Box 34: 80th Congress, Legislative Files: Housing Bill - "K" General (1947-1949).
F 1a: Housing Bill (February 1947-July 1947).
a. Correspondence: re: Emergency Housing for veterans - H. R. 1750.
b. Copy of clippings.
F 1b: Housing Bill (October 1947 - 1948).
a. Correspondence: re: Discharge Petition No. 6; emergency housing; loans.
b. Copy of Clippings.
F 1c: Housing Bill: Data.
a. Correspondence: re: emergency housing and rent control.
b. List of those who have signed discharge petition no. 6.
c. Rough notes on Veterans Housing: Paul Sifton (February 3, 1947).
d. Round Up of Important Veterans Legislation (March 12, 1947).
e. Congressional Record: Helen Gahagan Douglas: "Veterans' Emergency Housing Bill."
f. Newsletter: Los Angeles Housing News: vol. 4, no. 3 (March 1947).
g. Draft: "Federal Bill."
h. Draft of Report by Conference Committee on Government Corporations on the Federal Public Housing Authority (July 26, 1947).
i. H. R. 4666: Douglas: "To amend the National Housing Act, as amended." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Banking and Currency.
j. H. R. 1750: Douglas: "To assist in the immediate alleviation of the critical shortage of moderate-rental housing for veterans, to expedite the orderly demobilization of the war effort, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Banking and Currency.
k. S. 1770: Tobey: "To amend the National Housing act, as amended." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Banking and Currency.
F 2: Housing: National Housing Act Amendment.
a. Correspondence: re: housing shortage.
b. S. 1770: Tobey: "To amend the National Housing Act, as amended." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Banking and Currency.
c. H. R. 4666: Douglas: "To amend the National Housing Act, as amended." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Banking and Currency." 3 copies.
F 3: Housing: Taft, Ellender, Wagner Bill (Anti-).
a. Correspondence: re: Housing bills; opposition to Taft-Ellender-Wagner (S. 866).
b. Speech: Ralph W. Gwinn - New York: "Public Housing - Disastrous Here and Abroad" (June 4, 1948).
c. Congressional Record: Jay LeFevre - New York: "The Taft-Ellender-Wagner - Facts or Wishful Thinking?"
d. Booklet: "President's Annual Report."
e. Obscure and Ambiguous Phraseology in S. 866 upon which Administrative Determinations Must Be Based."
f. Analysis of Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill S. 866 As Passed by the Senate April 22, 1948.
F 4: Housing: Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill (Pro-) (April - July 1948).
a. Correspondence: re: Emergency housing; Discharge Petition No. 6.
b. Copy of clippings.
F 5: Housing: Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill (Pro-) (August 1948).
Correspondence: re: Housing shortage and rent control.
F 6: Housing: Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill (Pro-) (August - November 1948).
Correspondence: re: housing shortage and rent control.
F 7: Housing: Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill: Data.
a. Press Release: Helen Gahagan Douglas: re: S. 866, Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill (August 2, 1948). 2 copies.
b. Washington Report: re: S. 866 (May 21, 1948).
c. H. Res. 236: Douglas: re: "H.R. 2523, to establish a national housing objective..." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Rules.
d. H. R. 6841: Wolcott: "to amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 2nd Session (1948). Committee on Banking and Currency.
e. H. R. 6888: Wolcott: "To amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 2nd Session (1948). Committee on Banking and Currency.
f. Copy of clippings.
g. Press Release: Helen Gahagan Douglas: re: Housing Legislation.
h. Press Release: Helen Gahagan Douglas: re: Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill" (April 22, 1948).
i. Press Release: Helen Gahagan Douglas: re: "Zero Hour For Housing." (June 3, 1948). 2 copies.
j. Analysis of Taft-Ellender-Wagner Bill (S. 866 as Passed by the Senate on April 22, 1948.
F 8: Housing: Veterans.
a. Correspondence: re: housing shortage.
b. H. R. 841: Hedrick: "To amend title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 to promote the construction of Veteran's housing." 81st Congress 1st Session (1949). Committee on Veterans Affairs.
c. 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. 2 copies.
d. Proposed Legislation For Protection of Veterans in Home Building.
e. Copy of clippings.
f. Various press releases.
g. Highlights of H. R. 6401 Proposed Selective Service Act of 1948.
F 9: Immigration.
Correspondence: re: displaced persons; eligibility for citizenship; immigration policy; H. R. 5004 - Equality in Naturalization Bill.
F 10: International Relief.
a. Correspondence: re: displace persons.
b. H. J. Res. 134: Eaton: "To provide for Relief Assistance to countries devastated by War." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Foreign Affairs.
c. Statement by Herbert Hoover (February 28, 1947).
d. Copy of clippings.
F 11: Internees Compensation.
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 1823, War Damage Claims Bill; H. R. 4044, bill of rehabilitate American internees.
b. H. R. 1261: Price - Florida: "To provide that the terms of peace to be imposed upon Germany and Japan shall include agreements by such countries to pay indemnities to American military and civilian prisoners of war." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Foreign Affairs.
F 12: Investigation Committee.
a. Correspondence: re: civil rights of citizens appearing before investigating committees.
b. Memorandum in support of bill to establish Fair Procedures for Congressional Investigating Committees (April 1948).
c. Periodical: The Federal Employee: Vol IXXXII, No. 9 (September 1947). 21 pages.
d. Copy of clippings.
e. H. R. 4564: Helen Gahagan 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.
f. Statement: Helen Gahagan Douglas: re: Un-American Activities Committee (November 24, 1947).
F 13: Johnson Bill (Lanhan Act Funds).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 2473.
Correspondents include: Leroy Johnson (CA); J. Harry McGregor.
b. Statement: Helen Gahagan Douglas: re: H. R. 2473 (April 1, 1947).
F 14: "K" General: Legislative
Correspondence: re: H.R. 2362.
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