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Box 21

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

"Bill numbers only", 1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence only listing bill numbers including H.R. 324, 3984, 4918, 1882, 1744, and the "Wright-Compton Bill."

Dates: 1944

"Bills introduced by Senator Maybank", 1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Copies of legislation introduced by Senator Maybank in 1944.

Dates: 1944

"Committee", 1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning committees including Senator Maybank's desire to be placed on the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and a letter requesting Senator Maybank's presence at a meeting for the Senate Committee on Mines and Mining. Correspondents include Senators Alben W. Barkley, Walter F. George, Millar E. Tydings, Kenneth McKellar, Joseph C. O'Mahoney, John H. Bankhead, and Joseph F. Guffey.

Dates: 1944

"Cotton", 1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning the Office of Price Administration's (O.P.A) price ceilings placed on the cotton and textiles industry. Senator Maybank introduced a resolution to investigate the reasons for the decline in cotton consumption.

Dates: 1944

"Demobilization", 1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning the handover to the States of surplus government property after the war.

Dates: 1944

"Draft", 1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning draft legislation including deferments and the National Service Act.

Dates: 1944

"Education", 1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning education legislation including teacher's salaries, vocational rehabilitation, and the Federal Aid to Education Bill.

Dates: 1944

"Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)", 1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). A proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal rights for women.

Dates: 1944

"Federal employees", 1944

 File — Box: 21, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning federal employee legislation including a pay increase for postal workers, equipment maintenance for rural postal carriers, and civil service retirement.

Dates: 1944