Box 23: Judiciary - Veterans' Affairs (1959 - 1960)
F 1: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Adoption.
Includes correspondence on adoption of foreign-born children. Correspondents include L. E. Rader, director of the Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare.
F 2: Judiciary, Committee on the (1960). American Indian Day.
Includes letter from Oklahoma Supreme Court justice N. B. Johnson asking Morris to support a resolution to establish an American Indian Day.
F 3: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Anti-trust.
Includes copies of bills calling for anti-trust legislation as well as correspondence.
F 4: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Bidding.
Includes letter from the Council of Mechanical Specialty Contracting Industries asking Morris to support various legislation in support of fair bidding.
F 5: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959-1960). Civil Rights.
Includes correspondence and data on H.R. 8601, the civil rights voting bill. Correspondents include Clarence Mitchell, director of the Washington Bureau, NAACP; the Colored Voters of America; and Roy Wilkins, chairman of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.
F 6: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959-1960). Committee Matters.
Includes two pamphlets on the committee's operations.
F 7: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Defense Attorneys.
Includes letter from the Oklahoma Junior Bar Association asking Morris to support legislation for compensation for public defenders.
F 8: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Defense Security.
Constituent correspondence urging support of H.R. 3693, the Defense Facilities Protection Act.
F 9: Judiciary, Committee on the (1960). District of Columbia.
Includes letter from the Washington Evening Star - Sunday Star thanking Morris for participating in an informal poll on a constitutional amendment which would allow Washington residents to vote for president and vice president and to be represented in the House of Representatives.
F 10: Judiciary, Committee on the (1960). Eminent Domain.
Includes letter from Morris to Lindley Beckworth re: price to be paid by the federal government when it acquires a family's home.
F 11: Judiciary, Committee on the (1960). Hearings Procedures.
Letter from the Oklahoma Bar Association asking Morris to support legislation.
F 12: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Hudson/Champlain Anniversary.
Includes letter from William H. Meyer.
F 13: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Immigration.
Constituent correspondence regarding changes to the Walter- McCarran Act.
F 14; Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Interstate Commerce Taxation.
Includes letter from Edwin E. Willis.
F 15: Judiciary, Committee on the (1960). Martin Relief.
Correspondence and data re: H.R. 7226, a private bill for the relief of Hughie D. Martin and Ione Martin, whose child was killed by a dud artillery shell at Fort Sill. Correspondents include Thomas J. Lane, Robert S. Kerr, Mike Monroney, and James O. Eastland. Also includes copies of the bill, reports, and calendars.
F 16: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959-1960). Morris, Thomas J.
Correspondence re: private bill for Thomas J. Morris, who suffered loss on account of a sweet potato weevil. Correspondents include Robert S. Kerr.
F 17: Judiciary, Committee on the (1960). Navy Bandsmen.
Letter from group of widows of Navy bandsmen who were killed while on trip to Brazil. Women were asking for monetary relief.
F 18: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Patents.
Includes correspondence and data regarding patent fees.
F 19: Judiciary, Committee on the (1960). Port of the New York Authority.
Concerns New York Governor Robert B. Meyner's refusal to let port authority officials honor congressional subpoenas. Includes correspondence from Emanuel Celler, Edwin E. Willis, William M. McCulloch, Robert B. Meyner, Walter S. Baring, Nelson A. Rockefeller, W. Averell Harriman, Thomas E. Dewey, and Herbert H. Lehman.
F 20: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Saturday Holidays.
F 21: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). States Rights.
Includes correspondence re: H.R. 3, a bill to establish rules of interpretation governing questions of the effect of acts of Congress on state laws. Correspondents include Andrew J. Biemiller of the AFL-CIO; Oklahoma Farm Bureau; and the American Farm Bureau Federation.
F 22: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Supreme Court.
F 23: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Taxes.
F 24: Judiciary, Committee on the (1960). Tidelands.
Includes correspondence from Frank W. Boykin.
F 25: Judiciary, Committee on the (1959). Trading With the Enemy Act Administration.
Includes letter from Olin D. Johnston and a speech by Johnston which was in the Congressional Record.
F 26: Judiciary, Committee on the (1960). Warrant Officers Association.
Includes letter from the association asking Morris to support legislation for incorporating the officers.
F 27: Library, Joint Committee on the (1959). General.
Includes letter from Omar Burleson which has attached resolutions regarding the Library of Congress.
F 28: Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission (1959).
Includes letter from John Sherman Cooper, chairman of the commission, as well as a packet of information on the celebration.
F 29: Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Committee on (1959). Fishing Vessel Construction.
F 30: Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Committee on (1960). Pest Control Programs.
Includes correspondence and statements of the National Agricultural Chemicals Association, the Oklahoma State Department of Agriculture, and the Oklahoma Outdoor Council.
F 31: Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Committee on (1960). Ship Mortgages.
F 32: Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Committee on (1960). Shipping.
F 33: Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Committee on (1959). Wildlife Research.
F 34: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959-1960). ASC Salaries.
Includes constituent correspondence re: salary increases for employees of the Agricultural Stabilization Service.
F 35: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959). ASC Legislation.
Includes correspondence re: salary increases for employees of the Agricultural Stabilization Service.
F 36: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Air Mail.
F 37: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959). Census Workers.
Includes letter from James C. Oliver.
F 38: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960).
Committee Materials. Includes letter from Tom Murray.
F 39: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959-1960). General.
F 40: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959).
Government Service Contracts. Includes letter from James C. Davis regarding the Department of Defense contracting out to a psychological testing firm for the training of military personnel.
F 41: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959-1960). Health Benefits.
Includes correspondence regarding various pieces of health benefits legislation. Many of the letters refer to the Federal Employees Health Insurance Act. There are copies of letters from the U.S. Civil Service Commission to Congressman Tom Murray. Among the letters are several from employee groups, most notably the National Association of Retired Civil Employees (Oklahoma chapter) and the Oklahoma Council of Government Employees.
F 42: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Pay Legislation.
Correspondence re: increased salary for postal employees.
F 43: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Pay.
Includes correspondence re: pay raises for federal employees. Much of the correspondence seems to be about postal employees. Among the correspondents was Andrew J. Biemiller, AFL-CIO.
F 44: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Pay - Selective Service Personnel.
Constituent correspondence re: exclusion of Selective Service personnel from the federal employee pay raise.
F 45: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Pensions.
F 46: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959-1960). Pensions - Hazardous Duty Bills.
Correspondence re: H.R. 1183, to increase by 2.5 percent the multiplication factor for determining pensions for federal employees in hazardous jobs. Correspondents include employees of the Secret Service and U.S. Marshal office in Oklahoma.
F 47: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959). Personnel Administration.
Includes letter and press release from the National Federation of Federal Employees opposing S. 1638, a bill which would dismantle the Civil Service Commission.
F 48: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Postage Rate.
Includes letter from the Postmaster General. Rate was increased to 5 cents.
F 49: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Postage Rate.
Constituent correspondence.
F 50: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959).
Postal Transportation.
F 51: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Rural Carriers.
F 52: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959). Saturday Holidays.
F 53: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Stopwatches, etc.
Letter from the Oklahoma State AFL-CIO urging support of H.R. 10029, which would prevent the use of stopwatches and other measuring devices in the postal service.
F 54: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1960). Unions.
F 55: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on (1959). Veterans Sick Leave.
F 56: Public Works, Committee on (1960). Buy American Act.
Includes letter from Charles A. Buckley.
F 57: Public Works, Committee on (1959). Garrison Diversion Unit.
Includes letter from Quentin N. Burdick and Don L. Short re: Garrison Diversion Unit, Missouri River Basin Project.
F 58: Public Works, Committee on (1959-1960). Highways.
Includes copies of bills as well as correspondence regarding federal aid to highways. Correspondents include Howard W. Robison (with attached speech from Congressional Record he gave); Albert Gore; and Frank M. Clark. There is also a copy of a letter from J. Howard Edmondson to Dennis Chavez.
F 59: Public Works, Committee on (1959). Lake Michigan Diversion Project.
Correspondents include Thomas J. O'Brien and Roman C. Pucinski. There is also a statement from Preston E. Peden on behalf of the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry.
F 60: Public Works, Committee on (1960). Oklahoma Projects.
Includes list of projects and money appropriated.
F 61: Public Works, Committee on (1959-1960). Sewer Treatment Grants.
Correspondence re: H.R. 3610, which would increase grants for the construction of sewage treatment works under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Correspondents include John A. Blatnik, National Rivers and Harbors Congress, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Charles A. Buckley, Byron G. Rogers, and Byron L. Johnson. There is also a lengthy memo signed by several congressmen regarding the presidential veto of H.R. 3610.
F 62: Public Works, Committee on (1959). Tennessee Valley Authority.
Correspondents include Clifford Davis, Robert E. Jones, and the Associated Tennessee Valley Chambers of Commerce.
F 63: National Federation of Independent Business (1959). Ballots #245-250.
F 64: National Federation of Independent Business (1959-1960). Ballots #251-255.
F 65: National Federation of Independent Business (1960). Ballots #256-261.
F 66: Resolutions (1960). Gold Spot Dairy.
F 67: Resolutions (1959). National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
F 68: Resolutions (1960). Oklahoma AFL-CIO.
F 69: Resolutions (1959). Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association.
F 70: Rules (1960). Small Business.
Includes copy of hearings, "Small Business Problems in the Dairy Industry." This was part of the hearings before the Special Subcommittee of the Select Committee on Small Business on investigating the problems of small business.
F 71: Rules (1959). Treasury.
F 72: Science and Astronautics, Committee on (1959). Century 21 Exposition.
Includes letter from Don Magnuson, with attached information on the upcoming exposition.
F 73: Science and Astronautics, Committee on (1960). General.
Correspondents include Thomas J. Dodd.
F 74: Science and Astronautics, Committee on (1960). Nuclear Testing.
Includes letter and speech by Thomas J. Dodd. Speech entitled, "The Eight Fallacies of the Nuclear Test Ban."
F 75: Science and Astronautics, Committee on (1960). Space Act Amendments.
Includes letter from Overton Brooks and Erwin Mitchell urging support of H.R. 12049, which would amend the Space Act of 1958 by repealing the present "patent" section of the act.
F 76: Science and Astronautics, Committee on (1960). Space Exploration.
Includes letter from Overton Brooks.
F 77: Small Business, Committee on (1959). Committee Material.
Includes letter and statement from Wright Patman as well as the report, "Complaints of Small and Independent Business Men Operating Sightseeing Businesses in the District of Columbia.
F 78: Small Business, Committee on (1960). Gasoline Price War.
Includes letter from Wright Patman.
F 79: Small Business, Committee on (1959-1960). General.
Includes letter from Joe L. Evins. Also includes Congressional Record excerpt on "Tax Relief for Small Business."
F 80: Small Business, Committee on (1959-1960). National Small Business Men's Association.
Includes survey results.
F 81: Small Business, Committee on (1959). Report.
Includes letter from Wright Patman with attached report, "Final Report of the Select Committee on Small Business ... Pursuant to H. Res. 56."
F 82: Un-American Activities, Committee on (1957-1960). Abolition of Committee.
Includes correspondence as well as the report, "Operation Abolition," issued by the committee. Correspondents include James Roosevelt. Roosevelt also enclosed a copy of his statement, "A Better Way to Fight the Communist Conspiracy."
F 83: Un-American Activities, Committee on (1960). China, People's Republic.
Includes letter from Francis E. Walter with attachment from the Committee of One Million which opposed seating China in the United Nations.
F 84: Un-American Activities, Committee on (1959). Committee Material.
Includes correspondence. Correspondents include Francis E. Walter, who enclosed a copy of a statement issued by the committee as well as its annual report for 1958.
F 85: Veterans' Affairs, Committee on (1959-1960). American Legion.
Includes letter from the National Commander of the American Legion as well as several copies of National Legislative Bulletin, issued by the American Legion.
F 86: Veterans' Affairs, Committee on (1959-1960). Committee Materials.
Includes letters from Olin E. Teague. Also included is the pamphlet "Veterans Pensions, June 1959" and "Summary of Veterans' Legislation Reported, 86th Congress, 1st Session."
F 87: Veterans' Affairs, Committee on (1960). Court of Appeals.
F 88: Veterans' Affairs, Committee on (1959). Death Benefits.
F 89: Veterans' Affairs, Committee on (1959-1960). General.
Includes constituent correspondence.
F 90: Veterans' Affairs, Committee on (1959-1960). GI Bill.
Includes constituent correspondence regarding the "Peacetime G.I. Bill." Also includes a letter from Olin E. Teague.
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