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A letter from Dr. Louis Long, a Naturopathic Physician, requesting that Senator Maybank oppose legislation for government-operated Chemical Fertilizer plants.

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A letter from a Democratic South Carolina State Senator R. M. Kennedy Jr. opposing a report of President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights that advocates a permanent Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC) Bill, removal of all segregation between races, an anti-poll tax law, and other provisions. In the letter, he expressed his opinion that the South was being abandoned by the Democratic party.

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Correspondence concerning United States Coast Guard legislation including retirement and veterans' preference.

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Correspondence urging Senator Maybank's support of a Community Property Tax Law permitting husbands and wives to divide their income for tax purposes in all states. Senator Maybank helped to introduce the legislation and spoke on the floor.

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Correspondence concerning legislation to remedy the nation's copper shortage.

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Correspondence concerning legislation to establish the Cowpens Battleground National Military Park introduced by Senator Maybank. Also included is a prospectus of the proposed Cowpens Battleground National Military Park.

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Correspondence requesting support for the separation of the Army Dental Corps from the Medical Corps.

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Correspondence concerning emergency legislation to temporarily adjust the United States immigration laws to allow for the influx of displaced persons as a result of the war. Correspondents include Governor J. Strom Thurmond.

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A five page letter requesting the introduction of draft legislation in preparation for a future war with the Soviet Union.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 472) to authorize the appropriation of funds to assist the States and Territories in financing a minimum foundation education program of public elementary and secondary schools, and in reducing the inequalities of educational opportunities through public elementary and secondary schools, for the general welfare. Senator Maybank indicated that he supported funds for education but would "not vote for any law where there would be an intermingling of...