Box 5

Correspondence primarily concerning the proposed use of the Carolina Inn in Summerville, South Carolina, as living quarters for Cuban refugees.

Correspondence concerning the desire of the Carolina Low Country Girl Scouts to secure the use of Francis Marion National Forest land.

Correspondence concerning a petition by the Government Employees Veterans Association for Rivers' attendance at a special meeting of constituents to hear the needs and complaints of Federal Employees residing in South Carolina's First Congressional District.

Correspondence concerning the inclusion, by Representative Rivers, of an address given by Solomon Blatt in The Congressional Record, an invitation to the Anniversary Dinner of the Hebrew Benevolent Society of Charleston, South Carolina, and a copy of Tombstones That Tell a Story, by Thomas J. Tobias.

Correspondence concerning South Carolina's highways including the proposal of new routes, speed limits, improvements, and taxes.

Correspondence concerning the effects of hurricane "Gracie" which struck Beaufort County and particularly Edisto Island, South Carolina in 1959.

Correspondence concerning a request for a land exchange between the Jamestown Methodist Church and the United States Forest Service.

Correspondence concerning Representative Rivers' participation at Charleston Masonic Lodge meetings and a request by a lodge for transportation assistance.

Correspondence concerning the South Carolina National Guard including the dedication of a new armory in Summerville, South Carolina, individual guardsmen case files (discharge, deferment, leave, reinstatement), the Federal Retirement Program for National Guard Employees, acquisition of new fighter aircraft for the South Carolina Air National Guard, and the Army and Air National Guard Technician Program.

Correspondence concerning railroads including the transfer from Charleston to Florence of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, the merger of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, the discontinuance of passenger trains operated by Southern Railroad between Charleston and Cincinnati, and railroad rates.