Box 71: Public lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs Abolishment, 1947 Jan. - Apr. - Thomas, Elmer, Legislation Introduced by Thomas in the 80th Congress, 1947 - 1948
F 1: Public lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs Abolishment, 1947 Jan. - Apr.
Topics include the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian termination policy.
F 2-4: Public Lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Cherokee Boundary Tree Tourist Project, Crow Estates, and Five Civilized Tribes Restrictions, 1947 May - July, 1948 Apr. - July.
Topics include the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Reservation, Crow Indians land tenure, Five Civilized Tribes land tenure, and Comanche County (Okla.). Correspondents include the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs.
F 5-7: Public Lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Fort Hall Reservation Museum and Shop, Jurisdiction Over Indian Offenses, and Land Sales, 1947 May, 1948 Feb. - Apr.
Topics include Indians of North America legal status, laws, etc.
F 8-9: Public Affairs, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Legislative Suggestions and Multiple Bills, 1947-1948.
Topics include Indians of North America government relations. Correspondents include the League of Nations Pan American Indians.
F 10: Public Lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Navajo and Hopi Indians, 1947 Dec. - 1948 Feb.
Topics include Hopi Indians economic conditions and Navajo Indians economic conditions.
F 11-19: Public Lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Osage Indians Regarding Alienation Restrictions, Competency Certificates, Land Leases, Land Rights of Way, Mineral Leases, Property and Money Restrictions, Tribal and Individual Affairs, and Veterans, 1947 Apr. - 1948 Apr.
Topics include Osage Indians finance, Osage Indians government relations, Osage Indians land tenure, Osage Indians legal status, laws, etc., Osage Indians politics and government, the G.I. Bill of Rights, and the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944. Correspondents include Robert S. Kerr, Osage Tribal Council, United States Dept. of the Interior Office of the Secretary, Fred Lookout (principal chief of the Osage), and the League of Nations North American Indians.
F 20-22: Public Lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Patenting of Land to City of Lawton, Payments of Individual Moneys, and Property Restriction Removal for Indians Serving in the Armed Forces, 1947 Jan. - July, 1948 Apr. - June.
Topics include Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Reservation, Apache Indians land tenure, Comanche Indians land tenure, Kiowa Indians land tenure, and Osage Tribal Council. Correspondents include the United States Dept. of the Interior, Office of the Secretary.
F 23-24: Public Lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Repeal of Certain Indian Legislation and Selection of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1947 Mar.
Topics include Indians of North America government relations.
F 25-26: Public Lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Seminole Payments, 1947 Jan. - 1948 May.
Topics include Seminole Indians Finance, Seminole Indians government relations. Correspondents include the United States Dept. of the Interior, Office of the Secretary.
F 27-30: Public Lands, Committee on, Indian Affairs, Shoshone and Arapaho Trust Funds of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, State Taxation of Indian Properties, Tax Refunds, and Wyandotte Public Burial Ground in Kansas City, Kansas, 1946 July, 1947 Jan. - 1948 Jan.
Topics include cemeteries in Kansas City (Kan.), Indians of North America taxation, and Wyandot Indians. Correspondents include the United States Dept. of the Interior, Office of the Secretary.
F 31: Public Lands, Committee on, Irrigation Projects in Oklahoma, Potential, 1948 Jan.
Correspondents include Don McBride and the National Reclamation Association.
F 32: Public Lands, Committee on, Jackson Hole National Monument Abolishment, 1947 Jan. - 1948 Feb.
Topics include Jackson Hole (Wyo.).
F 33-34: Public Lands, Committee on, Legislative Suggestions, 1947 Apr., 1948 Jan. - Mar.
F 35-37: Public Lands, Committee on, Local Taxation of United States Real Estate, Lugert-Altus Project Name Change, and Mineral Leasing Act Amendment, 1947 Jan. - July.
Topics include sodium sulphate and the W. C. Austin Project.
F 38-39: Public Lands, Committee on, National Minerals Development and Conservation Act of 1947 and of 1948, 1947 Apr. - 1948 May.
Topics include mines and mineral resources.
F 40-42: Public Lands, Committee on, National Reclamation Association Convention, Payment to State and Local Governments in Lieu of Taxes, and Puerto Rico Organic Act Amendment, 1947 Mar. - Dec., 1948 Nov.
Topics include the National Reclamation Association. Correspondents include Antonio Fernos Isern and the National Association of County Officials.
F 43-44: Public Lands, Committee on, Reclamation Act Amendment and Records Copy Price, Department of the Interior, 1947 Jan. - Apr.
Topics include reclamation of land law and legislation. Correspondents include the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
F 45: Public Lands, Committee on, Recreational Use of Federal Reservoir Projects, 1947 May - July, 1948 Dec.
Topics include recreational use of public lands, public use of recreation areas, recreational use of reservoirs, and water conservation in Oklahoma. Correspondents include Robert P. Patterson (Secretary of War), United States National Park Service, and Reuel W. Little.
F 46-49: Public Lands, Committee on, Red River Islands, San Carlos Irrigation Project, Shasta National Forest Additions, and Territorial and Dependency Governors' Salary Increase, 1947 Mar. - 1948 Feb.
Correspondents include Don McBride and the National Reclamation Association.
F 50-51: Public Lands, Committee on, Tongass National Forest Timber Sale, 1947 Feb. - July.
Topics include forest reserves in Alaska, North American Indians of Alaska, and the Tongass National Forest (Alaska).
F 52: Public Works, Committee on, Federal Aid Road Act Amendment, 1948 Jan. - Nov.
Topics include roads finance.
F 53: Public Works, Committee on, Flood Control Work, 1947 Apr. - Sep.
F 54-55: Public Works, Committee on, Hydroelectric Power Policy, 1947 Jan. - June, 1948 Apr. - Aug.
Topics include the United States Southwestern Power Administration, hydroelectric power plants, water-power, and water resources development. Correspondents include Albert J. Engel, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, United States Dept. of the Army, and Edward F. Hutton.
F 56: Public Works, Committee on, Legislative Suggestions, 1947 - 1948.
Topics include Little River (Ark.) And Millwood Lake (Ark.). Correspondents include the Arkansas Basin Development Association.
F 57-60: Public Works, Committee on, National Housing Act Amendment, Nome Public Improvements, Power Generated at Government Reservoir Projects, Rivers and Harbors Projects Authorization, and State Public Works Construction Planning, 1947 Jan. - July, 1948 May - Aug.
Topics include flood control, water-power, and Nome (Alaska).
F 61-62: Public Works, Committee on, Tennessee Valley Authority Chairmanship and New Johnsonville Steam Power Plant, 1947 Feb. - Mar., 1948 May.
Topics include Gordon R. Clapp and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
F 63-64: Public Works, Committee on, Toll Bridges, Highway and Tunnel Construction and Water Pollution Control, 1947 June - July, 1948 May - June.
Topics include road finance. Correspondents include Roy J. Turner.
F 65: Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures, Joint Committee on, 1947.
Topics include United States officials and employees. Correspondents include Harry F. Byrd, and United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures.
F 66: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Corrupt Election Practices and Pernicious Political Practices, 1947 Apr.
Topics include corrupt election practices and political corruption.
F 67: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Poll Tax Prohibition, 1947 July, 1948 Feb. - Aug.
Correspondents include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
F 68-72: Senatorial Campaign Expenditures 1946, Special Committee to Investigate, Correspondence, Legislation, and Report, 1946 Dec. - 1947 Apr.
Topics include Theodore G. Bilbo, Afro-Americans civil rights in Mississippi, Afro-Americans suffrage in Mississippi, campaign funds, electioneering in Mississippi, elections corrupt practices, and political corruption. Correspondents include Allen J. Ellender, and United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Campaign Expenditures, 1946.
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