Box 14: 79th Congress, Legislative Files: Miscellaneous
F 1: Miscellaneous (January - March).
a. Correspondence: re: budget for Forestry Department; Support of S. 380, S. 1050, S. 1349, H. R. 1382, H. R. 4314; opposition to S. 1678; bill to increase retired Civil Service employees annuities; Support for S. 402, S. 403, S. 405. Correspondents include: J. Buell Snyder - PA.
b. S. 953: "Thomas Urban Redevelopment bill."
c. H. R. 363: Bolton: "To provide additional pay for enlisted men of the awarded the Medical Corps valor badge." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). Committee on Military Affairs.
d. H. R. 33: Hobbs Bill: "An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the U. S." (H. R. 2857).
e. Clippings.
f. Townsend Plan.
g. H. Con. Res. 18: "Establishing a Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress..." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). Committee on Rules.
h. H. R. Res. 4: "To create a Committee on Federal and State Relations."
i. H. R. 5171: Dingell: "To eliminate unfairness and discrimination against enlisted personnel of the Medical Department of the Army." 78th Congress, 2nd Session (1944). Committee on Military Affairs.
j. H. R. 5172: Dingell: "to eliminate unfairness and discrimination against enlisted personnel of the Hospital Corps of the Navy." 78th Congress, 2nd Session (1944). Committee on Naval Affairs.
k. S. 326: "To create the All-American Flagline, Inc."
l. H. R. 2861: "Murray-Wagner-Dingell Bill."
m. H. R. 4362 and S. 1496: Abolish Parker River Wildlife Refuge in Essex County, Mass.
n. S. 1678: Licensing of firearms.
o. H. R. 2184: bill to extend franking privileges to persons receiving hospital treatment furnished by the VA.
p. H. R. 4590: Purchase old silver below statutory money value.
q. H. R. 5273: "To permit the payment of readjustment allowance after a 3 week waiting period to former members of the armed forces whose unemployment is due to a stoppage of work resulting from a labor dispute.
r. H. R. 1586: "To authorize the admission into the Korean Race, to make them eligible for naturalization."
s. H. R. 1834: Hook: "To prescribe the procedures of legislative investigating committees and to protect the rights of parties under investigation by such committees." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). Committee on Rules.
t. H. R. 3315: Randolph: "Relative to certain annuities." 78th Congress, 1st Session (1943). Committee on the Civil Service.
u. H. R. 1699: "To establish and Optometry Corps."
v. Resolution: "To maintain purchasing power in Post War period."
w. H. R. 1128: Sparkman: "To incorporate the Regular Veterans Association." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). Committee on Judiciary.
x. H. R. 525: Norton: "To provide for cooperation with State agencies administering labor laws in establishing and maintaining safe and proper working conditions in industry and in the preparation, promulgation, and enforcement of regulations to control industrial health hazards." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). Committee on Labor.
y. H. R. 776: McGehee: "To authorize the naturalization of Filipinos." 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945).
z. H. R. 5256: "A bill to give unemployment insurance to Merchant Seamen."
aa. Resolution No. A-164: In Opposition to H. R. 674 and S. 541. (March 13, 1945).
F 2: Miscellaneous (April - May).
a. Correspondence: re: Request for pay increase for soldiers; withholding tax for servicemen; Price Control Bill and Anti Poll Tax.
b. Form letters: re: Social Security bill.
c. H. R. 2536: re: Certain practices of the railroads.
d. H. R. 32: Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Bill (Support).
e. H. Res. 215: Creation of an International Office of Education.
f. H. R. 3235: Readjustment of 4th Class postage rates. 79th Congress, 1st Session (1945). McKenzie: Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
g. H. R. 2069 and H. R. 2070: re: benefits for soldiers.
h. H. R. 3147: Granting of commissions in the armed forces to Registered Medical Technologists.
i. H.C.R. No. 50: "Provides for the deduction for intangible drilling and development cost in the case of oil and gas wells."
j. Pamphlet: "G.I. Joe Goes Into Business - And What Happens To Him."
k. H. R. 1690: Agricultural Extension Service Bill.
l. H. R. 2788: "To limit Liability Under Retroactive Laws and Rulings."
m. H. R. 454: "To authorize garnishment of the salary of all civil officers and employees of the U.S."
n. Booklet: "The Hospital Construction Bill." 24 pages.
o. H. R. 2565 and S. 17: re: Liquor Increase.
p. S. 807 (H. R. 2703): Salary increase.
q. S. 659: Citizenship for foreign seamen.
r. H. R. 1823: Federal Fertilizer control measure.
s. H. R. 708: Control of rents on Commercial properties.
t. Resolution: re: H. R. 2181.
u. H. R. 2445: Federal Corrections Act.
F 3: Miscellaneous (June - July).
a. Correspondence: re: Reciprocal Trade Bill; Anti-Poll Tax; National-Shut-In's Day.
b. S. 502: Flour Subsidy Program.
c. H. R. 101: Price Control Act; Resolution.
d. H. R. 2502: Increase on 4th Class Postage Rates.
e. H. R. 693: "To prevent the Securities and Exchange Commission from abolishing all trading in municipal securities.
f. H. R. 2536: "Provides extension of certain regulatory authorities to the Interstate Commerce Commission."
g. S. 525 (H. R. 516) National Cemetery.
h. H. R. 3235: "Readjust postage rates on books of 4th Class mail.
i. H. R. 2969: License to practice under the laws of a state by ex-officers of Army or Navy.
j. H. R. 2633: freight charges.
k. Charts Relating to the California State Budget 1945-1947 Biennium.
l. H. R. 3191: Motorboat Bill.
m. Resolution Approving Bill To Increase Salaries of Federal Judiciary.
n. Resolution: "US vs. Pacific Western Oil Corp."
o. S. 293: Railroad Retirement Act.
p. Article: E. H. Martindale: "Who Really Owns My Business?"
q. H. R. 525: Set up Industrial Hygiene Activities in the U.S. Department of Labor.
r. H. R. 3384: Anti Labor Bill.
s. H. R. 2788: Statute of Limitations for Collection of Damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
t. H. R. 278: July Liquor - making holiday.
F 4: Miscellaneous (July - September).
a. Correspondence: re: General Relief - covering the care of transients and nonresident persons; funding for scientific research; salary increase for postal carriers; housing bills; increase in railroad pension; 18 right to vote; Townsend Oil Age Pension Bill; Selective Service Act; Fertilizer Industry; Federal Use Tax Stamp; minimum wage; Fair Labor Standards Act.
b. H. R. 3191: Motorboat Bill.
c. S. 1171: Hatch-Burton Bill.
d. H. R. 2536: Bullwinkle Bill.
e. H. R. 999: "For the relief of the state compensation insurance fund."
F 5: Miscellaneous (September - October).
a. Correspondence: re: Protest to removal of government food subsidies; Anti-Labor Bill; possible appropriation cuts to Nurse Training act; Full Employment Bill. Correspondents include: John M. Coffee, Washington.
b. H. R. 3235: Increase in postage rates.
c. H. R. 81: Federal Highway Bill.
d. S. 2: Federal aid for airport development.
e. H. R. 2232: "To prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, or ancestry."
f. Memorandum on Proposed Legislation. 39 pages.
g. H. R. 3615: Federal Aid Airport Bill.
h. H. R. 3517: Immigration and Naturalization of Citizens of India.
i. H. R. 32: Hobbs Bill.
j. S. 1349: Minimum Wage Bill.
F 6: Miscellaneous (October - November).
a. Correspondence: re: Bullwinkle Bill (H. R. 2536); Full Employment Bill; Social Security Bill; distribution of surplus material; H. R. 3937; H. R. 4437; Minimum wage; Anti-Poll Tax; atomic energy; federal aid to science.
b. S. 1349: Fair labor Standards Act.
c. S. 293 (H. R. 1362) Railroad Retirement Act.
d. H. R. 3939: Funding for cancer research.
F 7: Miscellaneous (December).
a. Correspondence: re: Soil conservation (S. 141) and forest-fire prevention (H. R. 305); Full Employment; cut in Swiss watch imports.
b. Clipping (copy).
c. S. 1349: Increase minimum wage.
d. Copy of speech.
e. H. R. 2647: Increase postage rate.
f. H. R. 4717: "To establish a Department of Medicine and Surgery in the VA."
g. H. R. 2536: Bullwinkle BIll.
h. H. R. 4432: "Surplus military equipment."
i. H. R. 2764: Rate and freight service.
F 8: Miscellaneous (December 1945 & February 1946).
a. Correspondence: re: Buckley Bill; H. R. 3230; school lunch programs.
b. H. R. 4746: Public Health Service Bill.
c. H. R. 2764: "To establish joint Forwarder - Motor Carrier rates.
d. H. R. 3643: "To enable the people of Hawaii to form an Constitution and State Government to be admitted into the Union on an Equal Footing with the Original States."
e. Report: Senate Committee Print No. 20 and 21: "Reduction of Non-essential Federal Expenditures." 79th Congress, 1st Session.
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