxes illegally paid by Indian citizens" (Elmer Thomas - Oklahoma).
b. Memorandum about Public Law 419, section 2.
c. Statement by Jay W. Whitney about H.R.4353.
F 76: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Lawton.
Legislation/Data re: H.R.4877; "To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma of proceedings to condemn certain real property, title to which is in the United States, same being held in trust by the United States for the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian Tribes, in Comanche County, Oklahoma" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma). Correspondents include Elmer Thomas.
F 76b: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Lawton.
F 77: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Maryland.
Discussion of H.R. 6009; "To authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to grant a right-of-way across certain land owned by the United States" (J. Glenn Beall - Maryland).
F 78: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Mescalero Apache Tribal Business Committee..
F 79: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Mining Laws.
F 80: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Navajo.
H.R.994; "To provide for disposition and use of tribal funds of the Navajo Tribe of Indians" (John E. Miles - New Mexico).
F 81: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Navajo - Hopi Rehabilitation Fund.
F 82: Public Lands, Committee on (1948-1950). Navajo - Hopi.
Discussion of H.R.3476; "To promote the rehabilitation of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians and the better utilization of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma), H.R.5208; "To promote the rehabilitation of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians and the better utilization of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma), H.R.6466; "To promote the rehabilitation of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians and a better utilization of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma), S. 2686; "To provide for the conveyance to, and administration by, the State of South Dakota of submarginal lands in such State which were acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture under title III of the Bankhead - Jones Farm Tenant Act" (Chan Gurney - South Dakota), and S.1407; "To promote the rehabilitation of the Navajo and Hopi Tribes of Indians and the better utilization of the resources of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, and for other purposes" (Joseph C. O'Mahoney - Wyoming; Carl Hayden - Arizona; Dennis Chavez - New Mexico; Ernest W. McFarland - Arizona; Clinton P. Anderson - New Mexico). Also mentions S.2734.
F 83: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). New York Indians.
a. Discussion of S.192; "To confer jurisdiction on the courts of the State of New York with respect to civil actions between
Indians or to which Indians are parties" (Hugh Butler - Nebraska; and Irving M. Ives - New York).
b. Correspondence and clippings.
F 84: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). National Surveying and Mapping Act.
Discussion of H.R.6900; "To provide an accelerated program for surveying and mapping of the United States, its Territories and possessions, and for other purposes" (J. Hardin Peterson - Florida).
F 85: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). North Fork Kings River Project.
Discussion of H.R.5264; "To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to undertake the North Fork Kings River development, California, as an integral part of the Central Valley project, and for other purposes" (Cecil F. White - California).
F 86: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Oil and Gas Leases.
F 87: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Oil and& Gas Leases.
Discussion of H.R.5312; "To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (61 Stat. 913) to provide for competitive bidding on oil and gas leases issued thereunder where a competitive interest in leasing is evident" (A. Leonard Allen - Louisiana).
F 88: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Oil and Gas Leases.
Discussion of H.R.7584; "To amend the Mineral Leasing Act for acquired lands to require competitive bidding for leases of deposits of oil and gas not within any known geological structure of a producing oil or gas field" (F. Edward Hebert - Louisiana).
F 89: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Oil Royalties.
Discussion of S.1647; "To eliminate premium payments in the purchase of Government royalty oil under existing contracts entered into pursuant to the act of July 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 533)" (Edwin C. Johnson - Colorado).
F 90: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). OG&E.
F 91: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Oklahoma School Lands.
Discussion of H.R.9655; "To amend the Act of June 21, 1934 (48 Stat. 1185; 43 U.S.C. sec. 871a), entitled `An act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue patents to the numbered school sections in place, granted to the States by the act approved February 22, 1889, by the act approved January 25, 1927 (44 Stat. 1026), and by any other Act of Congress'" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma). Correspondents include Roy J. Turner.
F 92: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Old Stone House.
Discussion of H.R.7722; "To provide for the acquisition and preservation, as a part of the National Capital Parks system, of the Old Stone House in the District of Columbia" (Chase Going Woodhouse - Connecticut). A: H.R.7722.
F 93: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Osage Indians.
H.R.4232; "To amend section 3 of the Act of Congress approved June 28, 1906, relating to the Osage Indians of Oklahoma" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 94: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Preston Peden Appointment to House Public Lands Committee.
F 95: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Petroleum.
"History and Analysis of Bureau of Mines' Petroleum and Natural Gas Division."
F 96: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Peyote.
Resolution from the Native American Church.
F 97: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Public Lands Laws.
Discussion of H.J.Res.545; "For the establishment of a commission to study the need for simplification, modernization, and consolidation of the public land laws, to make appropriate recommendations for an effective public land law system, and for other purposes" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 98: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Pueblo - Navajo.
Discussion of S.1323; "To declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Pueblo Indians and the Canoncito Navajo group in New Mexico, and for other purposes" (Clinton P. Anderson - New Mexico).
F 99: Public Lands, Committee on (1948-1950). Puerto Rico.
Message from Luis Munoz Marin to the Seventeenth Legislature.
F 100: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Reclamation Projects.
F 100b: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Reclamation.
Memo re: Section 4 of H.R. 7351" "To amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939.
F 101: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Recreation.
S.340; "To facilitate the administration by the Secretary of the Interior in cooperation with other Federal agencies, of the recreational uses of lands and waters within reclamation, flood control, power, and other Federal reservoir projects" (Elmer Thomas - Oklahoma).
F 102: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Red River Compact.
Discussion of H.R.8873; "Granting the consent of the Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating to the waters of the Red River by the States of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas" (Wright Patman - Texas).
F 103: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Sand Creek Massacre Claims.
Discussion of H.R.4627; "Conferring jurisdiction upon the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma, to hear, determine, and render judgement upon certain claims of individuals against the United States" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 104: Public Lands, Committee on (1948-1949). Sand Creek Massacre Claims.
Discussion of H.R.4627; "Conferring jurisdiction upon the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma, to hear, determine, and render judgement upon certain claims of individuals against the United States" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 105: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Sand Creek Massacre Claims.
a. Discussion of H.R.4627; "Conferring jurisdiction upon the District Court of the United States for the Western District of
Oklahoma, to hear, determine, and render judgement upon certain claims of individuals against the United States" (Toby
Morris - Oklahoma).
b. "Digest of the Chivington Massacre at Sand Creek, Colorado Territory November 29, 1864."
F 106: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). School Buildings.
H.R.554; "To provide for the construction, extension, and improvement of school buildings in Hoopa, California" (Hubert B. Scudder - California).
F 107: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). School Buildings.
Discussion of H.R.7332; "To authorize an appropriation for cooperation with joint district No. 5, towns of Almon, Barthelme, Morris, and Seneca, and the village of Bowler, Shawano County, Wisconsin, for the construction, extension, improvement, and equipment of public school buildings at Bowler, Wisconsin, to be available to both Indian and non-Indian children" (Reid F. Murray - Wisconsin). Correspondents include Reid F. Murray.
F 107b: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Sioux.
Correspondence from Harold O. Lovre of South Dakota re: H.R. 3765 "To promote the rehabilitation of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of Indians and better utilization of the resources of the Sisseton Reservation and for other purposes."
F 108: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Sioux Lands.
Discussion of H.R.5372; "To authorize the negotiation and ratification of separate settlement contracts with the Sioux Indians of Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota and of Standing Rock Reservation in South Dakota and North Dakota for Indian lands and rights acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir, Missouri River development, and for other purposes" (Francis Case - South Dakota).
F 109: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Summit Lake Indian Reservation.
H.R. 4069: "To reserve certain land on the public domain in Nevada for addition to the Summit Lake Indian Reservation" (Toby Morris - Oklahoma).
F 110: Public Lands, Committee on (1949-1950). Tennessee - Tombigbee Project: Inland Water Project.
a. Correspondents include John E. Rankin.
b. Speech of John E. Rankin, "Let Us Not Imitate Nero's Fiddling While Rome Burned."
F 111: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Waccamaw Indians.
Discussion of H.R. 7153 and H.R. 7299 re: conveyance of land owned by the Waccamaw. Also memo regarding the Waccamaw.
F 112: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Water Desalinization.
Discussion of H.R. 3123. "To conserve and increase the nation's water resources...by authorizing research and demonstration of practical means of producing from any saline waters, sea or otherwise, water suitable for beneficial consumptive use and for other purposes."
F 113: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Water Resources/Development.
F 114: Public Lands, Committee on (1950). Water Resources.
Discussion of H.R. 6257, "to provide a comprehensive and adequate water resources basic data program."
F 115: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Wingate Ordnance Depot Lands.
Concerns making certain surplus property at the Wingate Ordnance Depot in New Mexico available for Indian use.
F 116: Public Lands, Committee on (1949). Wyandotte Tribe.
Concerns selling of the Wyandotte Indian public burial ground in Kansas City, Kansas.
F 117: Public Works, Committee on (1949). Arkansas-White-Red River Basin Commission.
Discussion of S. 1576. Correspondents include Robert S. Kerr.
F 118: Public Works, Committee on (1950). Cumberland River.
Proposed flooding of river bottom.
F 118b: Public Works, Committee on (1950). Disaster Relief.
F 119: Public Works, Committee on (1948-1949). Grand River Dam Authority.
F 120: Public Works, Committee on (1949). Missouri Valley Authority.
F 120b: Public Works, Committee on (1949). Planning.
Includes legislation to provide for the advance planning of public works.
F 120c: Public Works, Committee on (1948-1949). Public Buildings Act.
Includes correspondence, bills, and hearings on legislation for comprehensive planning, for site acquisition in and outside of the District of Columbia, and for the design of federal building projects outside of the District of Columbia and to authorize the transfer of jurisdiction over certain lands between certain departments and agencies of the U.S., and to provide certain additional authority needed in connection with the construction, management, and operation of federal public buildings. Correspondents include Sam Hobbs and William M. Whittington.
F 120d: Public Works, Committee on (1950). Public Power.
"Ballot on Public Power Policy" regarding the Federal Power Commission, electric cooperatives, etc.
F 121: Public Works, Committee on (1950). Red River Dam.
F 122: Public Works, Committee on (1949). Roads: Construction.
Resolution from the Eastern Oklahoma Lakes Association and the Oklahoma U.S. Highway 59 Association.
F 123: Public Works, Committee on (1949). Roads.
Discussion of H.R. 3824 to supplement the Federal Aid Road Act by providing for the construction of the national system of interstate highways.
F 124: Public Works, Committee on (1949). Roads.
Discussion of H.R. 7941 to amend and supplement the Federal Aid Road Act.
F 125: Questionnaires (1949-1950). Colleagues.
"The Views of the First Iowa District Feb. 15 to March 31, 1950." From the Congressional Record.
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