Box 59

Unanswered correspondence, from outside South Carolina, opposing the override of the President's veto of the Taft-Hartley Labor Bill.

Unanswered correspondence, from outside South Carolina, supporting the override of the President's veto of the Taft-Hartley Labor Bill.

Correspondence from constituents expressing their congratulations on Senator Maybank's vote to override the President's veto of the Taft-Hartley Labor Bill.

Letter from South Carolina Governor, J. Strom Thurmond, concerning a resolution passed at the Governors' Conference, July 16, 1947, in Salt Lake City to support Congressional action recognizing State ownership of lands beneath navigable waters within their respective boundaries.

Correspondence concerning increased appropriations for public libraries in South Carolina.

Correspondence concerning legislation to promote the general welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States by providing supplies to certain European countries on an emergency basis.

Correspondence concerning legislation to unify the Armed Forces of the United States under a single command. In particular there is concern for the elimination of the Marine Corps.

A letter from the M. H. McKnight Company requesting support for a claim for the payment of fair compensation for furnishing strategic or critical minerals and metals for the prosecution of the war and a letter from the Dixie Clay Company of Bath, South Carolina, requesting support for legislation to include china clay among the minerals subject to percentage depletion.

Correspondence concerning legislation to implement compulsory universal military training in the United States including a letter and petition by Governor J. Strom Thurmond urging Senator Maybank's support. Senator Maybank, however, opposed Universal Military Training and instead advocated more appropriations to funding the development of the Armed Services instead.

Correspondence from South Carolina constituents voicing their opinions on a number of pieces of legislation including taxation, federal aid to education, federal expenditures, old age assistance, vocational rehabilitation, Universal Military Training, displaced persons, liquor advertising, European Aid, the tax on oleomargarine, and taxing of cooperatives.