GEORGE H. WILSON COLLECTION
Box and Folder Inventory
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F 1: Federal Expenditures -- Publicity (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re data, travel allowances, federal employees legislation (S. 660; H. R. 2446), postal salaries, etc. Correspondents include Chester Bowles.

b. Report.  Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress: "Facts and Figures About the Federal Government," by W. Brooke Graves (September, 1949).

c. Speech.  Clarence Cannon: "Spending in the Dark."  In the House (June 20, 1950).  Reprint.

d. Speech.  Edwin C. Johnson: "Postwar Defense Expenditures."  Extension of Remarks in the Senate (July 26, 1950).

e. Article: Herbert J. Miller: "New Federal Fiscal Control Procedures on Trial."  Tax Review (May, 1950).

f. Magazine. The Guaranty Survey, XXVIII, No. 10 (January 31, 1949).

g. Report.  Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York: "Strengthening Congressional Fiscal Control" (January, 1950).

h. Pamphlet. American Forum of the Air, XXII, No. 10 (March 7, 1949).  Re: "How Can We Get A Stable Economy?"  with Robert A. Taft and Charles Brannan.

i. Pamphlet.  America United (June 11, 1950).  Re: "What Price Governmental Economy?"  by American Federation of Labor.

j. Miscellaneous statistics.

k. Clippings.

F 2: Federal Expenditures and Economy -- Publications (1949-1950).

Newsletters: Council of State Chambers of Commerce: "Federal Spending Facts."  Series of fifteen newsletters Nos. 36-39, 59, unnumbered, 62, 64-69, 72-73 (January 14, 1949 - July 31, 1950).

F 3: Federal Expenditures and Economy -- Salaries (1948-1949).

a. S. 103: "To increase rates of compensation of the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and heads and assistant heads of executive departments and independent agencies."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Scott W. Lucas - Illinois, et al.).  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.  Reported print.

b. Hearings.  Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: "Compensation of Top Government Officials."  Eightieth Congress (1948).

c. Report.  Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: "Compensation of Top Government Officials."  Eightieth Congress (1948).  Committee Print.

F 4: Federal Housing Administration (1948-1950).

a. Correspondence re individual loans, business loans, legislation (H. R. 7402), reports, slum clearance, appropriations.

b. Senate Report 1484 (H. R. 7846): "Amending Title VIII of the National Housing Act."  Eighty-first Congress (1950).

c. House Report 1893 (S. 2246): "Housing Act of 1950."  Conference Report.

d. Article.  Melchior Palyi: "Should We Subsidize Housing?"  Commercial and Financial Chronicle (June 3, 1948).  Reprint.

e. Clippings.

F 5: Federal Power Commission (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re appointment to Commission, etc.

b. H. R. 159: "To amend section 1 of the Federal Power Act with respect to the terms of office of members of the Federal Power Commission."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949 (Robert Crosser - Ohio).  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

c. Report.  Federal Power Commission: "Typical Electric Bills, 1950: Cities of 50,000 Population and More."

d. Press Release.  Federal Power Commission: "FPC Issues `Report" on Reclassification and Original Cost of Electric Plant of Public Utilities and Licensees" (April 6, 1950).

F 6: Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (1949).

a. Correspondence re H. R. 4754. Correspondents include William L. Dawson.

b. H. R. 4754: "To simplify the procurement, utilization, and disposal of Government property, to reorganize certain agencies of the Government, and for other purposes."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Chet Holifield - California).  Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.  Reported print.

c. House Report 670 (H. R. 4754): "Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949."

d. House Report 670, Part 2 (H. R. 4754): "Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949."  Minority Report.

e. H. Res. 230: "Providing for the consideration of the bill (H. R. 4754) to simplify the procurement, utilization, and disposal of Government property, to reorganize certain agencies of the Government, and for other purposes."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Adolph J. Sabath - Illinois).  Committee on Rules.  Reported print.

F 7: Federal Reserve Board (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re credit regulations (Regulation W), reserve requirements for banks (S. 1775), etc.

b. Clippings.

F 8: Federal Security Agency (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re school construction funds, and legislation (H. R. 782). Correspondents include William L. Dawson.

b. H. R. 782: "To constitute the Federal Security Agency, a Department of Welfare."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (William L. Dawson - Illinois).  Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.  Introduced print; reported print.

c. House Report 122 (H. R. 782): "Constituting the Federal Security Agency a Department of Welfare."

d. H. R. 5175: "To establish a Department of Welfare."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Clare E. Hoffman - Michigan).  Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.

e. S. 2060: "To establish a Department of Welfare."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Joseph R. McCarthy - Wisconsin).  Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.

f. Press Release.  GHW: re facilities to be made available to Ringwood School, which had burned.

g. Clippings.

F 9: Federal Trade Commission (1950).

a. H. J. Res. 423: "Authorizing the Federal Trade Commission to make a study and investigation of the production, transportation, refining, and distribution of petroleum products."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Clarence Cannon - Missouri).  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

b. Clipping re bread prices.

F 10: Federal Works Agency (1948-1949).

a. Correspondence re appropriations.

b. S. 39: "To authorize the Federal Works Administration, as an adjunct to the Federal public-works program, to make loans and grants for the construction, remodeling, improvement, and extension of school facilities."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Pat McCarran - Nevada).  Committee on Public Works.

F 11: Flood Control -- Arkansas-White-Red River Basins (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence, re Mannford Reservoir, legislation (H. R. 4331, S. 1576) on Basins, archeological work, and soil conservation work.

b. Notes.  GHW: appearance with Robert S. Kerr, et al. before House Public Works Committee.

c. Minutes.  Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee: Meetings 1-4 (July 28, August 31. October 26, and November 27, 1950).

d. Release.  Arkansas-White-Red Basins Inter-Agency Committee: re public hearings (September 30, 1950).

e. Petition.  Fort Smith, Arkansas, Chamber of Commerce to A. W. R. B. I. A. C.: "Caving Banks and the Necessity for Bank Stabilization Works" (October 30, 1950).

f. House Concurrent Resolution 17: Oklahoma Legislature: re work in Lower Arkansas watershed (April, 1949).

F 12: Flood Control -- Arkansas-White and Red River Basins (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re legislation (H. R. 4331, H. R. 8873, S. 1576), flood control, etc.

b. H. R. 4331: "To establish the United States Study Commission on the Arkansas-White and Red River Basins."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (GHW).  Committee on Public Works.

c. H. R. 8873: "Granting the consent of the Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating to the waters of the Red River by the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Wright Patman - Texas).  Committee on Public Lands.

d. S. 1576: To Establish the United States Study Commission on the Arkansas-White and Red River Basins."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Robert S. Kerr - Oklahoma; Dennis Chavez - New Mexico, et al.).  Committee on Public Works.

e. Miscellaneous departmental reports on S. 1576.

f. Statement.  Robert S. Kerr: re S. 1576 (ca April, 1949).

g. Statement.  Robert S. Kerr: re S. 1576 (May 26, 1949).

h. Speech.  Robert S. Kerr: Before Third National Water Conservation Conference, re S. 1576 (September 22, 1949).

i. Speech.  GHW: re H. R. 4331.  Extension of Remarks in the House (undated).  Drafts.

j. Statement.  GHW: Before House Committee on Public Works: re H. R. 4331 (May 27, 1949).

k. Statement: GHW: Before Senate Committee on Public Works: re S. 1576 (undated).

l. Release.  A. W. R. B. I. A. C.: re public hearings schedule (August 9, 1950).

m. Release.  A. W. R. B. I. A. C.: re public hearings schedule (October 4, 1950).

n. Release.  Corps of Engineers: re public hearings on Arkansas River near Pine Bluff (February 12, 1950).

o. List.  Names of those receiving notice of public hearings of August 9, 1950.

p. List.  Names of those receiving notice of public hearings of December 11-12, 1950.

q. Press Release.  GHW: re H. R. 4331 (April 25, 1949).

r. Press Release.  A. W. R. B. I. A. C.: "Basin Planning to Look to Future" (October 15, 1950).

s. Press Release.  A. W. R. B. I. A. C.: "Three-Basins Committee to Meet in Jefferson City" (October 20, 1950).

t. Clippings.

F 13: Flood Control -- General (1936-1938, 1941, 1944, 1949-1950).

a. Public Law 738 (H. R. 8455: "Authorizing the construction of Certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes."  Seventy-fourth Congress (1936).

b. Public Law 761 (H. R. 10618): "Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes."  Seventy-fifth Congress (1938).

c. Committee Document 1:  House Committee on Flood Control: "Comprehensive Flood-Control Plan for Ohio and Lower Mississippi Rivers."  Seventy-fifth Congress (1937).

d. Public Law 228 (H. R. 4911): "Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes."  Seventy-seventh Congress (1941).

e. Public Law 534 (H. R. 4485): "Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes."  Seventy-eighth Congress (1944).

f. H. R. 5472: "Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control, and for other purposes."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Will M. Whittington - Mississippi).  Committee on Public Works.  Reported print; Senate introduced print; Senate reported print.

g. Hearings.  House Committee on Public Works: "Arkansas River and Tributaries, Arkansas and Oklahoma - Navigation.  River and Harbors Act of 1949."  Re H. R. 5472 (1949).

h. House Report 969 (H. R. 5472): "Authorizing the Construction, Repair, and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Navigation, Flood Control, and for Other Purposes."

i. Senate Report 1143: "Authorizing the Construction, Repair, and Preservation of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Navigation, Flood Control, and for Other Purposes."

j. Public Law 516 (H. R. 5472).

k. Hearings. House Committee on Public Works: "Advance Planning of Public Works."  Re: H. R. 5739, et al.  Eighty-first Congress (1949).

l. H. R. 8404: "To amend the programs on the watershed authorized in section 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Tom Steed - Oklahoma).  Committee on Public Works.

m. H. R. 8437: "To amend the programs on the watersheds authorized in section 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Carl Albert - Oklahoma).  Committee on Public Works.

F 14: Flood Control -- Oklahoma (1948-1950).

a. Correspondence re flood control, Oklahoma City floodway, Eufaula dam, and other projects.

b. H. R. 3482: "Granting the consent of the Congress to the negotiation of a compact relating to the waters of the Canadian River by the States of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Eugene Worley - Texas).  Senate introduced print.

c. Senate Report 1319 (H. R. 3482): "Granting the Consent of the congress to the Negotiation of a Compact Relating to the Waters of the Canadian River by the States of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico."

d. Public Law 491 (H. R. 3482).

e. S. 3692: "To authorize the construction, operation, and maintenance by the Secretary of the Interior of the Cobb Creek reclamation project, Oklahoma."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Robert S. Kerr - Oklahoma; Elmer Thomas - Oklahoma).  Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

f. S. 3895: "To amend the programs on the watersheds authorized in section 13 of the Flood Control Act of December 22, 1944."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Elmer Thomas - Oklahoma).  Committee on Public Works.

g. Report.  Corps of Engineers: "Report of the ... in Oklahoma" (July, 1950).

h. Report.  Corps of Engineers: re Eufaula Project (1948).

i. Pamphlet.  Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board: "Fort Cobb Reservoir Plan" (ca 1950).

j. Clippings.

F 15: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1949).

a. Correspondence re state and federal legislation (H. R. 160, H. R. 562).

b. H. R. 160: "To amend section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Robert Crosser - Ohio).  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.  Introduced print; reported print.

c. House Report 784 (H. R. 160): "Amending Section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended."

d. H. R. 562: "To amend section 801 (d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, in relation to exports."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (James E. Van Zandt - Pennsylvania).  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.  Introduced print; reported print.

e. House Report 801 (H. R. 562): "Amending Section 801 (d) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, in relation to exports."

f. H. R. 3151: "To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, by providing for the certification of batches of drugs composed wholly or partly of any kind of auremycin, chloramphenicol, and bacitracin, or any derivative thereof."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (J. Percy Priest - Tennessee).  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

g. H. R. 3939: "To prohibit interstate commerce in imitation ice cream and in imitation ice milk, and for other purposes."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Fred L. Crawford - Michigan).  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

h. H. R. 4572: "To amend sections 301, 302, and 701 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended."  Eighty-first congress; First Session (1949) (Frank B. Keefe - Wisconsin).  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

i. Hearings (H. R. 4572): "To Amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (Subpoena Powers)."

j. Statement.  E. W. Morrison, Denton, Texas: Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, re H. R. 160 (April 28, 1949).

k. Statement.  P. B. Dunbar, Commissioner of Food and Drugs: Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, re H. R. 160 (May 2, 1949).

l. Statement.  P. B. Dunbar, Commissioner of Food and Drugs: Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, re H. R. 562 (April 12, 1949).

m. Statement.  P. B. Dunbar, Commissioner of Food and Drugs: Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, re H. R. 3151 (April 12, 1949).

n. Statement.  C. W. Crawford, Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs: Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, re H. R. 4572 (July 13, 1949).

o. Statement.  Donovan Divet, Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, re H. R. 4572 (July 13, 1949).

F 16: Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (1949-1950).

a. H. R. 8904: "To amend section 503 (b) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Carl T. Durham - North Carolina).  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

b. H. R. 9158: "To revise, codify, and enact into law, title 21 of the United States Code, entitled `Food and Drugs.'"  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Joseph R. Bryson - South Carolina).  Committee on the Judiciary.  Reported print.

c. House Report 2582 (H. R. 9158): "Revision of Title 21, U. S. Code, `Food and Drugs.'

d. H. R. 9466: "To amend section 304, subsections (a) and (b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Clyde Doyle - California).  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

e. Hearings: "To amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act."  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.  Re: H. R. 160, H. R. 562, and H. R. 3151.  Eighty-first Congress (1949).

f. Report.  Food and Drug Administration, Federal Security Agency: "Definitions and Standards for Food" (1948).

g. Report.  Food and Drug Administration, Federal Security Agency: "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and General Regulations for Its Enforcement" (1949).

h. Report.  No author indicated: "Proposals for Amendments for Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act" (March 22, 1949).

i. Article.  Charles Wesley Dunn: Introductory Statement at Fourth Annual Meeting of the Section on Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law of the New York State Bar Association.  Food, Drug and Cosmetic Law Quarterly (March, 1949).  Reprint.

j. Consent Calendar (June 20, 1949).  Includes H. R. 160.

F 17: Foreign Affairs (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re legislation (H. R. 5615, S. 2197, S. 753), foreign aid, Peoples Republic of China, Spain, Church of Christ missionaries in Italy, etc.

b. House Report 1693 (H. R. 4406): "International Claims Settlement Act of 1949." Eighty-first Congress (1950).  Conference Report.

c. H. R. 4830: "Making appropriations for foreign aid for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950, and for other purposes."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (J. Vaughan Gary - Virginia).  Committee on Appropriations.  Reported print.

d. House Report 1354 (H. R. 4830): "Making Appropriations for Foreign Aid."

e. H. R. 5330: "To promote world peace and the general welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States by providing aid to the Republic of Korea."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (John Kee - West Virginia).  Committee on Foreign Affairs.

f. Hearings (H. R. 5330): "Korean Aid."

g. House Report 962 (H. R. 5330): "Aid to Korea."

h. House Report 962, Part 2 (H. R. 5330): "Aid to Korea."  Minority Views.

i. H. R. 5953: "To authorize contributions to Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Incorporated."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Walter H. Judd - Minnesota).  Committee on Foreign Affairs.  Reported print.

j. House Report 1305 (H. R. 5953): "Authorizing Contributions to Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc."

k. H. R. 9520: "To aid in the promotion and development of coffee production throughout the world, and for other purposes."  Eighty- first Congress; Second Session (1950) (M. G. Burnside - West Virginia).

l. H. J. Res. 334: "To amend certain laws providing for membership and participation by the United States in certain international organizations."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Thomas E. Morgan - Pennsylvania).  Committee on Foreign Affairs.  Reported print.

m. House Report 1257 (H. J. Res. 334): "Amendment of Certain Laws Providing for Membership and Participation by the United States in Certain International Organizations."

n. Senate Report 1274: "United States Relations with International Organizations."  Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.

o. Report.  Walter H. Judd: "The Chinese Communist Movement" (1949).

p. Report.  Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress: "Summaries of Committee Hearings: Foreign Relations" (1950).

q. Report.  Department of State: "Church of Christ, Frascati, Italy" (January, 1950).

r. Report.  Department of State: "Protection of Foreign Interests in the United States" (July 1, 1949).

s. Speech.  Walter Bedell Smith: Conference of Governors (June 20, 1949).  Re: foreign policy interests.

t. Speech.  George G. Sadowski: "Our Reparations Experts."  Extension of Remarks in the House (February 2, 1949).

u. Clippings.

F 18: Foreign Affairs (1950).

a. Speech.  GHW: "American Legion Viewpoint on Foreign Policy."  Extension of Remarks in the House (August 3, 1950).

b. Reports ("Public Affairs Abstracts"): Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress: "Point Four" (January, 1950); "International Trade Organization" (February, 1950); "British Economic Situation" (March, 1950); "The Problem of Germany" (April, 1950); "The Far East and U. S. Foreign Policy" (May, 1950).

F 19: Foreign Trade (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re miscellaneous tariffs (motorcycles, furs, et al.), trade with Communist countries, plant quarantines, and requests. Correspondents include Robert Secrest.

b. House Report 1437 (H. R. 5332): "Expanding Activities Within Foreign-Trade Zones."  Eighty-first Congress (1949).  Conference Report.

c. H. R. 7624: "To amend the customs laws of the United States, as amended, in order to protect American commerce against discrimination by foreign nations."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (A. S. Mike Monroney - Oklahoma).  Committee on Ways and Means.

d. H. R. 7797: "To provide foreign economic assistance."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (John Kee - West Virginia).  Committee on Foreign Affairs.  Reported print.

e. House Report 1802 (H. R. 7797): "Foreign Economic Assistance."

f. Public Law 535 (H. R. 7797).

g. H. J. Res. 502: "To suspend certain import taxes on copper."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Robert L. Doughton - North Carolina).  Committee on Ways and Means.  Reported print.

h. House Report 2563 (H. J. Res. 502): "Copper Import-Tax Suspension."

i. S. 3625: "To make capital and credit more readily available for financing small business, foster competition, and coordinate Federal aids to small business, and thus to promote, foster, and develop the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States, and for other purposes."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Scott W. Lucas - Illinois, et al.).  Committee on Banking and Currency.

j. Speeches: "House Concurrent Resolution 64: The World Federation Resolution to Strengthen the United Nations" (1950).  Compilation of addresses and remarks by the following: Brooks Hays, Walter H. Judd, Clifford P. Case, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Walter K. Granger, John W. Heselton, Chet Holifield, Charles R. Howell, Henry M. Jackson, Jacob K. Javits, and Hugh B. Mitchell.

k. Reports.  Department of State: "The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade" (1950).  Original, plus supplement.

l. Speech.  Dean Acheson: National Foreign Trade Council Convention, New York (November 2, 1949).  Re trade.

m. Report.  State Department: "Customs Procedure and the Havana Charter," by Marc Catudal (March 24, 1949).

n. Speech.  John Snyder, Secretary of the Treasury: National Council of American Importers Luncheon, New York (April 20, 1949).  Re foreign trade.

o. Speech.  John S. Graham, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury: Cleveland World Trade Association, Cleveland Ohio (October 27,1949).  Re foreign trade.

p. Speech.  John S. Graham, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury: U. S. Customs Examiners Association of the Port of New York (February 21, 1950).  Re trade.

q. Press Release.  Department of Commerce: re customs reform (December 22, 1949).

F 20: Forests and Forestry Service (1936, 1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re experiment station for Great Plains, forestry, etc. Correspondents include Wayne N. Aspinall.

b. House Report 2729 (H. R. 8271): "Establish Great Plains Forest Experiment Station."  Committee on Agriculture.  Seventy-fourth Congress (1936).

c. House Report 536 (H. R. 2296): "Cooperative Forestry Programs."  Committee on Agriculture.  Eighty-first Congress (1949).

d. Clippings.

F 21: General (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re legislation (H. Res. 647, S. Res. 302), anti-vivisection (H. R. 4238, H. R. 4349, S. 1703), contracts (H. R. 9246), Unitary Wind Tunnel Act, musical instruments (H. R. 3934), Gallaudet College, world calendar, Colorado River water, glass imports (H. Con. Res. 208), coffee, agricultural research, etc. Correspondents include Walter S. Baring.

b. H. R. 3934: "To permit religious or charitable societies to import musical instruments free of duty in certain cases."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (A. S. Mike Monroney - Oklahoma).  Committee on Ways and Means.  Reported print.

c. House Report 2159 (H. R. 3934): "Free Importation of Musical Instruments by Religious or Charitable Institutions Manufacturing Such Instruments in Foreign Countries."

d. Booklet.  John M. Firestone: "The Present Calendar and Its Effects on American Business."  New York: World Calendar Association (ca. 1950).

e. Magazine.  Journal of Calendar Reform (Second Quarter, 1950).

f. Pamphlet.  Irrigation Districts Association of California: "Whose Water?"  (ca. 1950).

F 22: General (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re Oklahoma lead industry, library bill (H. R. 874, H. R. 1411, S. 130), court actions (H. R. 7550), uniform divorce legislation, world calendar bill, and miscellaneous requests. Correspondents include Thomas E. Martin and Clifford Hope.

b. H. R. 874: "To provide for the demonstration of public library service in areas without such service or with inadequate library facilities."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Ray J. Madden - Indiana).  Committee on Education and Labor.  Reported print.

c. S. 3: "To further implement the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Pat McCarran - Nevada).  Committee on the Judiciary.

d. S. 1415: "To improve the calendar now in use by making it perpetual; to retain the number of twelve months; to equalize the quarters of the year so that days of the week and dates always agree, each quarter to have ninety-one days or thirteen weeks or three months equivalent to the season and every month to have twenty-six weekdays plus Sundays; to begin years and weeks on the first day of the week, Sunday; to fix holidays; to give the calendar comparability; not for a year but for centuries."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Estes Kefauver - Tennessee).  Committee on Foreign Relations.

e. S. J. Res. 66: "Favoring centralization by the respective States of their records pertaining to marriages and divorces."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (Styles Bridges - New Hampshire).  Committee on the Judiciary.

f. Booklet.  Emergency Lead Committee: "Application [before the U. S. Tariff Commission] for Investigation of Inquiry to the Domestic Lead Mining Industry Resulting from Trade Agreement Concessions..."(May 10, 1950).

g. Report.  Thomas E. Martin: "The Views of the First Iowa District, February 15, to March 31, 1950."  Extension of Remarks in the House (April 3, 1950).

h. Reports.  American Library Association: re Library Service Demonstration Bill.

i. Program.  U. S. Congress: Memorial Exercises (May 17, 1950).

j. Clippings.

F 23: General (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re "Merci Car" from France to Oklahoma, traffic safety, labor (H. R. 4997), oil shale, private relief bill, world calendar, Peoples Republic of China, Blue Star Mothers of America, Congressional Quarterly, et al. Correspondents include Wayne N. Aspinall and Michael Kirwan (St. Patrick's Day flyer).

b. H. J. Res. 84: "To provide for the acquisition and operation of the Freedom Train by the Archivist of the United States, and for other purposes."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (John W. McCormack - Massachusetts).  Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.  Reported print.

c. Speech.  GHW: "Appreciation for the Merci Train."  Extension of Remarks in the House (April 7, 1949).

d. Pamphlet.  David Shapiro: "For Unity of Mankind" (January, 1949).

e. Press Release.  Harry S. Truman: re veto of H. R. 834 Contract Settlement Act amendments (July 11, 1949).

f. Clippings.

F 24: General Accounting Office (1949).

a. Correspondence re GAO work.

b. H. R. 2626: "To amend Public Law 533 of the Eightieth Congress authorizing the construction of a building for the General Accounting Office on square 518 in the District of Columbia."  Eighty-first Congress; First Session (1949) (William M. Whittington - Mississippi).  Committee on Public Works.  Reported print.

c. House Report 1441: Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments: "The General Accounting Office: A Study of Its Functions and Operations."  Eighty-first Congress (1949).

d. Senate Report 2685: Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments: "Audits of Government Corporations."  Eighty-first Congress (1950).

F 25: General Services Administration (1949-1950).

a. Correspondence re public works projects, work of agency, etc.

b. H. R. 9129: "To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, and for other purposes."  Eighty-first Congress; Second Session (1950) (Richard Bolling - Missouri).  Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.  Reported print.

c. House Report 2747 (H. R. 9129): "Amending the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949."

d. Press Release.  G.S.A.: re surplus property (August 28, 1950).

F 26: Government Supply (1948-1950).

a. Correspondence re loan applications, procurement policies. Correspondents include Sidney R. Yates.

b. Various forms and memoranda from various federal agencies, re policy for selling to each.

c. Booklet.  Air Force: "Follow Me.  A Guide for Selling to the United States: Air Force" (1949).

d. Booklet.  Army: "How to Sell to the United States Army.  A Pamphlet Designed to Assist the Businessman" (1950).  With accompanying pages.

e. Booklet.  U. S. Navy: "Purchased Items and Purchasing Locations of the Department of the Navy" (October 1, 1949).

f. Booklet.  Munitions Board: "An Introduction to Planning for Emergency Production" (July, 1950).

g. Booklet.  Navy Department: "Selling to the Navy" (June, 1948).

h. Pamphlet.  General Services Administration: "How to Do Business with the Federal Supply Service" (December 12, 1949).

i. Pamphlet.  "Agreement between Department of Defense and Department of Commerce on Procurement Information" (1950).

j. Press Release.  General Services Administration: re surplus property (August 18, 1950).

k. Press Release.  General Services Administration: re critical materials supply level (August 28, 1950).

l. Clipping.

F 27: Graham, Gid (1949).

Correspondence with Graham re taxpayers and trucks.

F 28: Grain Elevators -- Union Equity of Enid (1946-1950).

a. Correspondence re invitation, construction of grain elevators. Correspondents include Robert S. Kerr, Alben W. Barkley, and Elmer Thomas.

b. Office memorandum re contract.

c. Data re need for wheat storage facilities in Oklahoma.

d. House Report 1888.  House Committee on Small Business: "The Competition of Cooperatives With Other Forms of Business Enterprise."  Seventy-ninth Congress (1946).

e. Speech.  George D. Aiken: "The Farm Program."  Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association, St. Paul (December 9, 1947).  Reprint.

f. Speech.  Wright Patman: "Cooperatives -- Bulwark of Democracy."  In the House (July 19, 1946).  Reprinted as pamphlet by Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association.

g. Speech.  Wright Patman: "A Little Cloud Out of the Sea" re cooperatives.  Extension of Remarks in the House (December 11, 1947).  Reprint.

h. Booklet.  "History and By-Laws of the Union Equity Cooperative Exchange, Enid Oklahoma, 1926-1946."

i. Speech.  George D. Aiken: "A Challenge to Farm Cooperatives."  United Farmers' Cooperative Creamery Association, Morrisville, Vermont (October 5, 1946).

j. Pamphlet.  National Council of Farmer Cooperatives: "Farmer Cooperatives and the Federal Income Tax" (undated).

k. Pamphlet.  National Association of Cooperatives: "Is the Co-Op Paying Its Fair Share of Income Taxes?"  (undated).

l. Pamphlet.  American Institute of Cooperation: What Is The ...?"  (1948).

m. Pamphlet.  Cooperative Digest: "The Story of A Farmer and His Hired Man" (1945).

n. Pamphlet.  E. N. Puckett: "Wheat Stabilization Post-War Marketing Plan" (1948).

o. Speech.  Roy Bender: "Aims and Opportunities of Farmer Cooperatives" (August 31, 1948).

p. Press Release.  Department of Agriculture: re Commodity Credit Corporation storage bids (July 22, 1949).

q. Clippings.

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