Box 12: 79th Congress, Legislative Files: Anti-Lynch Bill (1946) - Full Employment: H. R. 2202
F 1: Anti-Lynch Bill (1946).
a. Correspondence: re: Need for anti-lynch bill to be passed.
b. Information Packet/Petition: "Will America Whitewash This?" (February 26, 1946).
c. Clippings.
d. Article: Reverend Clayton D. Russell, President of Peoples' Victory Committee: "Lynching of Negro People Must Stop."
e. Newsletter: Independent Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 34. July 28, 1946.
F 2: Bill Introduced by Helen Gahagan Douglas.
a. List of Bills.
b. H. R. 2877: Douglas: "To prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, or ancestry. 80th Congress, 1st Session (March 31, 1947). (* based on H. R. 1806 - 79th Congress). Committee on Education and Labor.
c. H. R. 3751: Douglas: "For the relief of Mrs. Theodora O. Anzures and the legal guardian of Bernice Anzures and Andrew Anzures." 79th Congress, 1st Session (July 10, 1945). Committee on Claims.
d. Private Law 79-632 (H. R. 3751): "An act for the relief of Mrs. Theodora O. Anzures and the legal guardian of Bernice Anzures and Andrew Anzures" (1946).
e. H. R. 3880: Douglas: "For the Relief of Nicholas Ray Schlegel." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). 2 copies. Committee on Claims.
f. H. R. 4491: Douglas: "For the Relief of Miss Vertie Bea Loggins." 79th Congress, 2nd Session (1945). Committee on Claims.
g. Private Law 79-613 (H. R. 4491): "For the Relief of Vertie Bea Loggins."
h. H. R. 4593: Douglas: "For the relief of Quality Electric Company, Limited." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). Committee on Claims.
i. H. R. 5595: Douglas: "For the Relief of Marjorie See." 79th Congress, 2nd Session (1946). Committee on Immigration and Naturalization.
j. H. R. 2876: Douglas: "To create the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Redwood Forest, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). (* based on H. R. 6201, 79th Congress, 2nd Session). Committee on Agriculture.
k. H. R. 7113: Douglas: "To promote the general welfare of the people of the United States by establishing a publicly supported labor extension program for wage and salary earners, and for other purposes." 79th Congress, 2nd Session (1946). Committee on Labor.
l. H. Res. 411: Douglas - California: "China: Withdrawal of Marines from." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). Committee on Foreign Affairs.
m. H. Res. 595: Douglas - California: "Atomic energy: adopting report of State Department relative to." 79th Congress, 2nd Session (1946). Committee on Foreign Affairs.
F 3a: Cancer Bill (1946). Correspondence and Data.
a. Correspondence and clippings: re: Cancer Bill (Neely-Pepper Rall) funding for research for cure of cancer.
b. Flyer: "Sponsors of Government Action Against Cancer."
F 3b: Cancer Bill (1946). Data.
a. Statement to the Committee of Foreign Affairs - H. R. 4502: Louis H. Seagrave. (May 7-8, 1946).
b. Statement to the Committee on Foreign Affairs concerning H. R. 4502: Harry B. Friedgood, M.D. (May 7-8, 1946). 27 pages.
c. Comments on H. R. 4502 by O. Pailla. 9 pages.
d. Testimony on H. R. 4502 by Howard J. Curtis. 5 pages.
e. Speech by Colonel Stafford Warren.
f. Article: Robert D. Potter: "Atomic Medicine - Curb for Cancer."*removed to outsized*
F 4: Chinese Immigration (1945-1947).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 4109 - "To provide for admission to the United States of alien Chinese wives of citizens of the United States."
b. Paper: Chinese Times (September 18, 1945). Headline Reads: "House Member Introduces Bill Permitting Chinese Wives to Enter United States." Removed to outsized.
c. Statement: re: S. 580: Senator Sheridan Downey of California (April 9, 1945).
F 5: Colorado River Bill (1946).
a. Correspondence: re: Requests for opposition to H. R. 5434.
b. Statement: Raymond Matthew: re: "Gila Federal Reclamation Project."
c. Statement: Congressman Rockwell: re: H. R. 5434 at Hearings on July 17, 1946.
F 6: Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) (1945).
a. Correspondence: re: Tax exemption of the D.A.R. building - support and opposition to.
b. copy of clipping.
F 7: Equal Rights Amendment - H. J. Res. 1 (1945-1946).
a. Correspondence: re: Support and opposition to the current Equal Rights Amendments.
b. Newspaper: The Union Times. July 21, 1945.
c. Memorandum: "In Opposition to the Adoption of the Equal Rights Amendments."
d. Brochure: "Warning! Look Out for the So-Called Equal Rights Amendment."
e. Pamphlet: "Don't Buy a Gold Brick."
F 8a: Fair Employment Practices Commission: H. R. 2232 (January - June 1945).
Correspondence: re: Establishment of a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission; H. R. 1806 "to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, or ancestry"; support for H. R. 2232.
F 8b: Fair Employment Practices Commission: H. R. 2232 (June 1945 - June 1946).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 2232; making F.E.P.C. permanent.
b. Statement: Tom Steering: "Discrimination."
c. copy of clipping.
F 8c: Fair Employment Practices Commission: H. R. 2232 (1945). Correspondence and Data.
a. Correspondence: re: Establishment of a permanent F.E.P.C.
b. Arguments for and against Permanent F.E.P.C. legislation.
c. Pamphlet: Mary T. Norton: "Questions and Answers About a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Commission" (April 27, 1945).
d. Booklet: re: revisions to a speech.
e. Petition.
f. Report: "Prominent Citizens and National Organizations Support FEPC" (June 1945).
g. Congressional Record: Speech: Joe W. Ervin - North Carolina: "A Plan for the Consideration of FEPC" (May 10, 1945).
h. Statement: Geo F. Addes: "Support of S. 101."
i. Pamphlet: "A Permanent FEPC."
j. Pamphlet: "Order Creating: UAW-CIO Fair Practices Committee."
k. Memorandum of Explanation to accompany various bills.
l. Summary of the Scope, Powers, and Limitations of the Bill for Permanent FEPC.
m. List of Organizations in Favor of Permanent FEPC.
n. H. R. 523: Mrs. Norton: "To prohibit discrimination in Employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, or ancestry." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). Committee on Labor.
o. Report No. 2016 H. R. 3986): Mrs. Norton: "Prohibiting Discrimination in Employment Because of Race etc." 78th Congress, 2nd Session (1944). Committee on Labor.
F 9: Federal Aid For Education - H. R. 2232.
a. Booklet: "Education - Why The Federal Government Must Help." 23 pages.
b. Draft proposals for an International Organization for Education and Cultural Cooperation." 9 pages.
F 10: Full Employment - H. R. 2202.
a. Report on meeting of National Organizations on Full Employment Bill" (July 26, 1945).
b. List of major issues on the Full Employment Bill.
c. Basic Facts on Employment and National Income.
d. Speech: George E. Outland - California: "Full Employment in America" (July 5, 1945). 43 pages.
e. Analysis of the Full Employment Bill of 1945 (H. R. 2202): Wright Patman (Texas).
f. Questions and Answers on the Full Employment Bill.
g. Hearings: re: S. 380: "Full Employment Act of 1945." Part I and Part II.
h. Report: "Bibliography on Full Employment" (June 25, 1945). Committee on Banking and Currency. 56 pages. 79th Congress, 1st Session.
i. Report: "Summary of Federal Agency Reports on full Employment Bill" (July 12, 1945). 102 pages. 79th Congress, 1st Session. Committee on Banking and Currency.
j. Report: "History of the Employment Stabilization Act of 1931" (July 30, 1945). 25 pages. 79th Congress, 1st Session. Committee on Banking and Currency.
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