Box 32: 80th Congress, Legislative Files: Education - Flood Control (1947-1949).
F 1a: Education.
Correspondence: re: federal aid to education; H. R. 2953; school lunch program; H. R. 5881.
F 1b: Education: Data.
a. Newspaper: Press Comment Concerning: "Federal Aid to Education." (January 1948). Removed to outsized.
b. Newspaper: Press Comment Concerning: "Federal Aid to Education." (April 1948). Removed to outsized.
c. Draft of Speech.
d. Newsletter: The Public and Education: Vol. 3, No. 2. (April 23, 1948). "The 3 R's and the Public Schools." by John A. Sexson.
e. Summary Statement from Public Affairs Bulletin No. 61: "Federal Aid To Elementary and Secondary Education" by Charles A. Quattlebaum (October 1948).
f. Newsletter: Leaders Letter: re: federal aid for education. (March 24, 1947).
g. Press Release: "Executive Secretary of National Education Association Endorses Establishment of an Education References section in the Library of Congress."
h. Article: Luther H. Evans: "The Library of Congress and Higher Education."
i. Newsletter: Legislative News Flash: Vol. IV, No. 12 re: funding for education and school lunch program.
j. Copy of clippings.
k. Statement: Stephen S. Wise: re: "Federal Aid to Education." (April 25, 1947). 9 pages.
l. Testimony of Mrs. Charles E. Heming: re: League of Women Voters and Education. (April 25, 1947).
m. Statement: Leslie S. Perry: re: "Federal Aid To Education" (April 25, 1947).
n. Congressional Record: Remarks by Lister Hill (Alabama): "The Crisis in American Education."
o. Editorial Comment: The Journal of Negro Education: "Why Negroes Are Opposed to Segregated Regional Schools." (Winter 1949). Vol. XVIII, No. 1.
p. Article: J. M. Dawson: "The Loyal Alerted."
q. Article: Edwin H. Wilson: "Hold The Line! Bills Before Congress Favor the Sects."
r. Article: Robert A. Taft: "The Sound Basis for Federal Aid to Education."
s. Annual Report of the Profession to the Public by the Executive Secretary of the National Education Association of the United States: "Our Children." 16 pages.
t. Article: Frank S. Mead: "Shadows Over Our Schools."
u. Article: Walter O. Howe: "Federal Aid for Education." (May 17, 1947).
v. Brochure: "Our Public Schools."
w. H. R. 7222: De Lacy: "To establish a National Geriatrics Institute to promote longevity in the United States and to provide for study and research in the field of the prevention and cure of diseases and ailments common to old age and for the widespread dissemination of the results of such study and research in an effort to prolong the lives of all Americans citizens, and for other purposes." 79th Congress, 2nd Session (1946). Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
x. Press Release: Walter White: "The Southern Regional College Plan" (March 11, 1948).
y. Booklet: "Morehouse College - Educating Negro Youth."
F 2: Education: Federal Aid Bill, A. 472.
a. Correspondence: re: Support and opposition to the Federal Aid Bill.
b. News Bulletin: "Federal Aid to Education." Vol. V (April 1948).
c. Pamphlet: Charles Smith: "Wall of Separation Between Church and State or Public Funds for Private Schools?"
d. Article: U.S. News and World Report: "Federal School - Help Plan: Cash Gifts But No Control."
e. Copies of various articles.
F 3: Equal Pay for Women.
a. Support for the Bill.
b. S. 1556: Pepper: "Providing equal pay for equal work for women, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
c. Copies of clippings.
F 4: Equal Rights.
a. Correspondence: re: Equal Rights Amendment.
b. Pamphlet: "The Road to Equality."
c. Copies of clippings.
d. Statement: Helen Gahagan Douglas: "Equal Rights Amendment." 2 copies.
e. Newspaper: Equal Rights: Vol. 34, No. 1 (January - February 1948).
f. Press Release: CIO Support for ERA. (February 23, 1947).
g. Hearings on Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution and Commission on the Legal Status of Women. (March 1948). 218 pages.
h. Report: re: ERA. (January 1946 - April 1947).
F 5: European Recovery Program - In Committee.
a. Correspondence: re: Financing program; opposition to program.
b. P. L. 80-472 (S. 2002): "To promote world peace and the general welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States through economic, financial, and other measures necessary to the maintenance of conditions abroad in which free institutions may survive and consistent with the maintenance of the strength and stability of the United States."
c. Copy of clippings.
F 6: European Recovery Program (Anti).
Correspondence: re: opposition to the Marshall Plan.
F 7: European Recovery Program (Pro).
a. Correspondence: re: European Recovery Plan.
b. Data: re: European Recovery Plan.
F 8: Export Controls.
a. Correspondence: re: export regulations.
b. Report on export controls (H. Res. 18).
c. H. R. 5470: Ploeser: "To repeal subsection (b) of section 2 of the Act of December 30, 1947." 80th Congress, 2nd Session (1948). Committee on Banking and Currency.
d. Copy of report: re: exports.
e. Current Export Bulletin, No. 431 (December 31, 1947); No. 432 (December 31, 1947); No. 433 (January 21, 1948).
F 9: Export Declaration Bill (H. R. 3229).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 3229, to exempt export declarations requirements on shipments of merchandise to Hawaii and Alaska.
b. P. L. 80-476 (H. R. 3229): "To exempt Hawaii and Alaska from the requirements of the Act of April 29, 1902, relating to the procurement of statistics of trade between the United States and its non-contiguous territory." 2 copies.
F 10: Fair Employment Practices Committee.
a. H. R. 2879: 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.
b. Comparison of the new FEPC Bill with earlier bills.
c. Press releases.
F 11: Fair Labor Standards Act.
a. Correspondence: re: Goodwin Bill, H. R. 4387.
b. Press Release: Helen Gahagan Douglas: re: Longshoremen's overtime suits. (June 9, 1948).
c. Article: The Washington Post: "Overtime on Overtime." (June 14, 1948).
d. Copy of clippings.
e. Article: "The Basic 40 hour Week Can Give the U.S.D. Full Production." 2 copies.
F 12: Flood Control.
a. Correspondence: re: flood control in California.
b. Resolution No. 38: Requesting Congress to Make Adequate 1949 appropriations for flood control in California.
c. Copy of L.A. County Drainage Area Project.
d. Report: "Flood Control Projects in California." (October 29, 1948).
e. Excerpts from Memorandum.
f. The Comprehensive Plan for Flood Control in the Los Angeles Drainage Area and the Whittier Narrows Dam.
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