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Correspondence concerning the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), an important federal statute governing the way in which administrative agencies of the Federal Government propose and establish regulations. The statute also set up a procedure for the United States federal courts to directly review agency decisions.

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Correspondence concerning agriculture and forestry legislation including the Plant Quarantine Act, federal aid to sportsmen, the Soil Conservation Service, Production and Marketing Administration, farm parity, farm credit bill, cotton, tobacco, pulpwood, state parks, free fertilizer, food for other nations, wildlife restoration, and Angora rabbit wool.

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Correspondence concerning appropriations for a federally assisted meal program to provide low-cost or free lunches to school children. Though the program began long before, President Truman officially signed the National School Lunch Act in 1946. Senator Maybank was one of the primary sponsors of the program.

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A letter from Senator Pat McCarran urging Senator Maybank to support legislation to provide for the transfer of certain federally owned aircraft, available as surplus, to State aviation authorities. The bill was brought before the Surplus Property subcommittee of the Committee on Military Affairs, of which Senator Maybank was a member.

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Correspondence concerning legislation to prohibit the sale of alcohol at military camps and reservations.

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Correspondence concerning appropriations for the Agriculture and Forestry Department including appropriations for tree planting in Southern States, fire protection, forest service research (including a field research laboratory in South Carolina), and control of insects and pests. Also included is a detailed memorandum on amendments submitted to H.R. 5605, the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Bill, 1947, for use of the subcommittee.

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Correspondence protesting legislation to permit the Civil Aeronautics Administration to do all repairs on CAA owned aircraft except those where the costs of parts not in surplus stocks would be over $100. The general feeling was that this would lead to the Federal Government harming small business.

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Correspondence concerning the need to reduce federal expenditures and balance the budget.

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A memorandum from Senator Joseph F. Guffey requesting Senator Maybank work to eliminate items appropriating funds for the Eagle Creek Reservoir and the Shenange Reservoir that are "pork barrel" projects for the Youngstown Sheet and Tool Company of Ohio and a letter written in opposition to appropriations of federal funds for use in the construction of hydroelectric plants.

Scope and Contents Material listing subcommittee assignments for Senators serving on the Senate Committee on Appropriations. Senator Maybank is listed on the Department of Agriculture, Independent Offices, Legislative Branch, Treasury and Post Office, and War Department subcommittees. Also included is a letter notifying Senator Maybank that Senator McKellar appointed Senator Maybank as a member of a subcommittee to consider Senate Joint Resolution 8 which proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United...