Box 31

Correspondence and reports concerning mines and mining including legislation related to magnesium and the stockpiling of strategic mineral resources.

Correspondence from South Carolina constituents voicing their opinions on a number of pieces of legislation including the reciprocal trade agreement pact, the United Nations, anti-strike legislation, price control, full employment, federal aid to education, the Federal Works Administration (FWA), atomic bomb, and peace-time conscription.

Correspondence protesting legislation to expand and create additional National Cemeteries. Constituents reasoned that there was already sufficient space because most families preferred burial in family, church, community, or privately owned plots.

Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 1699) to create an Optometry Corps in the Medical Department of the United States Army and provide optometrists with commissions.

A letter requesting support for legislation (H.R. 84) to lower the eligibility requirement for retirement annuities for Panama Canal workers.

A letter requesting support for legislation (H.R. 97) affecting the United States patent system.

Correspondence concerning the charter for the creation of the United Nations which was supported by Senator Maybank.

A booklet on the Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations for the charter to create the United Nations and the Report to the President on the Results of the San Francisco Conference.