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Correspondence concerning legislation to provide a $100 funeral allowance for persons killed during air raid attacks in the United States and accidents during official black-outs. Senator Maybank supported the legislation.

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Correspondence concerning legislation, introduced by Senator Maybank, to bar alien employees from working on defense projects.

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Correspondence primarily concerning the Emergency Price Control Act.

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Correspondence primarily concerning the price of cotton seed oil.

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Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 1355) to authorize the improvement of navigation facilities on the Santee, Congaree, and Cooper Rivers in the counties of Berkeley, Clarendon, Calhoun, Richland, and Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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Correspondence concerning legislation authorizing the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway so that ocean going vessels could use it as a waterway into the Great Lakes.

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Correspondence concerned with amendments to the Social Security Act to extend coverage.

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Correspondence concerning tax legislation including the poll tax, excise, telephone, jewelers, and the Federal Revenue Act.

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Correspondence concerning legislation (H.R. 4) to provide additional assistance to veterans and their widows and orphans.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning agriculture and forestry including farm relief in response to a drought during the previous year, price parity for cotton, the Farm Credit Administration, appropriations for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), the Commodity Credit Corporation, research funding for land grant colleges, the distribution of legume seed, and the net weight bill. Correspondents include J. Strom Thurmond, Senator John H. Bankhead (Senate Committee on Appropriations), and Dr. R. F....