Box 72

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Correspondence concerning President Truman's Reorganization Plan No. 1 that would transfer the United States Employment Service (USES) to the Department of Labor. Most of the correspondence opposed the President's Reorganization Plan. Senator Maybank supported the plan and felt that a propaganda campaign was being waged to discredit the plan and involve the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC).

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning river and harbor legislation including the Central Arizona project, stream pollution, the Buckingham Landing Dam, Lyles Ford Project, Clark Hill Project, Shem Creek Extension, dredging of the Port Royal Channel, Savannah River, Santee River, Jefferys Creek, Little Pee Dee River, Winyah Bay, Waccamaw River, Georgetown Harbor, Saluda River, Murrells Inlet, and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Including letters from Senators Carl A. Hatch, Tom Connally, and Henry Cabot Lodge...

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Correspondence concerning legislation (S.2417) to authorize the reduction of an annual insurance premium for members of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.

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A letter including a report on the operations of the Office of Industry Cooperation (OIC) prepared for the Senate Special Committee to Study Problems of American Small Business and a telegram expressing opposition to a business transaction between the Cleveland Blast Furnace and Republic Steel Trucker Corporation.

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Correspondence concerning social security legislation including the establishment of an executive department to handle health, education, and security, increased social security benefits, reduction in the minimum age to receive benefits, inclusion of non-profit organizations, and the inclusion of state and municipal employees.

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Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 1320) to provide a national health insurance and public health program.

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Correspondence concerning legislation for Hawaiian and Alaskan statehood. Hawaii and Alaska eventually obtained statehood in 1959. Correspondents include Senator Hugh Butler (Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs) and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

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A number of petitions requesting support for an amendment to legislation (H.R. 3214) to continue the right, to taxpayers, to be represented by qualified accountants in the presentation of cases before the Tax Court.

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Correspondence concerning legislation to repeal the tax exemption applied to cooperatives.