Box 69

Correspondence concerning housing legislation including a housing shortage in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the removal of the duty on hardwood plywood, disabled veterans housing, transfer of title of temporary housing to educational institutions and local agencies, Lucy Diggs Slowe Hall (government dormitory for colored women), and G.I. loans. Correspondents include Senator Joseph McCarthy (Committee on Banking and Currency).

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. Senator Maybank was opposed to this legislation.

Correspondence concerning interior legislation including the conservation of soil, forests, and wildlife, public lands, studies of soft-shell and hard-shell clams, and relief for Navajo Indians.

Correspondence concerning legislation to amend the Employees Liability Act. The bill would amend the law relating to the liability of common carriers by rail so that suits could only be brought to court in the State in which the accident occurred. Senator Maybank supported the legislation.

A telegram requesting Senator Maybank's presence on a reception committee to welcome Menachem Begin (future Prime Minister of Israel) on a campaign visit to the United States.

Correspondence concerning judiciary legislation including an increase in the mileage allowance for United States Marshalls, changes in the times for holding federal court in the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina, and limitations on the appointment of judges.

Correspondence concerning labor legislation including the forty-hour law, transfer of Unemployment Compensation Reserve Funds to the Labor Department, industrial training for black youth, an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act, overtime pay, coal strike, repeal of the Taft-Hartley Labor Act, minimum wage act, wage rates for employees in naval yards, and union membership. Also included is a copy of Time Magazine from August 25, 1947.

A letter requesting support for legislation that would bring about the construction of new vessels.