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Box 6

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

"Forestry", 1942

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 2629) to provide for additional funds to combat forest fires.

Dates: 1942

"Immigration", 1942

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning immigration legislation including naturalization eligibility, and the detention of persons who are citizens or subjects of, or owe allegiance to, any nation or country at war with the United States. Also included is a report of proceedings on a hearing held before a subcommittee of the Committee on Immigration. Correspondents include Senators Richard B. Russell (Chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration) and Tom Stewart (Senate Committee on Immigration).

Dates: 1942

"Inflation", 1942

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence primarily concerned with the calculation of parity prices for price ceiling purposes. Included is a letter from Senator Maybank to President Roosevelt.

Dates: 1942

"Interstate Commerce Committee (ICC)", 1942

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation (S.2015 and H.R. 5949) regulating federal jurisdiction to remove trade barriers involving sizes and weights of motor vehicles.

Dates: 1942

"Japanese-Americans", 1942

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

A letter concerning legislation to permit the revocation of the rights of citizenship to Americans of Japanese parentage.

Dates: 1942

"Judiciary", 1942

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning judiciary legislation including a provision for official court stenographers in the federal courts and universal finger printing.

Dates: 1942

"Labor", 1942

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 7-8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerned with labor legislation including strikes (see also Labor-Strikes) and repeal of the 40 hour work week.

Dates: 1942