Box 85: 81st Congress, Legislative Files: Fair Labor Standards Act - Health Insurance Bill, National (1949-1951).
F 1: Fair Labor Standards Act.
a. Correspondence: re: S. 653; H. R. 2033; H. R. 858; H. R. 3190.
b. S. 653: Thomas - Utah: "To provide for the Amendment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes." 81st Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
c. H. R. 2033: Lesinski: "To provide for the amendment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and for other purposes." 81st Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Education and Labor.
F 2: Farm Price Supports.
a. Correspondence: re: farm bankruptcy legislation; McCarran Bill, S. 938; Lemke Bill, H. R. 1191.
b. Various data: re: farm price supports.
c. Draft of Speech.
d. Copy of clipping.
e. Congressional Record (copy): HGD: "Farm Price Support Program." (August 7, 1948).
F 3a: Federal Aid to Education (1948 - August 1949).
a. Correspondence: re: federal aid to Education.
b. Comparison of Major Provisions, S. 181 and S. 2499 (November 1946).
c. Senate Report No. 1497 (S. 181): Hill: "Federal Assistance to the States for the Purpose of more nearly equalizing educational opportunities." 79th Congress, 2nd Session (1946). Committee on Education and Labor.
d. S. 472: Taft: "To authorize the appropriation of funds to assist the States and Territories in financing a minimum foundation education program of public elementary and secondary schools, and in reducing the inequalities of educational opportunities through public elementary and secondary schools, for the general welfare, and for other purposes." 80th Congress, 1st Session (1947). Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
e. Copy of clipping.
F 3b: Federal Aid to Education (August 1949 - December 1950).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 793; S. 1411, School Health Services; federal aid to education.
b. H. R. 7940: Bailey: "To provide financial assistance for local educational agencies in areas affected by Federal activities, and for other purposes." 81st Congress, 2nd Session (1950). Committee on Education and Labor.
c. Copies of clippings.
d. Booklet: "They Say About Federal Aid to Education."
F 4: Federal Aid to Education: Background.
a. Correspondence: re: Barden Bill, H. R. 4643; federal aid to education.
b. Article: Eleanor Roosevelt: "Private Schools Shouldn't Share in Federal Aid." (June 23, 1949).
c. Booklet: "Federal Aid to Education."
d. A Comparison of S. 246, H. R. 3630 and H. R. 4643 (July 5, 1949).
e. Flyer: "The Nation's Press Reports on Federal Aid to Education."
f. H. R. 7160: Barden: "To provide for Federal Financial assistance to the States and Territories in helping to establish and maintain an adequate minimum program of education and in attempting to more nearly equalize educational opportunities in public elementary and secondary schools." 81st Congress, 2nd Session (February 6, 1950).
g. Bulletin: Friends of the Public Schools: Vol. XII, No. 7 (January 1950).
h. Release: "Let's Quit Cheating Children! The Facts About Proposition/Emergency Election November 8, 1949." (August 4, 1949).
i. Release: "California Dominates Nation's Population Growth, 1940-1948" (August 30, 1949).
j. Statement: California Teachers Association: "California Schools and Federal Aid."
F 5a: Federal Employees (1948-1949).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 76; H. R. 1236; federal employees pay raise; H. R. 1689; Veterans Preference Act of 1944, H. R. 2446; S. 660.
b. Periodical: The Bulletin: Vol. VIII, No. 1 (October 1948).
F 5b: Federal Employees (1950).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 4295; annual and sick leave; S. 3395; S. 3394; S. 3994; H. R. 6871.
b. Copy of clipping.
c. H. R. 7471: Burdick: "To grant civil service employees retirement after thirty years' service." 81st Congress, 2nd Session (1950). Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
F 6: Federal Employees: Committee Prints.
a. P. L. 81-357 (H. R. 3191): "To amend the Act approved September 7, 1916 (ch. 458, 39 stat. 742), entitled "An act to provide compensation for employees of the United states suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", as amended, by extending coverage to civilian officers of the United States and by making benefits more realistic in terms of present wage rates, and for other purposes."
b. P. L. 81-429 (H. R. 5931): "To establish a standard schedule of rates of basic compensation for certain employees of the Federal Government; to provide an equitable system for fixing and adjusting the rates of basic compensation of individual employees; to repeal the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; and for other purposes."
c. Hearings on S. 660: "To preserve the Equities of Permanent Classified Civil-Service Employees." (May 19, 1949).
F 7a: Foreign Affairs (1949 - May 1950).
a. Correspondence: re: U. S. funding toward U.N.'s Program for Relief and Resettlement of Arab Refugees in the Middle East; loan to India. Correspondents include: J. Vaughan Gary - Virginia; Harry J. Davenport - Pennsylvania.
b. H. Con. Res. 64: Hays - Arkansas: Foreign policy. 81st Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Foreign Affairs.
c. Congressional Record: Harry J. Davenport - Pennsylvania: "American Representation in Ireland." (1949).
d. Pamphlet X: Truth About Greece: "Is Greece Lagging Behind?" (February 1950).
e. Congressional Record: John W. McCormack - Massachusetts: "England's Rearmament of Arab States Threatens Israel's Peace and Security." (February 28, 1950).
f. Committee Print: "Point Four Background and Program (International Technical Cooperation Act of 1949). July 1949.
g. Statement of the California Manufacturers Association Government Procurement Relations Committee on the Need For a Peacetime Contract Settlement Act.
h. Copy of clipping.
i. Release: "The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development granted Loan to India." (April 18, 1950).
j. Periodical: Economic Outlook: Vol. X, No. 2 (February 1949).
F 7b: Foreign Affairs (May - November 1950).
a. Correspondence: re: American policies in Germany; H. Res. 578; H. R. 2786; S. Con. Res. 94; increase annuities.
b. Open letter to Chancellor Adenauer.
c. Article: "Crisis in Europe."
d. H. R. 9002: Richards: "To make certain increases in the annuities of annuitants under the Foreign Service retirement and disability system in view of the increased cost of living." 81st Congress, 2nd Session (1950). Committee on Foreign Affairs.
e. House Report No. 2535 (H. R. 9003): Richards: "Making Certain Increases in the Annuities of Annuitants Under the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System in View of the increased cost of living." 81st Congress, 2nd Session (1950). Committee on Foreign affairs. 2 copies.
f. Congressional Record (copies of): articles by John W. Heselton - Massachusetts.
F 8: Freight Forwarders.
Correspondence: re: H. R. 5967, to amend section 4 of the act to regulate inter-state commerce, includieng forwarders as common carriers.
F 9: Health Insurance Bill, National: Correspondence and Data. (January - April 1949).
a. Correspondence: re: National Health Insurance.
b. Pamphlet: "National Health Insurance - What Does It Mean To You?"
c. Periodical: The American Forum of the Air: Vol. XII, No. 9 (February 28, 1949): "What Kind of Heatlh Insuarnce Do You Want?" - Dr. Louis H. Bauer. 15 pages.
d. Supplement to League Reporter.
e. Booklet: UAW-CIO Ammunition: (March 1949): Vol. VII, No. 3. 56 pages.
f. Booklet: Committee for the Nation's Health: "Some Statements and Misstatements About National Health Insurance."
g. Questions Asked by Members of Congress About National Health Insurance.
h. Copy of Clipping.
i. Pamphlet: "The Doctor's Plan" (1948).
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