Box 75: Agriculture and Forestry, Committee on, Rural Electrification Act Amendment Regarding Rural Telephones, 1949 Mar. - Oct., 1950 Feb. - Appropriations, Committee on, Deficiency Bill, Third, 1949 Feb. - Sep.
F 1-2: Agriculture and Forestry, Committee on, Rural Electrification Act Amendment Regarding Rural Telephones, 1949 Mar. - Oct., 1950 Feb.
Topics in these folders are also found in box 74, folders 66-67.
F 3-4: Agriculture and Forestry, Committee on, Soil Conservation and the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, 1949 Jan. - Oct., 1950 July.
Topics include United States Agricultural Conservation Program and soil conservation in Oklahoma. Correspondents include the United States Soil Conservation Service and National Defense League of America.
F 5: Agriculture and Forestry, Committee on, State Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trusts Liquidation, 1949 Mar.
Correspondents include Clinton P. Anderson.
F 6-10: Agriculture and Forestry, Committee on, Sugar Production, Swan Island Quarantine Station, Utilization of Farm Crops Investigation, Virgin Islands Agricultural Program and Wheat Crop Insurance Premium Refund, 1948 - 1950.
Topics include coffee prices and sugar prices. Correspondents include Guy M. Gillette, Burton K. Wheeler, United States Production and Marketing Administration, and Morris F. de Castro.
F 11: Appropriations, Committee on, Agriculture, Correspondence, Congressional and Departmental, 1949 Feb. - Sep.
Topics include the Southern Plains Experimental Range (Southern Great Plains Field Station), United States Dept. of Agriculture appropriations and expenditures, forest roads, soil conservation in Oklahoma, Superior National Forest (Minn.), and the Woodward Dairy Experiment Station. Correspondents include Carl Albert, John A. Blatnik, Allen J. Ellender, Lester C. Hunt, William E. Jenner, William Langer, James E. Murray, William G. Stigler, George Howard Wilson, and the United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering.
F 12-15: Appropriations, Committee on, Agriculture, Correspondence from Constituents and Out of State, 1949 - 1950.
Topics include the Southern Plains Experimental Range (Southern Great Plains Field Station), United States Bureau of Animal Industry Meat Inspection Division, United States Dept. of Agriculture appropriations and expenditures, United States Morgan Horse Farm, Weybridge, Vt., United States Soil Conservation Service appropriations and expenditures, citrus fruit industry, fruit-flies, meat inspection, national school lunch program, rural telephone, soil conservation, warehouses, Superior National Forest (Minn.), and U.S. Warehouse Act. Correspondents include Forrest C. Donnell, John L. McClellan, Charles W. Tobey, Farmers Cooperative Grain Dealers Association (Okla.), National Parks Association (U.S.), Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture, Oklahoma State Soil Conservation Board, Oklahoma Bankers Association, Oklahoma Cotton Ginners' Association, and the Pettit Agricultural Relief Plan.
F 16: Appropriations, Committee on, Agriculture, Correspondence Regarding Soil Conservation, 1949 Jan. - June.
Topics include the United States Dept. of Agriculture appropriations and expenditures, United States Soil Conservation Service appropriations and expenditures, Agricultural Conservation Program of Oklahoma, and soil conservation in Oklahoma. Correspondents include Oklahoma Bankers Association.
F 17: Appropriations, Committee on, Agriculture, Legislation, 1950 Mar. - May.
Topics include United States Soil Conservation Service appropriations and expenditures and Washita River (Tex. and Okla.). Correspondents include Don McBride.
F 18-24: Appropriations, Committee on, Civil Functions, Department of the Army, Clippings, Correspondence, and Legislation, 1949 - 1950.
Topics include United States Army civil functions, United States Dept. of the Army appropriations and expenditures, United States War Dept. appropriations and expenditures, employee selection in the Panama Canal (Panama), flood control in Oklahoma, flood control in the United States, hydroelectric power plants in Oklahoma, the Arkansas River Watershed, the Columbia River, North Canadian River (Okla.), Optima Lake (Okla.), Panama Canal (Panama), Red River Watershed (Tex. - La.), San Gabriel River Valley (Calif.), Snake River (Wyo. - Wash.), Solano County (Calif.), Tennessee River, Lake Texoma (Okla. and Tex.), Tombigbee River (Miss. and Ala.), Coastal Plain, Demopolis Dam (Ala.), and Oklahoma City Flood Control Project. Correspondents include C. R. Anthony, Edward L. Bartlett, Schuyler O. Bland, Homer E. Capehart, John W. Heselton, John D. Lodge, Don McBride, Robert P. Patterson, Carl D. Perkins, James G. Polk, John E. Rankin, Henry O. Talle, Mississippi Valley Association, National Fisheries Institute, National Reclamation Association, United States Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division, United States Dept. of the Army Office of the Chief of Engineers, American Council on Human Rights, and the Red River Valley Association.
F 25-26: Appropriations, Committee on, Civil Functions, Department of the Army, Oologah Reservoir, 1947, 1949 Jan. - Oct.
Topics include United States Army civil functions and the Arkansas River. Correspondents include Robert P. Patterson.
F 27: Appropriations, Committee on, Committee Materials, 1949 - 1950.
Topics include Drew Pearson and the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations. Correspondents include Sheridan Downey.
F 27B-D: Appropriations, Committee on, Committee Materials, Armed Services Subcommittee, Conference Report, Correspondence and Memoranda, 1949 - 1950.
Various items in Folders 27B and 27C were marked "secret" or "confidential." Copies of these items were sent to the National Archives in December 1999. The National Archives declassified these items. These marked copies are located with the collection's correspondence files. See the brown envelope marked "secret documents - reviewed." Topics include United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Armed Services, United States Dept. of Defense appropriations and expenditures, crawler tractors, United States military bases, Reconstruction (1939-1951) in Germany, ships reconstruction in the United States, wheat trade, Greece foreign relations, Keystone Lake (Okla.), United States Armed Forces appropriations and expenditures, United States Armed Forces operational readiness, United States Armed Forces supplies and stores, national military establishment, and stockpiling. Correspondents include Louis A. Johnson, Julius A. Krug, Kenneth D. McKellar, Harry S. Truman, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Dept. of Defense, United States Dept. of State, United States Dept. of the Air Force, United States Dept. of the Army, United States Dept. of the Interior, United States Munitions Board, and United States Navy Dept.
F 28-37: Appropriations, Committee on, Committee Materials, Armed Services Subcommittee European Trip, Clippings, Correspondence, Miscellaneous Information, Reports, and Staff Notes, n.d., 1948 - 1950.
Topics include Elmer Thomas journeys in Europe, Marshall Plan, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Armed Services, United States Economic Cooperation Administration, American economic assistance to Europe, Europe description and travel, Greece economic conditions (1918-1974), Luxembourg, Reconstruction (1939-1951) in Europe, Sweden economic conditions, United States Armed Forces appropriations and expenditures, and United States foreign relations with Europe. Correspondents include Louis A. Johnson, Harry S. Truman, and the United States Dept. of Defense.
F 38: Appropriations, Committee on, Committee Materials, Armed Services Subcommittee Panama, Guatemala, and Cuba Trip, 1949 Dec.
Topics include Elmer Thomas journeys, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Armed Services, United States Armed Forces appropriations and expenditures and national military establishment. Correspondents include Chan Gurney, Louis A. Johnson, Stuart Symington, United States Dept. of Defense, United States Dept. of State, United States Dept. of the Air Force, and United States Dept. of the Army.
F 39: Appropriations, Committee on, Consolidated Appropriation Procedure, 1949 June, 1950 Apr.
F 40-43: Appropriations, Committee on, Deficiency Bill, First, 1949 Feb. - Sep.
Topics include Tennessee Valley Authority, United States Bureau of Reclamation appropriations and expenditures, United States Dept. of the Interior appropriations and expenditures, United States Social Security Administration, Chickasaw Indians government relations, Choctaw Indians government relations, federal aid to education in Midwest City (Okla.), Hopi Indians government relations, hydroelectric power plants New Johnsonville (Tenn.), Navajo Indians education, Navajo Indians government relations, and United States appropriations and expenditures. Correspondents include Sheridan Downey, Association on American Indian Affairs, National Coal Association, National Congress of American Indians, Oklahoma State Agency for Surplus Property, United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Bureau of Reclamation, Sam Ahkeah (chairman of Navajo Tribal Council), Floyd Maytubby (gvernor of Chickasaw Nation), Oscar V. Rose, Choctaw-Chickasaw Confederation, Council of State Chambers of Commerce, and National Association of Electric Companies.
F 44: Appropriations, Committee on, Deficiency Bill, Second, 1949 Apr. - June.
Topics include foot-and-mouth disease and United States appropriations and expenditures. Correspondents include the American Farm Bureau Federation and the United States Dept. of Defense.
F 45: Appropriations, Committee on, Deficiency Bill, Third, 1949 Feb. - Sep.
Topics include the United States War Claims Commission, Indians of North America in California, merchant marine safety measures in the United States, merchant ships in the United States, and records management in Washington, D.C. Correspondents include Lindley Beckworth, George H. Mahon, Gerald P. Nye, William M. Tuck, American Merchant Marine Institute of New York, National Federation of American Shipping, Washington, D.C., United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Indians of California, Inc.
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