Box 99: Legislative Reference Material: Physically Handicapped - Rent Control.
F 1: Physically Handicapped, Commission for.
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 3339; H. R. 3095 and S. 1066.
b. Hearings on H. R. 3095: "Federal Commission for Physically Handicapped.
c. Booklet: "Vocational Rehabilitation." (1949).
d. H. R. 3095: Kelley: "To establish a Federal Commission on Services for the Physically Handicapped, to define its duties, and for other purposes." 81st Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Education and Labor.
F 2: Post Office in Los Angeles.
H. R. 4647: Douglas: "To provide authorization for additional funds for the extension and improvement of post-office facilities at Los Angeles, California, and for other purposes." 81st Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Public Works.
F 3: Redwood Forest (December 1945 - June 1946).
a. Correspondence: re: support for FDR Memorial from various colleagues. Correspondents include: Clair Engle - CA; Harry Sheppard - CA.
b. Draft of a bill to create the FDR Memorial National Forest and for other purposes.
c. Proposed Roosevelt Redwood Forest Act - Summary.
d. Magazine: The Living Wilderness: Vol. VIII, No. 1 (May 1943).
e. Booklet: Emanuel Fritz: "The Story Told by a Fallen Redwood."
f. Booklet: John C. Merriam: "A Living Link in History."
g. Summary of Roosevelt Redwood Forest Bill, H. R. 620 (April 1946).
F 4: Redwood Forest (July 1946 - January 1947).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 6201.
b. Clipping (July 1946).
c. Press Release: "Roosevelt Memorial Forest" (July 1, 1946).
d. Copies of clippings.
e. Map of Humboldt County.
f. Article: Helen Gahagan Douglas: "The Proposed Roosevelt Redwood Forest." 8 pages.
F 5: Redwood Forest (January - March 1949).
a. Correspondence: re: FDR Memorial project.
b. H. R. 796: Douglas: "To create the FDR Memorial Redwood Forest, and for other purposes." 81st Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Agriculture.
c. H. R. 2394: Douglas: "To create the FDR Memorial Redwood Forest, and for other purposes." 81st Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Agriculture.
d. Summary of U. S. Forest Service Appraisal of the Economic and Social Effect of the proposed Roosevelt Redwood Forest Submitted in 1946.
e. Summary of Roosevelt Redwood Forest Bill by Helen Gahagan Douglas.
F 6: Redwood Forest (March - June 1949).
a. Correspondence: re: Roosevelt Memorial.
b. The Redwoods - A Proposal by Dewey Anderson (May 12, 1949).
c. Memorandum answering Helen Gahagan Douglas: re: H. R. 2394 (June 1, 1949).
d. Report: Dewey Anderson: "An Action Program for the Redwood Forests." 32 pages.
F 7: Redwood Forest (June 1949 - May 1950 and undated).
a. Correspondence: re: H. R. 2394.
b. Booklet: Department of Agriculture: "Forests and National Prosperity."
c. Article: Willard G. Van Name: "An Impending Forest Disaster."
d. Release: "Governor Warren Takes A Stand."
e. Periodical: Western Outdoor Quarterly: Vol. XVI, No. r (October 1949).
f. Article: Helen Gahagan Douglas: "The Proposed Roosevelt Memorial Redwood Forest."
g. Draft of a Bill.
F 8: Relatives Responsibility (needy blind).
a. Draft of a Bill.
b. H. R. 7402: Douglas: "To amend the Social Security Act in order to prohibit the requirement of support from relatives as a condition of granting old-age assistance or aid to the needy blind." 81st Congress, 2nd Session (1950). Committee on Ways and Means. 2 copies.
F 9: Rent Control (May 1948 and January - February 1949).
a. Correspondence: re: rent control.
b. Copies of clippings.
c. H. R. 2291: Douglas: "To provide more adequate and effective rent control until June 30, 1951, and for other purposes." 81st Congress, 1st Session (1949). Committee on Banking and Currency.
d. Release: re: rent control laws (February 3, 1949).
e. Fact Sheet: "How Does The "15% Rent- Increasing Lease" Operate?"
f. Article: "No Vacancies."
g. Statement of the Washington Chapter Americans for Democratic Action, For Delivery at the Hearing of the District Commissioners on the Extension of Rent Controls For the Districts of Columbia, Friday, February 11, 1949.
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