Box 61: 80th and 81st Congresses, General Files: "Lo - Ly" General - "Ma" General (1947-1951).
F 1: "Lo - Ly" General.
a. Correspondence: re: compulsory military training; steel shortage; claims; family allotments.
b. Copies of clippings.
c. A Criticism of the Present Cost Determinations Procedures of the Veterans' Administration in Respect of Private Vocational Schools." by Ben Borsook.
d. Speech: J. B. Sebrell: Why 9 out of 10 Firms Fail."
F 2: Labor.
a. Correspondence: re: Labor - Management relations; Taft-Hartley Law.
b. Cartoon - "Let's Get Rich Striking Against One Another."
c. Pamphlet: "The Church Speaks on Labor."
d. Editorial: "Approach the Labor Legislation." (January 14, 1947).
e. Periodical: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine: Vol. 122, No. 1 (January 1947).
f. Digest of Economic Trends for Members of Congress.
F 3: Labor Department.
a. Correspondence: re: Women's Bureau budget; Federal Unemployment Standards.
b. Directory of Labor Unions in the United States (1950).
c. Booklet: "The Labor Market and Employment Security." (August 25, 1950).
d. Flyer: Facts on Women Workers.
e. List of Publications.
f. Booklet: "Your Job Future After College."
F 4: Lanham Act Fund (need for).
Congressional Record: Helen Gahagan Douglas: "The Need for Lanham Act Funds." (February 28, 1945).
F 5: Lend - Lease (extension of).
Congressional Record: Helen Gahagan Douglas: "Extension of Lend-Lease." (March 13, 1945).
F 6: Lobbies and Lobbyists.
a. Correspondence: re: Report of the House Select Committee on Lobbying Activities; general.
b. Flyer: re: Investors League, Inc.
c. Hearings: re: H. Res. 298 - The Role of Lobbying in Representative Self-Government.
F 7: Long Beach Shipyard.
a. Correspondence: re: closing of Long Beach Shipyard.
b. Tabulation of Air Force Installations in the United States and Hawaii Where Employment is to Be Reduced.
c. Copies of clippings.
d. List of parties to whom notice was sent Public Hearings, in Los Angeles, California.
F 8: Look Magazine.
General Correspondence.
F 9a: Los Angeles, City of (1946-1947).
a. Correspondence: re: Construction of a "T" Tunnel System; Basilone Homes Housing Project; California Tidelands; harbor and port facilities; homeless; reclamation projects; veteran's housing; flood control.
b. Copies of clippings.
F 9b: Los Angeles, City of (1948-1950).
a. Correspondence: re: emergency housing; Flood Control Project; steel shortage; H. R. 3866; sulfur gas disposal; decontrol of rental housing.
b. Roster of Public Officials.
c. Statement: William A. Smith: re: Los Angeles County Comprehensive Flood Control Program. (January 1948).
d. Article: "Conservation Report Summarizes Factor In Water Problems of Los Angeles Area.
e. A Digest of California's Tax Laws: Major California Taxes Prepared by Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. (December 1949).
F 10: Los Angeles Housing Authority.
Correspondence: re; Basilone Homes project. Correspondents include: Gordon L. McDonough - CA.
F 11: Los Angeles Post Office.
Correspondence: re: appointments; lay off; termination of temporary clerks.
F 12: Los Angeles University of Applied Education.
a. Correspondence: re: funding; instructing of G. I.'s; P. L. 346.
b. Partial Reply to Statements Made By Department of Education and Veterans Administration.
c. Flyer; "Support Watwood for Congress."
F 13: Loyalty, President's Temporary Commission of Employee Loyalty.
a. Correspondence and clippings: re: loyalty of employees.
b. Report on Government and Civil Liberties Section I (February 15-16, 1949).
c. Preamble to the Reports of the National Citizens Conference on Civil Liberties.
d. Report on Academic Freedom. Section II (February 15-16, 1949).
e. Report on Civil Rights. Section III.
f. Report on International Human Rights. Section IV (February 15-16, 1949).
g. Press Release: re; supplemental appropriation requests for the administration of an employees loyalty program in the Executive Branch of the Government.
h. Release: "Prescribing Procedures for the Administration of an Employees Loyalty Program in the Executive Branch of the Government" (March 22, 1947).
i. The Report of the President's Temporary Commission on Employee Loyalty. 40 pages.
j. Public Affairs Abstracts Nos. 17-1 to 17-9 on the Loyalty Program and Freedom of the Press.
F 14: Loyalty Bill.
Copies of clippings.
F 15: "Ma" General (January 1974 - June 1948).
a. Correspondence: re: 160 acre limitation on land; Portal-to-Portal Pay Bill (Minority Bill); price controls; psittacine birds.
b. Paper: The Argonaut: (April 18, 1947). 2 copies.
c. Statements of Winston Churchill: "Land Monopoly - What Mr. Churchill Once Said."
d. Periodical: The Interpreter: Vol. III, No. 6 (April 1, 1947).
e. Doctrinal Statement: Reverend Dr. McGlynn: "Father McGlynn on the Land Question."
f. Periodical: Land and Labor Library: Vol, 1, No. 5: "Not a Tax on Land - or - Labor or Capital." by Henry George.
g. Pamphlet: "A Little Bedtime Story on The Land Question for a Bright Little Boy."
h. Article: Paul Blanshard: "The Great Land Racket - Gambling in Land Values in U. S. A."
i. Paper: The Reclamation Era: Vol. 25, No. 2 (February 1935).
F 16: "Ma" General (July 1948 - 1949).
a. Correspondence: re: opposition to aid being sent to Greece and Turkey; civil rights; refund of retirement deductions; school for handicapped children; Redondo Beach.
b. Copies of clippings.
c. H. R. 2020: Davis - Georgia: "To enable certain former officers or employees of the United States separated from the service subsequent to January 23, 1942, to elect to forfeit their rights to civil service retirement annuities and to obtain in lieu thereof returns of their contributions with interest." 81st Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
d. Periodical: People's Lobby Bulletin: Vol. 18, No. 11 (March 1949).
e. Article: Jay Richter: "Washington's Number One Lobbyist Labors for, Not Against, the People." (December 27, 1947).
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