Box 37: 8oth Congress, Legislative Files: Postal Pay Increases - Reciprocal Trade Agreements (1947-1949).
F 1a: Postal Pay Increases: Correspondence (January - March 1948).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 2985, postal pay increase. Correspondents include: George P. Miller - California.
b. Copy of clipping.
F 1b: Postal Pay Increases: Correspondence (March - August 1948).
a. Correspondence: re: postal pay increase.
b. Copy of clippings.
F 1c: Postal Pay Increases: Data.
a. H. R. 4775: Miller - California: "To provide additional compensation for postmasters and employees of the postal service." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
b. Statement: Mrs. Herman H. Lowe, re: salary increase legislation (February 25, 1948).
c. Statement: E. C. Hallbeck: re: pending postal salary bills (February 25, 1948).
F 2a: Postal Pay Raises - S. 637 et. al (January - June 1947).
a. Correspondence: re: increase of salaries for postal employees; S. 637, correct existing inequities in the vacation, sick leave, and retirement benefits of postal employees.
b. H.. R. 3872: Stevenson: "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947).
F 2b: Postal Pay Raise - S. 637 (July 1947 - August 1948).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 3872; postal pay raise; H. R. 3075; H. R. 2985; S. 637; H. R. 5472.
b. Copy of clippings.
F 3: Postal Rates.
a. Correspondence: re: Increase of postal rates; H. R. 2408; H. R. 3519; S. 637; H. R. 3232.
b. Invitation.
c. Copy of Clipping.
d. Article (copy): San Francisco Chronicle: "Discrimination."
e. Pamphlet: "Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938."
F 4: Prayer.
Copies of invocation offered by Reverend S. Martin Eidsath.
F 5: Racial Discrimination.
a. Correspondence: re: fight against racial discrimination.
b. Copy of clipping.
c. Draft of a bill.
F 6a: Railroad Retirement.
a. Correspondence: re: repeal of Crosser Bill; S. 670; H. R. 2169; H. R. 2310; H. R. 1639; H. R. 3237; H. R. 3980; H. R. 2298; Rail Road Retirement Act.
b. Information; re: Railroad Unemployment Insurance (H. R. 5875) (H. R. 5711).
c. H. R. 3237: Reed - Illinois: "To enable debtor railroad corporations expeditiously to effectuate reorganizations of their financial structures without any or further proceedings under the Bankruptcy Act, as amended; to alter or modify their financial obligations; and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Judiciary.
d. Fact Sheet on Reed Bill S. 101).
e. H. Res. 210: Bennett - Missouri. 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Rules.
f. Minority Report (H. R. 1639): Devitt: "Venue in Actions Against Interstate Carriers by Railroad on Account of Death or Personal Injuries." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on the Judiciary.
g. Minority Views (H. R. 1639): Feighan: "Venue in Actions Against Interstate Carriers by Railroad on Account of Death or Personal Injuries." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.
F 6b: Railroad Retirement (1948-1949).
a. Correspondence: re: Railroad Retirement Act; S. 2300; H. R. 5759; H. R. 6397; H. R. 6298; increase in pensions.
b. Copy of clippings.
c. Resolution.
F 7: Real Estate Lobby Investigation Resolution (Mrs. Douglas introduced). (1947).
Statement by Helen Gahagan Douglas to Speaker of the House.
F 8: Reciprocal trade Agreements.
a. Correspondence: re: Reciprocal Trade Agreements.
b. Report on Extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act by the Committee on Commercial Policy.
c. Statement: (AIP Subcommittee on Economic Life: "The Reciprocal Trade Agreements." (1948).
d. Article: "The Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act and the Gearhart Bill."
e. Article: "California and Foreign Trade."
f. Various resolutions.
g. Article: "The Importance of the Geneva Negotiations."
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