ELMER THOMAS COLLECTION
LEGISLATIVE SERIES
Box and Folder Inventory
Box 54

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Box 54: Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Committee on, Appropriation for Office of War Information, Surplus Property Act, and Typewriter Purchase Price Increase, 1943 July, 1944 Aug. - Oct.- Legislative Suggestions, n.d., 1943 Jan. - 1944 Aug.

F 1-4: Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Committee on, Appropriation for Office of War Information, Surplus Property Act, and Typewriter Purchase Price Increase, 1943 July, 1944 Aug. - Oct.

Topics include executive departments in the United States and American surplus government property.

F 5: Finance, Committee on, Cook, Benjamin E., Administrator of the Estate of Cam C. Boyd, 1943 May - Nov.

Topics include Cam C. Boyd and Benjamin E. Cook.

F 6: Finance, Committee on, Depletion Allowances, Prevention of Repeal of, 1944 Sept.

Topics include taxation of mineral industries.

F 7: Finance, Committee on, Fowler, Edna Kearns, Administratrix of the Estate of Mary Kearns, 1941 Nov.

Topics include Edna Kearns Fowler and Mary Kearns.

F 8: Finance, Committee on, Lottery Committee, 1941 Dec., 1943 Jan. - 1944 Dec.

Topics include World War II finance.

F 9: Finance, Committee on, Postwar Planning, 1943 May.

Topics include reconstruction (1939-1951).

F 10-12: Finance, Committee on, Social Security and Old Age Pensions, General Welfare Act and Old Age Assistance Payments, 1943 Feb. - Dec. 1944 Mar.

Correspondents include the General Welfare Federation of America, Inc.(publication).

F 13-14: Finance, Committee on, Social Security and Old Age Pensions, War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1942 Mar, 1944 Aug. - Nov.

Topics include United States Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, unemployment insurance in the United States, finance of public works in United States, and Reconstruction (1939-1951) in United States. Correspondents include the National Association of Home Builders of the United States (newsletter).

F 15: Finance, Committee on, Taxes, Individual Income Tax Simplification, 1944 Mar. - May.

F 16-18: Finance, Committee on, Taxes, Revenue Act of 1943, 1942 Oct., 1943 Dec. - 1944 Sept.

Topics include depletion allowances, public finance law and legislation, friendly societies, mineral industries taxation, and taxation law and legislation. Correspondents include Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Knights Templar (Masonic order) (Tulsa, Oklahoma).

F 19: Finance, Committee on, Taxes, Revenue for Prosecution of War, 1943 Dec.

Topics include World War II finance.

F 20A-20B: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Additional Congressional Clerks, 1944 Sept.

F 21: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Adjusted Service Pay, 1944 Mar. - June.

Topics include United States Armed Forces pay, allowances, etc.

F 22-24: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Compensation Reduction Prohibition, Disability Payment Increase, and Disability Rating Permanence, 1943 Feb. - Nov., 1944 Jan. - Dec.

Topics include military pensions, survivors' benefits, and disabled veterans law and legislation. Correspondents include the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives (U.S.) and the United States Veterans Administration.

F 25: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Insurance Reinstatement, 1944 May.

F 26: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Laws Relating to Veterans, 1944.

This folder contains a book of laws dating from 1922 to 1944 which relate to veterans. There are also numerous separate bills.

F 27: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Multiple Bills, 1944 Jan. - June.

Topics include disabled veterans.

F 28: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Rehabilitation of Disabled Veterans, 1943 Mar.

Topics include disabled veterans vocational rehabilitation.

F 29-30: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Servicemen's Aid Act and Servicemen's Readjustment Act, 1944 Jan. - June.

Topics include military pensions, survivors' benefits, veterans' hospitals in the United States, veterans loans in United States, World War II veterans in United States, and the G.I. Bill of Rights. Correspondents include John E. Rankin and the American Legion.

F 31-32: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Tubercular World War Veterans and Tuberculosis Disability Compensation, 1943 Feb. - 1944 Aug.

Topics include disabled veterans and veterans medical care.

F 33: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, World War Veterans Pension Rate, 1943 Nov. - 1944 May.

Topics include military pensions. Correspondents include Walter F. George.

F 34: Finance, Committee on, Veterans Affairs, Widows and Children of World War I Veterans, 1944 Dec. - 1945 May.

Topics include survivors' benefits and World War I veterans. Correspondents include American Legion Auxiliary Dept. of Oklahoma.

F 35: Foreign Relations, Committee on, European Relief, 1943 Apr. - Dec.

Topics include American food relief in Europe.

F 36: Foreign Relations, Committee on, Kent, Tyler, 1944.

Topics include Sir Winston Churchill, Tyler Kent, Franklin D. Roosevelt, espionage in Great Britain, spies in Great Britain, and World War II secret service.

F 37: Foreign Relations, Committee on, Legislative Suggestions, 1944 Apr. - Dec.

Topics include Lend-lease operations (1941-1945). Correspondents include Catholic War Veterans of the United States.

F 38-39: Foreign Relations, Committee on, Owen, Robert L., Global Alphabet, 1943-1944.

Correspondents include Robert L. Owen.

F 40: Immigration, Committee on, Temporary Immigration Policy, 1944 May - June.

Topics include emigration and immigration law in United States.

F 41: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Barnett, Jackson, Estate, 1944 Feb. - Dec.

Topics include Jackson Barnett.

F 42: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Bedoka, Maurice M., 1944 Aug.

Topics include Maurice M. Bedoka.

F 43: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Burleson, W. S., 1944 May.

Topics include W. S. Burleson.

F 44: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Cherokee Relief, 1944 Apr.

Topics include Cherokee Indians finance.

F 45-47: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Choctaw and Chickasaw Lands and Mineral Deposits, 1943 Jan. - 1944 Sept.

Topics include asphalt in Oklahoma, Chickasaw Indians government relations, Choctaw Indians government relations, and coal in Oklahoma.

F 48: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Cleveland County Lands, Partition of, 1944 Aug.

Correspondents include B.H. Goodin.

F 48B: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Committee Materials, n.d., 1943 Aug.

Topics include United States Office of Indian Affairs and A.A. Grorud.

F 49: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Cooke, W., 1943 Jan.

Topics include Sequoyah Indian Training School and William Cooke.

F 50: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Creek Nation Attorney, Payment of, 1943 June.

Topics include Creek Indians finance.

F 51: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Federal-State Relations Regarding Indian Lands, 1943 Nov.

Topics include taxation of Indians of North America.

F 52-56: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Five Civilized Tribes, Lands Partition, Court Judgments, Validation, Land Title Validation, and Restrictions, 1933 Jan., 1943 Sept. - 1944 Dec.

Topics include the Five Civilized Tribes land tenure in Oklahoma and Five Civilized Tribes land transfers. Correspondents include Wesley E. Disney.

F 56B: Indian Affairs, Committee on, General and Multiple, 1943-1944.

Folder includes July-August 1943 issue of Indians at Work. Topics include United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and Indians of North America government relations. Correspondents include Fletcher S. Riley, United States Office of Indian Affairs (publication), and the Chickasaw Tribal Protective Association.

F 57: Indian Affairs, Committee on, General Welfare Act Repeal, 1944 Sept.

F 58: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Hart, Watie, 1944 Apr.

Topics include Watie Hart.

F 59: Indian Affairs, Committee on, House Select Committee to Investigate Indian Affairs, 1944 Mar. - Dec.

Folder includes March-April 1944 issue of Indians at Work. Topics include Indians of North America government relations. Correspondents include the United States Office of Indian Affairs (publication).

F 60: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Insurance Premiums, 1944 May.

F 61-63: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Osage Attorneys' Fees and Osage Indian Property Transfer, 1943 Jan., 1944 Apr. - June.

Topics include Osage Indians claims and Osage Indians government relations.

F 64: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Seger Indian School Conveyance, 1944 June.

Topics include Seger Indian School.

F 65-66: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Seminole Nation Attorneys' Fees and Payments, 1942 Nov.

Folder 66 has legislation relating to estates of deceased Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes. There is no mention of the Seminole per se. However, a check of the Congressional Record refers to the Seminole. Perhaps, the bill was amended.

F 67: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Sherman Institute Lands, 1943 Dec.

F 68: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Trust Restrictions Removal, 1943 July - Sept., 1944 Jan.

Topics include Edward H. Moore, Indians of North America land tenure, and Indians of North America government relations. Correspondents include United States Dept. of Justice and the United States General Accounting Office.

F 69: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Wheeler-Howard Act Repeal, 1944 June.

Topics include Indians of North America government relations and Indian Reorganization Act.

F 70: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Whitlock, Claude R., 1944 Apr.

Topics include Theodore A. Garnette and Claude R. Whitlock.

F 71: Indian Affairs, Committee on, Williams, Karl C., 1943 Nov.

Correspondents include Karl C. Williams.

F 72: Interoceanic Canals, Committee on, Panama Canal Construction Employees, 1943 Mar. - Sept.

F 73-74: Interstate Commerce, Committee on, Natural Gas Act Amendment and Oil Pipeline, 1943 Feb. - Dec.

Topics include United States Federal Power Commission. Correspondents include Robert A. Hefner and the Oklahoma City Council.

F 75-76: Interstate Commerce, Committee on, Railroad Retirement Act Annuity and Railway Labor Act, 1943 Nov., 1944 Mar. - Apr.

Topics include railroad employees. Correspondents include Scott Ferris.

F 77: Irrigation and Reclamation, Committee on, Central Valley Project, 1944 May.

Topics include Central Valley Project (Calif.).

F 78: Judiciary, Committee on the, American Indian Day, 1943 Jan., 1944 Jan.

F 79: Judiciary, Committee on the, Bank Robbery Act Amendment, 1943 Feb. - Nov.

Correspondents include the United States Dept. of Justice.

F 80: Judiciary, Committee on the, Cherokee Lands Compensation, 1943 Jan. - Oct.

Topics include Cherokee Indians government relations.

F 81: Judiciary, Committee on the, Cook, Benjamin E. for Cam C. Boyd, 1943 Nov.

Topics include Cam C. Boyd and Benjamin E. Cook.

F 82: Judiciary, Committee on the, Equal Rights Amendment, 1943 Jan. - 1944 Apr.

Correspondents include the League of Women Voters (U.S.).

F 83: Judiciary, Committee on the, Insurance Companies, 1944 June.

Correspondents include the United States Dept. of Justice.

F 84: Judiciary, Committee on the, Judicial Code Amendment Regarding Court of Claims, 1943 Feb. - Mar.

Topics include United States Court of Claims and Indians of North America claims.

F 84B: Judiciary, Committee on the, Juvenile Delinquency Reduction, 1943 Dec.

F 85: Judiciary, Committee on the, Labor Strikes, 1943 June, 1944 Jan. - June.

Topics include strikes and lockouts and World War II.

F 86: Judiciary, Committee on the, Multiple Bills, 1943 July - Aug.

Topics include corrections and parole.

F 87: Judiciary, Committee on the, National Defense Plants, 1943 June.

Topics include World War II.

F 88-89: Judiciary, Committee on the, Poll Tax, 1943 Jan. - Nov., 1944 May - Aug.

Correspondents include National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax.

F 90: Judiciary, Committee on the, Presidential Two-Term Limitation Amendment, 1944 May.

Folder includes an advance proof of a Saturday Evening Post article. Topics include presidents term of office in United States.

F 91: Judiciary, Committee on the, Retired Judges, 1943 Apr. - June, 1944 Apr. - May.

Topics include judges retirement. Correspondents include Alfred P. Murrah.

F 92: Judiciary, Committee on the, Salary Garnishment for Government Employees, 1944 Mar. - May.

Topics include United States officials and employees, Salaries, etc.

F 93: Judiciary, Committee on the, Sun Yat Sen Day, 1944 Feb.

F 94-95: Legislative Suggestions, n.d., 1943 Jan. - 1944 Aug.

Topics include Reconstruction (1939-1951) and World War II. Correspondents include Philip Murray and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.).

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