Box 16: Sand Springs Levee (1942) - Southwestern Power Administration: Thomas Legislation (1947)
F 1: Sand Springs Levee (1942).
Correspondence re: Tulsa - Sand Springs Levee Project.
F 2: San Francisco Conference (United Nations) (1945).
Correspondence re: UN Conference in San Francisco.
F 3: San Francisco Conference (United Nations) (1945).
Report: "Report to the President," Secretary of State, June 26, 1945.
F 4: Sapulpa (1942-1943).
Correspondence re: possible location of a hospital; a shuttle train for a bomber plant.
F 5: Sapulpa (1944-1945).
Correspondence re: possible location of a synthetic fuel plant; Central Airlines proposed routes; the Pole Creek flood control project.
F 6: Sapulpa (1946-1947).
a. Correspondence re: water supply; the Euchee School; the Highway 67 and Heyburn Reservoir projects.
b. Brief: "Industrial Survey Brief," Sapulpa Chamber of Commerce.
F 7: Sapulpa (1950).
Correspondence re: possible synthetic fuel plant location.
F 8: Schools and Colleges (1933).
Correspondence re: requests for funds for various school and college projects.
F 9: Schools and Colleges (1936).
Correspondence re: various projects.
F 10: Seismographic Service Corporation: Federal Communications Commission (1948-1949).
Correspondence re: applications for experimental construction permits.
F 11: Seminole (1942).
Correspondence re: possible location of defense industries.
F 12: Seminole (1943-1944).
Correspondence re: proposed synthetic rubber plant; retention of the prison camp.
F 13: Shawnee Indian Hospital (1935).
Correspondence re: funds for improvement.
F 13B: Shawnee (1940).
Correspondence re: airport expansion.
F 14: Shawnee (1942).
Correspondence re: location of the marine glider base.
F 15: Shawnee (1943).
Correspondence re: airport construction project; the aluminum extrusion plant project.
F 16: Shawnee (1943).
Correspondence re: location of the Navy base.
F 17: Shawnee: Butadene Plant (1943).
Correspondence re: proposed location of the rubber plant.
F 18: Shawnee (1945).
Correspondence re: application for new building construction at Oklahoma Baptist University; the Navy Navigational Training Center.
F 19: Shawnee (1948-1949).
Correspondence re: Shawnee Defense - Rental area; airport project; air fair.
F 20: Skiatook (1943).
Correspondence re: flood control.
F 21: Snake Creek (1950).
Correspondence re: Snake Creek drainage and flood control project in Tulsa County.
F 22: Snyder (1936-1937).
a. Correspondence re: waterworks project.
b. Pub. Res. No.47 (H.J. Res.361): "Making appropriations for relief purposes," Seventy-Fifth Congress, First Session (1937).
F 23: Soil Conservation (1935).
Correspondence re: various projects for the state of Oklahoma.
F 24: Soil Conservation (1936).
Correspondence re: drought problems in various counties of Oklahoma.
F 25: Soil Conservation (1937).
Correspondence re: contour farming and flood control programs.
F 26: Soil Conservation: Blackwell (1939).
Correspondence re: retention of the CCC Camp at Blackwell and the soil conservation work being done there.
F 27: Soil Conservation: McCurtain County (1939).
Correspondence re: establishment of the McCurtain County Land Conservation Project.
F 28: Soil Conservation: Stillwater Nursery Project (1938-1939).
Correspondence re: concern for the future of the project.
F 29: Soil Conservation: Little River District (1939).
Correspondence re: requests for a CCC Camp in the Little River District; suggestions that conservation concerns been taken up with the Idabel CCC camp.
F 30: Soil Conservation (1942).
a. Correspondence re: Buffalo Settler's Ditch Project; the soil conservation program in LeFlore, Haskell and Latimer counties; protests against the moving of the state conservationist office to Oklahoma City; request for soil conservation assistance in Dewey County; purchases of land by the U.S. Soil Conservation Project; 1942-1943 wheat programs; the land utilization project in McCurtain County.
b. Newsletter from the Oklahoma Soil Conservation District Supervisors' Association.
F 31: Soil Conservation (1943).
Correspondence re: constitution of the Soil Supervisors Association; soil conservation payments; a biennial report of soil conservation district activities in Oklahoma; the appropriation for soil service; a ten cent check for soil conservation; flood damage repair work in the Blaine bottom of the Arkansas River.
F 32: Soil Conservation (1944).
a. Correspondence re: Craig County Soil Conservation District Report; the use of war machinery and equipment for soil conservation; the annual report for the North Fork of Red River Soil Conservation District; appropriations for soil service.
b. Clipping: map of probable post war population trends from Stillwater News-Press, April 2, 1944.
c. Maps showing soil conservation districts.
F 33: Soil Conservation (1945).
Correspondence re: need for investigation of the McCurtain County Land Utilization Project.
F 34: Soil Conservation (1949).
Correspondence re: possible changes in the existing soil conservation program; the AAA program in Jackson County; the AAA program in Greer County; the ACA Committee projects in Comanche County; projects of the Roger Mills County ACA Committee; Harper County AAA programs; Southeastern Oklahoma Red River Watershed Council of Soil Conservation Districts; appropriations for soil conservation in Oklahoma.
F 35: Soil Conservation (1950).
a. Correspondence re: need for assistance in the Grady County Soil Conservation District; appropriations for soil conservation; Grant County PMA Committee; Valliant Soil Conservation District; Kiamichi Soil Conservation District; Pottawatomie County PMA Committee; Cotton County PMA Committee; Oklahoma County PMA Committee; Caddo County PMA Committee; Kingfisher County PMA Committee; Jackson County PMA Committee; Comanche County ACA Committee; Cleveland County PMA Committee; Logan County PMA Committee; Beckham County PMA Committee; Mayes County PMA Committee; Rogers County PMA Committee; Canadian County PMA Committee; Osage County PMA Committee; LeFlore County PMA Committee; Pushmataha County PMA Committee; Shawnee Soil Conservation District; Caney Valley Soil Conservation District; Pawnee County PMA Committee; Craig County PMA Committee; Kiamichi Soil Conservation District; National Association of Soil Conservation Districts; Garvin County PMA Committee; Payne County Soil Conservation District; Choctaw PMA Committee; Harmon County PMA Committee.
b. Committee Reports: "National Association of Soil Conservation Districts."
F 36: Sorey, Hill, and Sorey (1940-1941).
Correspondence re: defense housing projects; emergency housing contracts; Department of Defense projects.
F 37: South Boggy Creek (1945).
Correspondence re: development of the creek.
F 38: Southwestern Power Administration (1946).
Correspondence re: funds for construction of steam generating plants and distribution lines; appropriations; establishment of the Southwestern Power Administration.
F 39: Southwestern Power Administration (1946).
Correspondence (carbons): Re: opposition to establishment of the Southwestern Power Administration.
F 40: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1933, 1946).
a. Report: "Arkansas Power & Light Co.Comparison of Billing of Present Rate with Rates Charged By TVA, and Proposed Rates of the Southwestern Power Administration for the 12 Months Period Ended March 1946."
b. Public No.17 (H.R.5081): "To improve the navigability and to provide for the flood control of the Tennessee River; to provide for reforestation and the proper use of marginal lands in the Tennessee Valley; to provide for the agricultural and industrial development of said valley; to provide for the national defense by the creation of a corporation for the operation of Government properties at and near Muscle Shoals in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes." Seventy-Third Congress (1933).
c. Calendar of Business: "Legislative Day, Tuesday, March 5, 1946 - Calendar Day, Thursday, June 20, 1946." Senate of the U.S. Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session. (1946).
F 41: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1944, 1946).
a. Hearings (S.Res.102): "Part 5 - Reclamation, Irrigation and Power Projects." The Special Committee on Post-War Economic and Planning (USS). Seventy-Eighth Congress, Second Session. (1944).
b. Senate Report (H.R.6335) (Committee Print): "Interior Department Appropriation Bill, 1947." Committee on Appropriations. Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session.(1946).
c. Memorandum: "On Power Policy to all Staffs of the Department of the Interior." The Secretary of the Interior. January 3, 1946.
d. Report: "Summary of Taxes Paid by Electric Utility Companies during the years 1941-1945, Inclusive." Bulletin No.13, Publication No. 2 of the Edison Electric Institute of the Electric Light & Power Industry of the U. S." May, 1946.
e. Clipping: "Public Sentiment Is Opposed to Gov't. Ownership," Gallup Poll.
f. Report: "What Is Involved in the Southwestern Power Administration's Plans to Build a Duplicating Grid System in the Southwest?" Southwestern Power Administration 1946.
g. Report: "Transmission Line to Shasta Substation Can Use Materials Already Ordered."
h. Report: "Comparison of Billing with Rates Filed by Southwestern Power Administration with the Federal Power Commission". Public Service Company of Oklahoma (1946).
i. Report: "Debate on Central Valley Transmission Lines" (1946 Bill).
j. Report: "Arguments made by Douglas Wright Justifying Southwestern Power Administration's 1947 Appropriation and the Answers Thereto." Hearings before the Interior Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
k. Reports:"Central Valley Project Transmission Lines"; "Appropriations for Transmission Lines Central Valley Project, California."
F 42: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1946).
a. Clipping: "Vast Southwest Power Project is Endangered by Utilities Position," St.Louis Post Dispatch, June 2, 1946.
b. Clipping: "Power Scheme as a Grab," Tulsa World, June 8, 1946.
c. Report: "Taken From REA Statistical Report For 1944."
d. Report: "Southwestern Division Public Service Company of Oklahoma Comparison of Electric Billing REA Distribution Cooperatives Year Ending 12-31-46."
e. Report: "Reasons Why the entire Southwest Power Administration Proposed Appropriation Should be Defeated."
f. Report: "Typical Bills for Electric Service to Farms Sewed by REA's in Oklahoma."
g. Report: "Analysis of Power Supply to REA Electric Cooperatives Sewed by the Electric Companies of Southwest United States for 12 Months Ending November 30, 1946."
h. Report: "Municipal Rates for REA Wholesale Service." Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Southwestern Division.
i. Report: Arguments against the Southwestern Power Administration.
j. Graph: "Comparison of Resale Rates To Rural Electric Cooperatives."
F 43: Southwestern Power Administration (1947).
Correspondence from colleagues re: federal public power policy.
F 44: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (January-April 1947).
Correspondence re: purchase of the Oklahoma Powder Plant; policy for the manufacture and distribution of hydroelectric energy; waste by Oklahoma Gas & Electric.
F 45: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (May 1947).
F 46: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (June-July 1947).
Correspondence re: funding of the Southwestern Power Administration; government or local control of electricity.
F 47: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (August-December 1947).
Correspondence re: Southwestern Power Administration transmission lines; conferences concerning the future of the Southwestern Power Administration; use of public or private companies for the REA; a government power policy; the proposal to sell the steam power plant at the Oklahoma Ordnance Works.
F 48: Southwestern Power Administration: Out-of-State (January-June 1947).
Correspondence re: appropriations for power production; a government power policy; Elmer Thomas's speech on public power.
F 49: Southwestern Power Administration: Out-of-State (July-December 1947).
Correspondence re: government's role in power production; a government power policy; hydroelectric production in Switzerland.
F 50: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1947).
a. Report: "U. S.Army Engineers Reports on HydroelectricPower Projects," March 19, 1947.
b. Clipping: "Dams vs. Floods," Tulsa World, May 18, 1947.
c. Report: "Purchasing Power of the Dollar Expressed in Terms of Wholesale Prices, by Months since 1890." U. S. Department of Labor.
d. Hearings Report te: Southwestern Power Administration appropriation.
e. Clipping: "United States Engineers' Hydroelectric Plants."
f. Report: "Tabulation of Pertinent Data, Dam and Reservoir Features."
g. Report: "Dependable Electric Power by Steam," Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company.
h. Cartoon: "The Gluttonous Waiters," Cooperative REA News, May 1947.
i. Report: "Resolutions adopted by the American Public Power Association at its 1947 Convention in Cleveland," May 21-23, 1947.
j. Report: "Analysis of 'Comprehension Plan' of Southwestern Power Administration," Texas Water Conservation Association.
k. Report: "Weekly Review of Periodicals," Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
l. Brochure: "Erection and Maintenance of Transmission Lines," Hoosier Engineering Company.
m. Newsletter: Cooperative REA News, Oklahoma Electric Cooperative. June 1947.
n. Report: "A Report to the Nation on Electric Power," Electric Light and Power Magazine, June 1947.
o. Clipping: "Water Session Blasts Federal Power Agency," Oklahoma City Times, November 1, 1947.
p. Clipping: "Clashes Mark House Hearing on Power Sale," Tulsa Tribune, June 11, 1947.
q. Clipping: "Thomas Sees an Early U. S. Power Policy," Tulsa Tribune, June 12, 1947.
r. Correspondence re: editorial expressing opposition to the Southwestern Power Administration; speech by the Federal Power Commission chairman before the National Rivers and Harbors Congress.
F 51: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1947).
a. Report: "Statement of D.D.Terry, Director of the Flood Control Division of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission, on Millwood Dam on Little River in Arkansas." March 26, 1947.
b. Congressional Record: "Declaration of Public Power Policy," Elmer Thomas Speech. Eightieth Congress, First Session (1947).
c. Article: "Government Ownership of Electric Facilities Means Loss of Taxes," by Elmer Thomas.
d. Report: "Debate on Central Valley Transmission Liens (1946 Bill)."
e. Article: "Surprise Move Rescues Southwestern Power Administration Funds," Rural Electrification National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, June 1946.
f. Committee Print: S.Res: Re: National Public Power Policy.
g. Correspondence re: REA distribution cooperatives; the policies of the Southwestern Power Administration; list of flood control and navigation dams where power is being produced.
h. Series of letters to Senator Kenneth A. Wherry re: power policies and problems.
i. Correspondence re: Senator E. H. Moore requesting to be a witness before the House Appropriations Subcommittee meeting on the Southwestern Power Administration budget.
F 52: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1947).
a. Report: "Millwood Reservoir and Comprehensive Red River and Tributaries Report; Public Hearing; Ashdown Arkansas, March 26, 1947." Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board.
b. Reprint: "Inflation, Interest Rate and Public Debt Management," Benjamin M. Anderson, Commercial and Financial Chronicle, May 29, 1947.
c. Report re: Power in the Southwest. Written by Frank Wilkes, President of Southwestern Gas & Electric Company.
d. Report: "Summary of Reasons why the proposal of Southwestern Power Administration to spend over $200,000,000 is: Wasteful, Unnecessary, Inflationary, Fallacious, UnAmerican, Misleading, Illegal."
F 53: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1947).
a. Report: "Revenue and Expense Statement Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 1944," Cotton County Electric Cooperative.
b. Resolution: "Opposes Continuation of Southwestern Power Administration and any Further Appropriations for its Use -- Opposes Lifting of President's Curtailment Order, as it Applies to Southwestern Power Administration." The Texas Water Conservation Association Second Annual Meeting, October 3-4, 1946.
c. Report: "Cost of Interconnecting Norfork and Denison Dams," Public Service Company of Oklahoma.
d. Clippings: "Power Failures." April, 1946, and "Power Failure Protests," August 9, 1946, Columbus (Mississippi) Commercial Dispatch; "Power Hearing Stated Today in Assembly," Nashville Banner, February 24, 1947.
e. Report: "A Statement of Certain Principles Relating to Sale of Hydro Electric Power Generated in Connection With Federally - Financed Flood Control, Irrigation and Navigation Dams."
f. Report: "The Statement of Policy Relating to Water Control and Conservation Including the Disposition of Hydro Electric Power and Energy generated in Connection Therewith."
g. Report: "A Statement of Principles Designed to Declare the Policies of the United States in Regard to the Generation and Sale of Hydro Electric Power and Energy at Federally Financed Projects, not Needed in the Operation of Said Projects, to the End that Economy in Government Be Promoted, Private Investment Be Substituted for Federal Lending and Spending, and Subject to Appropriate Regulation, Business Operation Be Preferred Over Governmental Operation."
h. Essay: "Friends or Enemies."
i. Article: "They Won 4-H Contests."
j. Report: "Analysis of 'Comprehensive Plan' of Southwestern Power Administration," Texas Water Conservation Association.
k. Correspondence re: REA revenue and expenses.
F 54: Southwestern Power Administration: Thomas Legislation (1947).
a. Article: "Government Ownership of Electric Utilities Means Loss of Taxes," by Elmer Thomas, Public Service Magazine, May 1947.
b. Statements re: funding of the Southwestern Power Administration; a public power policy.
c. Report re: capacities and loads of the Southwestern Power Administration and their billing.
d. S.972: "To declare the policy of the United States with respect to hydro-electric power generated in connection with federally financed water-development projects and to provide procedures for carrying out such policy." Elmer Thomas Bill. Committee on Public Works. Eightieth Congress, First Session. (1947).
e. Committee Print: S. Res re: national public power policy.
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