Box 15

Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 1374) to provide promotions for certain prisoners of war.

Two letters requesting support for legislation to provide for the conservation of wildlife on public lands and reservations of the United States.

Correspondence concerning legislation (H.R. 653) to protect trade and commerce against interference by violence, threats, coercion, or intimidation.

Correspondence concerning a Joint Resolution (H.J. 91) to provide an eight cent per-hour increase of wages to the non-operating employees of the railroads.

Correspondence concerning rivers and harbors legislation including the suspension for the duration of the war plus 12 months the provisions of the Public Vessel Act, improvements for the Wateree-Catawba River, Florida Ship Canal, and dredging of the Shipyard River in Charleston, South Carolina.

Three letters written in opposition to legislation (S. 702) known as the "Scientific Mobilization Act" to provide for government control over research and scientific developments.

Hearings, reports, and correspondence concerning the Senate Committee on Small Business including the production of strategic and critical minerals for the war effort. Correspondents include Senators James G. Scrugham (Senate Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business), Tom Stewart, and James E. Murray (Chairman of the Senate Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business).

Correspondence concerning legislation proposed by the South Carolina Old Age Association to provide additional funds for the elderly and legislation (S. 1161) to institute National Health Insurance.

Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 1247) for the relief of the Bishopville Milling Company for property damages sustained when a company truck and trailer collided with a United States Army truck.

Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 1246) for the relief of Ervin S. Finley for injuries sustained when he was struck by a Government-owned truck operated by a civilian employee of the Army Air Corps at Shaw Field, South Carolina, on September 15, 1942.