Box 30: 79th Congress, General Files: War Department(1945-1947).
80th Congress, Legislative Files: Agriculture-California/Arizona Water Controversy (1947-1949).
F 1: War Department Films.
Correspondence: re: Public viewing of government film through commercial theatres.
F 2: War Crimes.
a. Correspondence: re: punishment of war criminals.
b. Statement: Congressman Cecil R. King: re: "War Criminals."
c. Copies of clippings.
d. Article: "German Atrocities and San Francisco."
F 3a: West Point: Department and Helen Gahagan Douglas Material.
a. Correspondence and information relative to Congressional Examinations for Designation of Candidates For Appointment to the United States Military and Naval Academies. (April 1945).
b. Booklet: Post War Curriculum at the U.S. Military Academy. (September 1945). 60 pages.
c. Information Pamphlet: U.S. Military - West Point. (1945). 72 pages.
F 3b: West Point: Correspondence - General.
Correspondence: re: Appointments.
F 3c: West Point: Correspondence: re: David Kay Carlisle.
Correspondence: re: Helen Gahagan Douglas's appointment (nomination for) David Kay Carlisle (photo included).
F 4: Work or Fight (Draft Legislation) H. R. 1752.
Correspondence: re: Support and opposition to the May Bill.
F 5: Agriculture.
Correspondence: re: Drought conditions in California.
F 6: Anti-Lynch Bill.
a. Correspondence: re: anti-lynch legislation.
b. H. R. 800: Douglas: "For the better assurance of the protection of persons within the several States from mob violence and lynching, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on the Judiciary. 2 copies.
c. H. R. 3618: Douglas: "To declare certain rights of citizens of the United States, and for the protection of such citizens and other persons within the several states from mob violence and lynching, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on the Judiciary.
d. H. R. 3488: Case - New Jersey: "To declare certain rights of citizens of the United States, and for the better assurance of the protection of such citizens and other persons within the several States from mob violence and lynching, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on the Judiciary.
e. Press Release: Dr. F. D. Patterson: "What Was The Lynching Record in America During 1946?" (December 21, 1946).
f. Memorandum: re: Wagner-Morse-Case Anti-Lynch Bill (S. 1352 - H. R. 3488).
F 7: Anti-Poll Tax Bill.
a. Correspondence: re: Anti-Poll Tax Bill.
b. Pamphlet: "A Women's Fair Question: What Is The Poll Tax To Me?" by Helen Gahagan Douglas.
c. Statement: Helen Gahagan Douglas in Support of H. R. 779, a bill to abolish the Poll Tax. (July 15, 1947).
F 8: Appropriations.
a. Correspondence: re: Possible cut in funds.
b. Report: re: H. R. 18 (Federal Barge Lines).
F 9: Armed Forces.
a. General Correspondence.
b. H. R. 1450: Philbin: "To amend the Armed Forces Leave Act of 1946 to provide that payments be made to survivors for unused leave accumulated after September 8, 1939, by a member of the Armed Forces who was separated from service by death before September 1, 1946." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Armed Services.
F 10: Atomic Energy Control.
a. Correspondence: re: Atomic Energy.
b. Booklet: "Investigation of the Atomic Energy Commission at Los Alamos, New Mexico." (January 1949).
c. Booklet: Byron S. Miller: "A Law Is Passed - The Atomic Energy Control Act of 1946."
F 11a: Bills, Remarks, etc. (80th Congress).
a. List of bills and joint resolutions introduced.
b. Remarks of Helen Gahagan Douglas.
F 11b: Bills (80th Congress).
a. H. R. 788: Douglas: "To prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color, national origin, or ancestry." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Education and Labor.
b. H. R. 779: Douglas: "Making unlawful the requirement for the payment of a poll tax as a prerequisite to voting in a primary or other election for national officers." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on House Administration.
c. H. R. 780: Douglas: "To authorize and request the President to undertake to mobilize at some convenient place in the United States and adequate number of the world's outstanding experts, and coordinate and utilize their services in a supreme endeavor to discover means of curing and preventing cancer." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Foreign Affairs.
d. H. R. 800: Douglas: "For the better assurance of the protection of persons within the several states from mob violence and lynching, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Judiciary.
e. H. R. 1972: Douglas: "To establish a Commission on the legal status of women in the United States, to declare a policy as to distinctions, based on sex, in law and administration, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on the Judiciary.
f. H. R. 2362: Douglas: "To promote the general welfare through the appropriation of funds to assist the states and territories in providing more effective programs of public kindergarten or kindergarten and nursery-school education." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Education and Labor.
g. H. R. 2383: Douglas: "For the relief of Edward A. Cupp." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on the Judiciary.
h. H. R. 2876: Douglas: "To create the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Redwood Forest, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Agriculture.
i. H. R. 2877: Douglas: "To prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, religion, color, national origin, or ancestry." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Education and Labor.
j. H. R. 3100: Douglas: "To continue rent control until June, 30, 1948." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Banking and Currency.
k. H. R. 3285: Douglas: "To provide additional compensation for employees of Federal Government and the District of Columbia." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
l. H. R. 3618: Douglas: "to declare certain rights of citizens of the United States, and for the better assurance of the protection of such citizens and other persons within the several States from mob violence and lynching, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session 91947).
m. H. R. 3856: Douglas: "Relating to migratory farm labor." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Agriculture.
n. H. R. 4273: Douglas: "Providing equal pay for equal work for women, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Education and Labor.
o. H. R. 4485: Douglas: "For the relief of Rene Belbenoit." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on the Judiciary.
p. H. R. 4564: Douglas: "To prescribe the procedures of investigating committees of the Congress and to protect the rights of parties under investigation by such committees." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Rules.
q. H. R. 4611: Douglas: "Defining benefits to disabled veterans and their dependents." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Veterans Affairs.
r. H. R. 4666: Douglas: "To amend the National Housing Act, as amended." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Banking and Currency.
s. H. R. 4726: Douglas: "To provide a cost-of-living credit under the individual income tax, to impose a tax on the excess profits of corporation, to repeal certain excise taxes, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Ways and Means.
t. H. R. 4671: Douglas: "For the relief of Margo G. Merriman." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on the Judiciary.
u. H. Res. 236: Douglas: re: H. R. 2523. 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Rules.
v. H. Res. 341: Douglas: 80th Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Rules.
w. H. R. 342 (2 copies).
x. H. R. 2386: Douglas: "For the relief of Colbert H. Cannon." 80th Congress, 2nd Session (1948). Committee on the Judiciary.
y. H. R. 6382: Douglas: "To provide a coordinated anti-inflation program." 80th Congress, 2nd Session (1948).
z. H. R. 6986: Douglas: "To provide that certain mortgages and loans shall not be eligible for insurance or guaranty under the National Housing Act of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 unless a warranty is provided against structural and other defects in construction of the dwelling involved. 80th Congress, 2nd Session (1948). Committee on Banking and Currency.
F 12: Blind, Aid To.
a. Correspondence: re: legislation for the blind.
b. Pamphlet: "Some Don'ts To Do."
F 13: Budget.
a. Correspondence: re: budget; government spending.
b. Analysis of the President's Budget for the Fiscal Year 1948.
c. Excerpts from President Truman's Message on the 1948 Budget.
d. Federal Fiscal Policy.
e. Booklet: "United States Postwar Foreign Assistance."
f. Statement: Harry F. Byrd - Virginia: re: "U.S. Post War Foreign Assistance." (October 31, 1947).
F 14: Calender Change Bill.
Correspondence: re: H. R. 1242 and H. R. 1345: which would change the seven day week.
F 15a: California - Arizona Water Controversy: Correspondence and Data.
a. Correspondence: re: drought conditions; S. J. Res. 145; Colorado River controversy.
b. Magazine: Fortnight: "Colorado River: Last Waterhole." (March 12, 1948). pg 12.
c. Statement by the Board of Directors The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: re: Southern California's water supply.
d. Booklet: "Fallbrook Pioneer Festival." (May 31, 1948).
F 15b: California - Arizona Water Controversy: Resolutions and Data.
a. Pamphlet: "Farm Loans and the 160 Acre Law."
b. Statement: Harry Lando: "Washington Outlook."
c. Resolutions (various).
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