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Box 63

 Container

Contains 30 Results:

"Veterans-job training", 1947

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation to provide for an increase in veterans' on the job training allowance.

Dates: 1947

"Veterans-subsistence", 1947

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation to provide an increase in veterans' subsistence allowances.

Dates: 1947

"Wildlife", 1947

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Two letters requesting support for legislation (S. 1155) to authorize the transfer of certain real property for wild life purposes.

Dates: 1947

"Women's Army Corps (WAC)", 1947

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation to create a permanent Women's Army Corps (WAC) as part of the Regular Army. Including a request by Chan Gurney, Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, for Senator Maybank to serve on a subcommittee to consider the legislation.

Dates: 1947

"World calendar", 1947

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

A letter requesting support for legislation (S. 1755) to create a new world calendar.

Dates: 1947

"Administrative procedure", 1948

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Memo regarding a document detailing the legislative history of the Administrative Procedure Act. Mr. L. Boykin of the Federal Power Commission requested six copies but the document was out of print.

Dates: 1948

"Agriculture", 1948

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning agriculture and forestry legislation including the consolidation of the Soil Conservation Service with the Extension Service, marketing of canned citrus products, crop control, regulation of commodity markets farm-to-market road program, liquidation of trusts under the state Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, crop insurance, and 90% price parity.

Dates: 1948

"Agriculture-school lunch program", 1948

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1948

"Alcoholic beverages", 1948

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation to prohibit the paid advertising of alcoholic beverages by radio in certain circumstances and legislation to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages at military camps.

Dates: 1948

"Animal cruelty", 1948

 File — Box: 63, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning legislation for the prevention of animal cruelty including the banning of vivisection in laboratory experiments and to prohibit the importation of wild animals and birds under inhumane conditions.

Dates: 1948