Box 90: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on, Post Office, Promotion for Field Service of World War II Veterans, 1949 - 1950 - White House, State of the Union Address, 1950 Jan.
F 1-2A: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on, Post Office, Promotion for Field Service of World War II Veterans, 1949 - 1950.
Topics in these folders are also found in box 89, folders 52-53.
F 2B-3: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on, Post Office, Reclassification Act Amendment Regarding Air Mail Field Clerks and Reclassification of Supervisors, 1949 Mar. - July.
Topics include postal service employees salaries, etc. and postmasters. Correspondents include the Railway Mail Association (U.S.).
F 4-7: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on, Post Office, Retirement Annuities for Former Rural Carriers, Rural Carriers' Promotion, Rural Carriers' Equipment Allowance Increase, and Rural Delivery on Forty Hour Week Basis, 1949 Apr. - June, 1950 Mar. - May.
Topics include postal service employees salaries, etc. and rural free delivery. Correspondents include the Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers Association.
F 8-9: Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on, Post Office, Salary Increase and Salary Reclassification Act Amendment, 1949 Feb. - Dec.
Topics include the postal service employees salaries, etc.. Correspondents include the National Association of Postal Supervisors (Okla.) and Wesley V. Disney.
F 10: Public Lands, Committee on, Bass, Henry B., Property Quitclaim, 1949 Dec. - 1950 Jan.
Correspondents include Henry B. Bass.
F11: Public Lands, Committee on, Boudinot, Frank J., Heirs, Representative and Assigns of, 1948 June, 1949 Feb. - Nov., 1950 Mar. - Dec.
Topics include Frank Josiah Boudinot and Cherokee Indians claims. Correspondents include Pat McCarran and the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office.
F 12: Public Lands, Committee on, Central Valley Project, 1950 Apr.
Topics include Central Valley (Calif.). Correspondents include the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
F 13: Public Lands, Committee on, Exploration and Development of Strategic and Critical Materials, 1949 Apr. - Aug.
Topics include lead, zinc, the Tri-State Mining Area (Mo., Kan., and Okla.), and the Engle Bill. Correspondents include the Tri-State Zinc and Lead Ore Producers Association.
F 14: Public Lands, Committee on, Legislative Suggestions, 1949 Jan. - Oct.
Topics include cemeteries in Kansas City (Kan.), Wyandot Indians, and Huron Cemetery (Kansas City, Kan.). Correspondents include the American National Live Stock Association.
F 15-17: Public Lands, Committee on, Minerals, National Minerals Act of 1949, and National Surveying and Mapping Act of 1950, 1949 Feb. - Oct., 1950 Jan. - Mar.
Topics include mineral industries. Correspondents include the International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. Correspondents include the Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board (statement).
F 18-19: Public Lands, Committee on, Purchase of Indian Restricted Lands and U.S. Public Lands in Oklahoma Disposition, 1949 Aug., 1950 Sep.
Topics include Indians of North America land tenure and Sequoyah County Indian Credit Association. Correspondents include the Bryan County Indian Credit Association.
F 20: Public Works, Committee on, Boggy Creek Dam, n.d., 1949 Apr. - Aug., 1950 Jan. - Feb.
Folder includes petition from residents of Choctaw County opposing the dam. Topics include the Boswell Dam and Reservoir (Okla.).
F 21: Public Works, Committee on, Columbia Valley Administration, 1949 Feb. - 1950 Jan.
Topics include Columbia River. Correspondents include the Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.).
F 22: Public Works, Committee on, Committee Materials, 1949 July.
F 23: Public Works, Committee on, Eufaula Dam Project, 1949 Jan. - Apr.
Topics include the Canadian Dam (Okla.) and the Onapa Dam (Okla.). Correspondents include Roy J. Turner.
F 24-25: Public Works, Committee on, Federal Aid Highway Act of 1950 and Federal Aid Road Act, 1949 Jan., 1950 Mar. - Aug.
Topics include roads design and construction and United States Highway 271. Correspondents include the Associated Motor Carriers of Oklahoma and the U.S. 271 Highway Association.
F 26A-C: Public Works, Committee on, Federal Power Commission, Correspondence Against and For Reappointment of Leland Olds, 1949 June - Oct.
Topics include Leland Olds and United States Federal Power Commission. Correspondents include Philip Murray, Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), National Farmers' Union (U.S.), and the Commerce and Industry Association of New York.
F 27-29: Public Works, Committee on, Flood Control, 1949 - 1950.
Topics include the United States Army Corps of Engineers, flood control law and legislation in the United States, flood control in Oklahoma, watersheds, Arkansas River, James River (N.D. and S.D.), Jamestown Reservoir (N.D.), Red River (Tex. - La.), White River (Ark. and Mo.), and the Flood Control Act of 1950. Correspondents include Kenneth D. McKellar, Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee, Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board, and the Oklahoma Agriculture Advisory Council.
F 30-32: Public Works, Committee on, Hydroelectric Power Policy, Ballots, Correspondence, and Legislation, 1945 May - June, 1947 Mar., 1949 Mar. - 1950 Apr.
Topics include electric power and electric utilities. Correspondents include the Tennessee Valley Authority.
F 33-34: Public Works, Committee on, Intracoastal Waterway and Lake Heyburn Naming, 1949 Jan. - Oct.
Topics include Polecat Creek (Okla.).
F 35: Public Works, Committee on, Legislative Suggestions, 1949 May, 1950 Apr.
Correspondents include the Associated General Contractors of America (resolution) and National Wildlife Federation (resolution).
F 36: Public Works, Committee on, Major Disaster Assistance, 1949 July - Aug., 1950 July.
Topics include the disaster relief law and legislation of the United States. Correspondents include Dennis Chavez.
F 37-38: Public Works, Committee on, Markham's Ferry Project and National Rivers and Harbors Congress, 1949 Apr., 1950 Feb. - June.
Folder 38 contains speeches from the National Rivers and Harbors Conference which were inserted into the Congressional Record. Topics include the Grand River Dam Authority, National Rivers and Harbors Congress, Neosho River (Kan. and Okla.), and the Grand River. Correspondents include Roy J. Turner.
F 39-40: Public Works, Committee on, Public Buildings Act of 1949 and School Construction, 1949 Jan. - June, 1950 Feb.
Correspondents include Dennis Chavez, Robert S. Kerr, United States General Services Administration, and United States Public Buildings Administration.
F 41-42: Public Works, Committee on, Surplus Electric Power at Army Reservoir Projects and Water Resources Policy Commission, 1949 May, 1950 Mar. - Apr.
Topics include United States Water Resources Policy Commission, water resources development, and the Mississippi Valley Association.
F 43: Reduction of Nonessential Expenditures, Joint Committee on, Federal Personnel and Pay, 1949.
Correspondents include the United States Congress Joint Committee on Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (report).
F 44: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Coal Miners Welfare Amendment, 1949 July - Aug.
Topics include coal mines and mining safety regulations.
F 45-46: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Five Civilized Tribes, Laws Relating to, 1949 Jan.
F 47-49: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Fuel Reserves Investigation and Policy, Hatch Act Amendment and Investigations, 1949 Feb. - June, 1950 Mar. - Sep.
Topics include Homer Ferguson, Alvin E. O'Konski, J. Parnell Thomas, United States Congress ethics, and the United States officials and employees political activity. Correspondents include Tom Connally and Labor's League for Political Education.
F 50-51: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Klaff, Ida Raffel, 1949 Jan. - Feb.
Topics include Ida Raffel Klaff and Ida Louis Klaff.
F 52: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Legislative Suggestions, 1949 Jan., 1950 July.
F 53: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Poll Tax Prohibition, 1949 Apr. - Aug.
Correspondents include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
F 54: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Privileges and Elections, Subcommittee on, 1948, 1950 June.
Topics include United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections, Federal Corrupt Practices Act, and Hatch Political Activities Act.
F 55-56: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Senate Cloture Rule Amendment, 1949 Jan. - Apr.
Topics include Afro-Americans civil rights, civil rights in the United States , and filibusters (political science). Correspondents include Walter Francis White, Committee for Constitutional Government, Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.), Congress of Industrial Organizations (in Oklahoma), International Association of Machinists, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Oklahoma Farmers Union, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America, and F. D. Moon.
F 57: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Small Business, Standing Committee on, 1949 Aug.
Topics include United States Senate Committee on Small Business (proposed).
Correspondents include the National Federation of Small Business.
F 58: Rules and Administration, Committee on, Transportation and Communications Problems Investigation, 1949 Jan., 1950 Mar.
Topics include commercial aeronautics, military aeronautics, radio broadcasting policy, and American Taxicab Association. Correspondents include the Air Transport Association of America and United States Federal Communications Commission.
F 59: Senatorial Campaign Expenses, Special Committee to Investigate, 1950 Dec.
Topics include United States Senate elections. Correspondents include Millard E. Tydings.
F 60: Un-American Activities, House Committee on, Congress of America Women, 1949 Oct.
Topics include the Congress of American Women and communism in the United States. Correspondents include the United States House Committee on Un-American Activities (report).
F 61: White House, State of the Union Address, 1950 Jan.
Correspondents include Harry S. Truman (speech).
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