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Correspondence concerning the extension of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act for another three years. The Act provided for the negotiation of tariff agreements between the United States and separate nations. The Act served as an institutional reform intended to authorize the president to negotiate with foreign nations to reduce tariffs in return for reciprocal reductions in tariffs in the United States. Senator Maybank supported the legislation.

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A copy of legislation (H.R. 4080) to unify, consolidate, revise, and codify the Articles of War, the Articles for the Government of the Navy, and the disciplinary laws of the Coast Guard, and to enact and establish a Uniform Code of Military Justice.

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Correspondence from the Charleston chapter of United World Federalists requesting support of a Senate Resolution favoring the strengthening of the United Nations and its development into a world federation.

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A letter containing a resolution from the South Carolina Chapter of the International Association for Public Employment Services opposing the transfer of the United States Employment Service (USES) from the United States Department of Labor to the Federal Security Agency.

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A letter requesting support for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

Scope and Contents Correspondence concerning veterans' legislation including officer's pay, G.I. Bill, pension bonus, World War I veterans' pension, educational benefits for children of veterans, the veterans administration expansion program, veterans hospitals, automobiles for blind World War II veterans, amputees of World War I, veterans insurance, veterans credit bill, the creation of a World Wars Memorial, veterans preference act, creation of a Spanish-American War Memorial, and increased pension for...

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Correspondence concerning legislation (S. 2596) to include aviation training as a part of the Servicemen's Act. Senator Maybank supported the legislation.

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Correspondence written in opposition to vivisection and legislation (S. 1703) to allow for the use of unclaimed dogs at pounds in the District of Columbia to be made available to laboratories for scientific purposes.

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Correspondence concerning legislation to include Filipino citizens in the War Claims Act.

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A letter from the President of the South Carolina Farm Bureau requesting support for the ratification of a new International Wheat Agreement.