Box 47: 80th and 81st Congresses, General Files: Chavannes, Mrs. Edna - Civil Service (1947-1951).
F 1: Chavannes, Mrs. Edna.
Correspondence: re: medical care for disabled veterans (article).
F 2: Chavoor, Evelyn.
a. Correspondence: re: acreage limitation on reclamation project; inflation; civil rights.
b. H. J. Res. 472: Douglas: "Designating the period beginning July 25 and ending July 31, as National Inventors Week." 81st Congress, 2nd Session (1950). Committee on the Judiciary.
F 3: Children's Bureau.
a. Correspondence: re: requests for materials.
b. Pamphlet: "A Summary of the Most Pressing Needs - Educational, Health, and Welfare - of America's 46 Million Children."
c. Pamphlet: "Why Federal Aid is Vital to Meet the Education, Health, and Welfare Needs of American Children and Why It's a long-rein economy."
F 4: China (1946-1947).
a. Correspondence: re: foreign relations.
b. Article: "How to Implement to American Policy for a Strong and Democratic China" (September 30, 1947).
c. Article: "Alice in Blunderland." (January 21, 1948).
d. List of China Experts.
e. Press Release: "U.S. Interference in China Protested." (June 9, 1948).
f. Press Release: "Why China Fears Japan Once More." (June 16, 1948).
g. Article: "Keep China Policy Flexible." by Helen Gahagan Douglas.
h. Suggested Material For Use by Helen Gahagan Douglas in Reply to Inquiries Regarding China."
i. Memorandum of Explanation (December 28, 1949).
j. Address: Roger D. Lapham: "The Chinese Situation as I Say It." (September 8, 1949). 12 pages.
k. Minutes of the meeting of the American Chinese Committee of the Mass Education Movement, Inc.
l. Program: "Call To A National Conference on American Policy in China and Far East."
F 5: China: Communist.
Correspondence: re: Request for U.S. to oppose Communism in China.
F 6: China: Policy.
a. Press Release: re: Appointment of Mr. Raymond Bland Fosdick and Dr. Everett Case to Act as Consultants to the Department of State." (July 30, 1949).
b. Statement by Secretary of State Dean Acheson on the China White Paper." (August 5, 1949).
c. Address by Francis H. Russell: re: International Affairs (August 12, 1949).
d. Press Release: "An Analysis of 16 Charges of Dishonesty" in White Paper on China."
e. Press Release: re: "Request for the Release of American Consul General Angus Ward." (November 10, 1949).
f. Various press releases.
g. Address: Roger D. Lapham: "The Chinese Situation As I Saw It." (September 8, 1949).
h. "A Summary of American - Chinese Relations."
i. Information No. 5: "China" (May 24, 1949).
j. Questions Regarding U. S. Policy in China."
F 7: China: Program Director.
a. Correspondence: re: relations with China.
b. Press Releases.
F 8: Chinese-American Joint Commission and Rural Reconstruction.
Correspondence and Report: re: progress on program on the island of Taiwan.
F 9: Church Addresses in the District.
List of Addresses.
F 10: Civil Aeronautics Board.
a. Correspondence: re: increasing rates on warning apparel; increase in air freight tariff.
b. Petition to suspend order of Revocation, and the Reopen Record for Further Hearings.
F 11: Civil Defense.
General Correspondence.
F 12: Civil Liberties.
a. Correspondence: re: civil rights; protest against discrimination.
b. Copy of an editorial: re: freedom of speech.
c. Court Case 990: Morton Friedman Versus Lewis P. Schwellenbach.
d. Radio Address: J. Strom Thurmond - Governor of S. Carolina: "President Truman's So-Called Civil Rights Program." (March 17, 1948).
e. Memorandum on S. 1561 to Authorize Summary Dismissal of Government Employees For Reasons of National Security."
f. Brief Amicus Curial: Archibald Macleish: re: banning of The Nation from high school libraries.
g. Pamphlet: "National Citizens Conference on Civil Liberties.
h. Pamphlet: "The Case of the Legless Veteran."
i. Record of California's Incumbents on Civil Rights." (April 14, 1950).
F 13: Civil Service Commission.
a. Correspondence: re: problem with federal civil service annuity; protest of examination given by the Civil Service.
b. Committee Print: "Explanation of Smaller Benefits at the Older Ages Under the Civil Service Retirement Act as It Affects Members of Congress and Others.
c. Booklet: "Recent Changes in the Federal Civil Service Retirement System."
d. P. L. 80-426 (H. R. 4127): "To amend the Civil Service Retirement Act to May 29, 1930, as amended."
e. Conference Report No. 1370 (H. R. 4127): Rees: "Civil Service Retirement Act." 80th Congress, 2nd Session.
f. Committee Print: "Provisions of Public and Private Retirement Systems." 80th Congress, 1st Session.
g. Remarks of John W. Heselton - Massachusetts: "Explanation of Civil Service Retirement Act Which Became Law February 28, 1949."
F 14: Civil Service (A - Fl).
Correspondence: re: Position of Hearing Officer; claim for compensation; claim for refund of deposits in Salary Retirement Fund; application for reinstatement; retirement refund deductions; civil service examination.
F 15: Civil Service (Fo - Ka).
Correspondence: re: refund claims; commissioning; employment; retirement application; annuity.
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