Box 35: 80th Congress, Legislative Files: Labor - Miscellaneous (1947-1949)..
F 1: Labor (1947).
Correspondence: labor relations; anti-labor legislation opposition.
F 2: Labor (1947).
Correspondence: re: H. R. 2848 and anti-labor bill; H. R. 3020; Taft-Hartley Bill. Correspondents include: George J. Malone - Nevada.
F 3: Labor (1948).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 4800; Taft-Hartley Bill.
b. Copy of Clippings.
F 4: Labor (1947-1948). Data.
a. Memorandum on the Labor Bill.
b. Booklet: re: Revisions to H. R. 8 from Howard W. Smithe - Virginia.
c. Pros and Cons on Proposed "Portal-To-Portal" Bills.
d. Testimony: A. F. Whitney: re: "Pending Labor Legislation." 16 pages.
e. Press Release: re: Importation of Foreign Agricultural Labor.
f. Copy of clippings.
F 5: Labor Extension Service Bill.
a. Correspondence: re: Labor Extension Service Bill.
b. H. R. 7113: Douglas - California: "To promote the general welfare of the people of the United States by establishing a public supported labor extension program for wage and salary earners, and for other purposes." 79th Congress, 2nd Session (1946). Committee on Labor.
F 6: Loyalty Bill.
a. Correspondence: re: Federal Employees Loyalty Bill.
b. S. J. Res. 127: Langer: "To establish a joint congressional committee to investigate the loyalty of Governmental employees." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Civil Service.
c. Mailing lists.
d. Executive Order No. 9835 on Loyalty Dismissals.
e. Press Release: "Procedure Termed Inadequate and Defects Pointed Out." (April 13, 1947).
f. Press Release: "Is Called Nazi Like Law Which Should Be Repeated." (May 4, 1947).
F 7: Marshall Plan.
a. Correspondence: re: Marshall Plan - aid to Europe.
b. Fact Sheet: "How Spain Can Help the American Tax-Payer.
c. Copies of Clippings.
d. Booklet: "The Churches and the European Recovery Program." 7 pages.
e. Article: C. Edward Graves: "Colorful America."
F 8: Merchant Seamen.
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 476; Fair Labor Standards Act; Merchant Seaman's Bill of Rights; H. R. 4156.
b. Copies of clippings.
F 9a: Migrants.
a. Correspondence: re: h. R. 3367, farm labor housing program; H. R. 3856; S. 1334; S. 1555.
b. Copies of clippings.
F 9b: Migrants: Data.
a. Resolution, clippings; news releases, etc: re: migrant workers.
b. H. R. 3367: Hope: "To enable the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Federal Extension Service, to cooperate with the land-grant colleges and universities in carrying out a program for the collection and dissemination of information with respect to the supply of, the need for, and the effective use of agricultural workers, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Agriculture.
c. S. 1334: Capper: "To enable the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Federal Extension Service, to cooperate with the land-grant colleges and universities in carrying out a program for the collection and dissemination of information with respect to the supply of the need for, and the effective use of agricultural workers, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
d. H. R. 4075: Hope: "To regulate Commerce among the several states, with the territories and possessions of the United States, and with foreign countries; to protect the welfare of consumers of sugars and of those engaged in the domestic sugar - producing industry; to promote the export trade of the United States, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Agricultures.
e. P. L. 80-40 (H. R. 2102): "To provide for a six month's extension and final liquidations of the farm labor supply program, and for other purposes."
f. S. 1555: Pepper: "Providing for the donation of farm - labor camps to public or semipublic institutions or organizations." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. 6 copies.
g. Report: Ernesto Galarza: "Poverty in the Valley of Plenty." (May 14, 1948).
h. Various Press Releases.
i. Remarks of Helen Gahagan Douglas: re: "Introducing Bill Relating - to Migratory Farm Labor." (June 16, 1947).
j. Congressional Record: Vol. 93, No. 65 (April 8, 1947).
k. Copy of clippings.
F 10a: Miscellaneous: Legislation (November 1946 - April 1947).
a. Correspondence: re: Americans mistreated by the enemy during war; Navy Yard Workers; operation of grain and feed industry; exportation of goods; excise taxes; opposition to foreign language press being published in U. S.; H. R. 873; transportation of medical supplies; rent control; H.R. 462, Lemke Bill; conflict with Hungary; export controls on cattle hides; retirement for postal employees - increase in pensions; help for the blind; H. R. 221; S. 110; school lunch program; Immigration Act of 1924; H. R. 332; H. R. 1626; national defense; sugar distribution; naming of Boulder Dam; HRJ 139; H. R. 2408, increase in book postage rates; statehood for Hawaii; H. R. 2273; Wagner-Murray-Dingell medical insurance bill; H. R. 1981, bill to make Good Friday a legal holiday; H. R. 2404, to relieve the copper shortage.
b. Copy of clippings.
c. H. R. 1626: Patterson: "To maintain continued employment, to provide adequate supplies of copper to assist American industry in the reconversion period, to protect the American people against a new inflationary threat, and to assist in promoting stabilization in the American economy." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Ways and Means.
d. H. J. Res. 48: Mansfield - Texas: "Amending the Settlement of Mexican Claims Act of 1942 to provide for the consideration of any claim decided by the General Claims Commission in which the United States filed a petition for rehearing." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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