Box 17: Southwestern Power Administration (1948-1950)
F 1: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (1948).
Correspondence re: Grand River Dam Authority and the steam power business; electrical generating facilities in the far West; a government power policy; appropriation of funds for the Southwestern Power Administration; electric co-ops; Indian Electric Cooperative.
F 2: Southwestern Power Administration: Out of State (1948).
Correspondence re: T.V.A. annual report; power appropriations; New York State power project; a statement made by General Thomas Robins, USA-CE.
F 3: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1948).
a. Bulletin re: government budget proposal, Associated Industries of Oklahoma.
b. Statement re: development and distribution of public power and energy.
F 4: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1948).
a. Correspondence re: contract for the purchase of hydroelectric power.
b. Report re: contract under which eleven electric companies that furnish electricity in seven southwestern states will distribute the electricity made at government flood control dams.
c. Proposed contract: "Agreement for Sale by Government of Hydroelectric Power and Energy from Reservoir Projects in the Southwest to Operating Companies located therein."
F 5: Southwestern Power Administration: Colleagues (1949).
Correspondence re: support of the Southwestern Power Administration Bill; development and distribution of public power; negotiations between the Southwestern Power Administration and several utility companies; unnecessary appropriations for the public power program.
F 6: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (January-March 1949).
Correspondence re: questions raised about the REA program in Oklahoma; public power issues facing Congress; G.R.D.A. securing power developed at the Fort Gibson Dam; the purchase of power and energy from the government; taxes of the Public Service Company; the Southwestern Power Administration appropriations.
F 7: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (April 1949).
Correspondence re: question of REA power; the location of transmission lines of the Oklahoma electric companies; funding of steam power plants in Oklahoma; the REA convention in Oklahoma City; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; the production and distribution of public power; funds for the completion of dams for power production.
F 8: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (May-June 1949).
Correspondence re: appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; the competition of the electric cooperatives; flood control projects in Oklahoma; the wholesale rates paid by the REAs; sub-standard voltage conditions.
F 9: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (July 1949).
Correspondence re: Southwestern Power Administration appropriation conflict; interest in the development of additional power and power facilities in Oklahoma; the Southwestern Power Administration hearings; Elmer Thomas's position on the Southwestern Power Administration and the federal budget.
F 10: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (August 1949).
Correspondence re: economy program; federal power policy; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; Elmer Thomas's position on the Southwestern Power Administration and the federal budget; development and distribution of electricity; concern about the socialization of American Industries; "Rural Telephone Bill"; negotiations between the Public Service Company of Oklahoma and the Southwestern Power Administration.
F 11: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (September 1949).
Correspondence re: Contract negotiations between Oklahoma Gas and Electric and Southwestern Power Administration; development and distribution of electricity; federal economy; fight against unnecessary construction of transmission and steam plants; public power policy; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration.
F 12: Southwestern Power Administration (October 3-11, 1949).
Correspondence re: development and distribution of power; the Interior appropriations bill.
F 13: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (October 12-17, 1949).
Correspondence re: appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; development and distribution of public power.
F 14: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (October 18-31, 1949).
Correspondence re: development and distribution of public power; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; socialization of American industries.
F 15: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (November 1-16, 1949).
Correspondence re: development and distribution of public power; socialization of American industries.
F 16: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (November 17-29, 1949).
Correspondence re: development and distribution of public power.
F 17: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (December 1949).
a. Correspondence re: development and distribution of public power.
b. Clipping: "Bill of Rights Day."
F 18: Southwestern Power Administration: Out of State (January-April 1949). April).
a. Correspondence re: development and distribution of public power; national public power policy; sale of energy wholesale or retail; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; funds for the completion of dams.
b. Newsletter: "Power For Americans," Crawford Electric Cooperative, Inc.
F 19: Southwestern Power Administration: Out of State (May-July 1949).
Correspondence re: development and distribution of public power; appropriations for the Central Valley Project (CA); funds for the completion of dams; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; rates being paid by REA financed systems for electricity; federal public power policy.
F 20: Southwestern Power Administration: Out of State (August 1949).
Correspondence re: federal power policy; Interior appropriation bill; nationalization of electricity; distribution of public power.
F 21: Southwestern Power Administration: Out of State (September 1949).
Correspondence re: federal public power policy; development and distribution of public power; nationalization of the electrical industry; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; electrical co-ops.
F 22: Southwestern Power Administration: Out of State (October-December 1949).
Correspondence re: development and distribution of public power; federal public power policy.
F 23: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1949).
a. Report: "Projects of Southwestern Power Administration Which Should not Be Built With Public Funds (1950 Appropriation Request)."
b. Congressional Record: "Interior Department Appropriations - Conference Report." Senate. October 7, 1949.
c. Report: "A Practical Program to Save Millions of Dollars Now and Speed the Repayment of the Colorado - Big Thompson Project," Public Service Company of Colorado.
d. Clipping: "The Camel's Nose in the Tent," Oklahoma City Times, July 27, 1949.
e. "REA," Elmer Thomas statement.
f. Correspondence re: Texas Power and Light contract and the Southwestern Power Administration; cooperation between the Public Service Company of Oklahoma and the Southwestern Power Administration; lines and substations the Public Service Company of Oklahoma feels should not be constructed.
F 24: Southwestern Power Administration: Data (1949).
a. Report: "The Pipe Line's Place in Transportation," Stanolind Pipe Line Company.
b. Report re: policy of the Department of the Interior.
c. Report: Appropriations Committee's report on the power program.
d. Report: "Public Power."
e. Report: "Relationship of Taxes to Income," Edison Electric Institute.
f. Report: federal public power policy.
F 25: Southwestern Power Administration: Elmer Thomas Materials (1949).
a. Report: "My Accomplishments for Oklahoma," Elmer Thomas.
b. S.2459: "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. Eighty-First Congress, First Session (1949).
c. Report: "Cooperation or Duplication."
d. Letter: distribution of electricity in Oklahoma.
e. Ballot: federal public power policy.
F 26: Southwestern Power Administration: Colleagues (1950).
Correspondence re: federal and local power cooperation; Interior appropriations bill.
F 27: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (January-February 1950).
Correspondence re: development and distribution of public power; federal public power policy; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration.
F 28: Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma (March-July 1950).
Correspondence re: Interior appropriation bill; federal public power policy; development and distribution of public power.
F 29: Southwestern Power Administration: Out of State (1950).
a. Correspondence re: proposed contract between the Southwestern Power Administration and the Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company; public power policy; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; development and distribution of public power.
b. Reprint: "Bad Bugs in Bed With REA," Van Buren Press Argus,. February 10, 1950.
F 30: Southwestern Power Administration (1949-1950).
a. Statement: "Relating to Appropriations for the Bonneville Power Administration," Northwest Public Power Association.
b. Proposed Contract: "Agreement For The Sale And/or Exchange Of Electric Power And Energy Between The United States Of America And Public Service Company Of Oklahoma And Oklahoma Gas And Electric Company."
c. Publication: Public Power, American Public Power Association.
F 31: Southwestern Power Administration: Elmer Thomas Materials (1950).
Correspondence re: public power policy.
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