Box 18

A letter from Representative Howard W. Smith, Chairman of the House Special Committee to Investigate Executive Agencies, containing a report concerning legislation (H.R. 102) to improve the administration of justice by prescribing fair administrative procedures.

Correspondence concerning agriculture and forestry legislation including the regulation of fertilizer, railroad land grants, Commodity Credit Corporation, agricultural price parity, crop damages, tobacco, the abolishment of the Emergency Crop Loan Office, surplus war machinery and equipment for the Soil Conservation Division of the Department of Agriculture, and timber.

Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 860) to prohibit the sale of alcohol at military camps and reservations and legislation to bring back prohibition for the duration of the war.

Correspondence primarily concerning the creation of a National Board of Fertilizer Control.

Correspondence concerning agriculture and forestry appropriations including the 1945 Census of Agriculture, meat inspection, and reforestation.

Reports and statements from members of the National Archives concerning the need for additional appropriations.

A copy of legislation (S. 1642) to amend the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, to provide that the absorption of exchange and collection charges shall not be deemed the payment of interest on deposits.

Correspondence concerning a proposed appropriation to build an addition to a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland for use in vivisection experiments.

Correspondence concerning the extension of the Civilian Pilot Training Act of 1939.

Reports from the Committee for Congested Production Areas which was established to assist and supplement the work of Federal agencies, and local and State governments, in providing community facilities and services in war-congested production areas.