HELEN GAHAGAN DOUGLAS COLLECTION
Box and Folder Inventory

Box 17

Box 18: 79th Congress, General Files: Civil Service - Federal Works Authority (1945-1947).

F 1a: Civil Service:  Claims (A - H).  (1945-1946).

Correspondence:  re:  S. 896, increase in pension; refund of retirement deductions; appointments; income tax refund.

F 1b: Civil Service:  Claims (I -W).  (1945 - 1946).

Correspondence:  re:  Refund of retirement deductions; appointment; employment (positions wanted).

F 2: Coal strike (1946).

Correspondence:  re: coal miners strike.

F 3: Coast Guard (1946).

Correspondence:  re:  Reduction in pay grade of military personnel of the U. S. Coast Guard.

F 4: Commerce Department (1945).

General Correspondence.

F 5: Conscientious Objectors.

a. Correspondence:  re:  strikes and arrests of conscientious objectors.

b. Statement:  Dr. Albert W. Palmer:  re:  conscientious objectors.

c. Statement:  Enoch A. Crumpton:  Conscientious objectors.

d. Statement of Aims of Assignees Striking at Civilian Public Service Camp #76, Slendora, California.

e. Booklet:  "The Origins of Civilian Public Service."  27 pages.

F 6: Conscription (1945-1946).

a. Correspondence:  re:  Peacetime military training.

b. Draft of a letter.

c. Booklet:  Horace Kallen:  "The Place of War in the Education of Free Man."  33 pages.

d. Booklet:  Hanson W. Baldwin:  "Conscription For Peacetimes?"

e. Booklet:  "Universal Military Training."  42 pages.

f. Statement:  Dr. Ralph McDonald:  re:  Military training.

F 7: "D" General (1945-1946).

a. Correspondence:  re:  S. 101, Fair Employment Practices Act; atomic power; educational benefits.

b. Copies of clippings.

F 8: Demobilization (1945).

Correspondence:  re:  Demobilization of military personnel.

F 9: Democratic Credo.

a. Correspondence:  re:  Helen Gahagan Douglas's Speech "Democratic Credo."

b. Booklet:  Fred Henderson:  "The Case For Socialism."  87 pages.

F 10: Disarmament.

Correspondence:  re:  General disarmament - list of endorsers.

Correspondents include:  Elbert D. Thomas - Utah.

F 11: Dumbarton Oaks (1945).

a. Correspondence:  re:  Dumbarton Oaks Conference - World Peace.

b. Pamphlet:  "Some Recommendations Regarding the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals."

F 12: "E" General (1945-1946).

a. Correspondence:  re:  Approval for cadet training; locating uranium; general.

b. Copy of clipping.

c. Program:  Conference on The Middle East in the Post War World."  (June 5-6, 1947).

F 13: Education (1945-1946).

a. Correspondence:  re:  H. R. 1296, federal aid; H. R. 4384, Education Bill.

b. S. Res. 12:  Mr. Fulbright:  "Whereas the future peace and security of the American and of all other people rest upon the achievement of mutual understanding among the peoples of the world... ."  79th Congress, 1st Session (1945).  Committee on Education and Labor.

c. Copies of Congressional Record.

d. Article:  Karl E. Mundt:  Congressional Record:  "For `Might to Have Right' and International Office of Education Is Essential."  (April 27, 1945.

F 14: "F" General (1945-1946).

a. Correspondence:  re:  Investigation of Communists in Unions; acre limit on land under the Reclamation Act; foreign policy; strike.

b. Pamphlet:  "Crusade for Freedom."

c. Copies of clippings.

d. Congressional Record:  "Social Security - For All."  Speech by Helen Gahagan Douglas.

F 15: Federal Communications Commission.

a. Correspondence:  re:  Radio Frequencies; telephone walk-out/strike; broadcast of religious programs.

b. Report:  FCC:  "Procedure for Processing Standard Broadcast Applications and Status of All Such Applications."  (August 16, 1946).  30 pages.

F 16: Federal Housing Authority (1945-1946).

Correspondence:  re:  Title V, Public Law 458; housing; claim for additional compensation.

F 17: Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC).

Copies of clippings.

F 18: Federal Works Authority.

Correspondence:  re; Community projects; wartime nursing schools; addition to Santa Monica Hospital; funding.

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